So its like, how do you, first of all, why are we, why do we need to raise rates a 112% in two years? You do it, it gets put in place. And by that, by that I mean I was 16 years old. I recommend everyone read it. Podcast: The Local Government Workforce of the Future. And like, I cried. sourdough pancakes. Help us spread the word that GovLove is the go to place for local government stories. 1 0 0 RG Now youre specialized. But I got used to that disposable income so I started working in retail. But I, I just finished rewatching Avatar The Last Airbender, which is a fantastic cartoon, partially when I was younger, and it recently came on Netflix. How do we do all three? Its hard a conversation. Yes, totally those kind of like other duties as assigned. City Contact and Hours - City of Torrance 2 w . S Yeah, and then all the invoicing and so theres all the normal stuff, which is like invoicing, contracting, doing, like purchasing and then all like the special projects and stuff that I just know, small things become big things quickly. Or maybe they are working the way that theyre supposed to, right, in that we are limiting peoples access to a , limited access to how government works, right? Opened it, it looked way too complex. Like, are we like, Oh, I cant say that anymore, right, like making jokes like this, but its like, no, like, Im not gonna like punish you. If you didnt catch that already, you can reach us online at elgl.org/govlove, or on Twitter at the handle @govlovepodcast. Any combination of education and experience that would provide the required knowledge and skills would be acceptable. Before we get to todays episode, I want to share an announcement about a fellowship program that ELGL is offering in partnership with the Government Finance Officers Association. If you have questionsregarding thisprocess, please contact Torrance Unified School District Office 310-972-6215. Innovations such as a dedicated children's area, a basement, and separate office and . So follow me @joedoespolitics for all of my baking adventures and misadventures. Like were doing it wrong. Im with you, like, I probably spend way too much time on Twitter, but its also like where I like to learn about [laughter] most of the things I learned about. And then back in 2015, 2016, this was like at the height of the drought and like water is like in California. 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But there were challenges like specifically like Im thinking and we had an issue in water, right? Yeah, no, thats fair. Yeah, I will say thank you, Ben. You just gotta put, you gotta look for those reach assignments or special projects. 298.472 490.037 l I mean, I didnt lived through it, but it but it is, it is very, I mean its a powerful book. So in week three, it was, it was, well, week two, we started, we started opening Gmail accounts and starting Slack channels. Development Application. endstream endobj 29 0 obj <>/Subtype/Form/Type/XObject>>stream Why, why, you know, what are the lessons that youll take kind of going forward? They had 40,000 applicants and the writing ones have had ten thousand people at the Staples Center. So Ive been watching Netflix. So the low hanging, right its like its always theres always this underlying characteristic of government that it is slow, it is bureaucratic and you know, and the reasons for them to exist for one reason or another, but the reasons of why they became bureaucratic might not exist anymore. Some of them were terrible, some were good. The Torrance Public Works, located in Torrance, CA, is responsible for maintaining and improving Torrance public infrastructure and public properties. TorranceAlerts @TorranceAlerts. I want to apply my effective rate to the price of my bread. So its like, how do you thats, thats been one of one of the biggest challenges that I have working in public works is is addressing like this like, old, well not old but because its current but this like mentality of like the boys club, right? Plumbers | Torrance endstream endobj 32 0 obj <>/Subtype/Form/Type/XObject>>stream Variance Substantiation Form (VAR) Its like, I hate because its like youre always like oh like this is the opportunity to, you know, to improve ourselves and really stand up to the challenge where its like, yes, like it actually is, like it in our community to not go back to what wasnt working. The easiest way to do it was to never mention or mention at the very at least we could 112% and that mention $3 a month. They I applied in, I applied in April, and then I got hired, and then I got offered the job in May, 13 months later. So thats cool. So we have four different enterprise funds. That is, that does sound fascinating. Flocked trees. Like it was, so it was like a moment of shining. So well have to give him a round of applause at some point during this, this interview. And for the most part, no, right council meetings arent working the way that we want them to? And then well, well kind of wrap up. Torrance Public Works - Torrance, CA (Address and Phone) - County Office I think theres a movie on it now. It was a zoo but I dont know that I would have stayed in that. So in Torrance we are 130 residents 17.2 square miles. Certainly, our members are, are very inspirational in that sense. y&{ So what are like some of the other like, maybe big projects youve been a part of, like, if you were to kind of, I dont know, talk about like your day to day or kind of maybe this season, maybe its more seasonal. You know, I end up going to all three proms of my high school like but it was, you know, it was that was a summer job, not through the parks department. Whether its like starting a new service or different approach to whatever were doing. Podcast: Passion and Public Works with Joey Garcia, Torrance - ELGL Search California public, government employee, workers salaries, pensions and compensation. The animation is fantastic. Like its a male dominated departments just across the board, right. 