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City Manager and City Attorney
pictures: city manager, attorney Both the city manager and the city attorney play a critical role in the smooth operation of a municipality.

City Manager Howard L. Chambers became Lakewood’s CEO in 1976.

Steven Skolnik is now Lakewood's City Attorney, following the long tenured John S. Todd who was known as the  “Father of the Lakewood Plan.” He retired in 2004.
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Who does what in Lakewood city government?
News Image To understand how Lakewood can efficiently and effectively serve its residents, it's important to know what services the city provides and how a "Lakewood Plan" city operates. 
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City facts and city trivia
News Image The City of Lakewood is located in southern Los Angeles County, 23 miles southeast of Los Angeles. The area of the city is 9.5 square miles.

Lakewood incorporated on April 16, 1954.

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Learn about Lakewood's current city council
Historic Documents
 Annexation Battle: Don't Let It Happen Again (A pro-annexation flyer) (464.8 KB)
 Annexation Battle: Why the Long Beach Papers Want Annexation (An anti-annexation flyer) (350.3 KB)
 Annexation Battle: Carson Gardens Victory (A news story) (60.4 KB)
 Annexation Battle: Lakewood Park Information Council (An anti-annexation brochure) (217.6 KB)
 Annexation Battle: Piecemeal Annexation (An anti-annexation flyer) (121.4 KB)
 Annexation Battle: The Biggest Park of Lakewood is Still Free (an anti-annexation flyer) (140.3 KB)
 Annexation Battle: The City of Long Beach Plan for Annexation of Lakewood (440 KB)
 Annexation Battle: Who is Paying the Bill? (An anti-incorporation brochure) (289.1 KB)
 Annexation Battle: Who Wants to be a Guinea Pig (An anti-incorporarion cartoon) (438.9 KB)
 Annexation Battle: Your Tax Dollar Buys More in a Free Lakewood (An anti-annexation flyer) (137.9 KB)
 Incorporation 1954: Boyle Engineering Letter (A key document in support of incorporation) (415.8 KB)
 Incorporation 1954: Don't Be Misled (A pro-incorporation flyer) (133.5 KB)
 Incorporation 1954: Lakewood in Ten Years (An anti-annexation brochure) (412 KB)
 Incorporation 1954: Lakewood Tomorrow's City (A pro-incorporation bumper sticker) (267.3 KB)
 Incorporation 1954: Annexation to Long Beach (A pro-incorporation flyer) (108 KB)
 Incorporation 1954: Do You Want to Live in a Company Town (An anti-incorporation flyer) (462.2 KB)
 Incorporation 1954: Elect George Nye, Jr. (An incorporation election flyer) (229.6 KB)
 Incorporation 1954: History of Annexation and Incorporation (1953) (371.1 KB)
 Incorporation 1954: Meet Angelo M. Iacoboni (An incorporation election flyer) (102.7 KB)
 Incorporation 1954: The Tale of Two Cities (An anti-incorporation brochure) (864.4 KB)
 Incorporation 1954: Vote Yes on Incorporation! (A pro-incorporation brochure) (769.1 KB)
 Incorporation 1954: We Cannot Stay as We Are (A pro-incorporation flyer) (107.1 KB)
 Incorporation 1954: What March 9th Means to West Lakewood (A pro-incorporation flyer) (415.6 KB)
 Lakewood Plan: City of Young Dreams Comes True (1956) (292.4 KB)
 Lakewood Plan: Lakewood's 1954-1955 Municipal Budget (490.5 KB)
 Lakewood Plan: Lakewood's Fiscal Overview for 1954-1957 (189.1 KB)
 Lakewood Plan: New City Piles Up Reserves (November 1954) (492.9 KB)
 Lakewood Plan: Portrait of Lakewood in 1956 (227.5 KB)
 Lakewood Plan: City Attorney John Todd's History of Contracting (1958) (1.25 MB)
 Lakewood Plan: City of the Future (November 1954) (201.9 KB)
