Northridge West Neighborhood Council · Held
Northridge West Neighborhood Council meeting, September 8, 2026
From official records: The Northridge West Neighborhood Council's board agenda for Sept. 8, 2026 listed grants of up to $5,000 to the North Valley YMCA for Thanksgiving baskets, up to $2,000 to SOLID for the LAPD Devonshire records room and up to $500 for OneGeneration's senior health fair, $2,076.13 in rollover funds for Community Improvement Projects, three board appointments and officer elections; it said a motion for up to $2,500 for Limekiln Canyon brush removal would be tabled while Recreation and Parks looks into the cleanup. The Sept. 23 agenda lists the three applicants on the board. Minutes were not on the City's agenda index or the council's agendas and minutes page as of Oct. 1, 2026, so votes are not known.
As of October 2, 2026, outcomes for the September 8, 2026 meeting of the Northridge West Neighborhood Council come from official records posted so far, such as council files, recorded votes and filed statements. Some results may be missing until the full minutes are posted and read.
| Where | Online by Zoom |
|---|---|
| Agenda | Official agenda (posted September 4, 2026) |
| City Council districts | Council District 12 |
V.c-d. $2,076.13 rollover for Community Improvement Projects
- What it asks: Amend the 2026-27 budget to add rollover funds from 2025-26 and allocate them to the Community Improvement Projects category (agenda).
- Amount: $2,076.13 (agenda).
VIII.a. Up to $5,000 for North Valley YMCA Thanksgiving baskets
- What it asks: A Neighborhood Purposes Grant for food for low-income families served through Nobel, Calahan and Darby schools. The agenda says the council gave the program $2,500 in 2025 (agenda).
- Amount: Up to $5,000 (agenda).
VIII.b. Up to $500 for OneGeneration’s health fair
- What it asks: A Neighborhood Purposes Grant for the free fall senior health fair on Nov. 6 from 9 a.m. to noon at the Robert M. Wilkinson Senior Center in Northridge, which the agenda says has drawn more than 300 people (agenda).
- Amount: Up to $500 (agenda).
VIII.c. Up to $2,000 for LAPD Devonshire records room
- What it asks: A Neighborhood Purposes Grant to SOLID for new furniture for the records room at LAPD’s Devonshire station (agenda).
- Amount: Up to $2,000 (agenda).
Board seats and officers
- What the agenda listed: Motions to approve Lopsie Schwartz, David Uranga and Peter Lasky for open board seats, and the nomination and selection of 2026-27 officers (agenda).
- What happened: No minutes are posted, so the votes are not known. The letterhead of the Sept. 23 special meeting agenda lists Lopsie Schwarz as VP Outreach and David J. Uranga, Peter Lasky and Nathan Lichtman as board members, and the Oct. 5 agenda lists Lopsie Schwartz as VP Outreach. The Sept. 8 letterhead listed Nathan Lichtman as VP Outreach and six vacant seats (agenda).
Every item
| # | Item | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| V.c-d | Add $2,076.13 in rollover funds and assign it to Community Improvement Projects | Not posted yet |
| VIII.a | Grant of up to $5,000 to the North Valley YMCA for Thanksgiving baskets | Not posted yet |
| VIII.b | Grant of up to $500 for OneGeneration's senior health fair, Nov. 6 | Not posted yet |
| VIII.c | Grant of up to $2,000 to SOLID for LAPD Devonshire records room furniture | Not posted yet |
| I | Call to order, roll call and pledge | Not posted yet |
| II | General public comment | Not posted yet |
| III | President's report, including Kevin Herzberg's resignation | Not posted yet |
| IV.a | Appoint Lopsie Schwartz, David Uranga and Peter Lasky to open seats | Not posted yet |
| IV.b | Elect 2026-27 officers and financial officers | Not posted yet |
| V.a-b | Approve June 9 and Aug. 12 minutes and June to August expenditure reports | Not posted yet |
| VI | Announcements: Congress of Neighborhoods and attendance rules | Not posted yet |
| VII | Reports from LAPD, CD 12, EmpowerLA and the Budget Advocates | Not posted yet |
| VIII.d | Up to $200 a month for bookkeeping by Sheryl Akerblom through At Work Personnel Services | Not posted yet |
| VIII.e | Update: the up to $2,500 Limekiln Canyon brush removal motion to be tabled pending Recreation and Parks | Not posted yet |
| VIII.f | Up to $300 for paper and printing flyers for the Sept. 29 Alzheimer's forum | Not posted yet |
| IX | Alzheimer's forum, homelessness liaisons and committee assignments | Not posted yet |
| X | Committee reports | Not posted yet |
| - | Adjournment | Not posted yet |