The Battle for Los Angeles: Racial Ideology and World War II. By Kevin Allen Leonard. (Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2006. xii, 360 pp. $34.95, ISBN 978-0-8263-4047-4.)

2008 ◽  
Vol 94 (4) ◽  
pp. 1309-1310
Author(s):  
H. Fryer
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
New Mexico ◽  
Los Angeles ◽  
Racial Ideology ◽  
World War ◽  
University Of New Mexico

Booming Then, Sputtering Now

2021 ◽  
Vol 103 (3) ◽  
pp. 281-308
Author(s):  
Michael Woo
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
Los Angeles ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Home Ownership ◽  
Homeless Population ◽  
World War ◽  
Housing Shortage ◽  
High Production Rate ◽  
Racial Barriers ◽  
High Production

This article reviews the post-World War II mass production of houses in Los Angeles and the roots of today’s housing shortage. Even with a high production rate, minorities and low-income Angelenos have experienced racial barriers and displacement. Today, L.A.’s homeless population is disproportionally Black, while home ownership is disproportionally white. The article concludes with four proposals for responding to today’s shortage of affordable and racially equitable housing.

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