The City is partnering with Architectural Resources Group (ARG) to complete this historical context study. The study is estimated to be completed by the end of 2023. ARG, a woman-owned business, has over forty years of experience conducting historical context studies and archival research, including primary and secondary source research at a variety of repositories across southern California. Most recently they completed a historical context study for the City of West Hollywood.
It is important to note, a historical context study is not the same as a historical context statement. A historic context statement is a written document that provides the framework for evaluating a property’s historic significance and integrity. A historical context study will include past policy practices of the City and surrounding areas, provide primary and secondary source research, and analysis on how these policies have shaped the City’s current landscape and experience of its inhabitants. Throughout the historical development of the metropolitan Los Angeles region and in many parts of Los Angeles County, policies and laws were designed to create and uphold discriminatory practices, to segregate Black people and other people of color, and to reinforce racial, cultural, and class bias in home ownership. These policies have had generational impacts on population makeup, home ownership rates, and modern-day policies and zoning restrictions.