“Whether our ancestors came here on the Mayflower, on slave ships, whether they came to Ellis Island or LAX in Los Angeles, whether they came yesterday or walked this land a thousand years ago our great challenge for the 21st century is to find a way to be One America. We can meet all the other challenges if we can go forward as One America.” IfsWayYearsAmericaChallengesLandCenturyThousandYears AgoSlaveYesterdayShipsIslandsLos AngelesAncestorThousand Years21st CenturyMayflowerLaxEllis IslandSlave Ships Book:Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton, 1999 Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton, 1999
“Famously sunny Los Angeles has long been known as the homeless capital of America, from beachy communities like Santa Monica and Venice to Skid Row downtown.” LongAmericaCommunityKnownLos AngelesHomelessSantaSunnyVeniceDowntownMonicaSanta MonicaSkid Row Author:John Carlos Frey
“The landscape, like Los Angeles itself, is transitional. Impermanence haunts the city, with its mushroom industries--the aircraft perpetually becoming obsolete, the oil which must one day be exhausted, the movies which fill America's theatres for six months and are forgotten. Many of its houses--especially the grander ones--have a curiously disturbing atmosphere, a kind of psychological dankness which smells of anxiety, overdrafts, uneasy lust, whisky, divorce and lies.” KindAmericaLyingHouseCitiesMonthsIndustryBecomingOne DayAnxietySixForgottenDivorceSmellOilTheatreLustPsychologicalLandscapeAtmosphereLos AngelesExhaustedSix MonthsDisturbingObsoleteImpermanenceMushroomsUneasyAircraftWhiskyBecoming Obsolete Author:Christopher Isherwood
“The anger that you see expressed out there in Los Angeles, in my district this evening, is a righteous anger, and it's difficult for me to say to the people, "Don't be angry." When people are angry and enraged, they do do senseless things. They do act even sometimes out of character, and that's why it is the responsibility of America to try and avoid putting people in these kinds of situations.” PeopleTryingKindSometimesCharacterAmericaDifficultResponsibilitySituationAngryEveningLos AngelesRighteousRighteous Anger Author:Maxine Waters