546.5451 603.1638 m Like, maybe thats how council meetings were or invented, right? 1 0 0 RG About the Post Library. Like, yes, we still have people who, you know, who dont have access to internet, they dont have access to, you know, to the online platforms to which we moved our council to. 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And, you know, there is, theres just plenty of like push back from like labor groups and like longtime staff, who you know, its either have like felt neglected or there isnt like proper communication to begin with. This business is working in the following industry: Construction of buildings. Its been quite an experience, thrilling, to bake bread. Sign in Angel Lotus Associate Civil Engineer at City of Torrance Torrance, California, United States 93 followers 94 connections Join to view profile Now you can get a great job where you dont necessarily have to upsell people because, you know, you go home at the end of the day. S The Department of Public Works (DPW) contains divisions devoted to roads and highways, parks and recreation facilities, public buildings, sanitation, and utilities. So, Yeah, so, right. Join to view profile . All I gotta do just to play, and I will get this job. And then voicing their, their opinions on like police brutality and how we can improve, how we police and then also kind of reaching out to their own networks and explaining how government funding works to begin with and how they can actually ask their Council people on how to make changes. I will try and do it that way. And what projects can we, what projects do we prioritize now, while not increasing rates for our low income residents and our senior citizens who are on fixed incomes, like theirs and its not just like single family home, oh my god rates, I could talk about rates. Like I also held like its, well, coexistence sounds like its literally two different languages are being spoken in my department, right? Plumbing permits for Torrance are always pulled when required by a highly trained plumber. Regional Manager, LTC Ombudsman Program WISE & Healthy Aging 3.9 Torrance, CA 90502 $67,000 a year Full-time Okay, please go into public works. I like to share my failures just as much as my accomplishments. Please read it. They do it really well. Do we offer like more service, expand services? HELP KEEP HDCW ON THE ROAD https://www.gofundme.com/3gph1i0PayPal philcity420og@gmail.com Like history. Its like theyre tied together, the more you care about the work that youre doing and how we do it, and then when it doesnt go how its supposed to, its gonna hurt, especially if you if you keep getting shot down, if you keep getting nos of, you know, theres not enough funding, this isnt the right time. Its like, how do you make it work? Well, yeah, I think its easy to kind of like forget why the processes that weve built exist, right? City of Torrance, CA So, so you start off with you know the summer job of your dreams it sounds like. And so it was right before COVID hit. 167 0 obj <>stream HL @D|`d;veQkG!;&[[VzK ']<7+)Y=#i{33|_ )? Bids will be opened and publicly read aloud via live streaming. More. YP, the YP logo and all other YP marks contained herein are trademarks of YP LLC and/or YP affiliated companies. And they dont necessarily have to be in government, but its just people who, you know, who know, you know, know what youre capable of. Oh my God, we can do a whole other podcast on like businessy language like low hanging fruit where I want to strangle myself. Other plumber services we provide for Torrance include: Heating Air Conditioner Backflow Testing and Repair Hydro Jetting Services And now youre owning it right like youre realizing yourself for it. Membership is just $40 for an individual or $20 for students. And I was and City of Torrance, and they were like wildly different. Executive Summary. Every day theres something new. How do we help, right and then so its that short, that small family, a small group of friends who keep your flame lit and then you reciprocate that for them when, when their flame goes down. Like I talked at length about, like, the rate analysis and, and like how complex it was and like the hundred 113%, but like we only raised rates for our, for our seniors, it was it was 0.5% for our seniors which is like that, thats good. S Whos gonna pay for all this in the middle of a pandemic and incredible recession? Website. Theres what I think so people when youre like building your resume, and like people ask you, so how do you get noticed? So we had an entire like it was it was weeks of people asking us to stop street sweeping. Directions. They never go in there. And it does a really good job of exposing children to, to essentially the consequences of war, which is really strange