Public Safety Committee

Mission Statement

The Public Safety Committee shall work with its stakeholders on reported threats to personal security and other law violations that impair the quality of life, and to encourage stakeholders to undertake actions of their own to inform the broader community of crime or violations that cause blight, or how to access resources to combat such problems. The committee's work will include: Encouraging enforcement of city codes in regard to unsightly and blight conditions, including trash dumping, graffiti, and violation of city ordinances on storing hazardous materials on lawns or driveways. Encouraging residents and stakeholders to bring such problems to the neighborhood council to work on and proactively collecting complaints from stakeholders within the neighborhood council boundaries on public safety problems. On a regular basis collecting and prioritizing the complaints brought to the neighborhood council or discovered by the Public Safety Committee of locations in the council borders where there is chronic crime, dangerous or blight-inducing municipal code violations, or dangerous conditions, and relaying these reports to appropriate city agencies for action.

Meetings

The Public Safety Committee meets on the third Thursday of every month at 5:00 pm, at St. Marks Lutheran Church, 3651 S Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90007, at 36th Place. Parking is available in the church lot on 36th Place. Enter the church from the parking lot. The meeting is in the conference room diagonally to the right across the open courtyard and up the short set of stairs.

At each meeting the committee reviews a current list of problem properties within the NANDC boundaries, such as derelict residential or commercial buildings, gang problems at a specific location, and Building and Safety or Housing Department code violations. A deputy city attorney from the Neighborhood Prosecutor Program usually attends the meeting. After reviewing the status of locations on the current list, there is public comment where community members are free to discuss problems where they need help from the police, city attorney, or other city agencies.

Chair:

Leslie Evans 323-734-7391 or 323-574-5586 lbevans@earthlink.net

Homeless Support Agencies

Committee Reports