Hollywood Today: Neighborhood Council Meets to Discuss Redevelopment, Redistricting

The Hollywood United Neighborhood Council Monday to discuss sending a letter to elected officials in support of the elimination of redevelopment agencies and in opposition to a revival of a local redevelopment agency. Also up for discussion are the neighborhood council's goals for 2012 and a possible position/letter on the Los Angeles City Council redistricting process. [Full Agenda]

More happenings:

• City Hall offices and the library will be closed Monday, Jan. 16, in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Los Angeles Unified School District students also get the day off.  Need stamps? That will have to wait until Tuesday, as the United States Postal Service offices are closed for the day, along with banks and credit unions. Often referred to as MLK Day, the federal holiday is observed on the third Monday in January each year. It is scheduled to take place around the time of King's birthday, Jan. 15.

• Enjoy Target Free Holiday Monday at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). See Metropolis II, a large-scale kenetic sculpture, which recently opened for viewing. There's also "Contested Visions in the Spanish Colonial World," a collection of indigenous art forms from the Aztec and Inca civilizations during the colonial period. Our pick: "California Design, 1930-1965: 'Living in a Modern Way.' " See more than 300 objects that include furniture, ceramics, metalwork, fashion and textile as well as industrial and graphic design in the exhibition that examines California's part in shaping the culture of the country for that era. Tickets: 323-857-6010 or purchase online.

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