Alice Tang
Community Library Manager
11838 S. Wilmington Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90059-3016
Phone: (323) 564-5698

For residents of the unincorporated areas, please contact your Supervisor for all matters of local government.

History
The Willowbrook Library occupies a very special place in the history of the County of Los Angeles Public Library. The Los Angeles County Free Library, as it was then called, was founded September 5, 1912. On Christmas Eve Day, 1912, the County Librarian received a petition from the residents of the Willowbrook Community, requesting that Willowbrook have the first County branch library. This petition was followed up with a long distance call from Mrs. Belle Jenks offering her services and her home for the purpose. Both offers were accepted and on April 23, 1913, Willowbrook opened as the first branch library of the Los Angeles County Public Library with an initial shipment of 50 books. The library was open for 2 days in April 1913 and circulated 18 books. In July 1919, the library was moved to a room in the Post Office at rental of $20.00 a month (later reduced during the Depression to $15.00 a month). In 1950, a library was built on El Segundo Boulevard but was damaged by fire during the 1965 Watts riots. Rebuilt with community donations and dedicated in June 1966, Willowbrook Library served the community at the El Segundo location until the library was relocated to its present location in 1987.

Collection
The current collection includes 32,579 books, 45 magazine and newspaper subscriptions, 2,927 audio recordings and 3,471 video recordings. The library offers materials in English and Spanish.

Services
The Willowbrook Library provides basic library services to the residents of Watts-Willowbrook, an unincorporated area in South Central Los Angeles. Services available are basic reference services, a public access Internet workstation and children's programs.

Facilities
This 2,200 square foot building is located in the gated Kenneth Hahn Shopping Plaza near the Martin Luther King, Jr. Hospital.

Political Representatives

• U.S. Congressional District: 37th
  Laura Richardson
  URL: http://richardson.house.gov/

• State Senate District: 25th
  Rod Wright
  URL: http://dist25.casen.govoffice.com/

• State Assembly District: 52nd
  Isadore Hall
  URL: http://democrats.assembly.ca.gov/members/a52/

• Supervisorial District: 2nd
  Mark Ridley-Thomas
  URL: http://ridley-thomas.lacounty.gov/default.htm

Local Links

	Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science URL: http://www.cdrewu.edu/ Includes admissions, financial aid, library, campus news and events, College of Allied Health and College of Medicine
	Compton Unified School District URL: http://www.compton.k12.ca.us/ Information about the school district serving Compton, Carson, Enterprise, South Los Angeles and Willowbrook. Información en Español.
	Martin Luther King/Charles R. Drew Medical Center URL: http://www.ladhs.org/wps/portal/KingHomepage History, executive and medical staff, and links to Los Angeles Department of Health Services. Also, includes list of local health clinics.
	The Watts Towers of Simon Rodia URL: http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=613 Tours, history, location and general description of the Watts Towers.