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This division of the LAEDC conducts notable and widely quoted economic and industry research published for the public. The Institute for Applied Economics [formerly the LAEDC Economic and Policy Consulting Department and the LAEDC Economic and Policy Analysis] and the now-defunct Kyser Center for Economic Research [whose functions were absorbed by the Institute] provides fee-based consulting ...
A Los Angeles County Department of Public Works sign along 7th Street in downtown Los Angeles. The department was formed in 1985 in a consolidation of the county Road Department, the Flood Control District (in charge of dams, spreading grounds, and channels), and the County Engineer (in charge of building safety, land survey, waterworks).
The seat houses the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, meeting chambers, and the offices of several County departments. [1] It is located in the Civic Center district of downtown Los Angeles, encompassing a city block bounded by Grand, Temple, Hill, and Grand Park. On an average workday, 2,700 civil servants occupy the building. [2]
In the California State Senate, Los Angeles County is split between 13 legislative districts. [58] In the California State Assembly, Los Angeles County is split between 24 legislative districts. [59] On November 4, 2008, Los Angeles County was almost evenly split over Proposition 8, which amended the California Constitution to ban same-sex ...
Former Sheriff Alex Villanueva is challenging incumbent Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn. Rancho Palos Verdes Mayor John Cruikshank is also in the race. Your guide to L.A. County's 4th ...
The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority was formed on February 1, 1993, by the California State Legislature which merged two rival agencies: the Southern California Rapid Transit District (SCRTD or more often, RTD) and the Los Angeles County Transportation Commission (LACTC).
LADOT was created by city ordinance, and is run by a general manager appointed by the Mayor of Los Angeles, under the oversight of a citizens' commission also appointed by the mayor. LADOT is best known for providing public transportation to the City of Los Angeles. It currently operates the second-largest fleet in Los Angeles County next to ...
Side view. In December 1926, Sears, Roebuck & Company of Chicago announced that it would build a nine-story, height-limit building on East Ninth Street (later renamed Olympic Boulevard) at Soto Street to be the mail-order distribution center for the Rocky Mountain and Pacific Coast states, to be constructed by Scofield Engineering Company.