Zev's Los Angeles : : From Boyle Heights to the Halls of Power. A Political Memoir / / Zev Yaroslavsky.
“…[A] compelling history of our city’s last half century, as conveyed through the life of one of our most impactful leaders. …”— Los Angeles Mayor Karen BassThis is the story of Zev Yaroslavsky, the son of Ukrainian Jews who immigrated to the United States in the early 1920s. His memoir charts the j...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Boston, MA : : Academic Studies Press, , [2023] ©2023 |
| Year of Publication: | 2023 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- “I Will Love You Forever, if You Let Me”: A Dedication to Barbara Edelston Yaroslavsky (1947–2018)
- Introduction
- 1. Roots of a Legacy: Shimon Soloveichik
- 2. My Parents: Minna and David
- 3. The Sandman Awakens
- 4. Coming of Age
- 5. The Walls Have Ears
- 6. “Why Zev?”
- 7. Be Indispensable to Your Constituents
- 8. The Taxpayer and Renter Revolt
- 9. The Untold Story of the 1984 Olympics
- 10. Taking on the LAPD
- 11. Big Money and the Battle to Preserve Neighborhoods
- 12. The Mayor’s Race That Never Was
- 13. Sudden Change
- 14. Designed Not to Govern
- 15. The Crisis That Nearly Bankrupted the County
- 16. The Transit Revolution
- 17. Arts and Culture: Los Angeles’ Golden Age
- 18. God Isn’t Making Mountains Anymore
- 19. Confronting the Homeless Crisis
- 20. Tragedy and Resurrection at MLK Hospital
- 21. Every Cause Needs a Champion
- 22. Witness to History
- 23. Who Could Have Imagined?
- Epilogue
- Acknowledgments
- Source Endnotes
- Index