Mobilizing the Grassroots: Outreach, Community Organizing, and the System of Neighborhood Councils in Los Angeles Evan D. Lincove, MPP Research Associate Terry L. Cooper, Ph.D. The Maria B. Crutcher Professor in Citizenship and Democratic Values Juliet Ann Musso, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Public Policy Jeremy Sharfenberg, MPP Neighborhood Participation Project School of Policy, Planning, and Development University of Southern California April 30, 2002 Contact: lincove@usc.edu The Neighborhood Participation Project gratefully acknowledges the generous support of: The John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation The University of Southern California Urban Initiative The James Irvine Foundation The National Science Foundation The Public Policy Institute of California and Coro Southern California.