Mayor Garcetti to Announce Mayors National Climate Action Agenda With Fellow Mayors Parker and Nutter Announcement Will Happen on Stage at the 2014 Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting Mayor Eric Garcetti, along with fellow Mayors Annise Parker of Houston and Michael Nutter of Philadelphia, will announce the Mayors National Climate Action Agenda on stage at [...]
The Los Angeles City Council's Rules, Elections & Intergovernmental Relations Committee and the City Ethics Commission invite you to participate in discussing: -The Municipal Elections Reform Commission Report & Recommendations -Improving and Enhancing Voter Participation and Civic Engagement -The City’s Electoral Process, which may include consolidating the City's elections with State and Federal Elections and [...]
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and city make it easier to install a solar energy system Mayor Eric Garcetti announced Thursday that the Department of Building and Safety has developed a streamlined procedure to issue permits for residential solar systems, including making permits available online and having building inspectors verify the systems. “My back-to-basics agenda [...]
On Tuesday, the Los Angeles City Council approved what began as “the good neighbor ordinance,” allowing officials to give out the equivalent of traffic tickets for nuisance infractions such as barking dogs, gas-powered leaf blowers and other quality-of-life issues. The Administrative Code Enforcement program, originally proposed five years ago by former City Attorney Carmen Trutanich [...]
Patriot Day LAMayor - To those who lost loved ones 13 years ago, this day is one of personal sorrow. And all of us felt a blow as those thousands were slain. But we are also reminded of the enduring strength of our nation. On September 11, the world was able to see Americans come [...]
I just left Martin Luther King, Jr. Park where an Angeleno named Joseph Galloway spoke passionately about his struggles to make ends meet despite working full-time as a delivery driver -- a job he took after being forced to leave college to support his family after the death of his father. Stories like his are [...]
Green Pioneer: L.A.'s Chief Sustainability Officer Matt Petersen Published in Town & Country Magazine by Mary Kaye Schilling Matt Petersen has been hired to make L.A. sustainable. Can he also get local philanthropists to dig a little deeper? Possibly the most challenging task Matt Petersen will have as Los Angeles’s first chief sustainability officer is [...]
Listen to the interview here. LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — A City Councilman has called a special meeting Wednesday to address concerns that the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power’s billing system is causing a new wave of problems. Councilmember Felipe Fuentes and other members of the Energy and Environment Committee were hearing from the [...]
City Council President Herb Wesson has announced funding of $1 million in improvements at the Leslie N. Shaw Park in the Jefferson Park community. The funding was provided by the state of California’s Housing Related Parks program (HRP). “This park has become an important asset in the Jefferson Park area,” said Wesson. “I am pleased [...]
Mayor Garcetti Appoints Abhi Nemani as City's First Chief Data Officer Mayor Garcetti has appointed Abhi Nemani as Los Angeles' first Chief Data Officer. As part of Mayor Garcetti's effort to build a data-driven culture of innovation and excellence in city government, Nemani will work with city departments to collect and analyze data, and will [...]
