Los Angeles City Hall, completed 1928, is the center of the government of the city of Los Angeles, California, and houses the mayor's office and the meeting chambers and offices of the Los Angeles City Council. It is located in the Civic Center district of downtown Los Angeles in the city block bounded by Main, Temple, First, and Spring streets.HistoryThe building was designed by John Parkinson, John C. Austin, and Albert C. Martin, Sr., and was completed in 1928. Dedication ceremonies were held on April 26, 1928. It has 32 floors and, at 454ft high, is the tallest base-isolated structure in the world, having undergone a seismic retrofit from 1998 to 2001 so that the building will sustain minimal damage and remain functional after a magnitude 8.2 earthquake. The concrete in its tower was made with sand from each of California's 58 counties and water from its 21 historical missions. City Hall's distinctive tower was based on the shape of the Mausoleum of Mausolus, and shows the influence of the Los Angeles Public Library, completed soon before the structure was started. An image of City Hall has been on Los Angeles Police Department badges since 1940.
The Public Communications Group (PCG) deals exclusively with matters related to the sharing of information between the Department and the public it serves. The MCG goal is to ensure that open lines of communication are maintained at all times with all segments of the greater Los Angeles community. It is a well-established tenet of law enforcement that openness of communication is a major building block in gaining the trust and confidence of the public. The organizational entities within PCG employ tried and proven methods to keep the Los Angeles public fully informed on the activities of its police department. One such method is by establishing and maintaining this web site. Here you can gain a tremendous understanding of virtually every aspect of the Department’s operations without leaving home, school or the library. Other PCG methods employed are more personal such as media interviews. In all cases the major thrust of MCG’s mission is to provide you, the public, with information that is complete, accurate, and up-to-date. The Public Communications Group is a primary organizational component of the Office of the Constitutional Policing and Policies. Its activities are directed by the Public Communications Group, Commanding Officer Josh Rubenstein.
Communications Division serves as a support entity for the entire Los Angeles Police Department. Communications Division's Valley and Metropolitan Dispatch Centers are the Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) for the City of Los Angeles. As the PSAP, Communications Division has the responsibility to staff and answer, on a 24-hour basis, the telephones upon which calls for service are received. This includes 9-1-1 emergency calls (police, fire, and paramedic). Communications Division handles only police related calls for the City. When a 9-1-1 call for the Los Angeles Fire Department is received, the caller is connected with the Fire Department.
The Los Angeles Sheriff's Department is the largest sheriff's department in the world. In addition to specialized services, such as the Sheriff's Youth Foundation, International Liaison and Employee Support Services, the Department is divided into eleven divisions, each headed by a Division Chief. There are four patrol divisions (Central, East, North, and South), Custody Operations Division, Correctional Services Division, Detective Division, Court Services Division, Technical Services Division, Office of Homeland Security, Administrative Services Division, and Leadership and Training Division.
Eric Garcetti is the 42nd Mayor of Los Angeles. His "back to basics" agenda is focused on job creation and solving everyday problems for L.A. residents. Garcetti was elected four times by his peers to serve as President of the Los Angeles City Council from 2006 to 2012. From 2001 until taking office as Mayor, he served as the Councilmember representing the 13th District which includes Hollywood, Echo Park, Silver Lake, and Atwater Village -- all of which were dramatically revitalized under Garcetti's leadership. Garcetti was raised in the San Fernando Valley and earned his B.A. and M.A. from Columbia University. He studied as a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford and the London School of Economics and taught at Occidental College and USC. A fourth generation Angeleno, Eric lives in Silver Lake with his wife and one-year-old daughter. He is a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy reserve and is an avid jazz pianist and photographer.
