Cudahy Directory Coverage
Cudahy people directories are strongest when they are treated as official source groups, not as one master list. The city has a staff and department directory. LAUSD supplies school and campus staff listings. California publishes state personnel office contacts and professional license lookups. Los Angeles County records function as directories when a name appears in a recorded document, parcel trail, court case, or public agency file. For older Cudahy names, LAPL and archive collections are the more useful path.
| Directory | Who It Lists | Keeper | Access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cudahy staff directory | City staff, departments, elected contacts | City of Cudahy | Free online search and browse |
| California CPOD | State personnel office contacts | State Controller | Free online |
| LAUSD school directory | Schools, addresses, regions, board districts | LAUSD | Free online |
| Elizabeth Learning Center staff | Campus staff names and titles | LAUSD school site | Free online |
| RR/CC name-year indexes | People in recorded documents | LA County RR/CC | Norwalk appointment; not online |
| Professional licenses | Licensees and businesses | DCA, CSLB, DRE, State Bar, CTC | Free search by board |
| LAPL city and street directories | Residents and businesses by name or address | Los Angeles Public Library | Digitized collection, 1875-1987 |
Use the current public-staff directories when the person is tied to an agency, campus, or public meeting. Use property, recorder, business, and license directories when the clue is an address, business name, trade, registered agent, or court record. Use library and archive directories when the person lived in Cudahy before recent web records existed.
Cudahy Staff Directories
The Cudahy staff directory is the core local government directory. It supports first-name search, last-name search, and category browsing. Entries can show a name, title, email link, phone number, additional phone, department or category, and a physical address when published. The city council pages add elected officials and term information, while the City Clerk page identifies the records office that handles agendas, minutes, ordinances, resolutions, notices, and public-records requests.
| Search Field | Type | Required | Directory Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Name | Text | No | Search by a city staff member's first name |
| Last Name | Text | No | Search by surname |
| Category | Browse list | No | Browse a department or city function |
| Result entry | Record | No | Name, title, email, phone, additional phone, and address where published |
The assigned screenshot below is from the official Cudahy staff directory.
The search fields are narrow, but they make the directory useful when the known clue is a department, title, or partial staff name.
| Name | Richard Iglesias |
|---|---|
| Title | City Clerk, CMC |
| Phone | 323-773-5143 ext. 227 |
| Office | City Clerk |
| Address | 5220 Santa Ana Street, Cudahy, CA 90201 |
| Hours | Monday through Thursday, 8 AM to 6 PM |
Cudahy School Directory Sources
Cudahy is served by LAUSD's Bell/Cudahy/Maywood Community of Schools, so education directory work starts with LAUSD and campus pages. The LAUSD school directory lists school name, location code, cost center code, address, phone, grades, school type, region, board district, community of schools, and website. Those fields help confirm which campus or office fits a Cudahy address.
Elizabeth Learning Center's staff directory is a direct Cudahy campus directory. The research file records the campus at 4811 Elizabeth St, Cudahy, CA 90201, with phone 323-271-3600. Its staff page lists names and titles and can be browsed through the school site. Park Avenue Elementary and other LAUSD campuses add more staff pages, while the Bell/Cudahy/Maywood Community of Schools Welcome Center is listed at Park Avenue Elementary, Room 27.
The assigned screenshot below comes from the Elizabeth Learning Center staff directory.
School staff directories are current contact tools. For older students, classmates, or alumni clues, the better route is a library or archive collection rather than a live campus staff page.
County and State Directories
Not every Cudahy-related agency contact is listed by the city. Los Angeles County and California agencies also publish directory-style contact sources. The research names the California Personnel Office Directory as a current state personnel office directory, not a full employee roster. It is best for identifying office contacts inside state departments rather than locating every state worker by personal name.
The assigned screenshot below is from the California Personnel Office Directory.
For county contacts, use Los Angeles County department pages and the office that owns the record type. The RR/CC handles recorder, county clerk, voter, and election files. The assessor handles parcel and assessment data. LASD East Los Angeles Station serves Cudahy for law-enforcement service, while sheriff records requests go through LASD records channels.
