Robert Guevara- A History of Participation- No other candidate or current ERNC board member has more than a couple of such examples.

ROBERT GUEVARA, Candidate for ERNC President

Partial History of relevant experience for Neighborhood Council

In most cases, there were no or few ERNC board members appearing.

 

*  LANCC, “Los Angeles Coalition of Neighborhood Councils,” I attend monthly meetings, beginning with contacts in 2009 and am a regular participant- the only one from the ERNC.

 

*  Event:  2010, City Hall, Dept. of Neighborhood Empowerment, open house and information session.

 

*  City Council Budget and Finance Committee meeting, Chair: CM Paul Krekorian, CM Jose Huizar, and CAO Miguel Santana, at Women’s 20^th Century Club, Eagle Rock.

 

*  City Council Committee Meeting re: Neighborhood Councils, City Hall, Chaired by CM Bernard Parks.

 

*  Budget Representative for ERNC, 2010, 2011, 2012, attending meetings at City Hall, elected Budget Advocates for each year.

 

*  Attended Mayor’s Budget Day at City Hall, 2010, 2011, 2012, city wide event with presentation of report by Neighborhood Council Budget Advocates.

 

Meetings-

*  Attended meetings of other Neighborhood Councils, Historic Highland Park NC, Glassell Park NC, Lincoln Heights NC, and LA-32 NC (El Sereno).

 

* Attended Dahlia Heights awards ceremony as an ERNC representative and attended the Dahlia Heights 2012 Ice Cream Social community event.

 

* Attended Open House for 710-Freeway planning and comment event at Eagle Rock Elementary School.

 

* Attended the dedication of the Van de Kamp Community College campus on Fletcher Drive.

 

* Attended NC PlanCheck meetings in 2011 and 2012, City Planning Dept. presentations on upcoming changes

 

* Budget LA meetings of NC and other city activists.

 

* NECA meetings, (“Northeast L.A. Councils Alliance”) in Silverlake, 2012 presentations by Zev Yaroslavsky, L.A. County Supervisor, and representative on LAUSD Redistricting.

 

* NELA meetings, (“NorthEast LA” coalition of Neighborhood Councils.)

 

* Dept.of Neighborhood Empowerment 2012 Elections, Region 8 meeting-Glassell Park, candidate information and training meetings, Glassell Park, Highland Park, Lincoln Heights.

 

* 2010 City Election, attended CD-14 Council Candidate forums with CM Jose Huizar and Rudy Martinez,

a. hosted by Arroyo Seco Neighborhood Council,

b. in Glassell Park by the Glassell Park Homeowners Improvement,

c. and hosted by TERA and ERNC in Eagle Rock.

 

* 2010 Elections, member of the L.A. Clean Sweep organization with a major goal to have qualified candidates challenge incumbents in the “even-numbered” council districts.

 

* Attended the 2010, 2011 and 2012 Congress of Neighborhood Councils, the annual city-wide meeting for the city’s 95 certified Neighborhood Councils.

(I was the only ERNC board member attending in 2010 and 2012; one other ERNC board member attended in 2011).

 

* Attended DWP informational meetings in 2012 and some meetings of the DWP committee preceding the LANCC meetings.

 

* Attended Lummis Day annual event in 2011 as ERNC representative.

 

* Attended each of the Northeast L.A. Veterans Day Parades each November 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011.

 

*Attended 2012 Primary Election L.A. District Attorney Forum, KPCC studio, Pasadena.

 

*Attended 2012 L.A. District Attorney Debate, August, 2012, LAPD Auditorium. Jackie Lacey and Alan Jackson for Nov. election.

 

 

* Eagle Rock Park, Concerts in the Park, 2011, 2012 as ERNC rep.

 

* National Night Out 2010, 2011 (2012 date conflict with D.A. debate downtown).

 

* KPCC Forum with former City Department head, Austin Beutner, KPCC studio, Pasadena.

 

*Attended various City Council meetings at City Hall downtown.

 

*Attended series on government, at City Hall, hosted by CM Jose Huizar

 

*Attended City Hall panel meeting on campaign funding issues, hosted by L.A. Downtown News

 

*Attended CD-14 Council member Jose Huizar “State of Town” address for 2010, 2012 (no “address” in 2011).

 

*Attended Eagle Rock Music Festival, 2009, 2010, 2011, ERNC booth.

 

*Attended 2012 Primary Election, Candidate Forum for Assembly District 51

Candidates:  Luis Lopez, Jimmy Gomez, Arturo Chavez and Oscar Gutierrez appeared. TERA as primary host.

 

*Attended L.A. City Redistricting meeting at Occidental College, 2012.

 

*Attended presentation by Eagle Rock High School, Principal Velasco with faculty member, joined by presentation from City Controller Wendy Greuel at Occidental College.

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And attended the Regular meetings of the ERNC Board and Executive Committee since joining the ERNC in April 2009.