The City of Los Angeles Department of Transportation’s LADOT Transit Bureau broke ground today for the construction of the first City-owned bus operations and maintenance facility on Commercial Street in Downtown Los Angeles. The Central Bus Facility will handle the operations, maintenance, fueling and storage for LADOT Transit’s DASH Downtown LA Bus Fleet. In addition, [...]
The City of Los Angeles has launched an unprecedented sidewalk repair program, SAFE SIDEWALKS LA, which will invest $1.4 billion over 30 years to make sidewalks accessible to everyone. These repairs will improve neighborhood safety and boost the quality of life. Sidewalk repairs are being made in front of city facilities and this next phase [...]
The Los Angles City Attorney’s Office reviews thousands of domestic violence cases each year. For the victim of any crime, navigating the legal process can be intimidating, but for domestic violence victims the process usually feels even more overwhelming because of the complicated nature of their relationship to the defendant. In addition, the scope of [...]
I hope you are doing well. We are highlighting the following announcement about the Economic & Workforce Development Department's efforts to invite the community to be a part of the strategy development process to improve programs and services that aim to help Angelenos get a job. The article below provides information about meetings near you [...]
Over 100 Neighborhood Council leaders participated in the initial meeting of the Homelessness Liaisons at the Board of Public Works Meeting on Wednesday, November 30. Thank you so much to Rachel Brashier of Councilmember Harris-Dawson's office, Alisa Orduna of the Mayor's Office, and Meg Barclay, Homelessness Coordinator of the Office of the City Administrative Officer [...]
The Petersen Automotive Museum hosted a UCLA forum on the future of autonomous vehicles in Los Angeles last week. CD4 Councilmember David Ryu, LADOT General Manager Seleta Reynolds, Director of Transportation Policy for Lyft Emily Castor and Managing Director for Investing in Place Jessica Meany all participated. Los Angeles Times Transportation writer Laura Nelson moderated [...]
The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) will hold Customer Service Saturday at four of its Customer Service Centers on December 10, 2016 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Customers who attend Customer Service Saturday at any of the four locations can expect assistance from staff members who are able to take payments, [...]
I hope our newsletter finds you well and recovered from any food comas from last week. I’m so happy to be celebrating the 15th year anniversary of our first Neighborhood Councils next Tuesday with the Board of Neighborhood Commissioners. Wilmington and Coastal San Pedro Neighborhood Councils will be honored at Bannings Landing by the Commission [...]
From 16 to 19 November 2016, 200 people from all continents of the world gathered in Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain, to attend the sixth Global Forum on Modern Direct Democracy. This year’s edition of the world biggest conference on participatory democracy addressed the question whether direct democracy is in retreat or on the rise and how [...]
Join us for the Winter Holiday Festival 2016 at Pershing Square! Saturday, December 3, 2016 & Sunday, December 4, 2016 11:00 A.M. - 7:00 P.M. Pershing Square 532 South Olive Street Los Angeles, CA 90013 Enjoy FREE Winter Holiday Festival Activities: 90 tons of fresh snow for sledding, free photo with Santa, giant ginger bread [...]
