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General Description: The Auditor-Controller provides the County with financial leadership and expert advice on a wide range of fiscal matters, and advocates for financial integrity and accountability in all County business practices.

General Description: The Board of Supervisors acts as the governing body of the County of Los Angeles.  As such, it has the function of serving as the executive and legislative head of County government, enacting ordinances, setting salaries and establishing specific regulations for the administration of County departments and special districts.  The five Board members are elected by voters from their district for four-year terms.  The current Board members are:

General Description: CSS provides comprehensive human services in partnership with community leaders, business and private agencies. It has many programs designed to enhance and enrich the quality of life for Los Angeles County residents whether it be seeking a first job or a career change, eating a nourishing lunch at a senor center, reporting adult abuse, resolving a legal dispute, or taking care of a person in need.  CSS also has community and senior centers.

General Description: In California, the Safely Surrendered Baby Law allows an individual to safely give up an unwanted infant with no fear of arrest or prosecution for abandonment as long as the baby has not been abused or neglected.

General Description: The mission of the Los Angeles County Child Support Services Department (CSSD) is to improve the quality of life for children and families of Los Angeles County by providing timely, accurate and responsive child support services. The very core of what CSSD does is predicated on the belief that both parents, based upon their current circumstances and stations in life, are responsible for the economic support, health and emotional well-being of their children.  CSSD is the largest locally-operated child support program in the entire country.

General Description: The Department of Children and Family Services provides a comprehensive child protection system of prevention, preservation, and permanency to ensure that children grow up safe, physically and emotionally healthy, educated and in permanent homes.

This department also assists with foster care and adoption services and investigates child abuse and neglect complaints.  It also accepts reports of confirmed or suspected child abuse and neglect concerning any child in Los Angeles County (24 hrs. 7 days a week).  The Department also contacts the appropriate agencies to intervene to protect the child, if necessary, and it provides information for professionals and the public about child abuse and neglect.

General Description: The Community Development Commission (CDC) serves as the Housing Authority within the County of Los Angeles, administering both the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher and the Public Housing Programs. CDC's Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher program has approximately 21,000 vouchers available.  Presently, 10,000 property owners partner in the program. The Public Housing program currently has 2,961 units available throughout Los Angeles County.  The Housing Authority website offers renters such tools as an online Waiting List which allows participants to update or check the status of their rental assistance application for both the Section 8 and Public Housing programs.

General Description: The mission of the Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) of Los Angeles County is to provide professional and responsive services to the consumers and businesses of Los Angeles County through advocacy, empowerment and education.

General Description: The Department of Coroner is responsible for the investigation and determination of the cause and manner of all sudden, violent or unusual deaths in the County of Los Angeles.

General Description: The District Attorney of Los Angeles, as a constitutional officer and the public prosecutor acting on behalf of the people, is vested with the independent power to conduct prosecutions for public offenses, to detect crime and to investigate criminal activity.  The District Attorney advises the Grand Jury in its investigations. By law, the District Attorney sponsors and participates in programs to improve the administration of justice.

General Description: The Los Angeles County public healthcare system, often called the Safety Net, serves more than 10 million residents.  It provides healthcare to 700,000 people and treats more than 300,000 emergency and trauma victims every year. Through an integrated network of hospitals, health centers and clinics, it makes quality medical and preventive care services accessible in communities across the county.  It provides health through leadership, service and education.

General Description: The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) is a Joint Powers Authority established in 1993 as an independent agency by the County and the City of Los Angeles.  LAHSA is the lead agency in the Los Angeles Continuum of Care, and coordinates and manages over $70 million dollars annually in Federal, State, County and City funds for programs providing shelter, housing and services to homeless persons in Los Angeles City and County.

General Description: The Los Angeles County Human Resources Department provides employment services and application listings throughout Los Angeles County for employment opportunities.

General Description: The Child Abuse Prevention, Intervention, and Treatment Programs are an array of counseling and support services.  Overall program administration is by DCFS' Community-Based Support Division, in collaboration with the County's Inter-Agency Counsel on Child Abuse and Neglect (ICAN).

General Description: The Los Angeles County Office of Education is the nation's largest regional education agency.  It provides a range of programs and services to promote the academic and financial stability of the county's 80 school districts and the achievement of more than 2 million preschool and school-age children.

General Description: This is an informational website for Los Angeles County to obtain a directory and information for services throughout the County.

General Description: DPSS provides financial, homeless, employment, health, and nutrition-related assistance to residents of Los Angeles County.  Programs and services include: California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs): which provides temporary financial assistance, as well as employment services (including specialized supportive services such as domestic violence, mental health substance abuse) through the Greater Avenue for Independence (GAIN) program to aided families with children; Cal-Learn, a CalWORKs program for pregnant and parenting teens; General Relief (GR), which provides temporary assistance and work opportunities through the General Relief Opportunities to Work (GROW) program to indigent adults; and Food Stamps (FS), which provides food benefits to low-income families and individuals.  It also provides the Refugee Employment Program (REP), which provides culturally and linguistically sensitive employment and specialized services for refugees; and Community Services Block Grant (CSBG), which provides employment, housing, nutrition, counseling, education and other serves to low-income individuals/families through a network of anti-poverty non-profit agencies.  DPSS programs also include Medi-Cal, Cash Assistance Program for Immigrants (CAPI), and In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS).

General Description: Public Works is responsible for the design, construction, operation, maintenance, and repair of roads, bridges, airports, sewers, water supply, flood control, water quality, and water conservation facilities and for the design and construction of capital projects. Additional responsibilities include regulatory and ministerial programs for the County of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Flood Control District, other special districts, and contract cities that request services.  A 24-hour Emergency Operations Center is maintained to respond to problems reported by the public and other agencies, as well as major emergencies, such as floods, earthquakes, fires, and other disasters.

General Description: The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department is the largest sheriff's department in the world.  In addition to specialized services, such as the Sheriff's Youth Foundation, International Liaison and Employee Support Services, the Department is divided into eleven divisions, each headed by a Division Chief.

There are three patrol divisions (Field Operations Regions I, II and III), Custody Operations Division, Correctional Services Division, Detective Division, Court Services Division, Technical Services Division, Office of Homeland Security, Administrative Services Division, and Leadership and Training Division.

General Description: The mission of the Los Angeles County Treasurer and Tax Collector is to bill, collect, invest, borrow, safeguard and disburse monies and properties.