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WHEN YOU NEED TOP QUATITY tended that it was necessary to divide the city into smaller units for planning purposes. Some 59 different areas or communities were delineated. In order to know the facts about the central part of Los Angeles, where the major ,conditions of blight were concentrated, 70 square miles were delineated for intensive studies. Nineteen separate housing studies were prepared to indicate the problems and possibilities of redevelopment. One of the most valuable studies in the series deals with the assessed valuation of land and improvements. This study indicates not only where low land values exist and redevelopment is most needed, but where it is financially feasible to initiate redevelopment projects.

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4. Administrative Organization.

Since the start of the housing rehabilitation program in 1952, 1012 unsalvable structures have been demolished and 418 substandard buildings have been remodeled.

5. Financing. The City of Los Angeles is in excellent financial condition. Its advance public works planning program indicates a five-year program requiring approximately $70,000,000 annually. Some of these projects would qualify as non-cash grants-in-aid toward meeting the city's share in financing urban renewal projects.

6. Housing Displaced Families. During the last five years relocation was acconplished on a large scale in connection with the disposition of 14,000 units of temporary Veterans' and temporary housing, substantial expansion of the Los Angeles Civic Center area, expansion of the

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