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Councilmember
Eric Garcetti |
A Word From Eric
On Labor Day, following the annual mass at the Cathedral Center, I sat down with the mayor, fellow councilmembers, and other city staff to help coordinate some of the city response to Hurricane Katrina. The city of Los Angeles, long recognized for its preparedness, was quick to come to the aid of Katrina's victims. Jan Perry and Bernard Parks, who represent many residents with families in the areas hit by the devastation, were especially ready to pitch in, as was the mayor.
The people of my own council district did not hesitate to open up their hearts, their wallets, and their doors to hurricane survivors. The first large group of displaced persons to arrive in Los Angeles is living now in Echo Park, in the old Queen of Angels Hospital that is now the Dream Center. The Dream Center is a church and social services complex affiliated with Angelus Temple.
Earlier in the day, I had spoken on the phone with my friends Pastor Matthew Barnett and Associate Pastor Aaron Jayne, who run the Dream Center and minister at Angelus Temple. Aaron was on the ground with a team in Baton Rouge, LA, working with local churches to identify Katrina survivors that can be brought to Los Angeles. At the same time in Los Angeles, Matthew was leading a team of Dream Center staff and local residents to house, feed, and provide some calm for dozens of displaced families coming from Mississippi and Louisiana.
I visited the Dream Center in the afternoon. Spirits were weary but had been lifted up. Staff members had only had a few hours' sleep in the previous three days. Cars full of donations had rolled into the parking lot, often in lines three cars wide.
CD13 Deputy Chief of Staff Ana Guerrero and I began to work with the Dream Center to coordinate assistance for our new neighbors in Echo Park. The new residents included a baby who needed prescription medicine. Despite having the prescription, no local pharmacy would take the baby's medical card from Louisiana. Carol Meyer from the Los Angeles County Emergency Medical Services Agency had also stopped by the Dream Center and she said that she would do what she could to take care of this.
I made calls to help locate more planes to bring the remaining folks in Louisiana to Los Angeles and to help connect services, food, and hopefully jobs to the new residents. After about an hour, the Dream Center asked if Ana and I would join some staff on a bus going out to the nearby airport where the latest planeload was landing. Donated private jets were bringing displaced persons to Los Angeles about a dozen at a time. We stopped to get some Krispy Kreme donuts on the way and were soon at the terminal parking lot where we saw the 13 arrivals. They were mostly children and women, from both Mississippi and Louisiana, black and white, single and in families. Some were excited to be in Los Angeles. Others were still pretty dazed. There were smiles, tears, and disbelief as we talked on the way back from the airport. One woman I talked to had been in the Superdome for a number of days and had seen horrible things that made it difficult to sleep. Another two passengers on the bus were from Gulfport, Mississippi, and could not believe that they were in Los Angeles. Kids, as kids do, ran up and down the aisles or slept in their mothers' arms.
Soon, we drove into the Dream Center, where a huge greeting line of cheers awaited us and many of the arrivals began to cry. Some spoke to the press that was there so that they could get the word out about what was happening on the ground in Louisiana. We immediately moved them into their rooms with what belongings they had with them. On their doors were welcome signs with their names on them. After about thirty minutes of helping settle them in, I spent some time with Pastor Matthew and we agreed to coordinate local efforts in the Silver Lake/Echo Park area to help support the new arrivals.
On the way out of the building, a woman came up to me to thank me for helping her baby get some medicine. We hugged and she told me that Carol Meyer from the county was able to call an ambulance, which picked up the prescription, took it to County-USC Hospital, got it filled, and got the baby a Medi-Cal card as well.
She also pointed out that the baby's cousin, Christopher, who also made it to Echo Park, is a 15 year-old resident of New Orleans who has not seen his mother in more than a week. I got a television camera to come tape his plea to his mother with the hope that she or someone might recognize him and help him. Like any 15 year-old boy, he acted tough, but he was on the verge of tears as he spoke.
Our new neighbors | Half a million lives ripped apart: the number is almost too big to comprehend. But thirteen people later, through the joy, the continuing agony, and the courage of our new neighbors, I could begin to see signs of a fragile hope that remains with us in Katrina's aftermath.
Our new neighbors don't know what the future holds for them. They may not return to New Orleans in the near future. They may not return at all. In the meantime, employment would help them see down the terrifyingly open roads ahead of them. My staff and I spent a whole day calling local employers of all shapes and sizes all day, and we organized a job fair for the more than 150 Katrina survivors at the Dream Center.
