City creates new office for climate mobilization.
In January, the City created a new office for managing its part of the national Green New Deal. Los Angeles’ first-ever Climate Emergency Mobilization Office (CEMO) inside Public Works is...
Erica Blyther moves from Acting to full Administrator of Petroleum office.
Erica Blyther has been named Administrator of the City of Los Angeles Office of Petroleum and Natural Gas Administration and Safety (OPNGAS). Previously she had been Acting Administrator...
Bridging the Gap
The rebuilding of the Sixth Street Viaduct, one of the most important engineering projects in the City, is progressing well, according to Public Works/Engineering reports. The new bridge is scheduled to open in the summer of 2022...
Keith Mozee confirmed as the next head of StreetsLA.
Keith Mozee, StreetsLA’s Assistant Director for the last five years and a 31-year City employee, was confirmed July 1 as the next Executive Director of the department (Street Services)...
Barbara Romero, former Deputy Mayor, is new Executive Director, one of three new dept....
Public Works: On July 1, Barbara Romero was confirmed by the City Council as the new Executive Director of Public Works’ Sanitation and Environment bureau...
Steve Engineers a Retirement
Steve Chen, Principal Engineer, Public Works/Engineering, retired in late September after 32 years of City service...
Principal Civil Engineer Shirley Lau is promoted to Assistant Director of Street Services.
On Dec. 4, Public Works/Street Services appointed Shirley Lau as its Assistant Director (Chief Technical Officer). Previously, Shirley was the Division Manager for Public Works/Engineering’s Bridge Improvement Division...
StreetsLA introduces its Center for Green Innovation.
As part of the City’s growing response to the climate crisis, Public Works’ StreetsLA announced its Center for Green Innovation at a press conference Feb. 15 in North Hollywood...
Sanitation provides small events to honor Mother Earth.
As things begin to ramp up again, the Bureau offers three smaller events to mark Earth Day...
A Marathon of a Cleanup
The end of the marathon meant the beginning for the Public Works/Street Services cleanup team...
