HIST 497A Los Angeles Neighborhoods

Visit these resources these freely available resources cited on UCLA's Researching Los Angeles Guide which highlight key resources for researching the city of Los Angeles and its diverse neighborhoods with an emphasis on social change.

• A Great Divide: L.A. Equity Index

  "Mapping existing disparities and barriers to opportunity in the City of Angels." A website with reports and data created by LA Controller Ron Galperin.

• "A Portrait of Los Angeles County" Report

  A 2017 report from Measure of America that explores "how LA County residents are faring in terms of well-being and equity."

• UCLA Center for Neighborhood Knowledge

  A UCLA center focused on research that "informs actionable neighborhood-related policies and program that contribute to positive social change."

• "The Widening Divide Revisted: Economic Inequality in Los Angeles"

  A report published in 2018 by the Center for Neighborhood Knowledge.

• CA Transportation Disparities Mapping Tool

  Created by the UCLA Center for Neighborhood Knowledge.

• "The State of Black Los Angeles" (2005)

  A report by the United Way and the Los Angeles Urban League.

• "The State of Black Los Angeles" (2011)

  A report by the Los Angeles Urban League.

• USC Dornsife Equity Research Institute - Reports

  Reports on equity issues in Los Angeles and Southern California including "No Going Back: Together for an Equitable and Inclusive Los Angeles" (2020).

• Urban Displacement Project

  A project from the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of Toronto. Includes maps of displacement and anti-displacement policies in Los Angeles.

• Mapping Inequality

  A project that explores redlining through mapped descriptions of the federal government's Home Owners' Loan Corporation (1935-1940). Includes map of Los Angeles.

• Million Dollar Hoods

  A project to map and document the cost of mass incarceration in Los Angeles.

Visit these resources these freely available resources cited on UCLA's Researching Los Angeles Guide

• Los Angeles Conservancy

  The Los Angeles Conservancy is a nonprofit membership organization that works through education and advocacy to recognize, preserve, and revitalize the historic architectural and cultural resources of Los Angeles County. The organization's website catalogs more than 600 historic places in LA.

• Los Angeles Conservancy Historical Research Guide

  A comprehensive guide to researching historic properties in Los Angeles.

• History of Your House

  A research guide from the Los Angeles Public Library.

• Historic Los Angeles Directories

  Digitized directories from the Los Angeles Public Library; intermittent coverage from 1873 to 1987.

• Pacific Coast Architecture Database (PCAD)

  PCAD contains information regarding the buildings and designers of California, Oregon, and Washington. Building records contain information about their creators (when possible) and includes historical and geographic information in addition to images when available.