Making the Neighborhood Cleaner
and Safer Every Day

Starting at 6:30 in the morning six days a week, CRCD’s South Los Angeles Beautification Team (SLABT) is out in the neighborhood - - in uniform, with 8 trucks - - cleaning the streets and alleys of South LA. Montez Fowler helps to make it all happen, managing 9 hard-working crews. Our crews remove 80,000 square feet of graffiti and dispose of 5 tons of trash and bulky items every week. About half of the crew members are local youth and young adults.

We remove and cover graffiti along a 30-50 mile daily route, using high-tech power-washing and painting. We use non-toxic citrus-based cleansers, and we capture, filter, and re-use our water from block to block. We pick up discarded bulky items from public alleys, streets, and sidewalks, and deliver them to the city yard. We provide business corridor maintenance along a 2-mile stretch of Central Avenue from Washington to Vernon. We power-wash and steam-clean public sidewalks, empty public trash cans, sweep, and clean-up weeds and tree wells in public spaces.

The South LA Beautification Team also works at community events and cultural festivals, providing maintenance, clean-up, and security. You may have seen us recently at the April 5 Health Fair at All Peoples Christian Center, or the April 12 Environmental Fair at Fred Roberts Park.

To reach our crew, please call Montez Fowler at (213) 743-6194. We respond to calls from local residents, businesses, the City Attorney’s office, the Los Angeles Police Department, and the City Council office.