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In 2007, Pacific Coast Waste & Recycling was awarded a five-year contract as the City of Compton's trash collection and recycling provider. In 2010, based upon their performance during the preceding three years, the company's agreement with the City of Compton was extended by seven years.
The Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial sits in a plaza surrounded by the Civic Center, Compton Court House, Compton City Hall, and Compton Public Library. [92] The Eagle Tree is a natural boundary marker of Rancho San Pedro dating to 1858. It contains a historic marker and plaque placed by the Daughters of the Golden West in 1947. [91] [93]
Compton Creek is a major tributary of the Los Angeles River in and surrounding Compton in Los Angeles County, California. The stream drains a watershed of 42.1 square miles (109 km 2 ). [ 2 ] and is the last major tributary to enter the Los Angeles River before it reaches the Pacific Ocean .
A Zamboni ice resurfacer lays down a layer of clean water, which will freeze to form a smooth ice surface. The Paramount Hay Tree is a California State Historical Landmark. It is a still standing mature camphor tree remembered for its importance to the hay trading marketplace of the towns of Hynes and Clearwater, which later incorporated as ...
Tucker was a Los Angeles County deputy district attorney from 1984 to 1986, when he began in private practice as a criminal defense attorney.After Tucker's father died while still in office as mayor of Compton, the younger Tucker won a special election to replace him, becoming the youngest mayor in the city's history at age 33.
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Only black mayor elected to Congress from Compton [3] 16: Omar Bradley: 1993 – 2001: 17: Eric J. Perrodin: 2001 – July 2, 2013: 18: Aja Brown: July 2, 2013 – June 30, 2021: Democratic: Youngest mayor elected 18: Emma Sharif: June 30, 2021 – present: Democratic
Albert Camarillo, right, a Chicano studies scholar and author of "Compton in My Soul," a memoir about growing up in Compton during the 1950s and 1960s, speaks at Color Compton on Aug. 24, 2024.