Reimagine your neighborhood with Accessory Dwelling Units! This public event, facilitated by Big City Forum, features community workshops with Jessica Ceballos' storytelling and poetry as well as Maria Lamadrid's collaborative design methods.

The documentary film "Civic Art" delves into the world of Los Angeles-based artists as they negotiate with the government and local neighborhoods to produce ambitious, permanent, large-scale public art projects. This film highlights the vital, complicated, and often misunderstood efforts behind these artworks while exploring the extensive social power of art within four South LA County neighborhoods.

“Civic Art: Four Stories from South Los Angeles” A film by Mark Escribano and Sara Daleiden, s(o)ul

“Civic Art: Four Stories from South Los Angeles” A film by Mark Escribano and Sara Daleiden, s(o)ul

“Civic Art: Four Stories from South Los Angeles” A film by Mark Escribano and Sara Daleiden, s(o)ul

Some Place Chronicles is a creative placemaking project that features the people, histories and cultures of East Rancho Dominguez, Florence-Firestone, Lennox and Ladera Heights/View Park/Windsor Hills.

What does cultural equity look like at the community level? How can artists and civic leaders foster creative justice for the people they serve? What the heck is a PechaKucha*? Find answers to these questions and more at The Art of Community, a night of short presentations and discussions on cultural equity in communities.

Ours is a time of increased political action and civic engagement. Many arts organizations want to get involved, but believe their (c)3 status limits what they can do. A national survey of arts nonprofits found “a widespread misunderstanding … about the allowable scope of their participation in political affairs” –which prevents them – i.e. YOU -- from fully leveraging advocacy and citizen participation.

Adoption of OGP Grant Award Recommendation OGP and CIAG Guideline Changes for 2017-18  

Discussion and Adoption of OGP Scores