Join us on your lunch break for Make Music LA's Guitar Mass Appeal event here at El Pueblo Historical Monument on Tuesday, June 21st starting at noon. This event is free and open to the public! Make Music LA is a live, free musical celebration on Tuesday, June 21st with concerts on streets, sidewalks, and [...]
By Tony Wilkinson November 8 will bring Los Angeles voters tax measures they probably won't like. If they vote NO on the taxes, city voters should make themselves feel better by voting YES on the DWP Reform measure. The proposal is a positive step forward in better managing the utility. Without change, conflicting mandates and [...]
With Hot Weather Coming, LADWP Urges Customers to Save Energy While Staying Safe Gas Shortage From Aliso Canyon Heightens Possibility of Outages this Summer LOS ANGELES — With near record heat expected to hit Los Angeles this coming Sunday and Monday, June 19-20, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) urges customers to [...]
Cats are COOL and we can prove it! Los Angeles, CA, June 10, 2016 – June is Adopt-a-Shelter Cat Month. Cats adopted from any of our six Los Angeles City Animal Shelters are vaccinated, microchipped, and spayed or neutered. PLUS adoption fees for cats four months and older are 100% underwritten by an ASPCA grant. [...]
L.A. becomes first city to receive two of the anti-poverty designations, bringing greater access to federal grants and other resources. LOS ANGELES — Tens of thousands of South L.A. residents stand to benefit from programs to reduce poverty and expand opportunity now that their neighborhoods have been designated as a federal Promise Zone, Mayor Eric [...]
Becoming a firefighter is about making a difference in people’s lives. Right here in L.A., we are looking for strong, smart, caring women and men who have what it takes to make a difference. Join Fire Chief Ralph Terrazas and meet active firefighters and paramedics at the LAFD Career Expo on Saturday, June 25th from 10 [...]
Saturday, June 11 at 10 a.m. at Hollenbeck Community Police Station, 2111 E 1st St, Los Angeles, CA 90033 Claire Bowin from the L.A. City Planning Department will present an update regarding the City's Home Sharing Ordinance. Due to a lot of questions on this new ordinance, City Planning is holding this special meeting with [...]
By Tony Wilkinson Negotiations were continuing on the morning of the City Council meeting. Tuesday, June 7 was one of those extraordinary days when you don't know what will happen at a City Council meeting until it happens. The chamber was packed with city workers. IBEW Local 18, DWP's dominant union, also dominated the audience [...]
LOS ANGELES—Thanks to a landmark budget signed by Mayor Eric Garcetti, public safety resources will be expanded, neighborhood services will be ramped up, and the City will invest a record $138 million into services and programs to get more unsheltered Angelenos into homes. The $8.76 billion budget is the City’s blueprint for spending in the [...]
As the City of Los Angeles prepares for the largest anti-poverty program in the city's history, please see the infographic here regarding helpful facts for both employers and employees regarding the new Minimum Wage set to effect July 1, 2016. The Office of Wage Standards (OWS) of the Bureau of Contract Administration is responsible for [...]