The business community made a strong showing at the Dream Center, demonstrating that the surge of community spirit in response to Katrina had outlasted the floodwaters. Federal Express, Albertson's, Ralphs's and Starbucks were eager to help people get back on their feet. The Hollywood and Northeast Worksource Centers, the state Employment Development Department, the Social Security Administration, L.A. County, L.A. Bridges II and the DMV all pitched in.
CD13's outstanding generosity was on full display. Cheryl Revkin of the Silver Lake Chamber of Commerce got the word out that the Dream Center needed a copier in order to keep processing new arrivals and job-seekers, and Netty's Restaurant and the Hollywood Free Clinic each donated copiers in response. Canon Business Solutions also donated a pair of copiers for use at the Dream Center.
In addition to half a dozen employment agencies, the following businesses came to the Dream Center to conduct interviews: Harbor House Restaurant, Willie's King Shop, Lacer Ranch, Sewing Art Center, Pacific Protection Services, Central Refrigeration, Burbank Towne Center, Another Level Hair Salon, Stephan Plumbing & Heating, and Vulcan Material Company. Thank you to all.
And thank you most of all to the pastors, staff, congregation and volunteers at the Dream Center, who have done an astonishing job of responding to the crisis with ability, speed and compassion. The Dream Center still needs donations and volunteers. They are no longer accepting clothes—your generosity in that regard was overwhelming! But you should see if you can help with any of their latest needs by visiting their website.
It's also crucial that the recovery process on the ground in New Orleans be driven by a vision of justice for the people who were displaced by the storm. Political decisions made in the coming months will determine whether the refugees return to a city that perpetuates the poverty and inequity that led to so much suffering, or to a city that seeks to increase its citizens' security by weaving them into the economic fabric of the recovery effort. Organizations like ACORN and PICO are getting displaced workers and families involved in pushing for equitable housing assistance with mortgages and rent vouchers, for restoration of the prevailing construction wages that will allow families to return and thrive in the city they were forced to leave, and for a bigger voice for working families in the decisions that will shape the future of their city. You can learn more about their efforts and pledge assistance at their websites, linked above.
Destination: Armenia
Thistles in the countryside | During the two-week council recess that allows us all to rest and prepare for the busy legislative season after labor day, I had the experience of a lifetime. I visited the nation of Armenia (with a side trip to Beirut as well). Throughout my first council campaign and my first term in office, I deepened my appreciation of and fondness for the culture of CD13's extensive and concentrated Armenian community. For four years, new and old friends asked me when I was going to visit Armenia itself. Finally, at the beginning of this year, I decided that the journey could wait no longer. My senior field representative Baydsar Thomasian and my executive assistant Lynnette Amerian prepared a challenging, full itinerary. I was joined by my partner Amy Wakeland, as well as by City Planning Commissioner Mike Mahdesian, Armen Orujyan, Vahag Thomasian and Bruce Bogstad.
Baydsar takes a break in Sardarabad | Besides touring the homeland of my deputy Baydsar and of so many of my constituents, we traveled with the goal of building a Sister City relationship between Yerevan and Los Angeles—the cities with the first and second highest Armenian populations in the world, respectively. Governor Howard Dean, the chair of the Democratic National Committee was to join us in Yerevan to lay a wreath at the memorial to the genocide against the Armenians in 1915. And with the help of the Armenian National Committee and U.S. Ambassador John Evans, we set up working meetings with dignitaries where we could brainstorm plans to make our Sister City relationship more than ceremonial, proposing exchanges by businesses, youth groups, and especially our film industry. Although I was doing public business, the trip was funded without taxpayer dollars.
Berries, nuts, plums and cherries. | While our breakneck pace and crowded agenda limited the restfulness of the trip, the delights of Armenia were not lost on me; I toured the sites of Echmiadzin, Khor Virap, Sanahin, Hagpat, Garni, and Sardarabad, soaking in the region's history. I ate some of the best meals of my life, too: the reddest tomatoes I have ever tasted, pork chops, yogurt with honey, and fresh berries of all kinds.
