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interchangeably today. There is little question that the political reformers were not interested in questions of minority representation, for instance. As Fogelson put it, "The weakness of the minorities perpetuated their subordination; and from the viewpoint of the white majority, their inadequacies justified their segregation." Democracy to the upper classes was a fair process; to the lower classes — and their advocates — it was the opportunity to improve their social and economic standing. Some of the reformers (such as Dr. John Randolph Haynes and Charles D. Willard) believed their efforts would be inadequate if they did not also address the problems of the poor, but finding support among their colleagues was an uphill battle. The Southern Pacific was the object of reform that galvanized the Progressives in Los Angeles, as elsewhere in the state. The first organized effort came in 1887, with a nonpartisan group led by local ministers. They were followed by the Citizens' League in 1893, which tried to rewrite the city charter. In 1895, Haynes organized a Direct Legislation League to take power from the government and give it to the citizenry.25 Haynes' organization was supported by many of the eminent and respectable citizens who 0/ Fogelson, op cit.. p. 201. 25George E, Mowry, The California Progressives (Chicago: Quadrangle Books, 1963), p. 39. Haynes was older than most of the Progressive leaders and focused his attentions in two areas: municipal ownership and the issues of "direct democracy." When he succeeded in Los Angeles, he shifted much of his energy to the state, rather than other reforms here in the city, although he was a member of the Board of Freeholders that drafted the final charter. 19
Object Description
Title | Legal research regarding the history of the Los Angeles charter, 1850-1990 (3a of 3) |
Description | Xandra Kayden. The Los Angeles past as it approaches the future: Policy Clinic report. Claremont, California: The Claremont Graduate School, The Center for Politics and Policy, Spring 1990. PART OF A SERIES: A critical component of the Commission's investigation centered on the idea that governance of the LAPD was shared between the Office of the Chief of Police, an administrative body, and the Board of Police Commissioners, a citizen body. To better understand the dynamic between these two entities, the staff of Heller, Ehrman, White, & McAuliffe researched the history of the Los Angeles City Charter, focusing primarily on its provisions regarding the distribution of power and the structure and organization of the LAPD. Included in the series are reproductions of reports, dissertations, article clippings, excerpts from city documents, and charter amendments related to the charter's conception and development over time. The series also includes several summaries of expert witness interviews regarding the effectiveness of this structure. |
Geographic subject (city or populated place) | Los Angeles |
Geographic subject (county) | Los Angeles |
Geographic subject (state) | California |
Geographic subject (country) | USA |
Coverage date | 1850/1938; 1953; 1955; 1960/1979; 1983/1986; 1988; 1990 |
Creator | Kayden, Xandra |
Publisher (of the original version) | Claremont Graduate School. Center for Politics and Policy |
Place of publication (of the original version) | Claremont, California, USA |
Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California |
Date issued | 1990 Spring |
Type | texts |
Format | 50 p. |
Format (aat) | reports |
Format (imt) | application/pdf |
Language | English |
Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
Part of collection | Independent Commission on the Los Angeles Police Department, 1991 |
Series | Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe |
File | Legal research regarding the history of the Los Angeles charter |
Box and folder | box 21, folder 6, item 1 |
Provenance | The collection was given to the University of Southern California on July 31, 1991. |
Rights | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Manuscripts Librarian. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained. |
Physical access | Contact: Special Collections, Doheny Memorial Library, Libraries, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189; specol@dots.usc.edu |
Repository name | USC Libraries Special Collections |
Repository address | Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 |
Repository email | specol@dots.usc.edu |
Filename | indep-box21-06-01 |
Description
Title | LA past as it approaches the future, p. 22 |
Format (imt) | image/tiff |
Physical access | Contact: Special Collections, Doheny Memorial Library, Libraries, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189; specol@dots.usc.edu |
Full text | interchangeably today. There is little question that the political reformers were not interested in questions of minority representation, for instance. As Fogelson put it, "The weakness of the minorities perpetuated their subordination; and from the viewpoint of the white majority, their inadequacies justified their segregation." Democracy to the upper classes was a fair process; to the lower classes — and their advocates — it was the opportunity to improve their social and economic standing. Some of the reformers (such as Dr. John Randolph Haynes and Charles D. Willard) believed their efforts would be inadequate if they did not also address the problems of the poor, but finding support among their colleagues was an uphill battle. The Southern Pacific was the object of reform that galvanized the Progressives in Los Angeles, as elsewhere in the state. The first organized effort came in 1887, with a nonpartisan group led by local ministers. They were followed by the Citizens' League in 1893, which tried to rewrite the city charter. In 1895, Haynes organized a Direct Legislation League to take power from the government and give it to the citizenry.25 Haynes' organization was supported by many of the eminent and respectable citizens who 0/ Fogelson, op cit.. p. 201. 25George E, Mowry, The California Progressives (Chicago: Quadrangle Books, 1963), p. 39. Haynes was older than most of the Progressive leaders and focused his attentions in two areas: municipal ownership and the issues of "direct democracy." When he succeeded in Los Angeles, he shifted much of his energy to the state, rather than other reforms here in the city, although he was a member of the Board of Freeholders that drafted the final charter. 19 |
Filename | indep-box21-06-01~22.tif |
Archival file | Volume67/indep-box21-06-01~22.tif |