• RUN FOR SYLMAR NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL • 

Run for local office! Attend a Candidate Info Session and apply by March 20.

Join a Candidate Info Session and learn how you can run for office on your Sylmar Neighborhood Council!

LA’s 99 Neighborhood Councils are the grassroots arm of the Los Angeles City government.

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN

• Free - low-cost outreach strategies for a successful campaign

• How and when to file as a candidate

• How to connect with voters

• How to advocate for issues you care about

• Tips for writing your personal statement + talking points

Sessions are hosted by the Department of Neighborhood Empowerment and the LA City Clerk’s Elections Division.

• • • RSVP NOW http://tiny.cc/CandidateSessions

All sessions are on Zoom. Details to join online or by phone will be in your confirmation email.

Presentation materials will be mobile-friendly. After the session, you'll receive candidate support resources via email to the address used for RSVP. You may unsubscribe at any time. Translation in Spanish and Korean is provided.

Please indicate any accommodations needed when you RSVP.

• • • SCHEDULE Saturday, March 4 (10 am - 12 pm) Saturday, March 18 (10 am - 12 pm) • • • 

WHEN IS THE APPLICATION DEADLINE?

Candidate filing for Sylmar Neighborhood Council is open until March 20, 2023, at 11:59 pm Pacific for the election on JUNE 3rd. Newly elected members take office on July 1, 2023.

APPLY NOW TO BE A CANDIDATE

Apply online on the City Clerk’s website: http://tiny.cc/CandidateApplications

• • • ABOUT LA NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCILS & NC ELECTIONS • • • 

Neighborhood Councils are the voice of their communities at Los Angeles City Hall. Board members serve their terms as volunteers and are elected by members of their community. Most NC members serve two-year terms; a few serve four-year terms. (Sylmar is 2yr terms.) Look up your Neighborhood Council: http://tiny.cc/FindMyNC

• • • WHO CAN RUN OR VOTE? • • • 

Anyone who lives, works, studies, worships or owns property or a business within NC boundaries may run or vote in this election. Community interest stakeholders belonging to locally based community service organizations meeting specific requirements in the City Charter are also eligible. Candidates must be 18+ and voters 16+ except Youth Seat candidates and voters, who must be 14 - 17. Candidates need not be US citizens or legal residents to qualify. Participation is also open to the system impacted.

• • • CANDIDATE INFO VIDEO • • • 

Learn what it means to be a Neighborhood Council member in this 4-minute video: http://tiny.cc/CandidateInfoVideo

• • • HOW TO VOTE • • • 

Both Vote-By-Mail and in-person voting at the Election Day polls are available. Mail ballots include postage, but are only available by request. Request your Vote-By-Mail ballot online from March 21 - May 1 at http://tiny.cc/NCvoters. Mail ballots must be postmarked by Election Day – May 20 – or dropped off at the polls that day.