Annual budget US$149,369,000 (2010) Phone +1 213-738-2961 Founded 1 July 1903 | Website parks.lacounty.gov Number of employees 1,477 | |
Formed July 1, 1903; 113 years ago (1903-07-01) Preceding agencies Forester and Fire Warden's OfficeDepartment of Recreation, Camps and Playgrounds Department executive John Director, Director Address 510 S Vermont Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90020, USA Jurisdiction Los Angeles County, California Similar Lemon Grove Recreatio, Los Angeles Recreatio, Atlantic Avenue Park, Los Angeles County S, Vista Hermosa Natural P Profiles | ||
The Los Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation is an agency of the County of Los Angeles which oversees parks and recreational facilities. It was created in 1944. It operates and maintains over 63,000 acres (250 km2) of parks, gardens, lakes, trails, natural gardens, and golfing greens.
It maintains 180 parks and operates the world’s largest municipal golf course system with 20 courses. It owns the Hollywood Bowl and the John Anson Ford Amphitheatre.
Weddings can be held at the Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Gardens in Arcadia, Descanso Gardens in La Canada Flintridge and South Coast Botanic Garden on the Palos Verdes Peninsula.
It operates nature centers at:
It has fishing lakes at:
The Department hosts approximately 300 film projects a year, including feature films, television series, television commercials, and still photography shoots for various magazines and publications.
Management and Commission
The director is John Wicker.
The department is governed by a five-member Park and Recreation Commission. Current members are Ed Reyes, Mayisha Akbar, Bettina Duval, John Hsu, and William J Korek.