# Department of Public Social Services - Civic Center, Los Angeles: a department of social services in Los Angeles (2026 guide) Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/los-angeles/department-of-public-social-services-civic-center-los-angeles-ca. Free to reuse with a link back. By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Fact-checked against 2 sources. Updated 2026-08-18. Owner review: not yet. Canonical: https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/los-angeles/department-of-public-social-services-civic-center-los-angeles-ca ## Photos - ![Photo 1](https://localairegistry.com/api/photo?src=https%3A%2F%2Fseoaesthetic-assets.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fphotos%2Fcmsy5glon03tvyeido9omq25l%2F0.jpg) - ![Photo 2](https://localairegistry.com/api/photo?src=https%3A%2F%2Fseoaesthetic-assets.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fphotos%2Fcmsy5glon03tvyeido9omq25l%2F1.jpg) - ![Photo 3](https://localairegistry.com/api/photo?src=https%3A%2F%2Fseoaesthetic-assets.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fphotos%2Fcmsy5glon03tvyeido9omq25l%2F2.jpg) - ![Photo 4](https://localairegistry.com/api/photo?src=https%3A%2F%2Fseoaesthetic-assets.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fphotos%2Fcmsy5glon03tvyeido9omq25l%2F3.jpg) - ![Photo 5](https://localairegistry.com/api/photo?src=https%3A%2F%2Fseoaesthetic-assets.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fphotos%2Fcmsy5glon03tvyeido9omq25l%2F4.jpg) ## In short Department of Public Social Services - Civic Center is a department of social services in Los Angeles, CA. Its AI Score is 30 of 100, which is poor. Every fact on this page carries one of three marks: Confirmed (from their website, Google Business Profile, review sites, licensing boards, or measured by Local AI Registry), Visitor submitted (added by a person, with a date and how they know), or AI guess (what AI engines like Gemini and ChatGPT are saying, not confirmed by anyone). Every mark points to a reference at the end of this page. ## Key facts | Fact | Value | | --- | --- | | Type | Department of social services | | Address | 813 E 4th Pl, Los Angeles, CA 90013, USA | | Hours | Mon to Fri 8 AM to 5 PM · Closed Sat to Sun | | Phone | (866) 613-3777 | | Owner | Nothing found | | Rating | 3.9 across 213 reviews | | Known for | Nothing found | | Prices | Nothing found | | Quietest time | Nothing found | | Parking | Nothing found | | Last verified | September 18, 2026, 11:13 PM | ## All the details Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from. | Group | Fact | Value | Mark | Evidence | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Location info | Address | 813 E 4th Pl, Los Angeles, CA 90013, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 17, 2026 | | Location info | Description | 813 E 4th Pl, Los Angeles, CA 90013 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 17, 2026 | | Location info | Hours | Mon to Fri 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM · Sat to Sun Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 17, 2026 | | Location info | Name | Department of Public Social Services - Civic Center | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 17, 2026 | | Location info | Phone | (866) 613-3777 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 17, 2026 | | Hours | Monday | 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 17, 2026 | | Hours | Tuesday | 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 17, 2026 | | Hours | Wednesday | 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 17, 2026 | | Hours | Thursday | 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 17, 2026 | | Hours | Friday | 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 17, 2026 | | Hours | Saturday | Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 17, 2026 | | Hours | Sunday | Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 17, 2026 | | Services | Service | Child welfare services | AI guess | Nothing found | | Services | Service | Food assistance | AI guess | Nothing found | | Services | Service | Healthcare assistance | AI guess | Nothing found | | Services | Service | Housing assistance | AI guess | Nothing found | | Services | Service | Public assistance programs | AI guess | Nothing found | | Links | Website | https://extra.dpss.lacounty.gov/dpss/offices/default.cfm?orgid=355 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 17, 2026 | ## Services and prices Services not read yet, back on Scan Day. ### Known for Reviews not read yet, back on Scan Day. ## The team Nothing found ## Visiting Department of Public Address: 813 E 4th Pl, Los Angeles, CA 90013, USA. Phone: (866) 613-3777. Hours: Mon to Fri 8 AM to 5 PM · Closed Sat to Sun. