You Are Invited to the TNC Board Meeting, Tuesday, 12/10 @7PM
Posted on 12/09/2024TARZANA NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL
BOARD MEETING
Tuesday December 10, 2024 7:00 PM
SPECIAL MEETING
Tarzana Child Care Center
5700 Beckford Ave.
Tarzana, CA 91356
Agenda CLICK HERE
TNC Food Drive - Board Meeting, December 10
Posted on 11/24/2024Tarzana Neighborhood Council is holding a food drive at the Dec. 10 Board Meeting.
Tarzana Clean Up, Sat., Dec. 14 from 8:30-10:30AM
Posted on 12/06/2024
LA Animal Services - December Special Adoption Weekends
Posted on 12/06/2024
Fee-waived adoption:
Dec 7-8: Los Angeles Chargers Petpalooza Adoption Event happening at our Chesterfield Square/South LA Center on Saturday, Dec 7 from 9AM-4PM, and waived adoption fees for dogs and cats thanks to our friends at Petco Love, at all six LA Animal Services Centers Dec 7-8.
Please note: Shelter hours on Saturday, December 7 for East Valley, Harbor, North Central, West LA, and West Valley are 11am to 5pm. Only the Chesterfield Square/South LA location will be open from 9am to 4pm for the Petpalooza Adoption Event.
Dec 14-15: Celebrate Shelter Pets Month Adoption Weekend
Dec 21-22: Pet Care Foundation Sponsors Whisker Wonderland
Dec 28-29: New Year, New Furry Friend Adoption Weekend
Reduced adoption fees for dogs, $51 (that does not include $20 license fee for LA City residents); puppies $75, cats, $12.50 and kittens, $25.
Furry friends adopted from LA Animal Services join their new families already spayed or neutered, vaccincated and microchipped. Adopters also receive a Petco flyer with discounts to help make their pet adoption a success and a VCA Healthy Start Certificate, which provides up to $250 of follow up veterinary care within the first 14 days of adoption, and for a limited time a free dog or cat bed thanks to a donation from Chewy and Greater Good Charities. In addition, dogs are also eligible for free dog training classes with Paws for Life K9 Rescue at their People & Pet Innovation Center in Mission Hills, CA. Contact info@
If you can't adopt, consider fostering a pet. When you foster a canine buddy or feline friend, you not just save the life of that animal, but also free up a space for another dog or cat in need. Click on the links to view canine buddies and feline friends available for adoption or fostering.
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CicLAvia - The Valley, Sunday, Dec. 8, 9AM-3PM
Posted on 11/16/2024
For more information about how you can participate, visit https://www.ciclavia.org/ciclavia_the_valley_24
EMPOWER LA YOUTH CONFERENCE, Feb. 22, 2025 - deadline to apply 12/20
Posted on 11/16/2024
2025 EMPOWERLA YOUTH CONFERENCE - Sat., February 22, 2025, 8AM-4PM at Los Angeles City Hall. Discover ways to serve your community through the Neighborhood Council System, network with young changemakers across Los Angeles and get involved in grassroots democracy! For students 14-17 years-of-age. Deadline to apply: December 20. To learn more visit https://empowerla.org/civicyouth/
Extreme Heat - LA City Resources - Cooling Centers
Posted on 10/04/2024
If you or someone you know doesn’t have access to air conditioning, the City has regional resources available throughout the weekend. Many City facilities including pools, libraries, and recreation centers are open and available to all. For more heat relief resources, visit Cool Spots LA at www.emergency.lacity.gov/extreme-heat
LA Animal Services - Spay & Neuter Resources
Posted on 10/04/2024
Caballero Creek Park
Posted on 07/31/2024BOB BLUMENFIELD
COUNCILMEMBER, THIRD DISTRICT
COUNCILMEMBER BLUMENFIELD AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO CELEBRATE
GROUNDBREAKING OF FIRST SELF-SUSTAINING PARK IN LA
WEST SAN FERNANDO VALLEY, CA – Tomorrow, Councilmember Bob Blumenfield will be joined by city, local leaders and residents for the ceremonial groundbreaking of Caballero Creek Park. This site will convert a 1.5-acre underutilized lot into a multiple-benefit park, located at the convergence of the Los Angeles River and Caballero Creek in Tarzana. It will be the first self-sustaining park in Los Angeles- meaning water will be captured on and off-site and using solar, the water will be cleaned to irrigate the park.
The Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority (MRCA), Department of Recreation and Parks, Bureau of Sanitation, General Services Department, and Los Angeles County have joined forces for Caballero Creek Park. Blumenfield helped bring in seven different funding sources and cut through significant red tape over the past few years to get shovels in the ground. He also partnered with Reseda High School so this new space will serve as an outdoor classroom. The design utilizes innovative methods that lead to watershed protection, including a bioswale and a wetland component for storm water treatment. The new wetlands will create habitat, clean water and help connect Angelenos to California’s struggling riverine ecology. The site plan also includes a variety of offerings for the community including an outdoor fitness center, play and recreation, access to the LA River bike paths, and more.
This park will mark the latest new City park that Blumenfield has helped create following the Costanso Fire Station Park and the LA River and Aliso Creek Confluence Park. He also led the effort to create the new facilities at the Woodland Hills Rec Center, as well as major renovations at various parks throughout his community.
WHAT: Blumenfield will be joined by city leaders and residents for a ground breaking of a new park in the West Valley.
WHO: Councilmember Bob Blumenfield
Joe Edmiston, Executive Director of the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy
Members of the Board of Public Works
Officials from Tarzana Neighborhood Council and community members
WHEN: Thursday, August 1 at 9am
Blumenfield Introduces New Environmental Efforts
Posted on 06/18/2024
Councilmember Blumenfield Introduces New Environmental Efforts to Ensure Clean Drinking Water and Reduce Health Risks from Artificial Turf |
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Recently the Council approved Councilmember Blumenfield’s motion that instructs the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) to test for the presence of Polyfluoroalkyl / Perfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) and other similar contaminants and provide information on how to ensure safe potable drinking water for the City. This was prompted by recent revelations that DWP, for the first time ever, detected these contaminants in two water sources in the San Fernando Valley (the Pollock Well Field and at the Tujunga Well Field). While the levels were not deemed dangerous, it raised enough concern for Blumenfield to put together the motion.
Separately, Blumenfield introduced a motion to help Los Angeles transition away from artificial turf/synthetic grass and encourage the transition to California drought-friendly landscaping. Made from petroleum products, artificial turf/synthetic grass has been found to cause serious environmental issues as it degrades, can magnify the ‘heat island effect,’ and can burn in a wildfire. In the past it had been heralded as a good water-saving landscape alternative, but the conventional wisdom has been rapidly changing as the product has been studied, peer-reviewed and tested. Ultimately, a ban on future non-functional / decorative turf may be necessary. Artificial turf is now known to contain harmful substances such PFAS, and other “forever chemicals”. In April 2024, the Biden-Harris Administration, through the Environmental Protection Agency, categorized PFAS and other “forever chemicals” as hazardous substances dangerous to human health. The EPA has concluded that exposure to PFAS may lead to reproductive effects, developmental delays, and risks of some cancers. Exposure can occur through inhalation, ingestion, skin contact, and mucous membrane exposure, including microplastic dust kicked up on artificial turf fields.
On the effort regarding artificial turf, Charming Evelyn, Chair of the Sierra Club Angeles Chapter’s Water Committee, said, “Sierra Club stands in strong support of this motion from City Councilmember Blumenfield. This is a crucial step for preventing widespread contamination and protecting public health.”
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