Lawndale Blossoms The construction culminated in the Dedication of the Lawndale Civic Center, which included a health clinic for this general area, on March 23, 1957. With the Civic Center area now dedicated, the desire for city hood accelerated into the key year of 1959. The debt to the Chamber of Commerce for their efforts in resisting the several annexation attempts must be fully realized. Incorporation was the crowning event in the years of community organizing ant the selfless work of many individual who bore a pride in Lawndale. The major cause of these annexation attempts was the desire of adjoining communities to increase their tax base. It can be said that all the efforts to identify Lawndale made it an attractive acquisition.
The incorporation of Lawndale marked the end of a year and a half struggle with neighboring communities as to acquisition of the businesses along Hawthorne Boulevard, or the need to round out their boundaries. The concern of one neighboring council man went so far as to champion legislation aimed at preventing this and other incorporation's as fiscally unsound. Although this threat went as far as Sacramento, the question was finally resolved when the electorate voted three to one to form the City of Lawndale as a general law city following the Lakewood Plan. This plan provides contracting essential services through established county agencies when economically sound.
Today Lawndale continues to utilize County Fire, Sheriff, and Library services for the community and has maintained its independence in other areas of control. The Charter promise of 1959 of no City taxes has never been altered due to this continuing process of responsible financial policy.
EXAMPLE OF DUTIES:
Essential duties include, but are not limited to: prepare, develop and update city emergency and disaster plans; coordinate emergency preparedness activities provided in the city emergency plan, and in accordance with the Standardized Emergency Management System (SEMS); study, evaluate, and compile information relating to current emergency planning regulations and practices; recommend use of available resources and facilities for emergency situations and develop procedures for acquisition; evaluate municipal communications, including emergency communication systems; administer and submit all city related disaster claims for relief and reimbursement to the State of California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (OES) and the Federal Emergency management Agency (FEMA) in compliance with applicable laws and regulations as a result of disaster declarations affecting the City; maintain thorough and complete records of reports and reimbursements; develop procedures, coordinate and conduct training sessions and exercises in emergency preparedness; assist in preparation of the emergency services budget; acts as liaison between the community and the Sheriff’s Department concerning crime issues and research and responds to related community questions and issues; coordinate the City’s Neighborhood Watch Program; and perform other duties as assigned.
Jul 02, 2024
Part Time
EXAMPLE OF DUTIES:
Essential duties include, but are not limited to: prepare, develop and update city emergency and disaster plans; coordinate emergency preparedness activities provided in the city emergency plan, and in accordance with the Standardized Emergency Management System (SEMS); study, evaluate, and compile information relating to current emergency planning regulations and practices; recommend use of available resources and facilities for emergency situations and develop procedures for acquisition; evaluate municipal communications, including emergency communication systems; administer and submit all city related disaster claims for relief and reimbursement to the State of California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (OES) and the Federal Emergency management Agency (FEMA) in compliance with applicable laws and regulations as a result of disaster declarations affecting the City; maintain thorough and complete records of reports and reimbursements; develop procedures, coordinate and conduct training sessions and exercises in emergency preparedness; assist in preparation of the emergency services budget; acts as liaison between the community and the Sheriff’s Department concerning crime issues and research and responds to related community questions and issues; coordinate the City’s Neighborhood Watch Program; and perform other duties as assigned.
