West Los Angeles Sawtelle Neighborhood Council

Published October 1, 2026 · Updated October 2, 2026

The West Los Angeles Sawtelle Neighborhood Council (WLA Sawtelle) covers the Sawtelle area between Wilshire Boulevard, the 10 Freeway, the 405 Freeway and the Santa Monica city line at Centinela Avenue, excluding federal Veterans Affairs property (WLASNC overview). Anyone who lives, works or owns real property in the area, or declares a stake in it as a community interest stakeholder, is a stakeholder (Plan for a Citywide System of Neighborhood Councils).

Latest as of October 1, 2026

The Sept. 23 board agenda included letters to LADOT and CD 11 asking for a neighborhood greenway on Westgate and Mississippi avenues and an enforceable 15 mph limit on Slow Streets, and a land use committee recommendation to oppose the City proposal to eliminate all nine Area Planning Commissions (agenda). The July 22 agenda included a letter asking the Council and Mayor to seek full reimbursement from LA28 for any Olympics cost shortfall, and a recommendation to oppose the 1928 Federal Ave. apartment project as designed (agenda).

City Council districts	Council District 11
Region	West LA
Alliances	Westside Regional Alliance of Councils
Certified	October 7, 2003
Website	www.westlasawtelle.org

Board

15 seats, as of October 1, 2026 (Source)

Seat	Name	Officer
North West District Representative	Walton Chiu	Chair
At-Large Representative	Malcolm Ray	Vice Chair
Large Business Representative	Jay Handal	Treasurer
Organizational Representative	James Altuner	Secretary
North East District Representative	Natasha Harkison
South West District Representative	Alexandra Polin
South East District Representative	David Swartz
Organizational Representative	Tascha Folsoi
Small Business Representative	Adriane Ransom
Small Business Representative	Danilo Torro
At-Large Representative	Ron Ben-Yehuda
At-Large Representative	Monica Mejia-Lambert
At-Large Representative	Victor Pacheco
At-Large Representative	Vince Peagler III
At-Large Representative	Pierre Tecon

When and where the West Los Angeles Sawtelle Neighborhood Council meets

West Los Angeles Sawtelle Neighborhood Council regular board meetings: Fourth Wednesday of the month, 7 p.m. Location: WLA Municipal Building, Room 200, 1645 Corinth Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90025, and online (Zoom). Schedule as of October 1, 2026.

Agendas and minutes	Agendas and minutes

Committees

Budget

Fiscal year	2026-27
City allocation	$25,000, plus a $12,715 rollover
Spent so far	$11,857

as of October 1, 2026 (Source)

Meetings

Past meetings

September 2026

September 23, 2026 minutes posted On Sept. 23, 2026 the board of the West Los Angeles Sawtelle Neighborhood Council voted 10-0-1 to oppose the November Charter proposal to replace the Area…
September 15, 2026 minutes posted The West Los Angeles Sawtelle Neighborhood Council's Planning and Land Use Management Committee, in a joint meeting with the board on Sept. 15, 2026, voted…

August 2026

August 26, 2026 minutes posted The West Los Angeles Sawtelle Neighborhood Council's board on Aug. 26, 2026, approved up to $6,822.28 in spending motions (our sum) 15-0-0, approved five PLUM…
August 18, 2026 minutes posted The West Los Angeles Sawtelle Neighborhood Council's Planning and Land Use Management Committee, in a joint meeting with the board on Aug. 18, 2026, voted 4-0-0…

July 2026

July 29, 2026 (special) agenda only, minutes not posted The agenda for the July 29, 2026 special joint meeting of the West Los Angeles Sawtelle Neighborhood Council board and its Communications and Outreach Committee…
July 22, 2026 minutes posted The board of the West Los Angeles Sawtelle Neighborhood Council voted 8-1-1 on July 22, 2026 to send a letter asking the Council and Mayor to get full…
July 21, 2026 minutes posted The Planning and Land Use Management Committee of the West Los Angeles Sawtelle Neighborhood Council, in a joint meeting with the board on July 21, 2026, voted…