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English
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USC Libraries Special Collections
Title: Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Los Angeles reports and publications
creator:
Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Los Angeles
Identifier/Call Number: 7037
Physical Description:
38 Linear Feet
38 boxes
Date (inclusive): 1957-2012
Abstract: Created in 1948, the Community Redeveloment Agency of the City of Los Angeles was dedicated to revitalizing, refurbishing,
and renewing economically depressed areas of Los Angeles. As an independent agency, the CRA existed until the 2011 Budget
Act, signed into law on June 28, 2011, dissolved over 400 redevelopment agencies (RDAs), including the CRA. The contents of
this collection include, but are not limited to, development plans, research, correspondence and public relations materials
related to the CRA's operations. The research materials included in this collection are generally oriented around specific
redevelopment projects that were proposed to benefit individual neighborhoods or populations. These materials include studies
on transportation (mass transit use, bike use, parking studies), homeless populations, living wage statistics, etc.
Created in 1948, the Community Redeveloment Agency of the City of Los Angeles was dedicated to revitalizing, refurbishing,
and renewing economically depressed areas of Los Angeles. As an independent agency, the CRA existed until the 2011 Budget
Act, signed into law on June 28, 2011, dissolved over 400 redevelopment agencies (RDAs), including the CRA. Before the elimination
of RDAs, $5 billion per year in local property taxes were diverted to these agencies to fund redevelopment projects and research.
Since the dissolution of RDAs, these property tax funds are again used locally for public services.
These documents were donated by the Los Angeles Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) after its dissolution in accordance with
the 2011 Budget Act. The contents of this collection include, but are not limited to, development plans, research, correspondence
and public relations materials related to the CRA's operations. The research materials included in this collection are generally
oriented around specific redevelopment projects that were proposed to benefit individual neighborhoods or populations. These
materials include studies on transportation (mass transit use, bike use, parking studies), homeless populations, living wage
statistics, etc. Among the materials related to each individual project are plans and projected graphics and maps. Proposed
and researched projects include Los Angeles Metro improvements, plans for solving the Skid Row homeless problem, Los Angeles
River revitalization, and numerous construction projects for various downtown neighborhoods aimed at facilitating more public
use while reducing congestion. Also among the documents are plans and studies from other cities, ostensibly used for comparative
research.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE. Advance notice required for access.
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Manuscripts Librarian.
Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended
to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
[Box/folder no. or item name], Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Los Angeles reports and publications, Collection
no. 7037, Regional History Collection, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of the Community Redevelopment Agency to the Von KleidSmid Center Library; transferred to Special Collections May 25,
2016. The collection was assembled by Donald Spivack, adjunt professor in the USC Sol Price School of Public Policy, during
his tenure as Deputy Chief of Operations and Policy for the CRA.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
City planning -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
Los Angeles (Calif.) -- History -- Archival resources
Reports
Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Los Angeles -- Archives