Their Best at the Worst
When the wildfires scorched greater LA Jan. 7 and devastated wide areas of thriving neighborhoods, City employees responded...
The Model of Public Service Excellence
Rita Robinson-Kane, Retired, is one of the most respected and accomplished City employees over the last several decades. Read a story about good people navigating the inner workings of City government to its highest levels...
Out From the Shadow
We are delighted to tell you about LAPD’s Custody Services – the old Jail Division – and its professional, trained and efficient staff...
Safe and Secure
Preventing cyberattacks from happening is the growing and ever-more-complicated task of ITA’s Cyberthreat Prevention Program...
Trial by Fire
When they saw wildfire smoke billowing over the Palisades hill, Sr. Recreation Directors Jasmine Dowlatshahi, Club Member, and Daisy Garcia knew that that day, January 7, would be like no other...
United We Serve
The development and signing of this landmark Code of Conduct and Ethics, which you can read all about in our cover story this month, matter to us...
One Cool Club
What a genius idea! That was my thought in researching our cover story this month: cooling the street pavement and adding more shade trees to help Los Angeles reduce the City temperature...
Showing, Not Telling
Before I begin, I want to thank Club Members who enjoyed my first COO blog entry last month. You are welcome! It is good to give CEO John Hawkins a break after nearly 20 years of his...
Charging Into the Future
I am speaking of an electric vehicle, of course. Making the major shift to sustainable energy is on my personal agenda, but after my interview this month with the LADWP electric charging crew and its plans for building and funding more stations...
Trail Mix
Who has been a little sedentary during the pandemic? Or more than a little sedentary? Your answer to getting moving again is in these pages...