Goodbye, Armenia | Details, many more pictures and anecdotes galore appeared on my blog throughout the journey. For those of you who have not been reading the blog, here's a guide to the trip:
Stat Shot: The streets of CD13
A picture's worth a thousand words, but sometimes the numbers tell even more of the story. Courtesy of the BOSS (Bureau of Street Services, who performed all of the following), here are the statistics on street resurfacing, storm repair and tree care from the district for the fiscal year that ran from July 1, 2004 to June 30th, 2005.
- 4.3 miles of streets resurfaced
- 19.06 miles slurry sealed
- 7,940 pot holes repaired
- 1,372 storm-related repairs conducted
- 3,402 trees trimmed
- 233 tree stumps removed
- 235 trees removed
- 140 trees pruned
- 4.72 miles of sidewalks replaced
- 64 ADA sidewalk ramps constructed
Thank the BOSS, as well as those of yourselves who called in needed repairs to 3-1-1 or to my field office.
CITY HALL UPDATE:
Open Space and the Environment
A river runs through us: I joined Mayor Villaraigosa, Ad Hoc Committee on the Los Angeles River Chair Councilmember Ed Reyes, and my colleagues Tom LaBonge, Jan Perry, and Wendy Greuel at the "Not A Cornfield" site to announce that our dreams for the Los Angeles River are heading into a stronger current. Over the next several months, the city will host 18 public meetings to set the scope of our recognition of the river's place as the spine of our city. Can we take out concrete and extend the green river-bottom of the Glendale Narrows through any or all of the river's 51 miles of concrete channels? Can we follow the examples of dozens of American cities-Providence, San Antonio, even Pueblo, Colorado-and turn towards, instead of away from, this resource in our backyard? At the same time as we answer these questions, we'll be seeking support from all levels of government: Assemblymember Jackie Goldberg joined us for the announcement, and the city has been in constant discussions with the Army Corps of Engineers, who originally instituted the rivers flood controls and are responsible for them.
Tom, Eric and Ed | The river was part of our city's founding. In 1769, Father Juan Crespi led an expedition to its green banks just north of downtown, and envisioned a mission and a city right there. In the intervening centuries, the river has caused tragedy and attracted ridicule. We're ready to see it in our city, and to see our city's future in it, once again. See a flickr photo set from the L.A. River announcement.
Housing
Yes In My Back Yard! A few months ago, I stood with dozens of volunteers in East Hollywood to hit the streets of Los Angeles in order to conduct Los Angeles' first Homeless Count, to survey our streets and know exactly how many people are homeless in Los Angeles.
While we have made some important policy advances in combatting homelessness in recent years, such as making our emergency shelters open year-round, quadrupling the money from our city's General Fund that goes to homeless programs, and, of course, some $200 million for the Affordable Housing Trust Fund, the results of the Homeless Count was sobering as we found out that Los Angeles has the largest homeless population of any county in the United States. On any given night, about 90,000 of our fellow Angelenos spend the night without a home.
A victory in the fight against homelessness | Working with the Hollywood community, we have been determined to help get homeless individuals off of the streets and into productive lives. After three years of work, we took another step towards ending homelessness in Los Angeles with the opening of a new 65-bed shelter in East Hollywood run by People Assisting The Homeless (PATH), a nationally-recognized homeless services organization.
Using local Block Grant funds, federal funds, and private donations, we were able to find the money to build, staff, and open this new center. It is beautiful—already the center has taken 100 new individuals off the streets of Hollywood, and in just the first few weeks, found dozens of people new jobs, helped individuals with substance abuse problems, and begun to turn around the lives of many who had lost hope in themselves.
As important as the opening of the shelter was also the launching of a new campaign to help build support for neighborhood-based solutions to homelessness with the YIMBY! (Yes! In My Backyard) campaign. Business leaders, churches and other faith-based organizations, non-profits, and neighborhood council leaders all joined elected officials in endorsing the YIMBY! principles. I encourage you to find out more about the new shelter and to get involved with the YIMBY! campaign.
Human Rights
Continue and Expand the Violence Against Women Act: Violence against women and children is a matter of economic security, public safety, and justice that affects us all. In Los Angeles County, there are over 56,000 calls to 911 for domestic violence incidents each year. These calls are only the tip of the iceberg. Most women don't even report these crimes to the police.
The Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) has provided a road map for ending centuries of violence against women. The legislation has helped localities develop services that give women options for housing and health care, and help law enforcement personnel develop the tools to fight violence against women.
