Laws That Shaped LA
The Laws That Shaped L.A. will spotlight regulations that have played a significant role in the development of contemporary Los Angeles. These laws - as nominated early on by a variety of experts we've been polling - may be considered by readers and nominators to have either been beneficial to the city or malevolent.
The Bracero Program streamlined the process of immigration for farm workers between 1942 and 1964. How have things changed since then?
State legislator David A. Roberti is most proud of his work on providing housing for "every strata of people," including 33,000 new emergency shelter beds for the homeless.
"What CEQA is really good for and good at doing is giving communities and the public a voice in public process... it's been called a 'Bill of Rights for environmental democracy.'"
Would the built environment be much more vibrant and dynamic without Prop 13?
The breakup of rancho lands in Los Angeles resulted in the newfound availability of land, fueling a massive land boom for new settlers.
There has been few pros and many cons as a result of Proposition 13, which cut, capped and rolled back property taxes.
A 1999 ordinance helped breathe new life into old office buildings in downtown L.A. while increasing pedestrian activity.
Executive Order 9066 altered the physical and psychological makeup of Los Angeles in ways that reverberate today.
Los Angeles is often derided for its endless sprawl, which can be blamed on a law that passed more than a 100 years ago.
Does the ordinance against urination and defecation make the city safer or more healthy for homeless people?
A 1990 law changed the nation's collective understanding of who is an immigrant and what it means to arrive in America.
1965 Immigration changed the shaped of postwar Chinatown in Los Angeles and across the country.
If you think smog in Los Angeles is bad now, imagine how suffocating it was before the Clean Air Act of 1970.
CEQA was designed to protect the environment, but what adverse effects does it have?
How has the First Amendment shaped the never-ending quest to freely express ideas in Los Angeles?
How did all the grand mansions of Bunker Hill get demolished? Blame a 1949 law that pushed forward the agenda of "redevelopment."
Why does Los Angeles possess such a flat, drab and stunted skyline? Blame a line of text inserted in 1974 into the Los Angeles Municipal Code.
Jeremy Rosenberg's new column spotlights regulations that have played a significant role in the development of contemporary Los Angeles. First up: Laws of the Indies.
The Laws That Shaped L.A. will spotlight regulations that have played a significant role in the development of contemporary Los Angeles. These laws - as nominated early on by a variety of experts we've been polling - may be considered by readers and nominators to have either been beneficial to the city or malevolent.
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