Neighborhood Councils budget committees citywide to give input for City of LA budget
Neighborhood Council budget representatives from throughout the city will meet at City Hall in downtown Los Angeles Saturday, January 21st, to discuss citywide and regional budget priorities, and to select their representatives for the final phase of the process. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’sÝoffice will provide updates on the city budget, as well as feedback from Neighborhood Council leaders on their community budget priorities. This event marks the first significant input local communities have had in crafting the city budget. Those interested in expressing their thoughts about the city budgeting priorities should contact members of their local Neighborhood Council. Contact information for the 31 elected members of the Neighborhood Council of Westchester/ Playa del Rey can be found at www.ncwpdr.org LMU CHILDREN’S CONCERT — Loyola Marymount University will showcase an ensemble of children’s music on Sunday, January 15th, in Murphy Recital Hall on the Westchester campus. This event is free and open to the public. The first performance, at 1:30 p.m., targets younger audience members, while the 3 p.m. performance is geared toward older children and families. Each performance will feature the jazz piece “Rain Quartet” from Marc Blitzstein’s opera Regina, and That Pesky Rat, an original story ballet by Teresa Heiland, assistant professor of dance. Balinese gamelan music will be performed by the LMU World Music ensemble, a percussion-dominated musical group with bronze gongs, xylophones and other percussion instruments in...
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