Cudahy Records as Directories
Some public records work like people directories even when they are not marketed that way. The Los Angeles County RR/CC name-year real estate indexes list people who appear in recorded documents, but the research is clear that the indexes are not online. They are available at Norwalk by appointment, arranged alphabetically by name and recorded year. That makes the recorder index useful for grantor and grantee research, but only through the official appointment or copy-request paths.
The assessor roll is a parcel and address directory, not a general owner-name web search. The official Los Angeles County Assessor Portal searches by Assessor Identification Number or address, and the parcel dataset includes fields such as situs address, tax-rate area, use code, building details, values, exemptions, recording date, parcel class, and boundary or legal description fields. For deeper access-law and copy procedure detail, use the Cudahy public records page.
Voter rolls are restricted. California voter registration information is not a public directory. Current voter file access requires an approved purpose and excludes confidential voter records.
Cudahy License Directories
Business and professional license directories often connect Cudahy names to public roles, filings, and addresses. The Secretary of State's bizfile search covers corporations, limited liability companies, limited partnerships, and UCC filings by entity name, number, debtor, secured party, or file number, depending on the search. It can show entity status, formation or registration details, jurisdiction, agent for service of process, addresses, and filing history where available.
State professional directories add more person-name routes. DCA Advanced License Search uses first name, last name, license number, business name, registry number, and board or profession filters. The State Bar search uses attorney name or bar number. CSLB supports contractor license number, business name, contractor personnel name, and salesperson registration. DRE supports real estate licensee name, company name, and license ID, while the Commission on Teacher Credentialing has public educator credential lookup by name.
The screenshot below shows the DCA advanced professional license search assigned to Cudahy people directories.
Use license directories when the clue is an occupation, license number, business name, or disciplinary history rather than a home address.
Historical Cudahy Directories
Historical Cudahy people directories rely on Los Angeles-area collections because Cudahy's older records may appear under broader county, Bell-area, Antonio Library, or southeast Los Angeles headings. LAPL's digitized City and Street Directories collection spans 1875-1987 and can be searched by name or address. Reverse or street directories are especially useful when the starting clue is an old Cudahy address rather than a full name.
| Collection | Directory Value | Coverage from Research |
|---|---|---|
| LAPL city and street directories | Name-to-address and address-to-occupant searching | Digitized Los Angeles-area collection, 1875-1987 |
| LAPL genealogy holdings | Census, directories, family histories, immigration, newspapers, obituaries, and vital records | Central Library reference collection with about 52,000 genealogy-related titles |
| LA County Library Californiana Collection | County histories, newspapers, city directories, and census schedules | 19th and 20th century California and Los Angeles County material |
| California State Archives | Great Registers, probate, deeds, naturalization, court, and local government records | County records broadly from 1850-1987 where available |
- City directory
- A name-based directory that can show residents, spouses, occupations, employers, home addresses, or business addresses, depending on year and publisher.
- Reverse directory
- An address-first directory used to identify occupants or businesses at a street address in a given year.
- Great Register
- A historical voter-registration record that can list adult voters by name, age, birthplace or naturalization, residence, and political geography.
LA County Library adds HeritageQuest, newspapers, research help, public computers, and the Californiana Collection. The Cudahy Library page gives local history back to 1913, with service in a private home, a 1914 school-room location known as Antonio Library, later moves in 1924, 1936, and 1946, and the current facility beside City Hall opening September 14, 1968. State Archives county records add probate, court, naturalization, deed, homestead, birth, death, marriage, Great Register, and other local-government material where available.
Cudahy Directory Gaps
The research file did not locate a standalone official Cudahy chamber member directory, congregation directory, civic-club roster, veterans-post roster, cemetery interment database, or Cudahy-specific obituary index. That gap should steer directory work toward verified alternatives: city staff and council pages, LAUSD school pages, county and state agency directories, LA County Library obituary help, LAPL city and street directories, public school archives, official records, and California State Archives collections.
Current phone directories are also weaker than older city and reverse directories. The better Cudahy directory path is to identify the public role or record system first, then use the office that controls that listing. A former resident may appear in LAPL directories, an old voter Great Register, or a probate file. A local operator may appear in SOS, FBN, DCA, CSLB, DRE, or State Bar records. A public contact may appear in the Cudahy, LAUSD, county, or state directory that fits the office.
Note: Cudahy's 90201 postal context can overlap nearby Bell-area records, so historical directory searches should test nearby place labels and street-address variants.