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Article: SOUTH LOS ANGELES SEES BIG SHIFTS BUT CONTINUES TO STRUGGLE, REPORT SHOWS
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- September 15, 2008
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The University of California at Los Angeles issued the following press release:
A new report on South Los Angeles by the UCLA School of Public Affairs indicates that the area, once mostly African American, now has a Latino majority and continues to experience fewer employment opportunities, higher poverty and more violent crime than the rest of Los Angeles County.
"The State of South L.A." also details the growth of charter schools in the area and cautions that the current mortgage foreclosure crisis could hit South L.A. especially hard.
The report is the first major effort to assess the state of South L.A. -- an area that covers about 60 square miles and is home to approximately 885,000 ...