Homelessness in North Hollywood is one of the most challenging issues facing our community.
Your NoHo Neighborhood Council (NoHo NC) has formed a new Homeless Committee of stakeholders leading our community in finding effective ways to address the complex challenges homelessness and housing shortages present.
What are some of the goals of the new NoHo NC Homeless Committee?
· To encourage and inform residents and stakeholders on how you can make a difference by volunteering and supporting effective solutions to homelessness and its impact. Yes, together we can make a real difference.
· To help all stakeholders understand that homelessness is a complex, longstanding problem that will require multi-faceted, long-term solutions.
· To use our role as neighborhood leaders to partner with social service providers, law enforcement, and elected leaders to bring ever more effective and expansive solutions and services to our community to reduce homelessness and its impact.
Who are we?
The Homeless Committee includes members of the Neighborhood Council, Rev. Stephanie Jaeger, Lisa Kallman, Joanna Stein and Bob Peppermuller (alternate), and stakeholders Randy Brown and Peter Haderlein.
What are we doing?
At our regular monthly Homeless Committee meetings, community leaders present on how they are addressing homelessness so we can find ways to collaborate and increase our effectiveness. Recent presenters include Senior Lead Officers John Catalano and Robert Benavides, NoHo Neighborhood Prosecutor Todd Gilman, Field Deputy Jessica Orellana from Supervisor Sheila Kuehl’s office, and directors from LA Family Housing, NoHo Home Alliance, CRI-Help, Village Family Services, and the LA County Department of Mental Health. We are organizing events where you can volunteer and lend your voice to reduce homelessness and improve housing opportunities in our neighborhood. More info coming soon!
What can you do?
To address homelessness in NoHo, we need “everyone in.” We need everyone’s help and engagement to create housing and healthy community for all of us. Check our blog and our website regularly for information about volunteer opportunities and actions around homelessness: www.midtownnoho.org
Come to our meetings! Our regular monthly meetings are on the 3rd Tuesday of the month at 6:30pm. We are currently meeting in the lobby of St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church, 11031 Camarillo Street, North Hollywood, CA 91602. Entrance through the gates on Camarillo. You can share your ideas and thoughts in the public comment sections of the meeting at the beginning of the agenda, and during the discussion time of agenda items. Public comments are limited to 1 minute per person
We also encourage you to get involved in the life of our community by coming to the monthly meetings of the whole NoHo Neighborhood Council, the 2nd Monday of the month at 6:30pm, currently held in the cafeteria of East Valley High School, 5525 Vineland Ave, North Hollywood, CA 91601. At these meeting you can also share your ideas and opinions in public comments at the start of the agenda and during discussion on specific agenda items. Public comments are limited to 1 minute per person.
Join us to make NoHo the best neighborhood in L.A!
This is the first in a regular series of blog posts about the work of your NoHo Neighborhood Council. Rev. Stephanie Jaeger is secretary and faith organization representative of the Neighborhood Council. She is pastor St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church on Camarillo at the entrance to the NoHo Arts District. She is also executive director of NoHo Home Alliance, an Arts District non-profit addressing homelessness in NoHO