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...
City responds to climate crisis, giving special attention to underserved areas.
The City’s response to the growing climate crisis – and the way the crisis unfairly affects underserved areas – is heating up, so to speak. LA’s new Climate Emergency Mobility Office (CEMO) is on its feet and hard at work addressing these growing needs. Alive! first reported on the CEMO office in May 2021 after its creation in January that year.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
