{"id":2254,"date":"2021-02-23T07:06:43","date_gmt":"2021-02-23T07:06:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ladwpcares.org\/?page_id=2254"},"modified":"2021-10-22T13:59:45","modified_gmt":"2021-10-22T20:59:45","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ladwpcares.org\/index.php\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2254\" class=\"elementor elementor-2254\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2216b2ca elementor-section-content-middle breadcrum-image-with-background elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2216b2ca\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" 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\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ac2cca9 de_scroll_animation_no elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ac2cca9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Peers are a network of LADWP employees from all backgrounds who have come together through their own recovery to assist others who also have the desire to become clean and sober. 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