City of Los Angeles

Local Resources

Utilities

Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (800) 342-5397
The Gas Company (800) 427-2200

SBC (800) 310-2355
Comcast Cable (888) 255-5789

Street Lights (800) 303-5267
Street Services (800) 996-2489
Sewer Service (800) 342-5397

Accident/traffic info (323) 669-4472

Parking violations (213) 742-1884

Building inspector (888) 542-2845

Sanitation

Graffiti Removal
http://anti-graffiti.lacity.org/welcome.cfm

For Bulky item pick-up call:
(800) 773-2489 or West LA Yard (310) 575-8395

Complete list of Westside solid disposal centers: http://dpw.lacounty.gov/epd/swims/

Los Angeles County Environmental Hotline – (888) 253-2652
www.888CleanLA.com

Board of Public Works: “Household Hazardous Waste program” – provides disposal information for household hazardous waste.
(800) 988-6942

Fire Dept. (county) “Hazardous Materials Control” – (323) 890-4089
emergency (323) 890-4317

The U.C.L.A. “S.A.F.E. (Solvents Automotive Flammables Electronics) waste disposal program” – (213) 473-8228
www.larecycles.org

Animals

Department of Animal Services – (213) 473-7555

West L.A. animal service center (animal shelter)
11950 Missouri Ave
(310) 207-0683
(888) 4LA-PET1

Licenses (required for dogs) – (213) 473-7550

Senior Services

Department of Aging – www.lacity.org/DOA
(800) 510-2020 (call 311 for non-emergency related city service Senior Multipurpose center.
Felicia Mahood (MPC) – 11338 Santa Monica Blvd.

Westside Center for Independent Living (empowering people with disabilities to reach their independent living goals through a variety of non-residential programs and services
http://www.wcil.org/

Center for Healthy Aging (free clinic)
2125 Arizona Ave.
(310) 829-4715

Toll Free info number for Senior Services
(800) 510-2020

Free home repair for seniors and people with disabilities:
(310) 399-4100

Housing

Los Angeles Housing Department – (213) 808-8808

Toll Free information hotline – (866) 557-RENT

Homeownership (provides development programs and buyer’s assistance for low to middle income homeowners) (213) 808-8295

Fair Housing and Anti-Predatory lending – (800) 477-5977

Americans with Disabilities

Department on Disability (programs and services) (213) 485-6334 www.cityofla.org/dod

S.N.A.P. (Special Needs Advocate for Parents — offers a number of services to parents who have children with special needs to help them make important decisions in planning for their child’s well-being as well as to provide information, resources and networking opportunities) (310) 479-3755

Computer Access Center (Computer solutions to overcome disabilities. A nonprofit organization serving children and adults with disabilities) (310) 338-1597

Life Steps Foundation (providing home and community based services for people of all ages who have developmental and/or physical disabilities, substance abuse etc. www.lifestepsfoundation.org/

311 Directory Online Services

3-1-1 is a Citywide toll-free number to information & non-emergency services. 3-1-1 is an easy to remember, citywide toll-free number that provides immediate access to information and more than 1,500 non-emergency city services. Calls are answered from 7 am to 10 pm everyday by 3-1-1 agents who are trained to provide information or refer calls for service to the correct City agency the first time. In order to provide world class customer service, 3-1-1 service is available:

In English
In Spanish
To the hearing or speech impaired
In more than 150 other languages through the use of language translation services

City Halls

Los Angeles City Hall East
200 North Main St.
Los Angeles, CA, 90012

West Los Angeles City Hall
1828 Sawtelle Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA, 90025

Westwood Neighborhood Council

The WWNC (Westwood Neighborhood Council) is a certified advisory board to the City of Los Angeles City Council. We were certified by the city of Los Angeles on January 19, 2010, to represent the community of Westwood, in Los Angeles, California.