LOS ANGELES. County seat, Los Angeles. Created February 18, 1850. The words los angeles literally mean "the angels" and are a contraction of the original name Pueblo del Rio de Nuestra Senora la Reina de Los Angeles de Porciuncula (the Town of the River of Our Lady, Queen of the Angeles). In 1781, Governor Felipe de Neve issued orders for the establishment of the pueblo on El Rio Nuestra Senora de Los Angeles. The pueblo in time became known as the Ciudad de Los Angeles (City of the Angels), and it is from this contraction that the present name is derived.

Public Works is responsible for issuing permits, enforcing building codes, ensuring proper land development, developing and implementing complex capital projects as well as designing and preparing plans for small to medium-sized County capital projects, solving complex traffic problems, and developing criteria for dam operation plans.

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