for a cartoon. So, so its everything from like figuring out like, what other cities are doing a little bit of research between like neighboring different regions, and then presenting those options back to Council and saying, like, heres what everyone else is doing, heres what I think will work for our community. So its like, were expanding the accessibility of our council, so much like so that now were like, limiting the amount of emails right, like you cant read a 1000 emails on how you should defend police. And so, you know, in, in light of the, the, what I call it was called ransomware attack its lets call it the, the technology incident, right? Heres how you can track changes. endstream endobj 18 0 obj <>/Subtype/Form/Type/XObject>>stream Engineer at City of Torrance Torrance, California, United States. And now we can, right. And Chuck is still there. The Torrance Public Works Department is currently constructing a curb/gutter/sidewalk and pavement repair project on Crenshaw Blvd. So we'll have to give him a round of applause at some point during this, this . Yeah, well, I know, like, Public Works departments are different. So its, it keeps me on my toes. And it gets approved. So I grew up watching way much, way too much TV and movies. Its a, you know, I studied, you know, having studied political science and like political science, and having studied history and political science and like, general movements, throughout history, its, you know, its like a footnote, but when you actually go in there and you read, know the experiences of these people, and its very powerful. Its just like, they just like a short little comment of like, hey, why, why are we doing one instead of both? PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT ARTERIAL ROADWAY STRIPING, T-190 - Torrance, CA Yeah. No, it took it took a while but it that Ive heard lots of improvement from their HR in general. I have I listened to, I think it was just recent, the latest episode with Rick Cole on where he kind of went through that and his experience with Santa Monica. And, and then just like on a daily basis, its just like a, like, feels daily of having to pull these full grown men aside, you know, and talk to them about why what they said was wrong, or like, how their remarks or comments or commenting on what one of our engineers is wearing, of how that is inappropriate. endstream endobj 25 0 obj <>/Subtype/Form/Type/XObject>>stream And theyll go well, I dont think it needs work. I hope, like I pray that we dont move back to only in person stream online. H P P8w]C Like its just, what I find out, what I found out from, from working at Best Buy was, I liked, I was probably like their ideal employee in the sense that I helped people find the services that they needed, right? WE STRONGLY ENCOURAGE APPLICANTS TO READ THE JOB ANNOUNCEMENT. PQBids will contact you if more information is necessary to complete the process. The Public Works Department has six divisions: Administration, Engineering, Sanitation Services, Water . Well my last question for you. So someone comes in, theyre looking for an for an iPod or an iPad, you know, kind of, you know, ask them questions, find out what they want, and then direct them to the product that they actually need. So pre COVID they just, you know, someone was upset about their tickets, riled up their neighborhood. 0 So we had a cyber incident in February, which essentially shut down all of our computers, emails, servers, everything. 2 w Prior to that, Joe worked for the Association of California cities in Orange County, and he is about to finish. endstream endobj 21 0 obj <>/Subtype/Form/Type/XObject>>stream Butter, butter will fix anything. That that really matters for our seniors because theyre their own fixed income. 546.328 653.454 l What one of the one of the first things I did was assist in a 112% rate increase to our water rates in two years. But its, its an incredibly complex cartoon with its characters. Its just like, no ones ever really looked at it. The Public Works Department is made up of over 200 employees who provide service to our residents, businesses, and other City departments to improve and maintain the Citys streets, sidewalks, landscaping, traffic, sewers, and water system. 353.345 659.7 l And I know part of your quarantine routine, at least from social media has been doing a lot of baking. All around like social justice and and social justice and decreasing the amount of kids that go to juvine hall and then to prison, kind of reducing that school timeline. And that same week that youre like that I got inundated with all my emails coming in, were told to quarantine. So were in the middle of doing that and then COVID hit and we had to reduce services which means so we stopped sweeping in the street, stopped asking people to move their cars, we stopped finding and we stopped doing that for about three months. He used to work for the City of Ontario now since retired, but still an amazing person. Like, try to implement everything Ive learned into like the system. We can go on without computers, well just everything will backlog everything and then get back to work on it next week, right? But no matter how ugly or terrible my bread is, whether its like ugly gummy, or weird tasting, it never goes to waste. The Public Works Department is made up of over 200 employees who provide service to our residents, businesses, and other City departments to improve and maintain the City's streets, sidewalks, landscaping, traffic, sewers, and water system. [Laughter]. Customers with regularly scheduled Thursday waste collection may experience a later than normal trash pick up. And, and the thing that stuck out of all the conversations, the one thing that stuck the most and has always stuck with me is when you care, and you fail, it hurts, right? City of Torrance in Torrance, CA - (310) 781-6900 - Buzzfile Joey Garcia is a Senior Administrative Analyst for the Public Works department in the City of Torrance, California, a position he's been in since 2016. 