Events

REGULAR MEETING
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2023
TIME: 9:30 A.M.
MEETING LOCATION:
LACERS Boardroom
977 N. Broadway

Los Angeles, California 90012

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PUBLIC SAFETY/EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS COMMITTEE
Monday November 27, 2023 at 7:00 pm
555 W. Redondo Beach Blvd., Room 205, Gardena, CA 90248

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Called by Committee Chair

SPECIAL MEETING - TRADE, TRAVEL AND TOURISM COMMITTEE

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2023 – 11:00 AM

Port of Los Angeles Administration Building

Board Hearing Room, Second Floor

425 S. PALOS VERDES STREET, SAN PEDRO, CA 90731

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LOS ANGELES EMPLOYEE RELATIONS BOARD

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THE 18th ANNUAL GREAT LOS ANGELES WALK KICKS OFF — AND ENDS — AT GRIFFITH PARK, TRAVELING UP AND DOWN FAIRFAX AND WESTERN AVENUES FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER ON NOV. 18

LOS ANGELES (Nov. 6, 2023) -- Hundreds of Angelenos will hit the sidewalks once again on Saturday, November 18, for The Great Los Angeles Walk 2023 – the annual event (always held the Saturday before Thanksgiving) that dispels the myth that “nobody walks in L.A.” 

After years of mostly east-to-west journeys, this year’s Great Los Angeles Walk (http://www.greatlawalk.com)  will feature a number of firsts for the event. The 2023 Walk will begin and end in Griffith Park — the first time L.A.’s major park is included in the Walk, as well as the first time the Walk has started and ended in the same place.

This year’s Walk will meet at the Griffith Park bear statue (5413 Los Feliz Blvd.) at 9 a.m. on Nov. 18, and then head down to Franklin Ave., where we’ll head west toward Hollywood (and past Highland) to the end, at Wattles Mansion and Garden Park, a little past Runyon Canyon. From there, we’ll take Curson to Hollywood Blvd. and continue to Fairfax Ave.

That’s where we’ll turn and take Fairfax Ave. for the first time. Walkers will pass iconic businesses like Canter’s Deli, as well as Television City, The Grove, the Farmers Market, the Academy Museum, the Petersen Auto Museum, the Little Ethiopia restaurants and more. 

At Pico, we will head east to Western. And then, we walk back north, up Western, past El Cholo restaurant (celebrating its 100^th anniversary this year) and through the heart of Koreatown. We’ll keep walking north, until we make it back to the Griffith Park bear.

All told, this year’s Walk will clock a little under 15 miles. Attendees will be encouraged to explore the city in a safe way, and follow proper safety protocols. From there, they will explore the city, document what they see and share that experience with others. It’s not a race – attendees are encourage to take their time, explore, learn about their city and even build community with others. The Walk will end with a celebration at a venue to be announced later.

L.A. journalist and blogger Michael Schneider launched the Great Los Angeles Walk in 2006 as a way to celebrate his tenth year in Los Angeles. Inspired by the book “Wilshire Boulevard: Grand Concourse of Los Angeles,” by Kevin Roderick (with research by J. Eric Lynxwiler), he decided to walk the street’s entire length. 

In 2007, for an encore, he chose another downtown-to-the-ocean route: Pico Boulevard. The 2008 Walk took on Santa Monica Blvd. In 2009, the event kicked off in the historic West Adams district and walked to Venice Beach via Adams and Washington. In 2010, for its fifth edition, the Great Los Angeles Walk reprised its original Wilshire journey. In 2011, participants marched to the ocean via Hollywood Boulevard. In 2012, the Walk traveled across Melrose Avenue; in 2013, Sunset Boulevard; in 2014, the Walk traveled across the San Fernando Valley via Ventura Boulevard; in 2015, the Walk took on Olympic Boulevard. 

In 2016, the Walk returned to Pico; in 2017, it tackled Beverly Boulevard; in 2018, in honor of Jonathan Gold, we walked on 6th Street, including through Koreatown; in 2019, we walked down Colorado Blvd. from Arcadia and Pasadena, and then through Highland Park to downtown via Figueroa; in 2020, the socially distanced edition returned to Wilshire; in 2021, the event retraced the steps of L.A.’s first settlers (Los Pobladores) from San Gabriel Mission to downtown; and in 2022, it once again explored West Adams on the way to Venice.

