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Official Links

City of Los Angeles
Website includes pull-down menus that simplify finding needed services. Some special features are: My Neighborhood near the bottom of the page- type in your address or cross streets and find out immediately: Elected officials with links to their web pages; service district information (when trash is collected, etc.); census tract number, ZIP code, etc.

The Los Angeles County Portal
Has been designed to provide visitors on the World Wide Web with a simple and convenient way to access information and services provided by the departments, commissions and agencies that serve Los Angeles County.

Southern California Association of Governments
Functions as the Metropolitan Planning Organization for six counties: Los Angeles, Orange, San Bernardino, Riverside, Ventura and Imperial.

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Transportation

Bureau of Street Services
Delivers valuable services to customers in a timely, easy-to-do, business-with manner that positively impacts the quality of life for the community

City of Los Angeles Taxi Cab Service

City of Los Angeles Traffic Information

Los Angeles City Road Work in Progress

Metrolink
A regional rail system, including commuter and other passenger services, linking communities to employment and activity centers.

Commute Smart
An automated transit trip itinerary planning web services. It provides a quick and easy way to produce a transit itinerary in the immediate area.

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Airports

Bob Hope Airport (Burbank)

John Wayne Airport (Orange County)

Long Beach Airport

Los Angeles International Airport

Ontario International Airport

Palm Springs International Airport

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Education

Los Angeles Unified School District's site includes an online directory of its schools.

California Department of Education provides access to test scores, enrollment statistics, and other information about specific schools.

California curriculum frameworks
Curriculum frameworks are the blueprints for implementing the content standards adopted by the State Board of Education (SBE).

Dataquest helps you find facts about California schools and districts.

California School Directory
Includes public, private, and charter schools.

California Department of Education
Data and statistics collected from California schools and learning support resources to identify trends and educational needs and to measure performance.

RAND California Education Statistics is a database menu that is part of the larger site. Date comes from the state and other government sources.

California School Districts with Web Servers make it easy to find school district Web sites in addition to reports issued by the district. (Note: school Web sites may be listed at a district's Web site)

Common Core of Data is a program of the U.S. Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics that annually collects data about all public schools, public school districts and state education agencies in the United States.

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Community Information by ZIP Code

American Factfinder (Census Bureau) is your source for 2000 population, housing, economic, and geographic data.

ZIP Code Statistics (Census Bureau) Census Bureau Statistics about people, households, personal income, labor force, housing

Yahoo! Real Estate Neighborhood Profiles (Yahoo!)
Provides information regarding demographics, school and neighborhood profiles, cost of living, and much more by Zip Code.

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Other Resources

Individual Tax Statistics (Internal Revenue Service)
Here you will find links to various studies relating to the individual taxpayer.

Wealthy Zip Codes of the United States
Wealthy zip codes of the United States

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California Resources

Center for Health Statistics (Department of Health Services)
The Office of Health Information and Research produces a variety of reports on the health and well-being of Californians.

State of California Megan's Law Sex Offender Locator
The California Department of Justice's Internet web site, which lists designated registered sex offenders in California.

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Health Information Service Locator

Medline Plus Directories
MedlinePlus provides links to directories to help you find health professionals, services and facilities.

American Hospital Directory database of information about hospitals is built from both public and private sources including Medicare claims data, hospital cost reports, and other files obtained from the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).

Hospital Compare (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services) provides information on how well the hospitals in your area care for all their adult patients with certain medical conditions. This information will help you compare the quality of care hospitals provide.

AMA Physician Select (American Medical Association)
Basic professional information on virtually every licensed physician in the United States.

Nursing Home Compare (Medicare) provides detailed information about the past performance of every Medicare and Medicaid certified nursing home in the country.

Find a Nutrition Professional (American Dietetic Association) a national referral service that links consumers, physicians, food manufacturers, distributors and restaurant owners and managers with dietetics professionals.

Substance Abuse Treatment Facility Locator (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)
Resource for locating drug and alcohol abuse treatment programs

Eldercare Locator (Administration on Aging)
The Eldercare Locator connects older Americans and their caregivers with sources of information on senior services.

Earth's 911 (Earth 911)
View local recycling facilities and other community environmental resources.

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Helpful Sites

FDIC Institutions Directory (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation)
An independent agency created by Congress, the FDIC supervises banks, insures deposits up to $100,000 and helps maintain a stable and sound banking system.

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