Westwood community leaders are attempting to address homelessness locally amid countywide efforts to alleviate Los Angeles’ homelessness crisis. The Westwood Neighborhood Council’s Homelessness Task Force held a meeting Thursday to discuss ways to improve resources currently available to Westwood’s homeless population. Read more...

Photo: Westwood Village, along with other areas in Los Angeles, is working to utilize funds from measures H and HHH to improve the lives of the Village’s homeless population. In the meantime, the Westwood Neighborhood Council’s Homelessness Task Force is considering more local approaches. (Daily Bruin file photo)

City officials have rescheduled a meeting with student leaders that would determine whether they can hold an election for a new neighborhood council for Westwood. Westwood Forward, a coalition of students and community members proposing a new neighborhood council, is now scheduled to meet with the Board of Neighborhood Commissioners and the Department of Neighborhood Empowerment on March 13. Read more...

Photo: A meeting between city officials and Westwood Forward, a student-led coalition calling for the creation of a new neighborhood council, was rescheduled to March 13. If the application to subdivide the Westwood Neighborhood Council is approved, students may be able to vote for a new council May 22. (Jacob Preal/Daily Bruin senior staff)