New Inititatives for a New Los Angeles

"We are here. . . united. . . to begin a process
of healing, to build a new City on a Hill -- on
common ground
."



Senator Art Torres
Sermon on Unity
First African Methodist
Episcopal (AME) Church
Los Angeles 10/11/92

Table of Contents

Executive Summary

Background and Mission of the Senate Task Force

A Study of Civil Unrest - The Uprising and the Public Response

Introduction

Map

The Setting, Civil Unrest, and The Response

A. The Setting

B. Statistics from the Civil Unrest

C. Response to Social Conditions and the Unrest

Conclusions and Recommendations

Facilitate New Business/Create New Jobs

Implement a Multicultural Human Relations Strategy to Heal Community Breaches

Support the Efforts of Community Organizations to Unify/Empower the Community

Land for Public Use and Housing

Improving Law Enforcement and Police/Community Relations

Utilize Major Long-Term Development Projects to Enhance City and Community Economic Development

Improve Access to Commercial Insurance and Increase Insurance Consumer Protection

Other Important Steps

Special Section: Liquor Store Policy


The digitization of this document is being undertaken as part of an on-going project to digitize many documents dealing with Los Angeles in the 1990's. The effort is a collaborative project between the Government Documents Department and the Doheny Electronic Resources Center at the University of Southern California.