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile, checked August 17, 2026 at 9:15 PM.) ### Location info from Google Business Profile Business description, written by Department of Public on its Google Business Profile: "813 E 4th Pl, Los Angeles, CA 90013" ### When to go Busy times not read yet, back on Scan Day. ### Parking and getting in Nothing found ### Nearby | Place | Type | Distance | | --- | --- | --- | | 830 Traction Ave Parking | Parking lot | 1 min walk | | “Undiscovered America” Mural by @earthcrew2000 | Tourist attraction | 1 min walk | | Arts District Brewing Company | Brewpub | 1 min walk | | 4th/Hewitt | Bus stop | 2 min walk | | Art Share L.A. | Nothing found | 2 min walk | | Perfect Parking 1004 | Parking garage | 2 min walk | ## Reputation 3.9 average across 213 reviews. ### What people like Nothing found ### What people do not like Nothing found ### Press No press story about Department of Public found yet. ### Awards None named yet. ### Directories Directory listings not read yet. ## Recent updates from Department of Public Department of Public hasn't posted an update here yet. ## Questions people ask ### discounts for coming back, is that a thing No answer yet ### first visit at Department of Public, what do I need to bring? No answer yet ### Booking here, how does it work? No answer yet ### Whereabouts is Department of Public? No answer yet ### opening hours at Department of Public in Los Angeles, what are they these days? No answer yet ### what does this place actually get right? No answer yet ### Department of Public, any chance to get in this week? No answer yet ### best department of social services in Los Angeles No answer yet ### ballpark before I book, what am I looking at No answer yet ### anything good on 4th to kill time near Department of Public? No answer yet ### parking at Department of Public, where does everyone put the car? No answer yet ### torn between Department of Public and Los Angeles County Department of Public? No answer yet ### anywhere cheaper than this place in Los Angeles that is still good? No answer yet ### planning a Saturday visit, is that a wasted trip No answer yet ## What AI gets wrong about Department of Public We ask Gemini and ChatGPT about Department of Public. These are the answers that disagree with the record. ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Aug 17, 2026. No capture has disagreed with the record yet. ## The AI Score: 30 of 100 The AI Score measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Los Angeles department of social services run 28 to 50. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Department of Public scores 30, below the Los Angeles average of 39. The same method scores every business on the registry. | Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Department of Public | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Retrieval grounding | 26 | 0 | Whether you appear in the ranked results AI retrieves and cites: AI-Overview citations, organic top-10 for your money queries, and the Bing index ChatGPT leans on. | Poor | | Off-property attestation | 20 | 41 | Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability. | Poor | | AI visibility | 14 | 50 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Named in 1 of 1 answer that recommended anyone. 1 more named nobody, which is not a loss and is not scored. | | Reviews & response | 12 | 46 | The star average is only one input. We also read volume, velocity, the specificity of review language, and response cadence. Specific reviews are what AI quotes verbatim. | Fair | | Backlink & citation authority | 8 | 46 | Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you. | Fair | | Google Business Profile | 8 | 90 | Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first. | Good | | Speed & mobile | 7 | 44 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Poor | | Content freshness & schema | 5 | 34 | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | Poor | Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology ## How AI decides what to tell you about a department of social services When you ask ChatGPT, Gemini or Google about a local business, the AI doesn't visit it. It reads what's already written about it: the business's website, its Google Business Profile, review sites, news stories and directories like this one. Then it repeats what those sources agree on. That's why AI gets small facts wrong. If Yelp says a place is open Mondays and the website says it isn't, the AI has to pick one. The table above shows the answers that disagree with the record today. The more sources agree, and the more specific they are, the more confidently AI recommends a business. A review that names who helped and what they did tells an AI far more than one that says "great place." ## How to choose a department of social services in California, with or without AI A few checks take ten minutes and tell you more than any rating. - Check that the hours and phone number match on Google, Yelp and the business's own website. Mismatches are how people end up at a locked door. - Read reviews that name a person and what they did. Vague praise is easy to fake. - Look for recent reviews and recent