Tips for staying cool and safe during hot weather: Avoid unnecessary sun exposure. But when outside, use sunscreen and wear a hat, preferably with a wide brim. Dress in loose-fitting, lightweight, and light-colored clothes that cover as much skin as possible. Avoid strenuous work during the warmest part of the day. Use a buddy system [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Winner will receive a $25,000 prize. Visit the official website here - www.lamayorscup.org LOS ANGELES—Mayor Eric Garcetti is challenging residents to help him find creative solutions to L.A.’s most pressing challenges. Today, the Mayor announced his first annual Mayor’s Cup competition, which will solicit proposals from student entrepreneurs and local academics to support local economic [...]
LOS ANGELES—The City of Los Angeles is committing to a future where the needs of older adults are more carefully considered in the building of infrastructure, the planning of programs, and the making of policy, thanks to an Executive Directive signed today by Mayor Eric Garcetti. Purposeful Aging LA, the seventeenth Executive Directive of Mayor [...]
MAYOR GARCETTI ANNOUNCES NEW HIGH-SPEED CONNECTION TO CITY'S DIGITAL RESOURCES Los Angeles connects to stronger, faster digital network for innovators, researchers, educators, and students LOS ANGELES—Coming this summer, students, academics, and researchers across California and around the world will be able to access Los Angeles city data and digital resources at dramatically higher speeds. An [...]
Mayor Garcetti has been working to solve the homelessness crisis in Los Angeles since he began volunteering on Skid Row when he was 14. Before he entered office, there was a significant lack of coordination between the government, providers, and private and public sectors in addressing homelessness. While each individual institution independently invested in homelessness [...]
MAYOR GARCETTI SIGNS NEW WATER SAVING MEASURES Ordinances will reduce water use through updates to the Green Building Code and amendments to L.A.’s Emergency Water Conservation Plan aimed at the city’s highest water users. LOS ANGELES—Mayor Eric Garcetti this week signed a pair of ordinances that build on Angelenos’ successful efforts to conserve water and [...]
LOS ANGELES—Mayor Eric Garcetti today marked the one-year anniversary of his Sustainable City pLAn with a ceremony in Boyle Heights, where he described the city’s record gains in conservation, clean energy, and environmental justice. The pLAn is a roadmap for a Los Angeles that is environmentally healthy, economically prosperous, and equitable in opportunity for all [...]
Mayor Eric Garcetti announced a surge in new jobs across the city, and highlighted new resources available to help businesses create more jobs. According to the new figures released by the UCLA Anderson School of Management, Los Angeles’ unemployment rate is 5.8 percent — half of what it was at the peak of the recession [...]
