The Neighborhood Council Evaluation Project is in the final stage of a
seven-year evaluation of the implementation of the City of Los Angeles
neighborhood council system. Neighborhood councils were established
in Los Angeles in 1999 as a means of giving greater political voice to local
communities. Using a combination of participant observation, interviewing,
and survey and social network analysis methods, the project has studied
the City and citizens’ efforts to plan and launch the system, as well as
the emerging political networks within the system. It has also provided
formative input on and evaluation of the major institutional innovations
emerging from the neighborhood council reform, including the Early
Notification System, and participatory budgeting.
The Neighborhood Council Evaluation Project, part of the Neighborhood
Participation Project, has been sponsored by the John Randolph Haynes
and Dora Haynes Foundation, The James Irvine Foundation, and the
National Science Foundation. The project’s Midterm Status Report
on neighborhood councils and other publications can be found on the NPP
website at www.usc.edu/npp. Contact: Juliet Musso, 213.740.0636
or musso@usc.edu
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