Los Angeles Relocation Guide - Antevia

original village in the1800’s.• Rancho Vista GolfCourse Palmdale’sonly PGA class golfcourse.• Tippi Hedren’sShambala PreserveLaw and governmentPalmdale is a general law City governed under the council / manager form of localgovernment. The mayor is elected every two years for a two-year term. Also every twoyears, two of the four council members are elected to serve four-year terms. Palmdale hasno term limits for mayor. The current mayor James C. Ledford is serving his seventhterm in office.The city also has an appointed Planning Commission divided into four separate districts.The Planning Commission was organized to help with the planning, zoning, anddevelopment of various city areas in different districts and to give the residents of thoseparticular districts a greater voice in what is built on that land.The city provides a number of municipal services, including a Parks and RecreationDepartment, a Film Convention and Visitors Bureau, Aviation and AerospaceCommission, Public Library System, Senior Citizens Center, Cultural Center, and aPublic Works Department.The city is policed by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department under a formalcontract with the County of Los Angeles and has its municipal judicial systemintertwined with the Los Angeles County Superior Court.The city also contracts with the Los Angeles County Fire Department for its fire andparamedic services through the Fire District.Utility services within the city are provided by several public and private agencies. Waterservice is primarily provided by Palmdale Water District (separate public agency) and LACounty Waterworks (part of the County Public Works); sewer service is provided by theCounty Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County (separate public agency); electricalservice is provided by Southern California Edison; natural gas service is provided bySouthern California Gas; cable television service is provided by Adelphia; telephoneservice is provided by SBC and Verizon; refuse pickup and disposal service is providedby Waste Management of the Antelope Valley under a franchise agreement with the city.Geography