That's why I was proud to put a resolution (.pdf link) before the City Council urging the U.S. Congress to strengthen and fully fund VAWA. Senate Bill 1197 (Biden) and HR 3185 (Roybal-Allard) provide for the expansion of services to children impacted by domestic violence, enhancing health care for rape victims, easing housing problems for battered women, and providing workplace protection for victims of domestic and sexual violence. It also supports the continuation of VAWA's current provisions, including the protection of the rights of battered immigrant women, and full funding for Services, Training, Officers and Prosecutors (STOP) grants given to state and local governments. Since VAWA's passage, violent crimes against women have been reduced by 49%, and incidents of rape have declined by 10%.
The Council approved the resolution unanimously this month. Thank you, colleagues.
Eric between ICWC founders Aman Thind and Suzanne McCormick (photo by Kevin Sea) | A good cheese for a good cause: I spoke at a wine and cheese fundraiser for the Immigration Center for Women and Children. The ICWC provides legal services to children who are abused, abandoned or neglected and to women and children who are victims of trafficking and domestic violence. The work of the one-year-old organization provides a powerful response to how, in the words of Alice Walker, "the most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any."
NEWS FROM AROUND THE DISTRICT:
Atwater Village
Chevy Chase cul-de-sac? I do not agree with the proposal by the city of Glendale to close Chevy Chase Drive at the rail crossing. Although the closure was proposed in response to safety concerns stemming from the tragic Metrorail collision, changing Chevy Chase into cul-de-sacs would cut off our nose (along with our access) to spite our face. Access to emergency services such as Memorial Hospital would be severely limited to hundreds of nearby residents. We are fortunate to have an ally in Glendale Councilmember Frank Quintero, who is working with the City of Los Angeles to alter this plan.
Who's better? Who's best? The Atwater Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring a Best of Atwater competition. Vote online at that link before November 11th.
Deputy District Director Mitch O'Farrell checks out the salsa. | Que Picante! The annual Seize the Sizzle contest sponsored by SEE-LA came to the Atwater Village Farmer's Market last Sunday. CD13's newest farmer's market (appearing every Sunday from 10 am to 2 pm in the Wells Fargo parking lot at 3250 Glendale Boulevard) hosted a variety of keen amateur salsa competition and judges from (where else?) the Los Angeles Fire Department. Early reports call it a scorching success.
Glassell Park
Safety first! The Glassell Park Safety Fair was a terrific success. Thanks go out to Senior Lead Officer Red Falconer and the Neighborhood Council for working hard to bring valuable public safety information to the community.
Like visiting the set of CSI, only better: I am going to join the Annual Northeast LAPD Open House on October 15th to help welcome visitors. I hope to see you there!
Elysian Valley
Bus Benches on Riverside: I am pleased to say that the last of the Riverside bus benches has arrived and been installed by the BOSS (Bureau of Street Services). There are now benches at each of the MTA bus stops along the west end of Riverside Drive (at Birkdale, Dorris, Riverdale, Harwood, and Elmgrove). Funded with $22,000 in Street Furniture Funds, this simple improvement has garnered my office some of the most sincere thanks. I've always said that you can't afford to look to the stars if you don't keep an eye on the cracks in the pavement. Sometimes the most important thing municipal government can do is to make a place for folks to sit down. Big thanks to Lance Oishi & Sandy Nikaido of the BOSS, and the Elysian Valley Riverside Neighborhood Council.
Let your free flag fly: I was happy to procure four brand-new custom-made banners for the Elysian Valley Seniors club, announcing bingo night and other events and making the club's presence known.
Echo Park
Call of the stalls: We are now in the planning stages for an Echo Park farmer's market. If you would like to get involved with siting the market or promoting it, please contact Deputy District Director Mitch O'Farrell at (323) 913 4693 or via email.
A Tree Grows on Glendale: The Glendale Boulevard Corridor Project is complete, minus a few remaining details along the lines of the recently installed push-button at the Reservoir crosswalk. Traffic flow, once we all get used to it, will be much improved. I want to direct my thanks once more to the Echo Park neighborhood leaders and LADOT engineers who saw in each other a real desire to produce a creative, human-scaled traffic plan for the community. Great work!
