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<br />and the region is attractive as a place of residence and as the site
<br />of an intensive industrial development. Labor is plentiful and
<br />foodstuffs are abundant. The oil fields of Southern California pro-
<br />vide fuel for all purposes and the Los Angeles-Long Beach harbor
<br />is an open door to the markets of the world,
<br />The region is adequately served by three transcontinental rail-
<br />way systems and is covered by a complete grid of paved highways.
<br />There are street car, interurban, bus, and truck facilities for every
<br />local transportation need. National and international air lines
<br />afford quick passenger, mail, and express services to all parts of
<br />the American continent, Electric power service is universally avail-
<br />able, and gas and domestic water lines are found almost every-
<br />where, even in the rural sections. Educational, religious, and recre-
<br />ational facilities are unsurpassed.
<br />As of January 1, 1938 the population of the metropolitan area
<br />was estimated at approximately 3,000,000, or 45 per cent of the
<br />population of the State of California. The assessed value of taxable
<br />property in the same area was $2,748,000,000, which is 40 per cent
<br />of the assessed value of the state, The population and assessed
<br />values of the present cities of the District are shown in Table 1.
<br />Assessed valuations quoted include the operative property of pub-
<br />lic utilities but not the property of public corporations exempt from
<br />taxation. The assessed values shown theoretically represent about
<br />50 per cent of the real values,
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<br />TABLE 1
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<br />Anaheim .....mm..
<br />Beverly Hills m......
<br />Burbank
<br />Compton m..
<br />Fullerton
<br />Glendale _n"
<br />Lon g Beach .
<br />Los Angeles unmn
<br />Pasadtma .......m
<br />San Marino ____0"'''
<br />Santa Ana ,...n.mn .................-.----...
<br />S<'lnta Monica nonmm.
<br />Torrance nm......._
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<br />Populalion and Aue6.ed Vafue. of Di.trict Citie/J
<br />ESTIMATED POPULATION ASSESSED VALUE
<br />JANUARY, 1938 1937.1938
<br />13,000 5 9,168.145
<br />27,000 56,238.340
<br />23.000 22.578,060
<br />16,000 7,29],780
<br />13,000 14.064.460
<br />7S,000 57,759,020
<br />...uUuuu 175,000 146,220,425
<br />. mum...... ..mmmm ],500,000 1,325,178,340
<br />85,000 BS,798.355
<br />7,000 14,007.340
<br />~S,OOO 24.309.100
<br />50,000 4S,885,695
<br />9,000 ]9,266,665
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<br />Total _m
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<br />. mmuu 2,028,000
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<br />51,827,765,725
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