CityWatch, the online news portal, has launched a Neighborhood Council page in partnership with the Department of Neighborhood Empowerment a.k.a. EmpowerLA to support the 2016 Neighborhood Council election outreach. CityWatch is published to encourage grassroots civic engagement through information, ideas and perspective. Editor and co-founder, Ken Draper, was involved in the creation of the Neighborhood Council system and served on the Mid City West Neighborhood Council. Ken is also a regular attendee of the Los Angeles Neighborhood Council Coalition.
The new site contains links the EmpowerLA elections site and will feature articles about Neighborhood Councils, their impact on the City and why Angelenos should run and vote in Neighborhood Council elections this year. With hundreds of thousands of readers citywide as well as a national audience, CityWatch is looking to raise the visibility and influence of Neighborhood Councils in Los Angeles.
