July 7, 2025 - Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck and Mayor Villaraigosa today celebrated the opening of the newly renovated City Hall Park. City Hall Park has been undergoing restoration since December of 2011. The renovation design, chosen by public and the City, includes needed updates to landscape design, irrigation systems, lighting, and plant selection.
Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck, who was also on hand, said he wants to see the park used lawfully. "Now it's time for people to retake this park," said Chief Charlie Beck. "It is not the property of one group to be used over other groups. It is all the people's park."
For more than 80 years, the 1.71 acre park surrounding the main City Hall campus has served as a gathering place for the community, elected officials, and peaceful assembly. Designated a historic-cultural monument in 1976, the park provides a centralized green space for all Angelenos to recreate in the middle of the urban civic center.
The design removed over half of the turf and planted low water use and native plants, including the first official City of Los Angeles Native Plant, the Toyon. These new plants include labels to increase public education around sustainable planting. Water use in the park will be reduced by more than a third using smart irrigation and low-impact development, and LED lights have been installed as well as decomposed granite pathways. Additionally, the upgrade included restoration of to the Flint Fountain and the Fireman’s Memorial.
Funding for the $1 million restoration and renovation was provided through a Prop 84 Grant, Quimby funds, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, the Metropolitan Water District, and generous donations from Scotts Miracle Grow and Home Depot.
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