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Day
Laborer Program
The Day Laborer Program in the City of Los Angeles is a public safety program, which allows persons seeking casual labor work to safely congregate and be matched with employers seeking temporary workers.
The main objective of the program is to reduce the number of day laborers who congregate in the various corners within the community, instead having them congregate at fixed sites located in select areas of the City. The Day Laborer program provides the supervision of the site and community outreach. It does not intervene in the employment transaction between the day laborer and employer. There are no fees to employers or day laborers to utilize the services at any site.
Sites are open Monday to Saturday, 6:30 am to 2 pm, in the following locations:
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Harbor City Site
Council District 15
Site closed April 2008
relocation pending |
North Hollywood Site
Council District 6
11841 Sherman Way
North Hollywood, CA 91605
(818) 255-3127 |
Hollywood Site
Council District 13
5661 W. De Longpre Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90028
(323) 469-9002 |
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West Los Angeles Site
Council District 11
11299 West Exposition Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90064
(310) 231-1179 |
Downtown/Fashion District Site
Council District 9
1813 S. Main Street
Los Angeles, CA 90015
(213) 747-2064 |
Westlake Site
Council District 1
1675 Wilshire Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90017
(213) 483-0136 |
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Cypress Park Site
Council District 1
2055 North Figueroa Street
Los Angeles, CA 90065
(323) 223-2021 |
Van Nuys Site
Council District 6
8250 Balboa Place
Van Nuys, CA 91406
(818) 780-5438 |
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The program is administered by the Community Development Department. Three City contractors operate the sites:
- Instituto de Educacion Popular del Sur de California (IDEPSCA)
- Youth Policy Institute (YPI)
- Central American Resource Center (CARECEN)
Two contractor staff members supervise the workers congregating at the site. The staff is responsible for ensuring that the site is safe, clean, drug and alcohol free and violence free. Each site has a system to fairly dispatch jobs.
Staff also provides community outreach services. The outreach services are designed to bring the day laborers and employers to the site, coordinate with the businesses that attract the day laborers, and work with community members and organizations to address local issues and concerns related to the presence of day laborers.
Basic amenities such as water, coffee, bread, sanitary facilities, and shelter are provided on-site. Site staff coordinates various on-site activities. Various on-site activities and services are also provided through volunteers, religious and community organizations.
The in-kind activities and services provided vary based on availability, and can include English as a Second Language classes; legal counseling regarding immigration and employment issues; HIV awareness, education and referral for testing; medical examinations, alcohol, drugs and sexual diseases counseling and referrals; referral to various other services; clothing and food.
The day laborers are encouraged to volunteer and participate in various community activities, including community clean up programs and civic involvement.
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