Join Mayor Eric Garcetti, the Mayor's Volunteer Corps, the Board of Public Works, and the Department of Water and Power-for workshops and hands on activities on practical and fun ways to save water. When: Saturday , June 6, 2015 Time: 9 AM -12 PM Where: Los Angeles DWP Building 111 North Hope Street Los Angeles, [...]
A "Most Significant Victory" That is how the New York Times described yesterday's LA City Council vote to raise the minimum wage in Los Angeles. I kicked off this effort last year on Labor Day so that no Angeleno working full-time lives in poverty. Yesterday, the City Council voted to accomplish just that. Will you [...]
Mayor Garcetti Celebrates Opening of Women Veteran Housing Program Mayor Eric Garcetti, U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert McDonald, Councilmember Joe Buscaino, Rep. Ted Liu, and Rep. Janice Hahn today celebrated the grand opening of Blue Butterfly Village in San Pedro, a historic new facility dedicated specifically to housing women veterans with children. The Blue [...]
Mayor Garcetti Statement on Governor Brown's Carbon Reduction Targets for California "Addressing climate change is critical for our environment and economy, so I want to applaud Governor Jerry Brown for extending our state's global leadership as we are setting new targets here in Los Angeles. Thanks to Governor Brown, Senator Kevin de León and other [...]
LOS ANGELES – Mayor Garcetti today announced today that, as a New Orleans appeals court is set to hear oral arguments today in the lawsuit temporarily delaying President Obama’s executive actions on immigration, cities across the nation kicked off Immigrant Heritage Week (IHW) by hosting events in advance of the new reforms. Immigrant Heritage Week [...]
Mayor Garcetti Opens Five Miles Of New Bus Lanes On Wilshire Boulevard LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles Mayor and Metro Board Chair Eric Garcetti, the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro), and the Federal Transit Administration, along with officials from the city of L.A. and L.A. County, announced bus riders on one of the [...]
LOS ANGELES - Mayor Eric Garcetti praised the Governor's action on water conservation today and said that it will join with his Mayoral Executive directive from the Fall to further drive water use down in LA to reach Mayor Garcetti's targets a reduction in per capita potable water use by 20% by 2017 and a [...]
For the first time in the history of Los Angeles, the City has made a commitment this week to establishing a sustainable, fair, long-term sidewalk repair policy by settling the Willits class action lawsuit. The City will invest $31 million per year for the next 30 years to fix our broken sidewalks! "As chairman of [...]
Mayor Garcetti announced today that "Team Los Angeles" was named as one of Gov Tech's Top 25 in its annual list of "Doers, Dreamers, and Drivers". The list recognizes those who "cut through the public sector’s legendary barriers to innovation with transformative ideas." "Team Los Angeles" comprises Mayor Eric Garcetti, Deputy Mayor Rick Cole, City [...]
Mayor Garcetti Releases DWP Benchmarking Study Results Mayor Eric Garcetti announced today the results of an initial benchmarking study at the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) to find efficiencies that will improve operations and save money for ratepayers. To promote transparency and ensure the Department is focused on the most pressing needs [...]
