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Seven Decades of Planning and Development in the Los Angeles Region

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Project description: Interviews in this series were initiated by the Los Angeles Regional Planning History Group to ensure the preservation of recollections of pioneer planners in both the public and private sectors in the Los Angeles region. [Description from the finding aid]

Regulatory significance: This series captures the origins and development of land use regulation in a major U.S. city.

Repository: University of California – Los Angeles

Interview dates: ~1986

Digital access: Partial. Transcripts for some of these interviews are available online.

Physical access: For access to all transcripts and audio, visit UCLA’s Charles E. Young Research Library Department of Special Collections.

Links: http://oralhistory.library.ucla.edu/viewItem.do?ark=21198/zz00090620&title=Seven%20Decades%20of%20Planning%20and%20Development%20in%20the%20Los%20Angeles%20Region

Water for Los Angeles and California Water Resources Development

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Project description: Interviews in the California Water Resource Development project were conducted to “document historical developments in California’s water resources” with a focus on planning, administration, and policy making. Water for LA interviews are part of the broader California project, but address issues specific to the Los Angeles area and are presented separately on the UCLA website.

Repository: University of California – Los Angeles

Interview dates: 1965 – 1967; ~1986 – 1988

Digital access: Partial. Transcripts and audio for some of these interviews are available online.

Physical access: For access to all transcripts and audio, visit UCLA’s Charles E. Young Research Library Department of Special Collections.

Links: California Water Resources Development; Water for Los Angeles

Environmental Activism in Los Angeles

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Project description: This collection consists of 19 interviews conducted from the 1970s to the present documenting environmental activism in the Los Angeles area.  Most interviewees were founders or “major participants” in important regional environmental organizations.

Regulatory significance: Interviews touch on both local and federal regulations and provide insight into the development and activities of local environmental groups and national advocacy organizations with substantial presence in the LA area (especially the American Lung Association). These groups’ efforts to influence regulatory policy and participate in negotiated rule making processes are key to several interviews in the project.

Repository: University of California – Los Angeles

Interview dates: 2006 – 2009

Digital access: Transcripts and audio for these interviews are available online.

Physical access: For access to all transcripts and audio, visit UCLA’s Charles E. Young Research Library Department of Special Collections.

Link: http://oralhistory.library.ucla.edu/viewItem.do?ark=21198/zz0008zh0f&title=Oral%20History%20Collection