In 2022 the Porter Ranch Neighborhood Council brought government agencies in to our meetings to provide updates and hear stakeholder concerns on street lighting outages and the Reseda offramp closure.
The Bureau of Street Services spoke at our February meeting about the challenges in preventing copper wire theft in street lights and reducing the backlog to restore lighting. 
The community inquired about the timeline to restore lighting for Reseda, Wilbur and Tampa and while no timeline was offered in the meeting, we are pleased to report that lighting has been restored as of December.
The Reseda Offramp subject was a sore spot for stakeholders who grilled DOT on why nothing was done about it for so long, even though the issue had been identified at a high level some time ago. Stakeholders called for better communication and speedier coordination of the agencies involved to repair and open the ramp.
Emergency preparedness continues to be a priority for the PRNC and we were pleased to sponsor and promote the first Community Emergency Response Team training class held at the Vineyards Community Room. This class provided our residents the opportunity to train for free with our LAFD on how to treat life threatening emergencies, fire suppression, evacuation and search techniques and more.
Porter Ranch CERT Graduates
PRNC President Gabriel Khanlian and Board Member Hilda Sarkisyan were among the graduates. "I highly recommend taking the CERT class and learning how to help your community in a disaster, when few other resources will be available. Be prepared!" said Khanlian.
In 2022 we were glad to finally be able to greet stakeholders at community events including the Carnival of Knowledge, Chatsworth Block Party, Day of the Horse and National Night Out.
We also funded grants to benefit Porter Ranch including:
- Furniture for the LAPD Senior Lead Officer Trailer at Devonshire Division $3,000 and 1,000
- Chatsworth Charter HS Vex Robotics $1,500
- YMCA for Thanksgiving Turkeys and baskets $1000
- Southern California Preparedness foundation – CERT Back packs
- Nobel Teacher’s Lounge Renovation $1,300
- Volunteers Cleaning Communities $3,000
- Chatsworth Porter Ranch Chamber for $500
- Castlebay Robotics tables and chairs $4,300
- Shepherd Church for July 4 Sponsor
- City of LA Congress of Neighborhoods Event $500
We continue to create a forum to hear your voices and make them heard at City Hall and we invite you to join us in 2023:
- Attend a meeting, 2nd Wednesday, 6:15pm
- Sign up for our newsletter
- Join a committee
- Run for a seat in our upcoming elections
