On a perfect fall day in November, hundreds of people turned out to learn about L.A. County's digital mapping systems at GIS Day held at Grand Park adjacent to the Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration. Representatives from more than two dozen L.A. County Departments, several southern California universities, many non-profit organizations...
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| Pictured left to right Soyeon Choi (General Plan Development/Housing), Connie Chung (General Plan Development/Housing), Alyson Stewart (Ordinance Studies), Ayala Scott (...
Most people at Department of Public Works know the Safety Officers, Safety Inspectors and Safety Assistants from the Employee Health and Safety Section of the Risk Management Office for their active involvement with the annual safety awards, but all year long behind the scenes at the County they are performing valuable work preventing... The LA County Department of Public Works team of engineering geologists provides geological and environmental services for public construction and maintenance projects and regulatory review services for private and public developments. The eleven CAPE-represented engineering geologists at the Department handle development review,... When I was in boot camp and our drill instructor was teaching us how to make a bed the “right way”, he summed it up into one simple phrase: “You start with a heap, you end with a heap”. In other words, one wrinkle on the bottom sheet will turn out much worse at the top. This lesson can be applied to almost anything in life, but it’s especially... Unpermitted dwelling units are common in L.A. County's unincorporated areas. Done without planning approval or building permits, unpermitted housing units pose a danger to the inhabitants and others around them. CAPE members like Jonathan Pacheco Bell are part of the County's dedicated nuisance abatement staff that responds to code complaints,... Supervising Appraiser Richard "Jerry" House works in the highly specialized field of appraising the value of hotel properties for the Los Angeles County Assessor's Office. A recent Superior Court decision demonstrated the need for absolute precision in House's skills and clear application of the laws on the valuation of large scale... Publication and initial review of the long-awaited Draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR) marked a crucial turning point in the Devil's Gate Reservoir Sediment Removal and Management Project. CAPE-represented employees at the LA County Department of Public Works Water Resources Division have been working on the Draft EIR for three years... The County Board of Supervisors' initial approval in August of the 58-acre Disney | ABC Studios at the Ranch project followed the review and sign-off of no less than five LA County departments along with several state and federal agencies. Behind the scenes, among those coordinating the reviews and facilitating the approvals were three... CAPE represented employees at the Department of Public Work’s Right of Way Engineering Unit are tasked with the job of transferring unused County property to private interests who do have a use for it. Although only five in number, their job is an important one as getting rid of excess County property not only reduces liability, but it also... [CAPE Members: Please share this website with non-members at your work location] ©CAPE [Terms of Use]
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