Pepe Garcia, Assistant Director, retires from Sanitation after 35 years of City service.
A City Hall ceremony was held Jan. 27 for Jose “Pepe” Garcia, Assistant Director of the Solid Resources Operations, LA Sanitation and Environment...
Sanitation’s popular open houses at six yards return after pandemic pause.
Public Works’ Sanitation and Environment has released the schedule of its popular open houses for 2023...
RCTO Chermaine Fontenette makes a young friend along her collection route.
Club Ambassador Chermaine Fontenette, Refuse Collection Truck Operator, PW Sanitation, kept seeing a young boy waiting when she drove by his house. So finally last summer, she stopped, and a beautiful friendship was born...
LAPD’s award winning solar array project points to a sustainable future.
A new era of sustainable power generation in the City of LA has begun with the completion of the LAPD Motor Transport Division’s Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Array project...
Sanitation’s Recycling Program hosting a Citywide clothing drive.
Public Works/Sanitation and Environment’s City Facilities Recycling Program (CFRP) is collecting new and gently used children’s, men’s and women’s clothing in a charity effort...
Ana Tabuena-Ruddy named new Assistant Director, StreetsLA.
Public Works/Street Services has named Ana Tabuena-Ruddy as its new Assistant Director; chief of Urban Forestry, Street Maintenance, and...
Chief Sustainability Officer leaves to take on Seattle transportation.
Greg Spotts, currently the City’s Chief Sustainability Officer and Executive Officer of Public Works/Street Services, is headed to Seattle...
City’s plan to electrify its vehicles continues with new EVs.
Both the LADWP and Public Works/StreetsLA are welcoming new electric vehicles to their fleets. Many departments are replacing their gasoline vehicles with electric alternatives...
Longtime City Engineer Gary Lee Moore retires, is replaced by Ted Allen.
On July 29, the City Council held a special farewell to City Engineer Gary Lee Moore on his retirement as the second longest serving City Engineer. Ted Allen, Deputy City Engineer, was approved by the City Council as the...
Three Sanitation employees named best younger than 40.
Three Public Works/Sanitation and Environment staff members were named part of the American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists’ “40 Under 40” awardees...
