Mayor Garcetti Launches Clean Streets Team

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti was enthusiastically received at the closing session of the Congress of Neighborhoods and spoke on several priorities of his including ensuring that all Angelenos receive high quality services from City Hall. Following up on the Mayor’s Clean Streets Initiative, Mayor Garcetti launched the Clean Streets Team and urged all Neighborhood Councils to be a part of it by appointing a board member to serve as a Public Works Liaison to work with the Board of Public Works to ensure that all communities receive the best possible service from the Department of Public Works.

The Congress also had the opportunity to introduce two Clean Streets Heroes that have been providing leadership in cleaning up their community’s streets and neighborhoods. Cheron McAleece has been organizing monthly neighborhood clean ups for a few years now and as a board member of the East Hollywood Neighborhood Council has created partnerships with local organizations and the Office of Councilman Mitch O’Farrell to tackle what was once a chronic problem of illegal dumping. She is looking forward to continue fostering relationships that will help her improve her community and neighboring Los Angeles communities. Northridge West Neighborhood Council President Tom Johnson, Glen Wilson, Peter Lasky, and other entourage members fondly known recently as the “Rat Pack of Clean Streets”, have for several years lead neighborhood clean-up efforts all over Northridge and in partnership with organizations and board members of Northridge West Neighborhood Council. They are looking forward to bringing in more resources that will help keep the community clean.

For more information about the Mayor’s Clean Streets Team, please visit http://www.cleanstreetsla.org/