TO REBUILD IS NOT ENOUGH:

FINAL REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE

ASSEMBLY SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON THE LOS ANGELES CRISIS

Assemblyman Curtis R. Tucker, Jr., Chair

Assemblyman Gerald Felando, Vice-Chair

Assemblywoman Marguerite Archie-Hudson
Assemblyman Dave Elder
Assemblyman Bob Epple
Assemblyman Dick Floyd
Assemblywoman Barbara Friedman
Assemblyman Terry Friedman
Assemblyman Tom Hayden
Assemblywoman Teresa Hughes
Assemblyman Richard Katz
Assemblyman Tom Mays
Assemblywoman Gwen Moore
Assemblyman Willard Murray, Jr.
Assemblyman Patrick Nolan
Assemblyman Richard Polanco
Assemblywoman Lucille Roybal-Allard
Assemblyman Paul Woodruff

Geoffrey Taylor Gibbs and Angela E. Oh, Special Counsel

September 28,1992

[Document Number] 0445-A


ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The Special Committee would like to thank interns Ira Brown, Andy Camacho, Job Jun, Candice Kim, Muhammad Moosa, Tarlin Ray, Jeannie Rhee and Frank Sim for their invaluable contributions. We also thank Tracey St. Julien, Pamela Craddock, Laurie Ellis, Brian Granville, Shilitha Pleasant and George Wiley of Chairman Tucker's staff and the staff of Senator Torres' Los Angeles office for their cooperation with our efforts.


TABLE OF CONTENTS

I . INTRODUCTION

2. SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATIONS

3. THE CAUSES OF URBAN UNREST

4. ENDING THE ECONOMIC ISOLATION OF THE INNER-CITY

5. PROMOTING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

6. SUPPORTING COMMUNITY SELF-DETERMINATION

7. THE NEED FOR A LONG-TERM STRATEGY

8. THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM

9. HOUSING

10 EDUCATION

11. TRANSIT

12. THE LOS ANGELES EXPERIMENT: A HUMAN RELATIONS CHALLENGE

13. THE MEDIA

14. NOTES AND REFERENCES