Downtown Neighborhood Council Candidate Filings Due Tuesday
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The DLANC board of directors meets in the lobby of the Los Angeles Theatre in September of 2009.
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES — Interested in running for the Downtown Los Angeles Neighborhood Council? Better get your paperwork in now. Candidate filings for the council's upcoming June election are due this upcoming Tuesday, April 27, at 5pm.
All 28 board seats are up for grabs in the election, which will take place on Friday, June 25. Vote by mail will also be available. Those who don't turn in their paperwork by Tuesday can run as a write-in candidate, but won't be on the ballot.
Created in 1999 as part of a City Charter overhaul, neighborhood councils are intended to give communities a greater voice in local affairs. Councils primarily advise the City Council, but also have some amount of funding to use on community projects. That funding has been under attack this year as the City fights to close a sizable budget deficit.
DLANC's board structure includes seats specified for residents, business representatives, social service providers, arts and culture representatives and even a homeless seat. Board members serve a two-year term, and are eligible to be in office a maximum of eight years.
Those interested in running can find the candidate packet on the City Clerk's website as a PDF. Full election rules are also available as a PDF.
Dixon on April 22, 2010, at 05:29PM – #1
Is it true that Russell Brown is not running for reelection?
Eric Richardson (@blogdowntown) on April 22, 2010, at 05:34PM – #2
True, but not particularly news. We covered Russ's election in May of 2005:
http://blogdowntown.com/2005/05/1891-dlanc-special-election-results
Amazing how long ago that was.
Bert Green (@bgfa) on April 22, 2010, at 06:22PM – #3
Russ Brown announced almost a year ago that he would not be running for re-election. That's not new news, but apparently a lot of people were not aware of it.
Dixon on April 22, 2010, at 07:42PM – #4
Well, it was new news to me and to others too I'm sure! I'm just glad his decision was made some time back and had nothing to do with burnout due to Kim Cooper's failed ethics charges.
Bert Green (@bgfa) on April 22, 2010, at 08:32PM – #5
It has nothing to do with that but I am sure she will try and take credit for it. Facts can be so terribly inconvenient.
Russell Brown on April 23, 2010, at 12:22AM – #6
Just a correction. Since the City Clerk is running the elections, there is only vote by mail (if requested) for stakeholders who are home bound.
Previous elections had almost 50% Vote by mail, so voter turn out will be affected.
And yes, time for others to step up and take charge. Doing this for 5 1/2 years downtown and 3 more in Hollywood has been a long enough run.