City of Paramount

Located in the gateway to the Los Angeles metropolis, the City of Paramount offers a secure quality of life to its residents and a business-friendly attitude that has created a growing retail and services sector, with a thriving Downtown.

Paramount has continually invested in its infrastructure and emphasized code enforcement and assistance programs to help residents and businesses upgrade and maintain their properties. For these reasons, the City has a distinctive appearance that appeals to current and potential residents.

The government is a stable, innovative, and financially conservative organization, with an emphasis on maintaining the quality of life for residents. For its employees, Paramount offers a family-friendly organization that places emphasis on work-life balance and flexibility. City leadership highly values the input and impact of each employee. Rather than work from the top-down, Paramount chooses collaboration, fostering a professional, respectful, and fulfilling work environment. 

Paramount is a general law City that operates under the council-manager form of government. Paramount’s current City Council works together well and is exceedingly supportive of staff, contributing to the quality and effectiveness of the workplace.