| 1. Describe Boundaries |
North: 3rd Street
South: 7th Street
East: Alameda Street
West: Main Street
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| 2. Attach a map of the Neighborhood Council |
UrbanizeLA-SRNC-New___Projects-1A.docx, SRNC-FC-Boundaries-Overlap___Zones-1A.docx, Business_Information_within_the____Skid_Row_NC_Boundaries.docx, 2014_Skid_Row_Map_with_grid.pdf
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| 3. Explain why these boundaries were chosen. For example, the boundaries may be based on census tracts, on historical landmarks, on existing community planning areas, etc. |
In 2006, the City of Los Angeles offered these exact borders in the Jones v. City of Los Angeles settlement agreement to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco as the official borders of Skid Row.
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| 4. Do the proposed boundaries overlap with any other Neighborhood Council boundaries? |
Yes
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| 5. If the answer to Question 4 is “Yes”, list the Neighborhood Councils which are affected by the boundary overlap. |
1) Downtown Los Angeles Neighborhood Council and 2) Historic Cultural Neighborhood Council
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| 6. If the answer to Question 4 is “Yes”, explain why you believe the boundary overlap exists. What is the reason for the overlap? For example, the overlapping area may include a park, a school, a library, a facility or a building of historical significance, etc. |
The Downtown Los Angeles Neighborhood Council lists it's Skid Row resident borders as starting on Los Angeles Street to the west, while our proposed Skid Row resident boundaries begin one block further west on Main street. Also, there are apprx. 4 blocks of overlap between the Historic Cultural Neighborhood Council and our proposed Skid Row Neighborhood Council at our most northest point. Locations such as the Little Tokyo Mall and Centenary Church are south of 3rd street, but many nearby residents and stakeholders who visit these locations have ties to the Little Tokyo community
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| 7. Does the Neighborhood Council area contain at least 20,000 stakeholders? |
Yes
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| 8. If the answer to Question 7 is “No”, mark the space or spaces below which apply: |
Neighborhood Council represents an historic neighborhood or community AND includes City service providers such as a library or a police station
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| 9. If the population in the Neighborhood Council contains more than 20,000 stakeholders, estimate the total: |
Unknown
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| Why are you seeking a Neighborhood Council subdivision? |
With Skid Row commonly known as "The Homeless Capitol of America", there are unique qualities and needs which vastly differ from the typical and main focus of the Downtown Los Angeles Neighborhood Council which has led to extreme contrast between the two areas- A well-documented "Downtown revitalization" which has spurned Billions of dollars of new development (including upscale lofts, condos and hotels), while Skid Row has been equally well-documented for it's widespread squalor which has led to thousands of homeless men, women and children residing in tents and encampments on sidewalks all while at the same time, hundreds of businesses struggle to operate in a normal manor while having no choice but to work from within an environment filled with seemingly endless deplorable conditions for all to see who either reside, work or traverse within our borders.
See the following link for additional information;
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skid_Row,_Los_Angeles
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| Describe the residential profile of the Neighborhood Council. Examples: ”Mostly single family homes”, “Mostly apartments”, “Mixture of single family and multiple family dwellings”. |
The residential profile in Skid Row historically consists of mostly homeless (tents, encampments) and transitional (missions, SRO's) with a gradual increase over the years of market rate and live/work dwellings due to adaptive reuse and new constructs. There is also a presence of new permanent supportive housing units with more proposed in the immediate future.
See the following links for additional information;
http://www.usboundary.com/Areas/Census%20Tract/California/Los%20Angeles%20County/Census%20Tract%202073.02/441088 http://www.usboundary.com/Areas/Census%20Tract/California/Los%20Angeles%20County/Census%20Tract%202062/443099
http://www.usboundary.com/Areas/Census%20Tract/California/Los%20Angeles%20County/Census%20Tract%202063/441249
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| Describe the commercial or business profile within the Neighborhood Council. Examples: “Mostly businesses with less than 10 employees” “Mostly businesses with around 100 employees” “Mostly businesses with hundreds of employees” “Mostly industrial or manufacturing businesses” “Mostly retail or service businesses” “A mixture of different types of businesses” |
The business profile in Skid Row consists mostly of businesses with less than 50 employees. The "Toy District" area within Skid Row consists of mostly wholesale businesses while the "Industrial District" area within Skid Row mostly consists of seafood businesses, a few cold storage facilities and warehouses zoned for light manufacturing. There are also service-oriented businesses within Skid Row with most of them on the western side of our community.
