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Comparison between city owned and privately owned properties

 
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Title
Comparison between city owned and privately owned properties
Date
29 December 1925
Description
Document detailing the effects of the purchases made by the City of Los Angeles by 1925 as compared to a 1923 tax list when all property was privately owned in Big Pine.
Format Extent
1 page
Subject
Real property--Valuation; Real property--Purchasing--United States; Taxation; Water rights--California--Owens Valley; Water rights--California--Los Angeles; Administrative Records; Typescripts
Note
To meet the need for water of its growing population, the City of Los Angeles began acquiring water rights in the Owens Valley in 1905. The Los Angeles Aqueduct was completed in 1913 to bring Owens Valley water to the city. During the 1920s, the City of Los Angeles began additional large-scale purchases of land in the Owens Valley to increase its supply of water from the valley, resulting in the city's almost complete control of the valley's agricultural land. This led to a decline in the valley's agricultural infrastructure and economy.
Collection
J. D. Black Papers, CSLA-15, Series 1. Owens Valley Water Controversy Records; Box No. 8; Folder No. 9
Type
Keywords
Language
eng
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