The City at Stake

List of Maps ix

List of Tables xi

Preface: Reform under the Gun xiii

Acknowledgments xix

PART ONE: The Dynamics of Urban Reform

CHAPTER ONE

The Politics of Reform: The New Institutionalism Meets the New Diversity 3

CHAPTER TWO

Studying Los Angeles Politics 14

PART TWO: The Roots of Los Angeles Charter Reform

CHAPTER THREE

Reform, Los Angeles Style 29

CHAPTER FOUR

Richard Riordan and Conservative Reform 57

CHAPTER FIVE

Valley Secession and the Suburban Revolt 72

CHAPTER SIX

Charter Reform: The Cure for Secession? 84

PART THREE: The Battle over the Charter

CHAPTER SEVEN

The 1997 Municipal Elections and the Politics of Charter Reform 95

CHAPTER EIGHT

The Charter Reform Commissions 104

CHAPTER NINE

The Inside Game: Mayoral Authority 110

CHAPTER TEN

The Inside Game: Police Reform 123

CHAPTER ELEVEN

The Outside Game: The Politics of Participation 130

PART FOUR: The Unified Charter

CHAPTER TWELVE

The Creation of the Unified Charter 151

CHAPTER THIRTEEN

The Fall and Rise of the Unified Charter 163

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

The Campaign for the Unified Charter 185

PART FIVE: The Battle over Secession

CHAPTER FIFTEEN

Implementation 209

CHAPTER SIXTEEN

The 2001 Municipal Elections 215

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

The Vote on Secession 227

PART SIX: The Future of Urban Reform

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN

Toward a Reform Regime: Governing Postsecession Los Angeles 241

CHAPTER NINETEEN

Conclusions and Implications: Reform, Twenty-First-Century Style 251

APPENDIX ONE

Summary of the Charter Proposal 267

APPENDIX TWO

Using Ecological Inference Model to Verify Results 275

Bibliography 279

Index 293