Water infrastructure investment represents $250 million in savings, and prevents the annual loss of more than 300 million gallons of water. Mayor Eric Garcetti today released 20,000 “shade balls” onto the surface of the Los Angeles Reservoir, marking completion of a $34.5 million initiative to protect the city’s water quality. LADWP is the first utility [...]
Mayor Eric Garcetti announced today the winners of the Great Streets Challenge Grant. This grant program will award up to $20,000 to eight community-driven projects that re-imagine Los Angeles’s iconic commercial corridors as public spaces reflective of each unique neighborhood and community. “I launched the Great Streets Initiative to activate public spaces, provide economic revitalization, [...]
As the City continues to evaluate the best options for a comprehensive policy regarding street vendors in Los Angeles, the final two community meetings will be held in August to solicit community feedback. The meeting times and locations are listed below. You can learn more about sidewalk vending in Los Angeles and the current debate [...]
10,000 Strong Veterans Hiring Initiative Near Halfway Mark Ahead of Schedule Today, at the 10,000 Strong Veterans Career Summit, Mayor Eric Garcetti announced that his 10,000 Strong Coalition of over 200 public and private sector partners has hired nearly 5,000 veterans in one year. He was joined by more than 1,000 veterans, employers, supporters and [...]
Year Two in Review As the fiscal year comes to an end, I wanted to share what we have accomplished over the past year. When I took office just over two years ago, I said we would bring City Hall back to basics so that as a city, we could address and improve key services [...]
The Route to a Smarter City Bus shelters are one of those city fixtures that we hardly notice until we need them. I know I'm always grateful for the shade and seat a shelter provides while I'm waiting for my ride. Until now, these shelters have dutifully performed their job: give people a place to [...]
Mayor Garcetti today announced that the Mayors National Climate Action Agenda, an organization he co-founded in September of 2014, has called on President Obama to fight for the strongest possible climate agreement at the upcoming 21st Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP21) in Paris. The Mayors are [...]
Imagine you have a friend that does everything for you: cooks, cleans, and even keeps you alive. What's more, this friend travels hundreds of miles every time you need it. Water is that friend. We are now in the fourth consecutive year of drought in California. If we want our friend to be there for [...]
Port of Los Angeles Embraces Technology to Increase Supply Chain Efficiency SAN PEDRO -- Mayor Garcetti today announced that Cargomatic, a Los Angeles-based, privately-owned technology company that matches trucking capacity with shipments, is testing its mobile app to speed up the flow of containerized cargo at the Port of Los Angeles (POLA), the number #1 [...]
Mayor Garcetti today announced the Los Angeles has been ranked #1 by the US City Open Data Census for its open data. The Census, administered by Code for America, the Sunlight Foundation, and the Open Knowledge Foundation-- leaders in open data and transparency--ranks cities' data on the availability, quality, and accessibility of its open data. [...]
