City Of Los Angeles Will Assist Job Seekers with $90 Million Federal Workforce Development System Mayor Eric Garcetti today announced the completion of a six month procurement process that provides a newly designed and updated WorkSource Center system for the City of Los Angeles, focusing on practical training for emerging job sectors. The Los Angeles […]
MYLA311 Online Service Request System
With MyLA311, City of Los Angeles information and services are just a few taps away. MyLA311 links Angelenos with the services and information they need to enjoy their city, beautify their community and stay connected with their local government. The ‘Submit Service Request’ feature allows you to quickly and easily request the City’s most popular services, including […]
VIDEO: Mayor Eric Garcetti and Councilmember Englander Host City Budget 101
Mayor Eric Garcetti’s Budget 101 at Shepherd of Hills in Porter Ranch
Free Reusable Plastic Bags Available at the CD12 Community Service Center
As of January 1, 2014, the Plastic Bag Ban went into effect throughout the City of Los Angeles. Councilmember Mitchell Englander in conjunction with the Los Angeles Department of Sanitation is giving away reusable bags at the CD12 Community Service Center. Council District 12 Community Service Center 9207 Oakdale Drive Chatsworth, CA 91311 (818) 882-1212 […]
LADOT’s People St Is Open for Business
Communities can transform underused areas of L.A.’s largest public asset—our 7,500 miles of city streets—into vibrant and accessible public space with People St, a program of the City of Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT). “People St is a bottom-up, community-based approach to
Which buildings will survive the Big One? LA Times found 1,000+ that may not
L.A.’s hidden earthquake dangers http://www.latimes.com/… Thousands of Southern Californians live and work in a type of building vulnerable to collapse in an earthquake. To assess the danger, a team of Times reporters combed through thousands of city and county records to identify these buildings — concrete structures built before 1976. We found more than 1,000. Experts say we’re […]
Unprecedented Victory for Community Planning – Northridge Vision
In an event being heralded as unprecedented, Councilmember Mitchell Englander, CSUN, AIA, the North Valley Chamber, and the East, West and South Northridge Neighborhood Councils have created a guide for future planning that has now been approved by L.A. City’s Planning and Land Use Management committee. Northridge Vision will be up for adoption by the […]
Time to Show Off
When your friends visit L.A., where do you take them? Sure, they’re excited to see our world famous landmarks, but tell me about your Los Angeles: the places your friends never knew about until you showed them. When your friends arrive at LAX, the “Welcome to L.A.” photos at the airport are their first impression of our […]
The Fastest Route to City Hall (Updated)
A new Mayor, a new City Attorney, a new City Controller, and six new Councilmembers join two incumbent Councilmembers in guiding the largest city in the most populated state in the most powerful country in the world and they need your feedback. The quickest way to check in is by emailing them. Tell them who […]
Eric Garcetti Wins Mayor Race, Pot Shop Limit Passes
Eric Garcetti triumphs in the LA mayoral race (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty) It’s official: Eric Garcetti has won the race for Los Angeles mayor over Wendy Greuel, who conceded this morning. With 100 percent of precincts reporting, Garcetti earned 54 percent of the votes and Greuel had 46 percent, ABC News reports. Garcetti is both […]
Final EIR of City’s Proposed Single-Use Carryout Bag Ordinance
The City of Los Angeles is proposing to adopt and implement an ordinance to ban single-use plastic carryout bags, charge a fee on paper bags, and promote the use of reusable bags at specified retailers in the City of Los Angeles. The Final EIR is available at City of Los Angeles Bureau of Sanitation, 1149 S. […]
Grading Los Angeles’ Streets
L.A. full of roads to ruin for cars The city gives its road network an average grade of C. But a Times analysis finds wide disparities, and they’re not driven by wealth or political power. Explore pavement quality ratings for each of the 68,000 street segments in L.A., graded from A to F. From the […]
Los Angeles Budget Challenge Results: North Valley & South Valley
Click here for the questions with answers and the regional budget powerpoint results. Additionally, the Citywide results are posted at budget.lacity.org.
Sign Up Now for One-On-One Help With Representatives of City Departments at CD12’s Community Service Center
Councilmember Mitch Englander’s Council District 12 Staff is now taking reservations for community members to meet one-on-one with representatives of City Departments at their Community Service Center in Chatsworth. They will have regularly scheduled time slots for community members to meet with the Planning, Building and Safety, Police, Transportation (LADOT), Housing, Community Development and Neighborhood Empowerment Departments and the Bureau of […]
City of Los Angeles Releases a 3-1-1 App and a Cleaner Website
Los Angeles residents will be able to complain about graffiti, abandoned furniture, potholes, broken street lights and fallen trees using their iPhone and Android smartphones starting March 18. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa unveiled the My LA 311 mobile app and a redesigned website for the City of Los Angeles in a Google+ hangout with reporters Wednesday. […]
Billboard Working Group – Volunteers Wanted
Opportunity – Respond quickly if interested. The Department of City Planning is looking for volunteers for a new billboard working group. The PLUM Committee has directed us to assemble this working group to address billboard and digital billboard issues, and in particular a potential new program that could allow a limited number of digital billboards […]
L.A.’s Neighborhood Councils Flex Their Muscles
From the L.A. Daily News, January 24, 2013 A recent fight over a proposed $3 billion bond issue for street repairs illustrated the growing influence of neighborhood councils in Los Angeles City government, as they exerted enough influence to keep the measure off the ballot for now. The success in that case represents an evolution […]
Update on Digital Billboards in the City of L.A.
The LA City Council’s pending new sign ordinance will not outlaw digital signs. Despite the City’s ban on new billboards dating back to 2002, the City is in the process of approving a new ordinance that will allow new signs (including digital signs) in designated “sign districts” which are to be limited to commercial and […]
City Council Allows Car Parking To Be Swapped For Bike Spaces
Bike rack (Photo by via the LAist Featured Photos pool) It took a long time but the Los Angeles City Council has passed an ordinance that will dramatically increase the number of parking spaces for bikes in new developments. The Bike Parking Ordinance will allow new developments—both residential and commercial—to swap some parking spots for bikes in lieu of parking spots […]
Consolidated Plan Community Follow-Up Meetings
How Will Federal Funds Transform Your Community? Last October, you told the City of Los Angeles how Federal funds should be spent to improve your neighborhoods, such as more affordable housing, job training, and street repairs. The City heard you and has included many of your ideas in a plan that will make these improvements, and more, possible in your community. Please join City representatives […]