Big Weekend in Mar Vista! Come to Mar Vista Rec Center Fall Festival. Have fun and donate blood. Porchfest is also happening Saturday AND Sunday!

Visit our Council booth at the Festival NOVEMBER 1ST.

Visit our Council booth at the Festival NOVEMBER 1ST.

We'll have goodies for the kids! And while you're there, Donate blood, go home with an awesome tee, and feel great about the blessings you have to share. 

Mar Vista Recreation Center Fall Festival

Porchfest is here!

Mar Vista is full of FUN and community this weekend because Porchfest is here!

There will be music as far as the ears can hear!

Check out the talent and fun all around!

Saturday and Sunday, 11-5 PM

Porchfest is here!

Porchfest is here, there, and everywhere!

Visit PorchfestLA.com for more information.

Porchfest Schedule

Porchfest Schedule

Porchfest Schedule- Day 2 , Nov.2

Porchfest Day 2 Schedule

Check out Traci Park's video - Mar Vista Community Update

Community Update-Mar Vista Edition, Oct. 18th, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4h24JJ4hh9w

check out the Mar Vista Rec Center Fall Brochure

Click here for the Mar Vista Recreation Center Fall Catalog

October is Adopt a Shelter Dog Month!

October is Adopt a Shelter Dog Month and we've got canine buddies (and feline friends) who are ready to be a part of your family!

There are currently more than 2,000 pets in our six LA Animal Services who are available for adoption. To encourage the community to adopt a pet, we're offering reduced adoption fees for dogs, cats, puppies, and kittens on Saturday, October 12 and Sunday, October 13. Please open your heart and home to an amazing dog or cat. Adoption fees for dogs are $51 (not including $20 license); puppies: $75; cats: $12.50; and kittens: $25.

If you can't adopt, consider fostering a pet. When you adopt or foster a dog or cat, you not just save the life of that animal, but you will also free up a space for another dog or cat in need. 

Porchfest is coming! Nov. 1st and 2nd

visit Porchfestla.com
for maps and info

Make life easier. Order a wreath or tree and have it delivered right to your door!

Support LAPD Pacific Boosters with a Festive Wreath or Tree Delivered right to your door!

Mar Vista Crime Report

Crime Trends, News, & Prevention Tips

August has been the third consecutive month where property crimes have decreased, largely due to less vehicles broken into, and property taken. Also, there have been 13 or 14 burglaries a month compared to the 17 to 22 burglaries per month the first half of the year. The violent crimes have mostly disputes between people who know each other, whether domestic violence or a neighbor or roommate dispute.

Still, be mindful of protecting yourself and your neighbors against residential burglaries.

To help deter a residential burglary, when leaving your residence for the evening, turn on the lights in the front room and close the shutters/curtains giving the impression someone is home. If there is a television in that front room, turn it on with the volume higher than usual to deter potential burglars approaching your home. Play music if you have a stereo system. Burglary crews are disabling the electric panel in the backyard to cut off alarm systems and disable home security cameras.

Consider hiding your electric panel by placing something in front of it, such as a ladder covered with a tarp in front of it, or pot with a plant. Place Beware of Dog signs on the side gate. Visit the local pet shop to purchase a large dog leash to tie on the side gate handle to give the impression of having a dog.

Pacific Division Contacts

Waived Adoption Fees for Big Dogs and Grown -up Kitties

Tuesday, Sept. 02,2025-Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025. 8:00-am - 5:00 pm

There are more than 1,700+ animals in the six LA City shelters who are waiting to be adopted into a new, loving home. With our shelters operating at over capacity, LA Animal Services is partnering with the Paula Kent Meehan Pet Care Foundation to offer waived adoption fees for some special dogs and cats during the Big Dogs and Grown-up Kitties Adoption Event happening September 2-30, 2025.

With medium- and larger-sized dogs making up the majority of the LA Animal Services’ dog population, and the number of adult cats that are making their way into our shelters, the waived adoption fees are for:

• Dogs weighing 40 lbs or more ($20 dog license fee for LA City residents still applies).
• Cats over 1 year old.

Furry friends adopted from LA Animal Services join their new families already spayed or neutered, vaccinated, licensed, and microchipped, and adopters receive a VCA Healthy Start Certificate, which provides up to $250 of follow-up veterinary care within the first 14 days of adoption. In addition, canine companions adopted from LA Animal Services are also eligible for free dog training classes at the Paws for Life K9 Rescue People & Pet Innovation Center in Mission Hills, CA. Contact Info@pawsforlifek9.org for more details.

View more animals available to adopt or foster by going to laanimalservices.com/pets

Center operating hours: Tuesday through Friday: 8am to 5pm; Saturday and Sunday: 11am to 5pm. Closed on Mondays and City-observed holidays.

Share Your Neighborhood Council Election Experience

Mar Vista Community Council knows our stakeholders experienced a LOT of frustration with the Election/Voting process. We were frustrated as well!

EMPOWER LA is asking for feedback regarding the experience. Please participate in the survey and let them know your thoughts on the exasperating process. Maybe we can get it better and easier for the next election. Fingers crossed. 

EmpowerLA is gathering feedback to better understand your experience during the 2025 Neighborhood Council election cycle, including input on what worked well and what can be improved. Whether you participated in the 2025 Neighborhood Council elections as a candidate, as a voter, or you didn't participate at all, we want to hear from you!

By sharing your insights, you will help us enhance future election awareness strategies and resources, which in turn will increase candidate and voter engagement. More importantly, you can help us innovate ideas to strengthen connections between Angelenos and their Neighborhood Councils.

The survey results, including raw data, will be incorporated into EmpowerLA’s post-election report. This report will be distributed via our newsletter and made available on our website.

Please complete this survey no later than Saturday, August 30, 2025.

2025 National Night Out at Mar Vista Recreation Center

Mar Vista Community Council had a booth at the 2025 National Night Out at Mar Vista Recreation Center on Tuesday, August 5th from 5-9 PM

The event was a success. We met many stakeholders, first responders, and a fun time was had by all. We gave out a ton of Safety Vests with our MV Logo, personal alarms, doggy poo bags, and first aid kits. The safety vests were the fashion statement of the event! There was ribs, pasta, mac and cheese, hot dogs and pizza. Blasting music and raffles added to the fun. Our Council Member Traci Park and her staff were meeting Mar Vistans and celebrating with the rest of us. Big thanks to Andrew Marton who helped organize the event with the Rec Center. And thank you to our First Responders who met the neighborhood and brought their sirens, helicopter, fire trucks, lights and great energy to Mar Vista. Thank you to Andrew, Greg, Charlene and Jennifer for swinging by and helping man the booth. Always appreciated.