Department of General Services

LA to Invest $30 Million in Solar Storage Program Using City-Owned Buildings

City News ServiceSeptember 27, 2021

As Los Angeles sets out to achieve 100% renewable energy by 2035, city officials announced a $30 million investment today in a municipal solar and storage program using city-owned buildings across departments.
“We’re celebrating not just another milestone in our fight against climate change, but also a step to build a more sustainable city starting with buildings that the city owns, the city controls and the city can lead by example in making sure that we have renewable energy,” Mayor Eric Garcetti said at a downtown news conference.

COVID-19 News

California Is Providing Hotel Rooms for Essential Workers

Quinci LeGardye, California Black MediaApril 16, 2020

California Gov. Gavin Newsom updates the state’s response to the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, Pool) California has begun offering no-cost and low-cost hotel rooms to doctors, nurses and other critical frontline healthcare workers who test positive for, or have come into contact with COVID-19. Gov. Newsom announced the new program April 9, and the reservation portal opened through the CalTravelStore website April 10. The program is designed to help infected healthcare workers avoid spreading the virus by staying in hotel rooms in close proximity to medical facilities after leaving their shifts. “California is fighting to protect those who are