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33 33 Toward Community Engagement In City Governance: Evaluating Neighborhood Council Reform in Los Angeles Juliet Musso, Christopher Weare, Mark Elliot, Alicia Kitsuse, Ellen Shiau Civic Engagement Public Policy Briefing ? 2007 USC Civic Engagement Initiative & USC Neighborhood Participation Project The authors would like to acknowledge Civic Engagement Initiative Director Terry L. Cooper for his leadership, and Dr. Kyu-Nahm Jun and Jonathan Hussain for their expert research contributions. We would also like to thank Rosalynn Silva for her work in report layout and production. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: USC CIVIC ENGAGEMENT INITIATIVE SCHOOL OF POLICY, PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES, CA 90089-0626 \h TOWARD COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IN CITY GOVERNANCE: EVALUATING NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL REFORM IN LOS ANGELES Juliet Musso, Christopher Weare, Mark Elliot, Alicia Kitsuse, Ellen Shiau POLICY BRIEF Reporting on a study supported by the Ralph and Dora Haynes Foundation, the Irvine Foundation, and the National Science Foundation This report presents findings from the Neighborhood Participation Project’s multi-year study of neighborhood council implementation in the City of Los Angeles. We discuss the extent to which the system has developed the institutional requisites for success, including democratically legitimate councils, political innovations to support participation, and the capacity for neighborhood councils to act on issues of interest to their constituent communities. We also consider the long-term effects of the reform on political networks and civic culture in Los Angeles. We find a mixed record of success. While a citywide system of certified councils is in place, and some neighborhood councils have developed the capacity to act on behalf of their constituent communities, other neighborhood councils struggle, and the City has done a poor job of developing participatory arenas within w