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The Van Nuys Government Center (aka Van Nuys Civic Center or San Fernando Valley Administrative Center [1]) is a 17.3-acre (70,000 m 2) [2] cluster of buildings in the Van Nuys neighborhood of Los Angeles that houses various local, state and federal government offices and services.
The California Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) is a department of the government of the state of California which was initially created in 1927. [1] The department is currently part of the Cabinet-level California Labor and Workforce Development Agency, [2] and headquartered at the Elihu M. Harris State Office Building in Oakland.
[1] [2] The building is also notable as the site of a 1971 bombing that killed an 18-year-old worker. [3] The building holds offices for a number of federal agencies, including the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, and the Internal Revenue Service. [4]
South Asians are among Los Angeles County’s fastest growing ethnic groups including Bangladeshi (122%), Pakistani (59%), Sri Lankan (45%), and Indian (29%). [2] Asians are concentrated in the San Gabriel Valley. [3] The Asian American population in San Gabriel Valley grew by 22% between 2000 and 2010. [4]
A former high-ranking Los Angeles Building and Safety official who claimed he was fired after alleging fraudulent billing and other wrongdoing will receive a $3-million settlement from the city.
Amid the devastating fires, a social media hoax falsely claiming immigration sweeps in the Los Angeles area began to circulate online. The Department of Homeland Security said there were no large ...
Major hubs for Vietnamese Americans include Orange, Santa Clara, and Los Angeles counties in California, and Harris County in Texas, together making up 31% of Vietnamese immigrants in the U.S. [53] Little Saigon , located in Westminster and Garden Grove , is the largest and oldest Vietnamese-American enclave in the United States. [ 54 ]
Officials have estimated that the typical retrofit of a soft-story building in L.A. costs from $80,000 to $160,000, although costs can vary depending on the size of the building.