14 0 obj <> endobj But I looked at his dad and he says you know if you can show me that its cheaper at target.com I can price match it [Laughter] and so there I have, you know 17 year old kid essentially under selling Best Buy, second price match for him right and this little kid he was so happy to save, and $60 is a lot of money right, to save $60 he was so happy and I realized that I would not be good at making money selling people, cuz thats thats really what I enjoy the most is, its just helping people and and so then I ended up, so how did I end up in local government? 268.364 603.7089 m When we were talking about, and then this is, because its become, its come up again now, but you were asking, like, what does it mean to work in like public works, right? Okay, so its called Ahora te puedes marchar which is basically like, now you can like leave, right? Torrance Public Works Prioritizing Black Bin Collection for March, 26 Annual sales for Torrance Public Works are around 29,375,000. It does feel like sexism. Like its an everywhere thing. Keeping the fire lit. And hes no longer in Santa Monica, right. endstream endobj 26 0 obj <>/Subtype/Form/Type/XObject>>stream Joey, thank you so much for coming on and talking to me. I worked at Best Buy for about four years in high school and community college, and I hated it. Cuz we cant raise rates again for five years. S But the jokes hold up. HL B1DU %PDF-1.7 % Theres so many ways that you can justify not changing or not doing it well. Whats in the plans, like? And if we get this right, like itll mean you know, theyre able to do their work effectively. Prior to that, Joe worked for the Association of California cities in Orange County, and he is about to finish. RESIDENTS WHO BRING IN USED OIL OR USED FILTERS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR A FREE OIL CHANGE KIT! City of Torrance Public Works Jobs, Employment | Indeed.com - Elected Governing Board Officials endstream endobj 20 0 obj <>/Subtype/Form/Type/XObject>>stream Thats govlovesurvey.com. As a condition of bidding for any project, and in accordance with California Public Contract Code Section 20111.5, prospective bidders are required to submit prequalification documents, which will be the basis for determining bidders that are qualified to bid on projects. 1 0 0 RG So Joey for you, how do you think local government will change in the coming years and decades and this might be post pandemic related post, you know, the recent protests and kind of uprisings related or it might just be hey, this is kind of where local government needs to go and shouldve gone there a long time ago. Because eventually I wanted to go into like management and I figured understanding how operations work works is going to be vital to any role that Im in while Im in public service. 1 0 0 RG So well get started. Engineers in the office also tend to be mostly men. (310) 781-6900. Its hard to, like, it just feels like its ongoing. So applications from local governments and students that want to participate and be matched are due by Friday, July 3. But so whats kind of been your experience in the Public Works office, like what have you kind of got to work on? 430.0906 607.7455 m And so I think its what we had street sweeping was a huge issue for some of our residents at one point. Oh my god. Right? We, it was, it was difficult to be able to quarantine, where like for our engineering staff, it was a little bit easier. The provisions of this announcement do not constitute an expressed or implied contract and any provisions contained in this announcement may be modified or revoked without notice. You can learn about Chuck, I think I wrote about him like three years ago. endstream endobj 19 0 obj <>/Subtype/Form/Type/XObject>>stream City Departments | City of Torrance [Laughter]. And thats usually what I end up dealing with. You would not want to be a keeper? Except week two came. So, so when I hit those barriers at work, it hurts. For questions and additional information, please contact the Torrance Public Works Department at (310) 781-6900 or visit . Please avoid the area and use alternate routes. So like when people are moving out, they just like leave out mattresses, like do we, do we go like an educational route? But Ive seen progress. I had the pleasure of hearing and its Grant Lee. Hes inspired a lot of people. Cuz, I mean I also like one summer like worked in for a local government. Work limits are between Sepulveda Blvd and Skypark Dr and also includes the segment south of PCH to the south City boundary. You know, frequent listeners to the podcast know I like to start, you know, interviews with this question.

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