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Council District 8

Council District 8

Council District 8 encompasses parts of South Los Angeles and spawns from Baldwin Hills to the border of Watts. Neighborhoods include Vermont Knolls, King Estates, Canterbury Knolls, Park Mesa Heights, Baldwin Hills, Hyde Park, Chesterfield Square, Vermont Vista, Green Meadows, View Heights and West Park Terrace.

Community Resources in the Eighth District

Community Based Organizations

A New Way of Life
http://www.anewwayoflife.org/

Brotherhood Crusade
http://www.brotherhoodcrusade.org/

Challengers Boys and Girls Club
https://www.bgcmla.org

Coalition for Responsible Community Development
http://www.coalitionrcd.org/

Community Build
http://www.communitybuild.org/

Community Coalition
http://www.cocosouthla.org/

Community Health Council
http://www.chc-inc.org/

El Nido Family Services
http://elnidofamilycenters.org/

Grant Housing & Economic Development Corporation
http://grantamechurch.org/

Los Angeles Urban League
http://www.laul.org/

Strategic Concepts in Organizing and Policy Education
http://www.scopela.org/

Parks

Noman O. Houston Park
4800 South La Brea, Los Angeles, CA 90008

Loren Miller Recreation Center
2717 Halldale Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90018

Denker Recreation Center
1550 W. 35th Place, Los Angeles, CA 90018

Martin L. King Jr. Park
3916 South Western Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90062

Chesterfield Square Park
1950 W. 54th St., Los Angeles, CA 90062

Van Ness Recreation Center
5720 2nd Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90043

Jackie Tatum Harvard Recreation Center
1535 West 62nd St., Los Angeles, CA 90047

St. Andrews Recreation Center
8701 St. Andrews Pl., Los Angeles, CA 90047

Mount Carmel Recreation Center
830 W. 70th St., Los Angeles, CA 90044

Algin Sutton Recreation Center
8800 South Hoover St., Los Angeles, CA 90044

Richardson Family Park
2700 S. Budlong Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90007

Libraries

Angeles Mesa
2700 W. 52nd Street, Los Angeles, CA 90043
http://www.lapl.org/branches/angeles-mesa

Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune Regional Library
3900 S. Western Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90062
http://www.lapl.org/branches/exposition-park

John Muir
1005 W. 64th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90044
http://www.lapl.org/branches/john-muir

Mark Twain Library
9621 S. Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, CA 90003
http://www.lapl.org/branches/mark-twain

LAFD

LAFD Station 57
7800 S Vermont Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90044
(213) 485-6257
http://www.lafd.org/fire-stations/station-57

LAFD Station 64
10811 South Main Street Los Angeles, CA 90061
(213) 485-6264
http://www.lafd.org/fire-stations/station-64

LAFD Station 66
1909 W Slauson Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90047
(213) 485-6266
http://www.lafd.org/fire-stations/station-66

LAPD

LAPD South West
1546 West Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90062
213-485-2582
http://www.lapdonline.org/southwest_community_police_station

LAPD South East
145 W 108th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90061
213-972-7828
http://www.lapdonline.org/southeast_community_police_station

LAPD 77th Street
7600 S. Broadway, Los Angeles, CA 90003
213-485-4164
http://www.lapdonline.org/77th_street_community_police_station/content_basic_view/1573

Animal Shelter

South Los Angeles Animal Shelter – Chesterfield Square
1850 W. 60th St. Los Angeles, CA 90047
888-4LAPET1 (888-452-7381)
http://www.laanimalservices.com/shelters/