Johnson, Earvin “Magic,”, xiii, 88, 109–110

Home Depot, xiii, 88, 109–110

Starbucks, xiii, 88, 109–110

Kaplan/McLaughlin/Diaz and Barrio Planners, 70–72

Kelling, George, 163, 165

Broken Windows theory, 163, 165

Kelley, Florence, 29

King, Rodney, 59

KingExpress, 86, 259

Koreatown, 21, 73, 107, 211

Kyoto, Japan, 11

La Botica del Pueblo, 57

La Casa de la Cultura de El Salvador, 186

La Curacao towers, xiv, xxviii, 179, 181, 185–187

riots, 187

LA Times, 44, 82, 174

LA Weekly, 88

LaBrea, 55, 60

Laguerre, Michael, xxxii, 22–23, 36–37, 39, 47–49, 52, 102–103, 231

diasporic economy, 22, 36–37, 49, 231, 253

enclave economy, 49, 231

ethnic economy, 49, 86, 231, 232

informality, 102–104

transethnic economy, 231

Langer's Delicatessen, 14, 259

land use, xii, xx, 40, 59–61, 70, 79–80, 88, 196, 237

language, 57, 206–207, 235

LaRaza, 156

Latino political power, xviii, xxii, 193, 219, 222, 224

Le regard, xxv, 257

Jean Paul Sartre, xxv, 257

Lessons for redevelopment, 225, 227

affordable housing, 226

diversity, 226–227

interaction, 226

intermediary institutions, 225

large scale redevelopment without displacement, 227

little Central America, 213

local economic development, xviii, xxiv

Los Angeles City Attorney's Office, 163

Los Angeles Community Development Department, 82, 110, 130, 138, 239

Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, 231

Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, 163

Los Angeles Department of City Planning, 88

Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT), 66

Los Angeles Planning and Land Use Management Committee, 88, 196

Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), xxvii–xxviii, 56, 127, 130, 132, 136–137, 147, 154–156, 159, 162, 164–165, 169, 171–175, 192, 224, 240, 246–247, 259, 261, 263

Rampart scandal, xxvii, 2, 57, 81–82, 127, 154–156, 162, 170–171, 172

Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), xiii, 94, 108, 207