Welcome

NANDC is a self-governed, self-directed and independent organization empowered by the Los Angeles City Charter. This charter offers neighborhood councils a role in the City's decision-making process. We as citizens are given the opportunity and obligation to stay involved with developments in our area that affect us.  Come get involved!  After all, it's your community!

Take a few moments to find out who we are, what we do and how you can become involved.

What We Do

We promote public participation in city governance and decision making processes, to make government more responsive to our local needs and requests,  creating more opportunities to build partnerships with government and private entities to create more opportunities for our neighborhood.  We work with stakeholders to make a difference in the community with such projects as I Hablo U, the Pet Park Project, and the Community Involvement Program.



How To Get Involved

Anyone who lives, works or owns property in our boundaries is welcome to get involved. View the Boundary Map. Opportunities include:

Come to a meeting! We meet First Thursday of the month from 6:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. in the Martin Luther King Park gymnasium, 39th and Western Avenue, the building just south of the Exposition Park Library, entrance on the south side.

Join a committee: Go to the Committee list under What We Do on the top menu

Contact a board member

Contact other elected representatives

Sign up for our newsletter on the right side of this page

Our mailing address is:
PO Box 77367
Los Angeles, CA 90007
Committees
Block Club and Beautification

Help neighborhood organize their own community block club, or help create community gardens or plant street trees. Make a lasting change in the community by joining this worthwhile committee.

View more about Block Club and Beautification

Budget and Finance

This committee focuses on providing funding protocols oversight.

View more about Budget and Finance

Economic Development

You have seen the change beginning to happen in the community. Do you want to have a voice in the retail and restaurants leasing in our neighborhood? Let your voice be heard at the ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE currently holding forum’s regarding the USC Specific Plan the last Thursday of the month @ 7pm at the Community Computer Center.

View more about Economic Development

Land Use

This committee makes recommendations on all issues that require building permits, planning or zoning variances and tracks larger issues including the South LA Plan. Help the new building stay within the integrity of the community by voicing your opinions at the LAND USE COMMITTEE.

  • Track planning early notification
  • Monitor relevant hearings
  • Meet with potential planners and make recommendations to board

View News about Land Use

Outreach

Would you like to keep your neighbors informed? Are you interested in planning events? Have you lived in the neighborhood a long time? Do you know everyone on your block? Come and help us build community cohesion and join the OUTREACH COMMITTEE and be a part of the plan!

View more about Outreach Committee

 

Public Safety

If you are concerned about the community’s safety, homelessness or would like to report a nuisance property, please join a PUBLIC SAFETY committee meeting. The Public Safety Committee meetings are on the third Thursday of the month at the Bethune Library at 5:00 pm.

View more about Public Safety Committee

Senior

Help NANDC provide Seniors in our neighborhood important services, new skills and healthy recreation. Or are you a Senior looking for a way to make a difference in your community? The SENIOR COMMITTEE wants to hear your voice!

View more about Senior Committe

Youth

Calling all parents, students and residents interested in empowering the youth in our community! Come and bring your ideas and energy to the YOUTH COMMITTEE and help the Youth Committee plan their big holiday event.

View more about Youth Committee
 

Our Name

The early Eighth District Empowerment Congress, created by now Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas was a community-based education and mobilization program. It has been acknowledged as the model for the Los Angeles citywide neighborhood council system created by the change City Charter.

We still proudly carry the early moniker in our name as the 'Empowerment Congress North Area Neighborhood Development Council'.  You may call us NANDC for short!

Our Community

NANDC is located in West Adams, one of the oldest neighborhoods in Los Angeles, with most of its buildings erected between 1880 and 1925. It was once the wealthiest district in the city, with its Victorian mansions and sturdy Craftsman bungalows home to Downtown businessmen and professors and academicians at USC. In the 1990s, three areas of West Adams were designated as Historic Preservation Overlay Zones by the city of Los Angeles, in recognition of their outstanding architectural heritage.