Homelessness issues: At the same time as I'm always seeking macro-level solutions to the homelessness problem, I'm trying to deal with the conflicts that spring up on the neighborhood level. The public parking lots south of Sunset Boulevard have long been host to nuisance activity stemming from encampments, often alcohol-related. Some of the businesses along Sunset Bouelvard have given law enforcement personnel permission to enter their property in order to enforce trespassing arrest orders. Our office and the police department will continue working together and with PATH and LAHSA to find a solution.
Historic Filipinotown
Temple Street Progress: If you live, work or own property on Temple Street between Reno and Rosemont, you may have met or missed my indomitable intern crew out gathering permission forms for tree plantings. The Temple Streetscape Project provides for dozens of new trees along Temple Street, and Helen and Lucas did a great job, getting permission from eight property owners out of a total of two dozen. We've mailed the remaining property owners, but if you know anyone who owns property on those blocks, please have them call or email Historic Filipinotown field deputy Joe Bernardo at (323) 913 4693.
I have been selected for an honor at the annual Pilipino Workers Center Fundraising Dinner, to be held October 21st at the Wilshire United Methodist Church located at 4350 Wilshire Boulevard. For more information or to buy a ticket (please!) contact Michael Sarmiento at (213) 250-4353.
The Greening of Hi-Fi: Many of you have heard that the great CD13 parks juggernaut is continuing its expansion through Hi-Fi, now at a parcel at Beverly and Union. Would you like to have a hand in what the park looks like and what amenities it offers? Please come to a community meeting co-hosted by the Los Angeles Neighborhood Land Trust and my office. Wednesday, October 12th, 2005 at 5:00 pm on the lot itself, 1660 Beverly Boulevard (between Union and Belmont Avenues).
Que Buena Vida! My congratulations go out to the Buena Vida Adult Day Health Care Center, which celebrated its second anniversary with a big fiesta on September 6th.
Silver Lake
Decision 2005: The election results from the Silver Lake Neighborhood Council are in. Congratulations go to newly elected members Jens Kohler, Luther Wentzel, Jeremy Rothe-Kushel, Douglas Dickstein, and Glen Dake, and to returning members Jason Lyon, Peter Choi, Luis Lopez, Addie Daddio, and Robin Dakin.
Dog park construction crew | Shelter from the noonday sun: The partnership between my office, the Department of Recreation and Parks, and the Dilver Lake Dog Park Association has reaped rewards in the form of substantial improvements to the dog park. Here's the crew, from right to left and back to front: Jen Byrne, treasurer, SLDPA; Hiro, dog park user and “dad” to Tin Tin (not pictured); Max, RAP; Jen Rockwell, director, SL Rec Center; Ray, dog park user; Carlos, RAP; Sarah, secretary, SLDPA; and Tony, dog park user and “dad” to Kita (not pictured).
What does the fountain look like to you? The work has been completed on the Triangle Park at Griffith Park and Sunset. Please join me to cut a ribbon and celebrate the community effort that went into planning our new park on Thursday, October 27th at noon.
Eric and friends at the ribbon-cutting | The road less taken (because it's brand new):I'm sure most Silver Lake blog readers have seen the new path, but the compacted gravel has all been laid, the trees have been planted, and the cut-away where joggers once had to choose between negotiating a craggy ridge or the street below now opens into a wide and lazy wooded slope. I joined several Silver Lake notables (see pic) to officially open the path.
East Hollywood and Hollywood
Thank you, Officer Franco: Senior lead officer Juan Franco has been promoted and will be leaving CD13 for a new post in South Los Angeles. Officer Franco has been critical in establishing relationships between the police department and the Rampart United Group (RUG), Rosewood Congregation, the Community in Action group, and the nascent Rampart Village Neighborhood Council. He was well known for his dedication to community involvement and improvement and we will miss him in the neighborhoods. Congratulations and good luck, Officer Franco.
New traffic light for Santa Monica Blvd: I joined officials and employees from the Department of Transportation and members of the Santa Monica/Western Residents Association to flick the switch on a new safety feature for Santa Monica Boulevard. I worked with the residents group, including Patrick Agerkop (shown here) to get this new traffic light installed at the intersection of Santa Monica Boulevard and Bronson Avenue. We switched it on in a brief ceremony today.
