City of Quartz: Excavating the Future in Los Angeles (Essential Mike Davis)

Right now locals pay a ‘congestion tax’ – ninety-three hours per commuter per year lost in traffic delays – that

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Angelenos nervously wondered who really ran their city: Mayor Bradley or the megalomaniac Chief of Police, Daryl Gates?

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and the exclusion of Chicanos from significant leadership roles in the ruling coalition.

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