Next L.A. / A look at issues, people and ideas helping to shape the emerging metropolis

Next L.A. / A look at issues, people and ideas helping to shape the emerging metropolis


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L.A. Times Archives Dec. 26, 1995 12 AM PT Share via Close extra sharing options Email Facebook X LinkedIn Threads Reddit WhatsApp Copy Link URL Copied! Print


“Any man who reads beyond the second paragraph of the Los Angeles City Charter would be out of his mind to run for mayor.” -- SAM YORTY, mayor from 1961-1973


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