Government
California State Government
Los Angeles County Government
- Los Angeles County Online.
"Los Angeles County, one of California's original 27 counties, was
established Feb. 18, 1850. Originally the County occupied a comparatively
small area along the coast between Santa Barbara and San Diego, but within
a year its boundaries were enlarged from 4,340 square miles to 34,520
square miles, an area sprawling east to the Colorado River.
During subsequent years, Los Angeles County slowly ebbed to its present
size, the last major detachment occurring in 1889 with the creation of
Orange County. Los Angeles County remains one of the nation's largest
counties with 4,084 square miles, an area some 800 square miles larger
than the combined area of the states of Delaware and Rhode Island.
Los Angeles County includes the islands of San Clemente and Santa
Catalina. It is bordered on the east by Orange and San Bernardino
Counties, on the north by Kern County, on the west by Ventura County, and
on the south by the Pacific Ocean. Its coastline is 81 miles long.
It has the largest population (10,226,506 as of January 2005) of any
county in the nation, and is exceeded by only eight states. Approximately
28 percent of California's residents live in Los Angeles County."
- Official Web Site of The City of Los
Angeles.
- LA
Convention Center. "The World-Class Los Angeles Convention
Center is one of the most efficiently designed and technologically
advanced convention and exhibition facilities in the world."
- LA Department of Water
& Power. "The Los Angeles Department of Water & Power, the
nation's largest municipal utility, serving the water and electricity
needs of the City of Los Angeles...24 hours a day, 365 days a year."
- LA
Housing Authority. "One of the largest public housing
authorities in the nation, The Housing Authority of the City of Los
Angeles (HACLA) has provided quality housing options & supportive
services to the citizens of Los Angeles since 1938."
- Libraries.
- Los Angeles Police Department Online. "It is the mission of
the LAPD to safeguard the lives and property of the people we serve. To
reduce the incidence and fear of crime, and to enhance public safety
while working with the diverse communities to improve their quality of
life. Our mandate is to do so with honor and integrity, while at all
times conducting ourselves with the highest ethical standards to
maintain public confidence.
- LA Zoo.
"The Los Angeles Zoo is located in the heart of the nation’s
second-largest city. Each year 1.4 million visitors pass through the
gates to view a collection of more than 1,200 animals from around the
world."
Other Cities and Towns
Other Counties
U.S. Government
- Fedworld. "The
FedWorld.gov web site is a gateway to government information. This site is
managed by the National Technical
Information Service (NTIS) as part of it's information management
mandate."
- Library of Congress.
"The Library of Congress is the nation's oldest federal cultural
institution and serves as the research arm of Congress. It is also the
largest library in the world, with more than 130 million items on
approximately 530 miles of bookshelves. The collections include more than
29 million books and other printed materials, 2.7 million recordings, 12
million photographs, 4.8 million maps, and 58 million manuscripts.
The Library's mission is to make its resources available and useful to the
Congress and the American people and to sustain and preserve a universal
collection of knowledge and creativity for future generations. The Office
of the Librarian is tasked to set policy and to direct and support
programs and activities to accomplish the Library's mission."
- White House. Home of
the President of the United States.
