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Council recognizes city programs: Adopt-a-Poll voter outreach and high-efficiency washer rebate
Summary
The council honored two city programs: the election division's Adopt-a-Poll outreach, credited with multilingual staffing and volunteer recruitment, and DWP's high-efficiency washing machine rebate, which the department said has reduced water use and saved residents and the city money.
The Los Angeles City Council on Friday recognized two city-run programs that city officials said increased public participation and conserved water.
The City Clerk’s election division described an Adopt-a-Poll outreach effort that contacted more than 800 community-based organizations and recruited nearly 100 multilingual high-school student poll workers. Council presentations credited the program with staffing 248 polling places with bilingual workers in seven languages and with saving the city “about a quarter of a million dollars” in labor and advertising costs.
Mike Carey, City Clerk, and members of the election project team — Sandy Casana, Joanne Boyd, Sharon Ishabashi and Camilo Cruz — were introduced during the council presentation. The City Clerk’s office said the program also produced public-service announcements and engaged media, businesses and other agencies to bolster turnout and polling-place support.
The council also honored the Department of Water and Power’s Water Resource Business Unit for a High Efficiency Washing Machine Rebate program. Mark Gentile, a member of the DWP program team, told the council the program runs a $150 rebate for qualifying high-efficiency washers; DWP reported more than 6,300 machines installed and estimated annual savings of “over $600,000” in combined water, sewer and energy savings and a reduction in water use of “over 100,000,000 gallons.” Gentile said the program was implemented in three months with partners including the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, Southern California Gas Company, the State of California and the Bureau of Sanitation.
Council members congratulated both teams. The City Clerk and DWP presentations were made during the meeting’s presentations slot while the council awaited a quorum.
No council action or vote was required for the recognitions; both programs were presented to highlight cross-department collaboration on participation and conservation.