 Lakewood Plan: City Purchases Water System (1957) (96.8 KB)
 Lakewood Plan: Incorporation Fever (A study of incorporations to 1975) (784.3 KB)
 The Roots of Lakewood: Creation of the Pan American Festival (118.3 KB)
 The Roots of Lakewood: Douglas Aircraft (795.5 KB)
 The Roots of Lakewood: History of the Lakewood Taxpayers Association (27.5 KB)
 The Roots of Lakewood: Lakewood Village (An advertisement from 1941) (651.2 KB)
50th Anniversary
 50th Anniversary Events Calendar (568.3 KB)
 50th Anniversary Finale Block Party Flyer! (89.9 KB)
Take Your Place in History community essays
 A to I: Essays from Take Your Place in History (1.68 MB)
 J to Q: Essays from Take Your Place in History (847.6 KB)
 R to Z: Essays from Take Your Place in History (461.2 KB)
 Take Your Place in History essays (Indexed by author) (219.2 KB)
The Write Stuff student essays
 Aloha Elementary Essays (950.7 KB)
 Artesia High School Essays (2.31 MB)
 Cleveland Elementary Essays (April 2003) (1.31 MB)
 Cleveland Elementary School (October 2003) (1.07 MB)
 DeMille Middle School (October 2003) (3.01 MB)
 DeMille Middle School Essays (April 2003) (638.2 KB)
 Foster Elementary Essays (4.38 MB)
 Gompers Elementary Essays (April 2003) (1.67 MB)
 Gompers Elemetary School (October 2003) (1.69 MB)
 Holmes Elementary Essays (April 2003) (242.5 KB)
 Holmes Elementary School (October 2003) (3.72 MB)
 Hoover Middle School Essays (1.22 MB)
 Intensive Learning Center Essays (2.19 MB)
 Lakewood Elementary Essays (1.45 MB)
 Lakewood High School (October 2003) (5.76 MB)
 Lindstrom Elementary Essays (1.35 MB)
 MacArthur Elementary Essays (April 2003) (341.2 KB)
 MacArthur Elementary School (October 2003) (1.95 MB)
 Madison Elementary Essays (April 2003) (703.4 KB)
 Madison Elementary School (October 2003) (5.86 MB)
 Mayfair Middle School Essays (1.25 MB)
 Melbourne Elementary Essays (1.38 MB)
 Monroe Elementary Essays (April 2003) (4.01 MB)
 Monroe Elementary School (October 2003) (2.69 MB)
 Palms Elementary Essays (3.12 MB)
 Riley Elementary Essays (April 2003) (746.4 KB)
 Riley Elemetary School (October 2003) (2.43 MB)
 Williams Elementary Essays (4.6 MB)
 Willow Elementary Essays (1.31 MB)
John Sanford Todd
 Book Part I: John Sanford Todd Memoir (1.67 MB)
 Book Part II: John S. Todd Biography (1.16 MB)
The Lakewood Story: History, Traditions, Values
 Chapter 01 - Dedication, introduction (312.1 KB)
 Chapter 02: Building a city as new as tomorrow . . . (266.3 KB)
 Chapter 03: Pioneers on the Surburban Frontier (487 KB)
 Chapter 04: 1954 Birth of a City (519.7 KB)
 Chapter 05: Lakewood Grows Up (649.8 KB)
 Chapter 06 looks at "Kid City" then; SportsTown USA today (766.4 KB)
 Chapter 07: A City of Families, Homes, and Neighborhoods (691.4 KB)
 Chapter 08: The "New" Lakewood Plan (541.2 KB)
 Chapter 09: A Safe City (403.9 KB)
 Chapter 10: Keeping Traditions Alive (480.3 KB)
 Chapter 11: Lakewood Enters a New Century (797.8 KB)
 Chapter 12: The Future City (171.2 KB)
 Photo and historic document collections: The Lakewood Story: History, Traditions, Values (Unk)
WriteStuff Resources
 1. The Write Stuff: Letter from Mayor Esquivel (203.4 KB)
 2. The Write Stuff: Student essay program overview (275.2 KB)
 3. The Write Stuff: A Brief History of Lakewood (1.5 MB)
 5. The Write Stuff: Sample student participation certificate (461.1 KB)
 6. LBUSD: Instructions for teachers (188.1 KB)
 7. LBUSD: Teacher guidelines and program rules (372.4 KB)
 8. LBUSD: Student writing exercise prompts (351.6 KB)
 9. LBUSD: Parent release form for student essays (166.1 KB)
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