The Great Los Angeles Walk grew from dozens of participants to hundreds, and continues to expand each year – always the Saturday before Thanksgiving -- as more Angelenos join in to explore their city on foot.

As always, the Walk is completely free. It is up to the participants to decide how much or how little of the walk they want to do. The Great Los Angeles Walk has been featured in Los Angeles magazine, the Los Angeles Times, the L.A. Weekly, KCAL-Channel 9, KABC-Channel 7, LAist.com and KNBC.com. In 2012, the LA Weekly recognized The Great Los Angeles Walk in its "Best of L.A." issue. More recently, the Walk was included in the book "The Best Things to Do In Los Angeles: 1001 Ideas" by Joy Yoon. 

The official hashtags of The Great Los Angeles Walk are #greatlawalk and #glaw. Social media users can follow along all day on the walk's official Instagram feed, @greatlawalk, as we continually post our location.

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Executive Committee Meeting Agenda
Thursday, November 9, 2023, 7:00pm
Meetings end at 9:00pm unless the Committee votes to end earlier or extend the time.
Location: Kosher Pizza Station, 8965 W Pico Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90035

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Westside Neighborhood Council Governing Board/Stakeholder Meeting
NOTICE OF AGENDA
Rancho Park/Palms Library
2920 Overland Blvd.
(upstairs meeting room)
November 9, 2023 - 6pm

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Venice Neighborhood Council
PO Box 550, Venice, CA 90294
www.VeniceNC.org Email: [email protected]
It's YOUR Venice - get involved!
BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE
REGULAR MEETING
Date: November 9, 2023 | Time: 6:00 P.M.
Location: Extra Space Storage Community Room
658 Venice Blvd.
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BOARD OF TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA
Thursday, November 9, 2023
10:00 AM
Room 1070, City Hall
200 North Spring Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012

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MAJOR TRANSIT AND TRANSPORTATION CONSTRUCTION TRAFFIC
MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
The TCTMC committee will take public comment from members of the public at our meeting location:
1149 S. Broadway, 1st Floor Conference Room No.150, Los Angeles, CA 90015. Members of the public
who wish to offer public comment to this committee via teleconference can also join online (Google
account required): meet.google.com/cpj-gmhu-uip or Dial in: +1 570-900-2578 PIN: 187 374 284#
Thursday, November 09, 2023, 9:00 AM

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Latino Theater Company’s free, annual holiday pageant
‘La Virgen de Guadalupe, Dios Inantzin’ is L.A.’s largest

WHAT:
Latino Theater Company returns with La Virgen de Guadalupe, Dios Inantzin, the company’s signature holiday pageant that has been a Los Angeles holiday tradition since 2002. Join the tens of thousands who have become transfixed by the story of Juan Diego, a simple peasant to whom the Virgin Mary appeared on four occasions in the mountains of Tepeyac near Mexico City in 1531. Starring Elia Saldana as the Virgin Mary and Sal Lopez as Juan Diego, the cast features over 100 actors, singers and indigenous Aztec dancers as well as children and seniors from the community. The City’s largest theatrical holiday pageant, La Virgen has been covered by The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles HOY, Univision and Fox News among many others. Performed in Spanish with English supertitles.

WHO:
• Adapted for the stage by Evelina Fernández from the mid-16th Century text The Nican Mopohua
• Directed by José Luis Valenzuela
• Starring Elia Saldana as the Virgin, Sal Lopez as Juan Diego, and featuring over 100 actors, singers and indigenous Aztec dancers, as well as children and seniors from the Los Angeles community
• Presented by El Gallo Giro
• Produced by The Latino Theater Company in association with the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels

WHEN:
• Friday, Dec. 1 at 7:30 p.m.
• Saturday, Dec. 2 at 7:30 p.m.

WHERE:
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels
555 W. Temple St.
Los Angeles, CA 90012

TICKET PRICE:
• General admission: FREE
• Premium seating: $45

HOW:
www.latinotheaterco.org
(213) 489-0994