This is the website of the Los Angeles Neighborhood Councils Congress.
We are over 40 neighborhood councils and welcome everyone to this open process.  Don't be left out!  Ratify the LANC Congress Charter and send a delegate from your neighborhood council to represent you in this important process.

Neighborhood councils in Los Angeles came about with the revision of the City Charter in 1999.
Article IX, Section 901(c) of that Charter states that the neighborhood councils should come together as a Congress of Neighborhoods. Why a "Congress of Neighborhoods"? What did the members of the Revision Commission mean when they used that term? According to the members of the Revision Commission, it was envisioned that neighborhood councils would come together to communicate with one another and to discuss and decide major issues affecting the citizens of Los Angeles. The formation of the Congress was to be left up to the neighborhood councils themselves.

Now, that time has come! The Working Group set up the framework for our Congress become to a reality! The Congress of Neighborhood Councils is intended to enhance the ability of NCs, as well as their clout and influence, giving a larger voice on issues affecting more than one neighborhood. The Congress is not intended to usurp or interfere with the role of an individual Neighborhood Council in their own neighborhood.

M I N U T E S   Minutes for the most recent meetings of the L.A.N.C. Congress can be accessed by clicking on the date of the meeting listed below: Minutes of the LANCC Senate meeting - July 7, 2007   Minutes of the LANCC Senate meeting - May 19, 2007   Minutes of the LANCC Senate meeting - Mar. 3, 2007   Minutes of the LANCC Senate meeting - Feb. 3, 2007   Minutes of the LANCC Senate meeting - Jan. 6, 2007   Minutes of the LANCC Senate meeting - Dec. 2, 2006   Minutes of the LANCC Senate meeting - Nov. 4, 2006   Minutes of the LANCC Senate meeting - Oct. 7, 2006   Minutes of the LANCC Senate meeting - Sept. 9, 2006   Minutes of the LANCC Senate meeting - June 3, 2006   Minutes of the LANCC Senate meeting - April 1, 2006   Minutes of the LANCC Senate meeting - March 4, 2006 * * * Standing Rules - approved March 4, 2006   H I S T O R Y   The L.A.N.C. Congress is open to all, as were all the meetings of the Working Group. To view the history of its development, read the notes of all the meetings, listed below:   Notes of the 9th independent Congress Working Group meeting - Dec. 17, 2005   Notes of the 8th independent Congress Working Group meeting - Nov. 12, 2005   Notes of the 7th independent Congress Working Group meeting - Sep. 24, 2005   Notes of the 6th independent Congress Working Group meeting - Aug. 27, 2005   Notes of the 5th independent Congress Working Group meeting - Jun. 11, 2005   Notes of the 4th independent Congress Working Group meeting - May 14, 2005   Notes of the 3rd independent Congress Working Group meeting - Apr. 23, 2005   Notes of the 2nd independent Congress Working Group meeting - Mar. 26, 2005   Notes of the 1st independent Congress Working Group meeting - Feb. 26, 2005   Notes of the USC organized meeting - Jan. 29, 2005

Click here for the L.A. Times 10/5/2005 article on this LANC Congress - (online article)

Click here to read the Charter and Mission Statement of the LANC Congress


Contact us at: info@LANCCongress.org