Book Description

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.