Check out this 99-page booklet printed in 1950, titled “The City of Los Angeles: The First 100 Years.”
It includes a nicely thorough essay on the history of the city to that
point as well as comparisons between the city and city services in 1950 and in
1850. There is also a nice chart
showing how much of each dollar received is spent on what department or
service. I notice (partisanly) that the
library department is at the very bottom of the 1950 list receiving only 2.4
cents from each dollar spent. I also
note that one of the Council Members has the same name as my father.
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