The West Adams Neighborhood Council (WANC) is excited to announce the upcoming 2025 Neighborhood Council Elections, providing stakeholders an opportunity to shape the future of our community. This year, all elections will be conducted exclusively through Vote-By-Mail (VBM), ensuring a convenient and accessible voting process for all participants.
Key Election Dates:
• Candidate Filing Period: December 6, 2024 – January 20, 2025
• Election Day: April 8, 2025
How to Participate:
1. Request Your Vote-By-Mail Ballot:
• Online: Visit the City Clerk’s VBM application portal to submit your request.
• By Mail: Download the VBM application form, complete it, and send it to the Office of the City Clerk – Election Division at 555 Ramirez Street, Space 300, Los Angeles, CA 90012.
Ensure your application is submitted well before the election date to receive your ballot on time.
2. Complete and Return Your Ballot:
• Once you receive your VBM ballot, carefully follow the instructions to mark your choices.
• Return your completed ballot using the provided postage-paid envelope. Ballots must be postmarked by Election Day, April 8, 2025, to be counted.
Who Can Vote:
If you live, work, own property, or have a community interest within the West Adams boundaries and are at least 16 years old, you’re eligible to vote in the WANC elections. This inclusivity ensures diverse representation and voices within our council.
Get Involved:
Serving on the Neighborhood Council is a meaningful way to influence decisions affecting West Adams. While the candidate filing period has concluded, you can still engage by attending council meetings, participating in committees, and, most importantly, casting your vote.
Stay Informed:
For the latest updates, detailed election information, and resources, visit the West Adams Neighborhood Council website. Your participation is vital in shaping the future of our community.
Make your voice heard—vote in the 2025 West Adams Neighborhood Council Elections!
At the West Adams Neighborhood Council, we are committed to keeping our community informed about resources that promote safety, healing, and justice. We recently came across a valuable organization that aligns with these goals: Helping Survivors, an advocacy center partnered with RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network) that provides crucial resources for individuals affected by sexual violence.
Helping Survivors offers comprehensive information, support services, and resources for survivors and their families, including guidance on navigating legal processes, mental health support, and safety strategies. One of their most recent efforts focuses on rideshare sexual assault awareness and prevention, providing important information on staying safe while using transportation services.
If you or someone you know needs support, we encourage you to explore their website:
At West Adams NC, we believe that access to the right information can empower and protect our community. We encourage you to share this resource with those who may benefit from it.
Wildfire Recovery Resources for the Arts & Culture Community
The West Adams Neighborhood Council is committed to keeping our community informed and connected to critical resources. In the wake of recent wildfires affecting Los Angeles County, many artists, cultural workers, and small businesses have faced significant challenges. To support those impacted, LA County Department of Arts and Culture has compiled a comprehensive set of wildfire recovery resources.
These resources include financial assistance, legal aid, employment support, disaster relief grants, and mental health services tailored for the arts and culture sector. Whether you are an individual artist, an arts organization, or a small business owner, there are programs available to help you rebuild and recover.
Key Resources Available:
• FEMA Assistance: Support for disaster-impacted individuals and businesses, including financial relief and recovery resources.
• Small Business Support: Grants and emergency loans for small businesses affected by the wildfires.
• LA Arts Community Fire Relief Fund: Up to $10,000 in financial aid for displaced artists and arts workers.
• Entertainment Community Fund: Emergency financial assistance for performing arts and entertainment professionals.
• Legal Assistance: Free guidance on insurance claims, commercial leases, and tenant rights through California Lawyers for the Arts.
• Workforce & Employment Support: Job training, unemployment benefits, and temporary jobs for those who lost work due to the fires.
If you or someone you know has been impacted by the fires, we encourage you to explore these resources. For full details and application links, please visit:
West Adams stands with our creative community. Please share this information with anyone who may need support. If you have further questions, reach out to communications@arts.lacounty.gov.
Effective July 1, 2024, Ordinance 188072, Los Angeles Municipal Code, Chapter X, Section 12, Division 10, now requires Hotels and Short-Term Rentals to obtain a Police Commission permit.
Hotels and Motels
Hotels are defined as, establishments that provide temporary lodging for payment in the form of overnight accommodations in guest rooms to transient patrons for periods of thirty consecutive calendar days or less. “Hotel” includes hotels, motor lodges, motels, apartment hotels, transient-occupancy residential structures, private residential clubs, tourist courts, and hostels that contain both dormitory-style accommodations and private guest rooms that may be reserved, meeting the definition set forth above. Except as provided above, the term “Hotel” also does not include corporate housing, rooming houses, boarding houses, single-room occupancy housing, any housing available only to students of an education institution, a residential hotel as defined in Section 50519 of the California Health and Safety Code, Short-Term Rentals as defined in Section 12.22.A.32 of this Code, or licensed bed and breakfast establishments within a single unit residence.
Short Term Rentals (STRs)
STRs are defined as, a dwelling Unit, Guest Room, Accessory Living Quarters, other residential structure, or portion thereof, rented in whole or in part, to any Person(s) for transient use of 30 consecutive days or less. Rental Units within City-approved Hotels, motels, Transient Occupancy Residential Structures and Bed and Breakfasts shall not be considered a Short-Term Rental.
The Office of the City Clerk hosted regional election information sessions for Neighborhood Council (NC) stakeholders to review the 2025 All VBM NC Election cycle. Information on the election timeline, ballot voting models (BVMs), candidate filing and voting processes, and library and recreation center partnerships was provided.
LOS ANGELES (November15,2024)– Today, City Clerk, Holly L. Wolcott and EmpowerLA General Manager, Carmen Chang announce the commencement of the 2025 Neighborhood Council Elections Candidate Filing period. The Office of the City Clerk and EmpowerLA will work collaboratively during the 2025 NC Election Cycle. The City Clerk will be responsible for the conduct of NC elections. EmpowerLA shall support NCs in their election outreach efforts. Neighborhood Council (NC) Elections will be conducted over several months on a rolling regional basis, starting with Region 11 (West Los Angeles). Candidate filing for Region 11 is now open (to learn more about Neighborhood Council regions, visit www.empowerla.org/councils-by-service-region/.). Throughout the election cycle, EmpowerLA will execute a public engagement effort to increase awareness of Neighborhood Council elections and build on the continuous civic engagement efforts throughout the city. To learn more about EmpowerLA’s election outreach, visit www.empowerla.org/elections/.
Election Regions: 1 through 12
Candidate Filing Dates: November 15, 2024 – March 24, 2025 To become a Candidate, visit: clerk.lacity.gov/ncelections
Each region has its own candidate and voter filing periods and unique Election Days.
The 2025 NC Elections will be conducted using an all-vote-by-mail election model.
The City Clerk has enhanced its online application portal and simplified the candidate filing process. Please note that stakeholder requirements to participate in NC elections vary per neighborhood council.For more information about Neighborhood Councils, including board membership and neighborhood civic engagement efforts, contact EmpowerLA at (213) 978-1551 or visit www.99NCs.com.
For additional information regarding candidate filing and elections, contact the Office of the City Clerk between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, at (213) 978-0444 or toll-free at (888) 873-1000, or visit the City Clerk’s Neighborhood
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