UNDERSTANDING THE RIOTS--SIX MONTHS LATER : Money and Power/Making It in the Inner City : About This Section

Six months after the riots, inner-city Los Angeles remains a landmark of economic woe. The violence did not alter the fundamental concerns. Who, through ownership, will control the inner-city economy? How can the urban unemployed be put to work? And the unrest added another riddle: How will Los Angeles be revived? This section examines those three themes: Entrepreneurship. Jobs. And rebuilding.