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Los Angeles City Services

Need a place to get rid of hazardous waste? Want an abandoned car towed away? Or get a dumped sofa picked up? Got a drug dealer you want to turn in? Here is where to get it done.
Abandoned Houses, Abandoned Vehicles, Alleys, Animal Pickup, Anonymous drug tips, Big Truck Trash Pickup, City Council Offices, (Illegal) Dumping, Emergencies - After Hours (city services, not for crime), Fraud, Graffiti Paintout, Hazardous Waste Disposal, Health Department, Homeless Services, Light Repair, Neighborhood Prosecutor Program, One-Time Brush/Vegetation Collection, Parking Violators, Police Department (LAPD), School
Police (LAUSD), Street Repair, Vending hotline.

If you need a specific person or a department not listed here, call the City's all-purpose directory number: 311. There is a live operator there 24/7 to give you the right phone number.

888-524-2845Abandoned Vehicles
Public property:
Department of Transportation
800-222-6366
323-224-6596

Cleaning: 800-996-2489 Animal Pickup
Dead: 213-485-4911
Alive: 888-452-7381

www.lacity.org/lahdBig Truck Trash Pickup
800-773-2489
For sofas, refrigerators, other furniture. Pickup in our area is on Monday. You must call before 5 pm on Friday to schedule a pickup. It is illegal to put objects out before 6 pm on Sunday. You can help by calling when somebody else doesn’t & just let their big trash sit there. Call the Big Truck and the City will take care of it.
Free! Really!

NOTE: This is Bureau of Sanitation, and they will only pick up large items named in the request. For illegal dumping of bags, boxes, papers, and including furniture, the Bureau of Street Services will take it all. Call any time to:
800-996-2489 City Council Offices
District 1, Ed Reyes
200 N. Spring Street, Rm 410
Los Angeles, CA 90012
(213)-473-7001
Phone: (213) 485-3451
Fax: (213) 485-8907
email: reyes@council.lacity.org
Field deputy: Suzanne Jimenez
(213) 485-3451 (city hall)
suzanne.e.jimenez@lacity.org

District 8, Bernard Parks
200 N. Spring Street, Rm 405
Los Angeles, CA 90012
213-485-3331 (Phone)
213-485-7683 (Fax)
North Area Field Deputy: Cathy Davis

Field Office
8475 South Vermont Avenue
Los Angeles CA 90044
(213) 485-7616
fax: (213) 485-8156
cathy.davis@lacity.org(Illegal) Dumping

Bureau of Street Services
Will pick up anything on a city street, sidewalk, or unfenced empty lot
800-996-2489 Emergencies - After Hours
(city services, not for crime)
213-485-7100
213-485-2121Fraud

Ethics Commission
800-824-4825
www.lacity.org/ethGraffiti Paintout
Graffiti Removal Hotline
800-611-2489
City of Los Angeles Board of Public Works, Operation Clean Sweep
They try to paint out reported graffiti within 48 hours. Sometimes you need to call twice.

Hazardous Waste Disposal
S.A.F.E. Collection Center
2649 E. Washington Blvd
L.A. 90021
1-800-98-TOXIC (1-800-988-6942)
Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
Accept old paint, oil, chemicals, motor oil, aerosol cans, batteries, electronic gear, cell phones, stereos, computers, medications. From residents only, no commercial.
Limitations: 15 gallons or 125 pounds of hazardous waste or paint. Six pieces of equipment per visit. Do not accept: ammunition, biological waste, tires, paper, computer software, or bulky items such as furniture or washing machines/refrigerators/stoves.

Health Department
323-235-7000Homeless Resources
Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA)
548 S Spring Street, Suite 400
Los Angeles, CA 90013
213-683-3333
contactus@lahsa.org
http://www.lahsa.org/
1-800-339-6993
This is the best one phone call resource for homeless problems.
Jeanette Roe

Head of Emergency Response Team
1-800-339-6993, ext. 3330
Deputy: David Garcia
Will send out response team promptly to speak to homeless people and try to persuade them to enter shelters.

Light Repair
Street lights 800-303-5267
Traffic lights/signs 213-580-1177Neighborhood Prosecutor Program
To report quality of life crimes such as recurring grafitti, drunks around a liquor store, gang hangouts, in addition to the police there is the City Attorney's Neighborhood Prosecutor.
Citywide: 877-522-2737
In Southwest Police Station area: 323-789-2701
http://www.ci.la.ca.us/atty/atycb1b2a.htm

One-Time Brush/Vegetation Collection
The Bureau of Sanitation, Department of Public Works, will schedule a free pickup once a year of large amounts of brush cuttings or other plant materials that won't fit in your green can.
Brush must be packed in plastic bags or tied in bundles that are no longer than 4 feet and no heavier than 30 pounds each. The pickup is done on your regular collection day. Call 4 days before your regular pickup day to schedule.
800-773-2489

Parking Violators
To report habitual parking violators
Department of Transportation
323-913-4626Police Department (LAPD)

Emergency: 911
Nonemergency crime: 877-275-5273
Anonymous drug tips: 800-662-2878
http://www.lapdonline.org/ School Police (LAUSD)
213-625-6631Street Repair

Los Angeles County Department of Public Works
800-996-2489
626-458-5100
www.dpw.co.la.ca.usTrees in Wires

Department of Water and Power
800-342-5397
www.ladwp.comVending Hotline
888-524-2845