It looks like neighborhood councils are back in style with two new hires for General Manager and Assistant General Manager at the city's Department of Neighborhood Empowerment (DONE). Their first "whirlwind" week on the job has come on the heels of two new neighborhood councils: Panorama City and Rampart (making a total of 89 councils in LA). In their first letters to the public and neighborhood council members, General Manager Carol Baker Tharp shares......

So back in November we asked the Department of Neighborhood Empowerment, who oversees Neighborhood Councils, for a quick 5 question interview... LAist: Okay, so what the heck is a DONE Advocate and what are these Neighborhood Councils all about? DONE: ... LAist: Why should our readers get to know their Neighborhood Council? DONE: ... LAist: What is one step our readers can do right now to participate to help mold the future of Los......

Last night, the former DONE GM (this is city lingo and you'll understand right below) wrote a lengthy e-mail, equaling out to more than 5 pages on paper, about Prop R. If you don't know about Prop R or much about Neighborhood Councils, here's a good start from the "No on Prop R" point of view: Neighborhood Council Board Members: For those of you who don’t know me, I recently retired as the general......