Even in Big Cities, Public Employees and Politicians and Supervisors over sections of city and Departments like to help People. That is their job.
i don't know how your city government is constructed.
If there a Supervisor or other over you section of the city, Just walk in and ask them if they can help you with a problem.
Unless h or she is a techoncrat, and would rather sacrafice you before a tree, they will help.
Might not have to go that far.
Just try to keep busy body greenies or others from wanting to interject their agenda and meddle.
However there is no way, I know the lay of the land, so to speak in southern California so proceed with counsel, of others, in the area but not meddlers who will stand in your way if you think there are problems. There may be given the overall politics, of southern California from what everyone, in the rest, of the Country hears.
