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The John Ferraro Council Chamber in 1997. The Los Angeles City Council is guided by the Los Angeles City Charter. The Charter defines the City Council as the city's legislature, with the Mayor of Los Angeles serving as the executive branch of the city's government creating a strong mayor–council government, though the mayor is weaker than cities like New York City. [6]
A Los Angeles flag was taken to space in 1984 by Sally Ride, on the Space Shuttle Challenger. It is on display in the Los Angeles City Hall. [6] In a 2004 North American Vexillological Association survey, the design ranked 33rd out of 150 American city flags. [7]
The Better Business Bureau (BBB) is an American private, 501(c)(6) nonprofit organization founded in 1912. BBB's self-described mission is to focus on advancing marketplace trust, [2] consisting of 92 independently incorporated local BBB organizations in the United States and Canada, coordinated under the International Association of Better Business Bureaus (IABBB) in Arlington, Virginia.
When the estimated 500,000 Muslims living in the greater Los Angeles area are included, Los Angeles hosts the second largest number of Muslims among U.S. cities. [24] There are around 50,000 Roma living in the Los Angeles area, making it one of the cities with the highest Roma concentration in the U.S. [25]
Armenian Power graffiti in Little Armenia, Los Angeles MS-13 graffiti. This is a list of notable criminal gangs in Los Angeles, California.. The County and the City of Los Angeles has been nicknamed the "Gang Capital of America," with an estimated 450 active gangs with a combined membership of more than 45,000.
Harrison Gray Otis, founder and owner of the Los Angeles Times, and a number of business colleagues embarked on reshaping southern California by expanding that into a harbor at San Pedro using federal dollars. The Los Angeles & San Pedro Railroad was the first railroad in Los Angeles, photo ca.1880.
The Los Angeles Public Library system (LAPL) is a public library system in Los Angeles, California. The system holds more than six million volumes, [ 3 ] and with around 19 million residents in the Greater Los Angeles area, it serves the largest metropolitan population of any public library system in the United States. [ 4 ]
Downtown Los Angeles (DTLA) is the central business district of Los Angeles.It is part of the Central Los Angeles region and covers a 5.84 sq mi (15.1 km 2) [3] area. As of 2020, it contains over 500,000 jobs and has a population of roughly 85,000 residents, [4] with an estimated daytime population of over 200,000 people prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. [5]