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What a difference a year makes. Or does it?
There's a new administration in Washington, and a new mood of optimism sweeping the Southland and the country.
There's a new man atop the Los Angeles Police Department, and a new feeling of calm across the city.
There's about to be a new occupant on the third floor of City Hall, and the scent of change in the air.
There's a different verdict against two of the four police officers accused of violating the civil rights of Rodney King, and this time we dodged disaster.
Much has changed in L.A. from one April to another. And yet much has remained the same.
For better or worse--it is evident the events of the last days of April 1992 have led to fundamental changes in the ways Angelenos view themselves and the rest of the world views us.
The nation's media is making much of the travails of L.A. Witness the effort and amount of newsprint Time magazine, GQ, The Nation and others are expending excoriating L.A., its institutions and its efforts to surmount a myriad of problems.
One, Time magazine, asks "Is the City of Angels going to hell?" in its April 19 issue. And as Anne Rackham reports elsewhere here, one of the prime targets is the Peter Ueberroth-led coalition Rebuild L.A.--or RLA (Our L.A.), as it is now known.
Rebuild L.A. was the first visible response to the licking flames of April 1992. Its formation was...