Editing Norwalk, California (section)

==Government==

===City government===
[[File:Norwalk City Hall, Norwalk, CA.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Norwalk City Hall]]
Norwalk operates under a Council/Manager form of government, established by the Charter of the City of Norwalk which was drafted in 1957. The five-member City Council acts as the city's chief policy-making body. Every two years, Council members are elected by the citizens of Norwalk to serve four-year, overlapping terms. Council members are not limited to the number of terms they may serve. The Mayor is selected by the council and serves a one-year term.

===Public safety===
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Norwalk is a [[contract city]], in which the [[Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department]] provides police services. It maintains its own station, which also provides police services to [[La Mirada]] and unincorporated [[South Whittier]]. At one time the station also provided contracted police services to [[Santa Fe Springs]], but those services ended when the city entered into a contract with the [[Whittier, California|Whittier]] Police Department. The station is staffed with 206 sworn personnel.

Fire protection in Norwalk is provided by the [[Los Angeles County Fire Department]] with ambulance transport by [[Care Ambulance Service]].

===County, state, and federal representation===
In the [[Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors]], Norwalk is in the Fourth District, represented by [[Janice Hahn]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Fourth District – Supervisor Janice Hahn |url=https://hahn.lacounty.gov/fourth_district |website=Fourth District – Supervisor Janice Hahn |access-date=February 23, 2022}}</ref>

In the [[California State Senate]], Norwalk is in {{Representative|casd|32|fmt=sdistrict}}.<ref>{{cite web
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 }}</ref> In the [[California State Assembly]], it is split between {{Representative|caad|57|fmt=adistrict}}, and {{Representative|caad|58|fmt=adistrict}}.<ref>{{cite web
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 |title        = Communities of Interest&nbsp;— City
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In the [[United States House of Representatives]], Norwalk is in {{Representative|cacd|38|fmt=district}}.<ref>{{Cite GovTrack|CA|38}}</ref>

The [[Los Angeles County Department of Health Services]] operates the Whittier Health Center in [[Whittier, California|Whittier]], serving Norwalk.<ref>"[http://publichealth.lacounty.gov/phn/docs/HealthCenter/whittier.pdf Whittier Health Center]." [[Los Angeles County Department of Health Services]]. Retrieved on March 18, 2010.</ref>

The [[United States Postal Service]] operates the Norwalk Post Office at 14011 Clarkdale Avenue and the Paddison Square Post Office at 12415 Norwalk Boulevard.<ref>"[https://archive.today/20120724010716/http://usps.whitepages.com/service/post_office/19312?p=2&s=CA&service_name=post_office&z=Norwalk Post Office Location – NORWALK]." ''[[United States Postal Service]]''. Retrieved on December 6, 2008.</ref><ref>"[https://archive.today/20120723112003/http://usps.whitepages.com/service/post_office/67564?p=2&s=CA&service_name=post_office&z=Norwalk Post Office Location – PADDISON SQUARE]." ''[[United States Postal Service]]''. Retrieved on December 6, 2008.</ref>

===Superior Court===
The Southeast [[District]] of the Los Angeles County Superior Court is located in Norwalk.