See the following link for additional information;
Business_Information_within_the____Skid_Row_NC_Boundaries.docx (Attached above in the Map Section)
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| Describe the economic profile of the Neighborhood Council. Examples: ”Affluent”, “Middle income”, “Mostly unemployed”, “A mix of upper, middle and lower income people”. |
The economic profile of Skid Row is well-beneath the poverty line for residents and middle-class for businesses. With more mixed-income housing projects slated for the future, it is anticipated that Skid Row will no longer be a community of extremes and instead become a community which reflects the very diversity that the City of Los Angeles prides itself in having.
See the following link for additional information;
http://www.city-data.com/neighborhood/Skid-Row-Los-Angeles-CA.html
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| Describe the types of employment that are available within the Neighborhood Council. Examples: Retail / Wholesale / Manufacturing / Entertainment / Art / Government / Health Services /Banks / Finance Companies / Insurance / Construction / Public Utilities / Communication / Computers |
The types of employment within Skid Row include, Retail/Wholesale/Manufacturing/Banks/Government/Health Services/ Entertainment/Non-profit/Art/Film/Transportation..
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| 1. Describe in detail the outreach process used to identify community stakeholders. |
The Skid Row Neighborhood Council- Formation Committee used a "self-affirmation" outreach process to determine each of our community's stakeholders. In addition, with long, well-established ties to our own community, we also were able to use "advance knowledge" in knowing our neighbors- from those who live here, work here, own property and/or are established stakeholders with a vested interest in Skid Row.
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| 2. Describe or list the types of outreach activities used to inform stakeholders about the existence or formation of the Neighborhood Council. What types of outreach activities were employed? Examples of outreach activities include mass mailings, telephone calls, public meetings, and door-to-door visits. |
The various types of outreach activities the Skid Row Neighborhood Council- Formation Committee used to notify stakeholders of our existence were in the form of community meetings (with agendas posted in our community), public speaking during numerous community events, e-mail communications, notifications on multiple social media outlets, writing op-ed news articles, media interviews- radio, film and print, word-of-mouth conversations and also public marketing concepts such as "Ask me about SRNC" pins, Skid Row City Limit t-shirts and murals in Skid Row which depict Skid Row's borders and additional information.
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| 3. Approximately how much time was spent on actual outreach activities prior to submitting this application? Examples include “one hour per week for six months”, “an hour every day for one month”, “at least three months”, “every week since July 2000", etc. |
The time we spent on actual outreach activities to promote the Skid Row Neighborhood Council are countless- We officially started this effort in the summer of 2014, have a Skid Row NC Facebook group page which exists in non-stop perpetuity, numerous videos on YouTube which also exist in non-stop perpetuity, murals which exist in constant perpetuity and many members who talk on a variety of platforms about the need for a Skid Row NC. There are even many conversations outside of Skid Row about our SRNC- So to put a hard number on the hours committed to forming the SRNC are beyond measure!
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| 4. Were public meetings held on behalf of the Neighborhood Council? On average, how many people attended each meeting? Were the meetings, in your opinion, productive? |
YES. The SRNC-FC has has agendized meetings in Skid Row for years. The smallest was 5 people and the largest was 60 people..Each and every one of our meetings was productive which many issues in need of addressing and passionate members of our community all sharing their perspectives to the overall conversation of Skid Row.