posts. A page nobody has touched in a year may not match the business today. - Ask for the price before you go, and ask what it includes. - Where the work needs a license, ask whose license it is and look it up with California. ## How to read the marks on this page - Confirmed (solid circle): from a known source. The business website, its Google Business Profile, review sites like Yelp, Healthgrades and RealSelf, a licensing board, or measured by Local AI Registry. - Visitor submitted (hollow circle): added or corrected by a person, with the date and how they know, like a phone call or a visit. - AI guess (hollow triangle): what AI engines are saying right now. Nobody has confirmed it. ## About the author Steve Lee is the founder and CEO of Local AI Registry and sets its editorial standards. He is a former Google executive in Search and a former Microsoft executive, with more than 20 years in digital: search, local discovery, and how people find businesses online. He is based in Irvine. - Expertise: search at Google and Microsoft, AI search, answer engine optimization, generative engine optimization, local SEO, structured data and entity mapping. - Industry: medical aesthetics, injectables, med spa operations and marketing. - Disclosure: Local AI Registry sells services to business owners, including Department of Public if it claims this page. That does not change what this page says. Every fact carries its source. ## Entity map Every person, place, organization and treatment named on this page, with a stable ID and a public reference. The JSON-LD below connects them to each other. | Entity | Type | ID on this page | Same as | Relationship to Department of Public | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Department of Public Social Services - Civic Center | LocalBusiness | #business | https://extra.dpss.lacounty.gov/dpss/offices/default.cfm?orgid=355 | Subject of this page | | Los Angeles, California | City | #city | Nothing found | City Department of Public is in | | Local AI Registry | Organization | #publisher | https://localairegistry.com | Publisher of this page | | Steve Lee | Person | #author | https://localairegistry.com/team | Author of this page | ## Topical map Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the department of social services in Los Angeles, linked to the lists and towns around it. ### Lists - Best department of social services in Los Angeles: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/los-angeles/department-of-social-services - Best businesses in Los Angeles: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/los-angeles ### Nearby - /san-francisco: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-francisco - /san-jose: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-jose - /san-diego: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-diego - /irvine: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/irvine - /fresno: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/fresno - /palo-alto: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/palo-alto ### Every list - Every leaderboard in California: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca ## Frequently asked questions ### What is AI search optimization for local business? Getting a business named when a neighbor asks ChatGPT, Gemini, or Perplexity for a recommendation. Some call it AI SEO, some call it generative engine optimization. Traditional SEO fights for ten blue links; this fights for the one answer an assistant says out loud. The AI Score on this page measures the eight signals that drive it. ### What is Local AI Registry? The public record of how AI sees local business. We score every business we list by one published method, we keep the questions people ask about it in one place, and we never sell rank. Looking up any business here is free. ### How does this page help a business get recommended by AI? Assistants read public pages before they answer. This one states what the business does, what people ask about it, and what the Record answers, in one place a machine can read. Correcting what is wrong here changes what an assistant repeats next. ### Who writes the answers here? Registry AI writes the first answer under every question, from the Record and the public sources named beneath it. Neighbors write the rest under pseudonyms. A registered owner can reply as the business, and their reply says so. ### I own Department of Public Social Services - Civic Center. How do I fix something or rank higher? Register the page. It is free, it takes about five minutes, and it lets you correct the Record and reply as the business. Nothing on this page is for sale, so the only thing that moves the score is the work. ## References ### Sources cited - [1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJX0flVznGwoARjodpmm_EUcA (accessed Aug 17, 2026) - [2] AI engine output: ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Aug 17, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 18, 2026)