South Los Angeles

South Los Angeles is the official name of the great geographical and cultural area being spread out in the south and the south-east of the Downtown Los Angeles. This zone was formerly known under the name of South Central Los Angeles (or South Central in a shortened way). The decision to change the name was made in 2003 with an aim of scrambling the memory of a zone of violence and destruction. The name South Central had become about the synonym of urban decline and crime of street. But much of inhabitants of Los Angeles always use the old denomination.

Geographical definition

Whereas the name South Central derives from the history of the district skirting the Exchange Avenue, South Los Angeles is generally regarded as covering most of the city of Los Angeles of the south of the highway Santa Monica and with the east of the highway San Diego.

Revitalization of the district

After the riots of 1992, the district tries to change face and initiatives are taken cause a drop in violence. With the beginning of the year 1990 was created the Watts Neighborhood Council (“the Council of the District of Watts”), an autonomous community agency. This council, which discusses the life of the district, functions thanks to public allocations. Watts Towers Art Center is an institution independent which receives funds of the foundations, university Cal-Arts and even of the prestigious Getty Center

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