Los Angeles Neighborhood Initiative (LANI) Employee Directory
Civic and Social OrganizationsCalifornia, United States2-10 Employees
LANI is a small civic and social organization based in Los Angeles, California, founded in 1994. It collaborates with residents, local businesses, community groups, and leaders to plan and carry out neighborhood-scale improvements aimed at making areas more walkable, greener, and safer with fair access to resources, open spaces, transit, and economic opportunity. The organization treats community members as the primary experts and guides projects from initial concept through completion, combining structured project management with broad outreach to enable communal decision-making. Its work seeks to balance competing interests with practical constraints such as timelines and budgets to deliver projects with broad community support and satisfaction. Operating in Los Angeles County, LANI has a track record of revitalizing more than 50 low- and mixed-income neighborhoods. The small team maintains a hands-on approach to collaborating with diverse stakeholders.