Councilmember Chelsea Lee Byers

01/30/2024

So excited to have CicLAvia back in West Hollywood this summer! 🚲

🗓️ Mark your calendars and get ready for the excitement! The 2024 CicLAvia Sunday schedule is here! 🎉

Our team has been hard at work building out an exciting season! We’re kicking it off with CicLAvia—Melrose on February 25, our 50TH EVENT since CicLAvia introduced its open streets experiences in 2010! 🙌

Expect fresh routes this year, along with a return to some of your beloved locations.

Our team is working to finalize maps and all the event details. As always, our 💌 newsletter subscribers will get the FIRST peek at everything.

Download the full schedule here: https://bit.ly/3SCGs6j

February 25: CicLAvia—Melrose
April 21: CicLAvia—Venice Blvd
May 19: *CicLAmini—Wilmington
June 23: CicLAvia—South LA (Western Ave)
August 18: CicLAvia—Meet The Hollywoods
September 15: *CicLAmini—Lincoln Heights
October 13: CicLAvia—Heart of LA
December 8: CicLAvia—The Valley (Ventura Blvd)

*CicLAmini: Compact neighborhood routes. More info: https://bit.ly/3qW2xBP

01/23/2024

The love people have for West Hollywood is unlike any other. I am incredibly grateful for the community that gathered and all the support shown through this transition in leadership. I’m looking forward to the year ahead, serving as Vice Mayor and working together with the Council and the leadership of our new Mayor John Erickson in service of the people of West Hollywood and throughout this great region.

And big, big shoutout to Santa Monica Councilmember Gleam Davis for the honor of swearing me in! 🙌

Let’s get to work!

Most of these photos are by Jon Viscott 📸

01/18/2024

Thank you to everyone who joined the Council Reorganization Ceremony on Tuesday night! I’m so grateful for your support and look forward to a fabulous year ahead with the leadership of Mayor John Erickson!

West Hollywood's new mayor, John Erickson, and Vice Mayor Chelsea Byers drew a large crowd during the City's annual reorganization and installation meeting.

06/07/2023

QCON is back in West Hollywood on Saturday, June 17th!
Get ready for a full day of action at Plummer Park.

05/19/2023

The City of West Hollywood presents its annual celebration for Harvey Milk Day and start of the WeHo Pride Arts Festival with the first annual José Sarria Drag Pageant, organized by HIT and sponsored by the Imperial Court. José Sarria was the first openly gay person to run for office in California and helped pave the way for Harvey Milk’s successful run for office.

In addition to the Drag Pageant, there will be a voter registration table, a Harvey Milk photo opportunity, and custom typewriter poetry provided by Pride Poets, an arts grantee.

Monday, May 22 at 6pm at the Respite Deck of the West Hollywood Aquatics and Recreation Center, 8750 El Tovar Pl, West Hollywood

Free and Open to the Public, RSVP required.

WEHO PRIDE ARTS FESTIVAL40 DAYS OF LGBTQ+ PROGRAMMING FROM MAY 22 THROUGH JUNE 30, 2023 The City of West Hollywood celebrates pride with its WeHo Pride Arts Festival, which runs from Harvey Milk Day (May 22) through the end of June Pride month (June 30). The Arts Festival has taken place since 2008....

05/18/2023

Join us for a special screening of the award-winning documentary film “AIDS DIVA: The Legend of Connie Norman,” a fierce, witty, and compassionate AIDS/Trans activist in the 80’s and 90’s Los Angeles.

Saturday, May 20, 2023 at 2pm
West Hollywood City Council Chambers
625 N. San Vicente Blvd., West Hollywood

The event will also include an interactive intergenerational discussion exploring youth-led human rights activism in the past and today.

Free, RSVP Required here: https://www.weho.org/community/events-in-the-city/human-rights-speakers-series

05/17/2023

Join us for the West Coast debut of Ain’t I A Woman (?/!): The Woman by New York-based performance artist GOODW.Y.N. aka Nicole Goodwin.

Friday, May 19, 2023 at 6pm
Saturday, May 20, 2023 at 6pm

Plummer Park, Great Hall Courtyard, 7377 Santa Monica Boulevard, West Hollywood

The performance artwork is a poetic dedication to love, loss and intimacy that comes with the identity of womanhood and will take place on Friday, May 19 and May 20 at 6 pm in the enclosed courtyard of Great Hall, centered in Plummer Park.

Free, RSVP required, please note this presentation contains includes mature themes and explicit content.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/aint-i-a-woman-the-woman-performed-by-goodwyn-tickets-621251198057

05/16/2023

The City of West Hollywood is hosting a panel discussion on the opioid epidemic and the impacts methamphetamine and fentanyl have had on communities in the region and across the country.

Join us virtually on May 23rd, 6-7:30 PM.

The Panel will Feature Experts with Diverse Perspectives Including Medical and Substance Abuse Professionals and a Former Los Angeles Times Reporter and Author

RSVP here:

The City of West Hollywood is hosting a panel discussion on the opioid epidemic and the impacts methamphetamine and fentanyl have had on communities in the region and across the country. This virtual event is free to attend. Please RSVP in advance via Zoom at:

05/16/2023

Rogue Artists Ensemble presents “Happy Fall: A Q***r Stunt Spectacular!”
This project is supported in part by an arts grant from the City of West Hollywood.

Wednesday, May 17, 2023 at 7:30pm
Plummer Park, Great Hall, 7377 Santa Monica Blvd., West Hollywood
Tickets, $5-$25

Join us for an in-development workshop of this original play about a q***r, closeted stuntman’s journey to discover himself in a world of faux masculinity, unmasking the importance and danger of being true to oneself. Happy Fall is a highly interactive theatrical experience based on true-life stories and direct testimonies and will illuminate issues of racial and cultural identity in Hollywood.

For tickets and more click here: https://www.weho.org/Home/Components/Calendar/Event/26858/15?curm=5&cury=2023

05/15/2023

There are many ways to enjoy the City of West Hollywood’s Art on the Outside Program this May.

New York-based performance artist GOODW.Y.N. aka Nicole Goodwin will present the West Coast debut of Ain’t I A Woman (?/!): The Woman on Friday, May 19 and Saturday, May 20, 2023 at 6 p.m. in the enclosed courtyard of Plummer Park’s Great Hall.

The performance artwork is a poetic dedication to love, loss, and intimacy that comes with the identity of womanhood. Performance contains nudity.

RSVP is required at

Artist GOODW.Y.N. will perform Ain’t I A Woman (?/!): The Woman, a performance artwork and poetic dedication to love, loss and intimacy.

05/15/2023

The City of West Hollywood Recreation Guide for Summer 2023 is here! Check it out and get plugged into all the fun this summer.

Access the Digital Rec Reader here: http://enewsjet.com/wehosummer23/

05/14/2023

There are many ways to enjoy West Hollywood's Art on the Outside this May!

From May 15, 2023 through April 30, 2024, Artist Britt Westveer will debut a 10x20 wheatpasted mural on City Hall. The artwork is a collection of three large, printed posters featuring digital collages made from found imagery and the artist’s own archives depicting the long history of diverse LGBTQIA+ people who have “always been here.”

Stop by City Hall at 8300 Santa Monica Boulevard to check it out!