2.  Race/Ethnicity: Black (9); Asian (12); White (32); Latino (43); Other (3)  Employment: Employed (54); Student (11); Homemaker (10); Retired (14); Unemployed (11)  Marital status: Single (36); Married/Domestic partnership (49); Divorced/Separated/ Widowed (16)  Children under 18: None (55); One (18); Two (16); Three or more (11)  Political ideology: Liberal (39); Middle-of-the-road (29); Conservative (32)  Political party: Democrat (32); Republican (11); Other party (12); Not registered (44)  Education: Less than high school (20); High school grad (47); College grad (22); Grad degree (11)  Age: 18-29 (26); 30-44 (30); 45-64 (31); 65 and older (13)  Tenure in LA: 5 years or less (7); 6-15 (20); 16-25 (33); 26 years or more (41)  Union household: Yes (20); No (80)  Homeownership: Rent (61); Own (39)  Household income: <40K (56); 40K-<70K (20); 70K-<100K (11); 100K-<150K (8); ≥150K (5)  Citizenship: U.S.-born citizen (54); Naturalized citizen (21); Non-citizen (25)  Religious preference: Catholic (42); Other Christian (30); Jewish (8); Agnostic/Atheist (8); Other (12)  Gender: Male (49); Female (51)

3. Overall, do you feel things in the City of Los Angeles are going in the right direction or the wrong direction? 1997200220072012 Right direction 32474232 Staying the same 15 912 Wrong direction 48303944 Don’t know/Refused 691011 32% 1997 47% 2002 42% 2007 32% 2012

4. How about in your neighborhood? Do you feel things are going in the right direction or the wrong direction? 1997200220072012 Right direction 44555953 Staying the same 1713914 Wrong direction 35282728 Don’t know/Refused 5454 44% 1997 55% 2002 59% 2007 53% 2012

5. Overall, how would you say that the racial and ethnic groups in Los Angeles are getting along these days - very well, somewhat well, somewhat badly, or very badly? 1997*200220072012 Very well 34 18510 Somewhat well 564258 Somewhat badly 59 153120 Very badly 8207 Don’t know/Refused 7325 Note: In 1997 the question was asked: “How would you rate race and ethnic relations in the City of Los Angeles, do you think they are good or not good?” For reporting purposes, “good” is recommended as a comparison of very and somewhat well; “bad” is recommended as a comparison of somewhat and very badly. 74 47 68

6. Compared to twenty years ago, is the city of Los Angeles safer, not as safe, or about the same? 2012 Safer 38 Not as safe 30 About the same 27 Don’t know/Refused 5

7. Do you think it is (very/somewhat) likely or (very/somewhat) unlikely that other riots and disturbances like those in 1992 will occur in the City of Los Angeles in the next five years? 1997200220072012 Very likely 26192015 Somewhat likely 35322826 Somewhat unlikely 18203028 Very unlikely 16211518 Don’t know/Refused 69613 61% 1997 51% 2002 48% 2007 41% 2012

8. In the twenty /fifteen years since the 1992 riots and disturbances, how much progress have the people of Los Angeles made toward improving race relations: a lot of progress, some progress, little progress or no progress at all? 1997*2002*20072012 A lot of progress 4959 918 Some progress 4851 Little progress 4233 3221 No progress at all 97 Don’t know/Refused 9924 Note: In 1997 and 2002 the question was asked, “In the five/ten years since the 1992 riots and disturbances, have the citizens of Los Angeles made progress toward improving race relations? For reporting purposes, “yes” is recommended as a comparison of a lot of progress and some progress; “no” is recommended as a comparison of little progress and no progress at all. 57 69

9. In the last twenty years, have the following areas gotten better, worse, or stayed the same: Environ- ment Race relations between Latinos and Blacks Crime GangsAir quality Quality of streets Better 3433 313029 Stayed the same 3034 28 262729 Worse 3218 34 323940 Don’t know/Refused 415 5 1042 Transpor- tation and traffic Healthcare Public education Housing costs and availability Jobs and local economy Better 26 22 20 13 8 Stayed the same 18 23 20 14 12 Worse 54 48 52 68 76 Don’t know/Refused 2 8 8 5 4

10. In general, do you think the LAPD is doing an excellent, good, poor, or very poor job? 1997200220072012 Excellent 16 910 Good 62 6660 Poor 15131618 Very Poor 5657 Don’t know/Refused 2335 78% 1997 78% 2002 75% 2007 70% 2012

11. Based on what you know, do you support or oppose the reappointment of Willie Williams/Bernard Parks/William Bratton/Charlie Beck for a second term? 1997*200220072012 Support 40435640 Oppose 37342024 Don’t know/Refused 23 2536 Note: In 1997 the question asked: “As you may know, the five member panel of the city’s Police Commission unanimously voted not to rehire Willie Williams as Police Chief. Based on what you know, do you agree or disagree with the Police Commission’s decision not to rehire Police Chief Williams?” Given the reverse of the question (i.e., decision not to rehire), 40% represented those who disagreed with not rehiring Williams (or in other words would have supported his reappointment), and 37% agreed with not rehiring him (or would have opposed his reappointment).

12. …Improving police recruitment 200220072012 Very effective 543416 Somewhat effective 345043 Not at all effective 7916 Don’t know/Refused 5725 …Increasing civilian review of complaints Very effective 533913 Somewhat effective 364243 Not at all 71122 Don’t know/Refused 4822 …Imposing more discipline among police officers Very effective 534017 Somewhat effective 344445 Not at all 81123 Don’t know/Refused 5515 …Increasing community policing Very effective 535124 Somewhat effective 36 49 Not at all 7918 Don’t know/Refused 4410

13. Please visit the Center for the Study of Los Angeles’ website at www.lmu.edu/csla or email Brianne Gilbert, Associate Director, at brianne.gilbert@lmu.edu Source: Source: 5th, 10th, 15th, and 20th Anniversaries of the Los Angeles Riots Survey. 1997 - 2012. Center for the Study of Los Angeles, Loyola Marymount University.