GEOG 70AC Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: California Proposition 14 (1964), Initiative, Deindustrialization
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Lots of jobs suburbanized a. in ux of african americans from south b. searching for economic opportunity/freedom a. Suburbs began not to rely on the central city a. Decrease in revenue --> services start to suffer a. Also affecting property values and tax revenue b. Public housing c. 151 of these in u. s. d. to qualify for federal money, agency declares an area blighted i. Sf: cost more in services than it e. redevelopment project areas f. eminent domain generated in tax revenue i. City is able to take your house for fair market rate/just compensation i. Residential neighborhoods could be deemed slums a. blighted and replaced with other buildings to raise property values. Used to remove poor people that got in the way of revitalizing downtown ii. Discredited as a communist during the red scare. Targeted in an effort to destory the nation"s public housing programs. West oakland = center of black population ii.
