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Title: Southern California Regional Planning Collection
Dates (inclusive): 1909-2003.
Bulk dates: 1920-1989.
Collection Number: 605982
Creator:
Los Angeles County (Calif.). Regional Planning Commission
Extent:
Approximately 2,855 items
Repository:
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens.
Architecture Collections
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, California 91108
Phone: (626) 405-2191
Email: reference@huntington.org
URL: http://www.huntington.org
Abstract: The Southern California Regional Planning Collection contains
published planning reports and internal documents generated by the Los Angeles County Regional Planning Commission, Los Angeles
County Regional Planning Department, and other planning agencies and organization in Southern California.
Language: English.
Note:
Finding aid last updated on April 15, 2014.
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[Identification of item]. Southern California Regional Planning Collection, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
The Southern California Regional Planning Collection was donated by the Los Angeles County Regional Planning Department, George
Marr, Edward Holden, Glen Blossom, Simon Eisner, and Glenda Hamilton to the Huntington Library in 1997.
The planning history of Los Angeles can be traced to September 4, 1781, when Spanish Governor of the Californias Felipe de
Neve founded El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles. At the time, planning efforts were mostly simple instructions
on the placement of houses and buildings. During the area’s subsequent growth and changes in governing bodies, many planning
actions were implemented in limited scope. It was not till early twentieth-century when planners started to give serious thought
on preparing the city for future economic and population growth. The use of zoning regulation was first attempted in Los Angeles
in 1904, as the ordinance called for the creation of a residential district. In 1908 two new ordinances were implemented to
divide the entire city into industrial and residential districts. When the ordinances were contested by a brick manufacturer
in 1915, the United States Supreme Court ruled in Hadacheck v. Sebastian in favor of the City, upholding the constitutionality
of zoning regulations. In March 1920 the City of Los Angeles adopted a commission ordinance that was drafted by G. Gordon
Whitnall. The ordinance appointed a 51-member advisory planning commission to guide the city’s future growth. As consultant-secretary
of the planning commission, Whitnall also played a prominent role in the formation of the Los Angeles County Regional Planning
Commission, which was formed in 1922 to advise the Board of Supervisors on all planning issues.
The Southern California Regional Planning Collection is organized into two series: 1) Published Planning Reports Series (organized
by individual item numbers) 2) Internal Documents Series (organized by box and folder numbers).
The Published Planning Reports Series contains 1,913 individual items that were generated by the Los Angeles County Regional
Planning Commission, Los Angeles County Department of Regional Planning, and other planning agencies and organizations in
Southern California. Type of reports include annual reports, area study, comprehensive planning reports, census, conference
papers, general plans, guides to zoning and subdivision, planning proposals, traffic and environmental surveys, zoning ordinance,
etc. The date range of this series is 1909 to 2003.
The Internal Documents Series contains approximately 913 items in 14 Hollinger boxes. Similar to the Published Planning Reports
Series, the majority of the documents were generated by the Los Angeles County Regional Planning Commission and Department
of Regional Planning, followed by the Los Angeles Department of City Planning. Type of documents include census reports, conference
papers, maps, memorandums, minutes, photos, plans, reports, speeches, summaries, etc. The date range is 1924 to 2000.
The collection is arranged in the following two series:
- Series I. Published Planning Reports
- Series II. Internal Documents
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
Huntington Library's Online Catalog.
Los Angeles County (Calif.). Regional Planning Commission.
Los Angeles County (Calif.). Department of Regional Planning.
American Institute of Planners.
Automobile Club of Southern California.
Bell Gardens (Calif.).
California. Department of Finance.
California. Department of Transportation.
California. Legislature. Assembly.
City planning--California--Los Angeles.
Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Los Angeles.
Daniel, Mann, Johnson, & Mendenhall.
Gruen Associates.
Hamilton, Calvin S.
Haynes Foundation.
Howell, Anne V.
Los Angeles (Calif.)
Los Angeles (Calif.). City Planning Commission.
Los Angeles (Calif.). Department of City Planning.
Los Angeles (Calif.). Department of Water and Power.
Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce.
Los Angeles County (Calif.).
Los Angeles County (Calif.). Board of Supervisors.
Los Angeles County Transportation Commission.
Los Angeles Metropolitan Area (Calif.)--Environmental conditions.
Los Angeles Metropolitan Area (Calif.)--History.
Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (Calif.)
Pacific Electric Railway Company.
Regional planning--California--Los Angeles.
Security Pacific National Bank.
South Coast Air Quality Management District (Calif.)
Southern California Association of Governments.
Southern California Rapid Transit District.
Southern California Research Council.
United States. Department of Commerce.
United States. Department of the Interior.
University of California, Los Angeles.
Urban Land Institute.
Annual reports.
Comprehensive plans (reports).
Maps (documents).
Memorandums.