Patrick and Eric | The intersection is very near to where Seily Rodriguez, a 3rd-grader on her way to school at Santa Monica Community Charter School, was hit by a car and killed while crossing the street. (Studies by the Department of Transportation showed that placement at Bronson would be more effective in preventing accidents than placing it at Van Ness, the site of the accident.) The need for traffic calming on this stretch of Santa Monica had been evident for a long time, but the bureaucratic tangle caused by CalTrans' authority over State Highway 2 slowed progress on the street. Legislation that clarified the street's authority was passed just weeks before the accident, too late, tragically, for the necessary changes to have been made. I was able to work with Assemblymember Jackie Goldberg to spur CalTrans not only into acting but, additionally, into paying for half of the cost of the street light. Whether you're driving that way or just crossing the street, be safe.
City College Prez: Dr. Steve Maradian has been selected as the new president of Los Angeles City College. Dr. Maradian comes to LACC after a stint as a vice president at the American University in Armenia. I've enjoyed meeting with him to talk about the college's relationship with the surrounding neighborhoods, and how we can work together.
"Sing Ho! for the life of a Bear!" | No room for the Heffalumps: I welcomed Winnie the Pooh to Selma Park in Hollywood. While Pooh is walking the boards at the Kodak Theater, he'll have a designated corner of Selma Park complete with his very own "Hunny Tree".
A Day of Service: I will be joining Mayor Villaraigosa to kick off "A Day of Service For our Youth" at Hollywood High School on Sunday, October 8th. Please come out and join Angelenos across the city, who will be doing community volunteer work from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Grant Elementary, Vine Street Elementary and Gardner Elementary will also be sites of service for CD13.
Lights, Camera, Action, Lights: Hollywood Boulevard is getting new vintage streetlights, funded by the Street Assessment District. We should see the new lights in November of this year; we'll kickoff their installation with a ceremony at the MTA station at Hollywood and Argyle.
75 years strong! | ... on Hollywood Reporter Boulevard? With Johnny Grant and publisher Robert J. Dowling, I helped celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Hollywood Reporter by renaming Hollywood Boulevard "Hollywood Reporter Boulevard" in honor of the anniversary. (No, it's not going to stay that way for the next 75 years. The signs are already down.)
UPCOMING EVENTS at Barnsdall Art Park
Barnsdall Art Center can be reached at 323/644-6295 and the Junior Arts Center at 323/644-6275. Barnsdall Park is located at 4800 Hollywood Blvd., and is open from 9 a.m. until 10 p.m. daily.
The gallery at the Center features a "Living Arts Exhibition" with the works from local independent living, assisted living, and care facilities, plus the ceramics of Hazel McGrath.
"Dwellings," a group exhibition of Southern California artists influenced and inspired by architecture and urban life; "Edmund Teske Photographs," of the Aline Barnsdall Olive Hill Project; and "Iron and Frozen Music;" the photographs by Gil Garcetti of the construction of Disney Hall all open October 30, with free admission and a reception from 7 to 9 p.m. The Hollyhock House Gallery features "Details of Distinction," the architectural details of Frank Lloyd Wright and his Los Angeles Progeny. These exhibitions are focused around the upcoming Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy conference in Los Angeles, from October 19 to 23. In honor of the Conservancy's 2005 Conference, the City Council has declared October, 2005 "Architecture Month" in Los Angeles. The Municipal Art Gallery and Hollyhock House are open from 12 to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday, with the first Hollyhock tour at 12:30. Phone 323/664-6269 for more information. Friday Nov. 4 features the First Friday Free Jazz program.
CONTACT US
Tell us what you think. ..... garcetti@council.lacity.org
Councilmember Eric Garcetti represents the Thirteenth Council District which includes all or part of the communities of Glassell Park, Atwater Village, Elysian Valley, Echo Park, Historic Filipinotown, Silver Lake, East Hollywood and Hollywood.
Councilmember Garcetti serves as Assistant President Pro Tempore of the Los Angeles City Council. He chairs the Council‘s Housing, Community, and Economic Development Committee, is the Vice-Chair of the Environmental Quality and Waste Management Committee, and sits on the Information Technology and General Services and Budget and Finance Committees. He also sits on the Council‘s Ad Hoc Stadium Committee and the Ad Hoc Committee on the Los Angeles River.
Councilmember Garcetti and his staff can be reached via e-mail at garcetti@council.lacity.org or by mail or phone at City Hall, 200 N. Spring Street, Room 470, Los Angeles, CA 90012, (213) 473 7013 and 3525 Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90026, 323/913-4693.
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