Los Angeles City Charter

Los Angeles Community Policing promoted community involvement in all forms, and believes a well informed community member is one who can dramatically improve the quality of life.

The Charter for the City of Los Angeles was recently revised, and went into effect July 1, 2000. The previous Charter was established in 1925, and had become cumbersome and outdated.

Both the current and the previous Los Angeles City Charters are available online at the City of Los Angeles "City Council Library" (where there's lots of other useful information, too), or you can click on the links here:

"City Charter"

"Old City Charter"

NOTE: You can always let your local City Council member or the Mayor know what you think is needed to make this City better. LA Community Policing makes that easy for you by maintaining a "Virtual City Hall" page.

An informed community is an empowered community, and we encourage your involvement.

Make a difference in our City by playing your part, and keep Los Angeles a clean, safe and world class place to live.