Executive Directive No. 15 – Equitable Workforce and Service Restoration

The City of Los Angeles delivers fundamental services upon which the people of Los
Angeles rely for a good quality of life for our families, the safety of our neighborhoods,
and cultural enrichment for people of all ages. A municipal workforce of more than
40,000 employees is the driving force behind all of that work-from street repairs and
emergency response to libraries and park programming.

Every day across Los Angeles, our workers deliver on the mission to get Los Angeles
back to basics-as we invest and innovate in the core services that our residents,
visitors, and businesses need and deserve. Today, City workers are implementing a
$1.4 billion plan to repair our sidewalks; City workers are paving 2,400 miles of streets
per year; City workers are removing thousands of tons of illegally dumped waste from
our communities; City workers are putting a library card into the hands of every
schoolchild in Los Angeles; City workers are helping residents who are immigrants
become United States citizens; City workers are running youth and adult sports leagues,
concerts, and even a world-class observatory in our neighborhood parks; City workers
are serving hot, well-balanced meals to seniors at senior citizen centers and at
homebound seniors’ homes; and City workers are developing more universally
accessible playgrounds than ever before so that children of all abilities can play side by
side.

That work will continue, but with 46% of the City’s workforce eligible to retire by 2018,
Los Angeles is presented with a challenge: to recruit, hire, and train a new generation
of public servants prepared to reform our service delivery by meeting the technology,
efficiency, and transparency demands of the 21st century. And with that challenge
comes an opportunity to revitalize the ranks of City employees in a manner that aligns
with our obligation to lead on employment equity.