With nearly 1,000,000 volume equivalents (print, media, microfilm, and microfiche), the LA Law Library is the second largest public law library in the United States, second only to the Law Library of Congress. Its collection of California and federal primary and secondary materials (treatises, periodicals, formbooks) is among the most comprehensive in the nation, and is rich in both current and historical information. Parking: The Library has no designated free parking for its users. Users may use any one of the many commercial parking lots located near the Library on Broadway, First or Hill streets. The main library building is located in the Los Angeles Civic Center. Although nearly 175,000 sq ft, the Library is predominantly closed stacks with only the main floor reading room accessible to the public. Upon request, materials located on other floors will be retrieved within five to ten minutes. The LA Law Library maintains branch collections in courthouses in Long Beach, Norwalk, Pomona, Santa Monica, and Torrance. In addition, the LA Law Library has four public library partnerships: Compton Library, Lancaster Regional Library, Pasadena Public Library, and Los Angeles Public Library, Van Nuys Branch. We are committed to providing the best possible resources for legal research. Established in 1891, the LA Law Library has provided information to the legal community, government officials, and the public for over 100 years. RESEARCH: The LA Law Library maintains the largest public law library collection in the country. Meeting the needs of the practitioner and researcher, the collection contains 770,000 print volumes, 237,600 microform equivalent volumes, and local, national, and international electronic database access. American Law This comprehensive collection is both current and historical in nature. It consists of primary law and secondary sources for United States federal, state, and territorial jurisdictions. With a strong emphasis on the practitioner, secondary materials include practice guides, form books, and bar materials. Of particular note in the exhaustive California collection is the most complete public print collection of California appellate briefs in the state. Foreign and International Known as one of the best in the country, this collection contains primary law for more than 300 countries, secondary source and practice material for over 100 countries, and access to foreign law databases. The collection is both in English and native language formats. Federal / California Depository The LA Law Library is a selective depository for both Federal and California government documents. The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) collection includes print and electronic access to Executive Agency and Congressional hearings and reports. The California materials include Assembly and Senate Journals, bills and analysis, and a Voter Ballot Pamphlet Collection. Rare Books / Archives Approximately 7,500 items comprise the collection incorporating book volumes, papers, correspondence, and other historical data. The collection includes several incunabula. Also found are documents on the history of the legal community in Southern California and the history of the LA Law Library. Because of the fragile nature of these materials, they are accessible only with letters of reference and advance permission. Divisions Access Services 213-785-2516 Business Services 213-785-2512 Collection Management Services 213-785-2518 Reference and Research Services 213-785-2513
The Los Angeles County Hall of Records, a rare high-rise by Richard Neutra (co-designed by Robert Alexander), sits in the northern end of the Civic Center in Downtown Los Angeles. An exemplar of modernist architecture, the building includes louvers similar to the Kaufmann Desert House. Additionally, the screen to the right of the louvres was a feature by sculptor Malcolm Leland to incorporate ornamentation into modernist buildings.DescriptionThe Hall of Records was estimated to cost $13.7 million in 1961. Counter proposals were made by the Los Angeles County Chief Administrative Officer to preserve the old Hall of Records and move it to the Temple Street location, however, it was estimated that the cost of moving the building would be prohibitively high--$1.5 million to move, and much more to renovate.Originally envisioned as two separate buildings, one for storing records and the other for workers, Neutra and Alexander combined the buildings into one. The T-shaped building has odd number floors on the north side, with double high ceilings and tall windows. The records block on the south side, has floors at 8-ft intervals. Currently, no vital records accessible to the public are in the building, and the windowless south records block designed for storage has been converted to office cubicles. In 1991, the County Recorder's office moved to Norwalk following merging the office with the County Registrar and County Clerk by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors.The Hall of Records houses offices for the Alternative Public Defender, Probation Department, Regional Planning, Sheriff's Department, and the Los Angeles County District Attorney. The Los Angeles County archives are below the building, and there are publicly accessible tunnels to the Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration.
DEAFestival Los Angeles is an event where all members of the deaf and hard-of-hearing community are invited to celebrate their uniqueness. Through arts and cultural programming, deaf and hard-of hearing individuals of all ages are given a venue to network with their peers also helping to educate hearing members of their community so they can better understand the deaf culture. This event also helps facilitate, encourage and discover the potential of the more than 400,000 individuals that make up the deaf community in Los Angeles County alone. The significance of this mission is that it enables all deaf individuals to strive for full participation in their mainstream community. With our community’s support, DEAFestival has become an important tradition that celebrates the power of a very special community while it enhancing the cultural experience in the City of Los Angeles. Over the past 14 years, attendance at DEAFestival Los Angeles has grown impressively. What started as a small gathering of some 200 people at a local parking lot has become a major event, attended by over 5,000 people annually. The event is held in September in celebration of “Deaf Awareness Month” and has a number of educational and networking events associated with raising awareness of this important event.
Los Angeles City Hall, completed 1928, is the center of the government of the city of Los Angeles, California, and houses the mayor's office and the meeting chambers and offices of the Los Angeles City Council. It is located in the Civic Center district of downtown Los Angeles in the city block bounded by Main, Temple, First, and Spring streets.
CVS/pharmacy is one of the nation’s leading retail pharmacies, with 23,000 pharmacists supporting customers in more than 7,300 locations across the country.
The Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center is the county courthouse in downtown Los Angeles, California, United States. It is located at 210 West Temple Street, between Broadway and Spring Street.Originally known as the Criminal Courts Building, in 2002 it was renamed the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center, after Clara S. Foltz, the first female lawyer on the west coast of the United States .The building houses the main offices of the Los Angeles County District Attorney and the Los Angeles County Public Defender.Notable Trials Richard Ramirez murder trial O.J. Simpson murder trial Phil Spector murder trial Helen Golay and Olga Rutterschmidt – 2008 murder trial BART Police shooting of Oscar Grant trial Trial of Dr. Conrad Murray for the death of Michael JacksonSecurity MeasuresHigh profile trials are held on the Ninth Floor of the building, with a secondary screening area in addition to the main screening at the ground floor level. Furthermore, the Eighth and Tenth floors are inaccessible from the public elevators and stairwells.
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