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| 5. Attach to this application the original signatures of 200-500 stakeholders within the proposed Neighborhood Council boundaries. Keep a copy of the signatures collected for your records. Signature amounts in excess of 500 will be retained on file by the Department as additional outreach documentation. |
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| 6. Signatures shall, to the maximum extent feasible, reflect the broadest array of community stakeholders who will be active participants in the Neighborhood Council. Please explain how the signature collection process was used to include, inform and educate the widest possible variety of stakeholders. |
The Chair of the SRNC-FC (General Jeff) led an outreach process that was based on long-standing relationships which were developed over the last ten years while he served as both a community activist and also a member of the Board of Directors for the Downtown Los Angeles Neighborhood Council, serving for 6 years from 2008-2014. Said business and working relationships include outreach to residents, the business sector, the non-profit sector and other community stakeholders. Other members of our SRNC-FC also have built their own working relationships with individuals from the same previously mentioned demographics. The combination of these efforts led to a "word-of-mouth encouragement" throughout Skid Row. Our petition signatures were collected solely by the Chair, in order to prevent repetition. The Chair physically attended many community events and meetings. The Chair also forwarded non-profit organization the Weingart Center an electronic version of our petition, with which they collected signatures from both staff members and clients who partake in any one of a number of programs and/or activities this social service provider offers. All of our petition signatures were collected within our Skid Row boundaries and include a wide array of stakeholders, such as- housed residents, homeless residents, business owners, members of the non-profit sector, volunteers and community stakeholders who all have a vested interest and on-going collective concern regarding the state of well-being and positive improvement throughout our Skid Row community.
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| 7. Outreach activities are a very important part of all Neighborhood Council operations. Outreach activities should be performed regularly in order to share ideas and to communicate news, events and information. Please describe below how you plan to continue to conduct outreach activities after your Neighborhood Council is officially certified. |
The Skid Row Neighborhood Council- Formation Committee will continue our outreach efforts in a variety of ways, which include postings of meeting agendas, public speaking during community events and/or other community meetings and also on multiple outlets via social media. Our Skid Row Neighborhood Council Facebook group already has almost 500 members (480). We anticipate that this number will continue to increase and also intend to completely turn over any and all administrator duties to the new leadership soon after the SRNC has it's elections and becomes certified. With newly-installed bulletin boards in both Skid Row parks- Gladys Park and San Julian Park- public notification of all SRNC-FC actions will continue as planned. Once the SRNC is certified, additional social media outlets will be enacted and a new e-mail database will also be created. The most important and effective method of outreach efforts in Skid Row is word-of-mouth. We will help to maintain the high-level of communication and outreach throughout the transition period (from now to certification to the first SRNC elections) until the first elected SRNC Board itself is certified and assumes full responsibility for the Skid Row Neighborhood Council.
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| Attach samples of your outreach materials |
SEmpowerLA116111815250.pdf, Skid_Row_Business_Sector_Outreach-1A.docx, Skid_Row_Council_Support_Letter-_Signed.pdf, Skid_Row_Neighborhood_Council_Support_Letter.pdf, Skid_Row_Neighborhood_Council_Letter_of_Support.pdf, General_Jeff--Skid_Row_Support_Letter_PDF.pdf, Letter_of_Support_for_the_SRNC.pdf, letter_of_support.doc, Manuel_Compito-SRNC-June-2014.docx, Manuel_Compito-SRNC_logo-Nov2014.docx, SEmpowerLA216120616240.pdf, SEmpowerLA216120616250.pdf, SEmpowerLA216120616260.pdf, Other_NC's_who_Support__SRNC-2016.docx, LA_Weekly-Best_Street_Art__Mural-2015.docx, CityWatch-SRNC-Mar2015.docx, LA_Daily_News-SRNC-Oct2015.docx, Nationswell-SRNC-Mar2016.docx, Curbed_Cup-SRNC-Dec2015.docx, Curbed_LA-SRNC-Apr2016.docx, LA_Weekly-Best_of_LA-Dec2014.docx, LAist-SRNC-May2015.docx, GOOD_magazine-SRNC-Oct2014.docx, LA_Times-SRNC-Jan2016.docx, Downtown_News-SRNC-Feb2016-2B.docx, Uplift_SKID_ROW___event-SRNC-Dec2016.docx, 
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| Attach copies of sign-in sheets for any outreach meeting held |
SEmpowerLA116112916360.pdf
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