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 Redevelopment 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.

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