It’s Earth Month in CD4 🌎
Last week, we partnered with LA Compost to host Compost Day—providing folks with free compost, trees, seeds, and more.
This weekend:
Saturday (4/25): SAFE Clean Ride Cleanup on Forest Lawn
Sunday (4/26): SketchxLA at Silver Lake Meadows
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Public safety improvements are underway at the Silver Lake Reservoir.
CD4 mobilized quickly to coordinate lighting repairs along Armstrong Hill with the Bureau of Street Lighting and vegetation clearing with the Los Angeles Conservation Corps to increase visibility and access in the area.
Councilmember Nithya Raman presenting to rotary club members inside a bar
Councilmember Nithya Raman accepting a certificate from the Rotary Club president inside a bar
Earlier this month, I met with the Rotary Club of Studio City & Sherman Oaks. I am always grateful for the Rotary Club’s partnership in building a strong and resilient community here in the Valley.
team of council district 4 smiling and posing under a brand new bus stop
🚎 Bus stops are public spaces that shape daily life for hundreds of thousands of Angelenos. Through the Sidewalk and Transit Amenities Program (STAP), the City is investing in transit shelters, including this one pictured in front of the CD4 Studio City office with some of our field team!
In partnership with Volunteers Cleaning Communities, we’re hosting a community cleanup on Saturday, May 2 in Encino Park! 🌱🌿🌳
🗓️DATE: Saturday, May 2
⏰TIME: 9:00am
📍LOCATION: Encino Park, 16953 Ventura Blvd, Encino, CA 91316
🔗Visit bit.ly/CD4-Encino-Ventura-Cleanup to RSVP!
Wishing everyone a meaningful Seder tonight—may it be full of good conversation, good friends, and hope for our future.
Thank you to Rabbi Noah Farkas, President & CEO of Jewish Federation Los Angeles, for your leadership and for bringing so many of us together around the table. It is always a pleasure to see so many friendly faces, including CD4’s very own Rabbi Sarah Hronsky!
This year's theme was "The Journey Forward Is Together," which felt especially apt. The challenges facing our City don't belong to any one community, and it is up to all of us working together to solve them.
A few weeks ago I joined JFED LA for their annual Interfaith Passover Seder, an event that brings together civic, religious, and community leaders from across the City.
Chag Sameach to all celebrating Passover! ✡️
Councilmember Raman statement on the K Line extension:
...and the Council on American-Islamic Relations-LA for providing prayer mats for those participating.
And last but not least, thank you to my Deputy Chief of Staff Mashael Majid for spearheading this meaningful evening!
I especially want to thank Fatema Baldiwala for sharing her beautiful poetry, Edina Lekovic from the LA Muslim History Project for educating us on the incredible breadth of Muslim contribution to our beautiful City, Khalid Hudson for leading the sunset call to prayer...
I want to thank everyone who joined us for making this night so joyful.
In this context of global challenges as well as those we face right here at home, it is especially meaningful to share a meal with all of you. It is a poignant reminder that in each other we can find hope and in each other we can find community.
But we are also coming together during a moment of pain. Global strife continues to affect so many of us across different faiths and walks of life.
We gather at a blessed convergence of holy seasons: Muslims fasting during Ramadan, Christians celebrating Easter, the Jewish community commemorating Passover, Hindus celebrating Holi, the Baha'i community and others marking Nowruz, and our Sikh neighbors honoring Vaisakhi.
Eid Mubarak!
I had the honor of hosting the City’s annual Iftar dinner, an evening of breaking bread, cross-community solidarity, and spiritual rejuvenation. This event has become a cornerstone of the interfaith community here in LA, and I am humbled to carry on the tradition.
Moments like this require us to examine and challenge the ways in which power operates in our workplaces, our institutions, and our public life, and to be willing to face the truth and rewrite history.
That the survivors of his abuse felt they must remain silent for decades to protect the legacy of a powerful figure, is a failure of our society.
These revelations about César Chávez committing horrific acts of sexual violence are a deeply painful reminder that abuse of power can exist anywhere, even in spaces built around justice and hope.
I am in awe of Dolores Huerta, Ana Murguia, and Debra Rojas for their courage in coming forward today.
And last, but certainly not least, thank you Charles, for once again partnering with our office on a community hike to bring Angelenos outdoors and celebrate the hidden gems that make this City so special.
For “Secret Stairs” fans: this hike is #30 in your book!
Thank you as well to the Lyric Hyperion Theatre and Cafe
– one of CD4’s most wonderful community theatres – for opening up your space and keeping us hydrated!
This event would not have been possible without the partnership of the Franklin Hills Residents Association – in particular Mary Frances Smith-Reynolds who gave us the energy boost we needed to get started!
We started off with refreshments at the Lyric Hyperion Theatre, before hitting the trail and winding our way through this historic neighborhood. By the end, we had totaled 908 steps (!) over almost 3 miles, discovering some of the City’s best-kept secret stairs along the way.
Led by Council District 4’s very own Charles Fleming, author of “Secret Stairs: A Walking Guide to the Historic Staircases of Los Angeles,” over 70 friends and neighbors joined us for a guided hike (read: stair climb!) through the Franklin Hills on a beautiful, summer-like day.
LA’s heatwave was no match for our intrepid group of hikers this past Saturday!
DATE: Thursday, March 19
TIME: 6 - 7pm
LOCATION: Griffith Park Visitor Center Auditorium, Griffith Park, 4730 Crystal Springs Dr, Los Angeles, CA 90027
RSVP at bit.ly/Griffith-Poo...
This Open House is your opportunity to provide feedback on the designs and have your questions answered directly. We want to hear from neighboring residents and pool users as we work together to shape a space that will serve our community for years to come!