The City of Los Angeles and The Los Angeles City Historical Society introduce:

“The Los Angeles City Officials, 1850 to the Present Historical Database”

http://cityclerk.lacity.org/chronola

A Los Angeles City history project was initiated by the Works Project Administration in the 1930’s during the Presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. It sought to identify and record the terms of office of individuals who, over the years, served in the government of the City of Los Angeles. It includes all elected officials and all appointed commissioners who served on the various municipal boards.

This historical study of 1850-1965, was originally published in four volumes by the City of Los Angeles. In 2007, The Los Angeles City Historical Society applied for a grant to the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation to complete the project to the present date, ad infinitum. At that time it was decided to convert the already published information to a computer based program, thus completing the focus of the project to the present time.

Database Information

The purpose of this database program is to introduce and make available on the World Wide Web to people displaying an index of “Movers and Shakers” of Los Angeles City government. This City evolved from a one-horse town into the second largest city in the United States. The evolution and growth of this megalopolis progressed, good and bad, because of these individuals, who left their imprint on the sands of time.

Inclusions

Only individual names, dates and offices held election by election are found on this database. The names found are a polyglot composite of English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Jewish, Turkish and Armenian.

A User Guide, tutorial, will be found on the database. For further information about Los Angeles City government history see the References link also on the database.

Exclusions

This database program is not a narrative history. It is a compilation of individuals, both men and women, who held certain offices at certain time periods in Los Angeles City government from 1850 through to the present time, ad infinitum.

UPDATE: This event is now full.  If you wish to sign up for a future tour, please e-mail Kay Tornborg: kxiaojie@att.net, or telephone her at (323)467-0287 and put yourself on a new list for the next group.

Join your friends at LACHS for a docent-led walk through Fern Dell and see for yourself the rustic beauty of this peaceful site. We’ll assemble for coffee and then an hour-long walk through the historic pathways.

Meet on Saturday, July 21, 2012, at 9:00AM – next to Trails Cafe in Fern Dell. 

The tour is FREE and will be led by LACHS board member Kay Tornborg. Please call her at (323)467-0287 or e-mail her at kxiaojie@att.net to reserve your place.

More information: 

For nearly a century, Fern Dell has been an urban oasis. In its first sixty years, it was one of Griffith Park’s most celebrated features but more recent decades have not been so kind. Today it is in need of rehabilitation and, fortunately, help is on the horizon. Facilitated by generous funding from the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s L.A. County Preservation Fund, the Griffith J. Griffith Charitable Trust and the Friends of Griffith Park are working with a professional team to lay the groundwork for Fern Dell’s revitalization.

Directions: 

Take Franklin Ave. to Western. North on Western, up the hill; road bears right and becomes Los Feliz Blvd. Stay in LEFT lane and turn left at first stoplight, Fern Dell Drive. Drive one minute, past stop sign at Black Oak Drive, look for Trails Cafe on the left and find street parking.