Los Angeles join in celebrating Nelson Mandela Day in Los Angeles! SAVE THE DATE…. JULY 18, 2014 Join Council President Herb Wesson Jr., Councilmember Tom LaBonge, Councilmember Curren D. Price Jr., and the Los Angeles City Council in partnership with The Wende Museum to join them in celebrating Nelson Mandela Day in the City of [...]
Take Off Your Rose Colored Glasses: Things Are Not Always What They Seem To Be LOS ANGELES – City Attorney Mike Feuer has launched a public awareness campaign designed to empower and protect seniors from scams perpetrated in cyber space. “We’re launching a multi-pronged effort to give seniors the tools to thwart scam artists, surf [...]
Mayor Eric Garcetti has nominated Seleta Reynolds of the San Francisco Department of Transportation as the next General Manager of the Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT). "Los Angeles is changing the way it looks at transportation," said Mayor Garcetti. "Seleta is the ideal field marshal in our war against traffic who will bring to bear [...]
BY MIKE BOEHM from the LA Times Danielle Brazell, whose job over the past eight years has included regularly prodding City Hall to spend more money and pay more attention to L.A.’s nonprofit arts scene, has been nominated by Mayor Eric Garcetti to take charge of the Department of Cultural Affairs, the agency that receives the [...]
LOS ANGELES - Mayor Eric Garcetti announced that each of the "Big Three" credit rating agencies -- Fitch Ratings, Moody's Investors Service, and Standard & Poor's Rating Services -- have assigned the highest possible ratings to the next issue of the City's Tax and Revenue Anticipation Notes due to strong financial management practices and an [...]
Mayor Eric Garcetti announced today a new regional veterans hiring initiative called “10,000 Strong” aimed at getting 10,000 local veterans jobs by 2017. The initiative brings together over 100 Los Angeles-area companies and 40 non-profit and public-sector partners to offer supportive services or jobs for veterans. “The 10,000 Strong initiative aims to serve those men [...]
City Controller Ron Galperin issued an audit today detailing the ineffectiveness of the City’s current foreclosure tracking program — along with recommendations for a more targeted GeoRegistry of foreclosed homes and a plan to improve the inspection and enforcement process for foreclosed and blighted properties. Galperin’s office audited the City’s Foreclosure Registry Program, which was [...]
The Bet is On Between Mayor Garcetti and Mayor deBlasio! Before Game 1 of the 2014 Stanley Cup Final, Mayor Eric Garcetti announced a bet with New York Mayor Bill de Blasio . If the LA Kings win, Mayor de Blasio will help perform a rendition of Randy Newman’s “I Love LA” on Jimmy Kimmel [...]
LGBT Pride Month Celebration with the Hon. Vaughn Walker As we reported last week, June is Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month, and it got off to a great start last week with a celebration at City Hall with Mayor Garcetti, City Controller Galperin, and Councilmembers Bonin and O’Farrell. Now you can join City [...]
