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We have a calendar of events, and people can just take a look and see what's going on in their neighborhoods and come out and enjoy the fun and make a difference in their neighborhoods.

Anyone can be that angel in LA and request help and services through the My LA 311 app.

Neighborhood events like Donuts and Coffee with the Deputy Chief are closing the gap between the perception of LA's police department and the reality.

This kind of direct networking can help dispel some myths and build up community trust.

Right now we're in front of a restaurant called 3030 Mexico, and we're just here to invite the community, right?

Uh we want the community to see us in a different light than actually a radio calls or stops.

This is a restaurant where a lot of people patron to come and have breakfast, and we're just here to offer uh any questions and answers that people may want.

When we say community policing, it's events like coffee with the cop.

It's us being out in the community, networking with our businesses, networking with folks that live and work in this community, and just sharing dialogue over a cup of coffee.

We're taking this as a great opportunity to engage with the public and close that gap and build that bridge between community member and also police officer and explain to them what it is that we do in regards to immigration.

And go ahead and brief them on our policy and at the same time to give them information.

We have them in English and in Spanish, these booklets that states with the policy of the Los Angeles Police Department with respect to immigration, and we also have a QR code where that information can be downloaded on the cell phone.

We don't participate in civil immigration enforcement.

One of the things that we like here is that people are coming in in their own environment.

This isn't a radio call, this is an enforcement action, this is just having coffee.

The past couple of months have been the little bit of a strain, but by us doing these events frequently, it gives us the opportunity to go ahead and speak to the community member so they know not to be in fear of the police department and let them know that we are here to support them, but at the same time educate them so they understand what the role of law enforcement is with respect to immigration instead of listening to the false narratives that keep getting past.

Exiting homelessness is never easy, but a new community is easing the path.

Atlas apartments in South LA are new, affordable, and already helping.

But more than that, every time you do one of these buildings, you talk to someone who has a story.

Seeing people have hope who've been at their lowest points is absolutely by far the best part of these buildings.

Being homeless, living in a shelter, recovering from making bad decisions and what have you.

And this is like a big relief from roughly 2005.

Jack, right now.

I was home.

I'm so grateful to the whole organization for all that they're doing.

Do you know, I'm just eternally forever be grateful.

The Housing Authority of the City of LA provides affordable housing to Angelinos across our city.

So 110 vouchers have been committed to this site, and that will allow uh individuals that are extremely low income to be able to live here.

Across the city, we have about 38 projects that will come online in 2025.

About 2,000 units.

And this is how we will continue to end homelessness in our city.

Well, you know, in Council District A, we're very excited.

We are confronting the housing crisis head on.

We're building as much or more housing than anywhere else.

But we're also trying to do it in a way that makes our neighborhoods even more livable than they are.

So traffic and safety improvements, making sure we do things like bring in new grocery stores and many, many other amenities for the neighborhood.

That makes this a whole place where we can all, one, first and foremost, live indoors, but secondly, have a good quality of life.

The opportunities are limitless.

Any obstacles that's in front of me, I plan the face to head on.

Delivering hope as well as homes in South LA.

Learning more even before starting school with the Los Angeles Public Library.

The library has thought of everything.

Their programs are for everyone, and that means all Los Angeles families and children, including preschoolers.

At the Los Angeles Public Library, we have resources for we like to say birth through Infinity, but in terms of back to school specifically, we have a program for pre-kindergarten little ones called Get Ready for Kindergarten.

We also have story times to help support early literacy across our 72 branch locations as well as at our central library.

Each one is different depending on the children's librarian who's hosting it.

Sometimes there's a song.

If you're wearing reading, please stand up.

There's definitely reading of picture books, and usually there's a theme.

Maybe it's numbers, maybe it's letters, maybe it's colors to help little ones just get used to talking, reading, singing, playing, all of those early literacy skills that will help them with reading in the future.

One of our mottos is the library welcomes everyone.

We really encourage all families, all students of any background to come to the library to take advantage of our resources.

They are by the city, for the city.

Why not?

Because it's made for everyone.

So we have both in-person and online programming too, depending on how people prefer to access our resources.

That's really important to us too.

That it's not only in person, it's not only online.

We're always looking to make our resources more available to more people.