Talk:Palms, Los Angeles, California

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[edit] South Asians

Palms is also noted for having a large number of South Asian residents, and contains a number of Indian and Pakistani restaurants and one of the few Shia mosques in Los Angeles County.

[edit] Source and limitation for census figures?

I'm just wondering what source was used for the census figures and what were the boundaries. Do the figures include Westside Village?

[edit] Where is the Shia mosque?

Is this Shia mosque the same one that is at the Iman Center? If so, the two facts should be combined.

[edit] Rezoning

The tax base cultivation rezoning of the 1960s is quite familiar to the Westside natives and USC planning faculty with whom I've spoken. The easiest article to find on a related matter is here. Essentially, the assessment formula was changed such that property tax was based on the value of the land given the underlying zoning, rather than the value of improvements. Bump a parcel up from R1.5 to R3, and all of the sudden you can take a whole hell of a lot more tax from a property. This happened all over Los Angeles and in some of its suburbs in the '60s.--Slightlyslack 06:14, 16 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Dead link

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[edit] Snoop Dogg reference

In editing this page about a year or so ago I maintained the reference to the Snoop Dogg episode that came from an early version, not wanting to cut out any facts relating to Palms, no matter how sordid. Nevertheless, I agree that the reference strays from the topic of the article and, unless there is objection, I will omit it in approximately one week. GeorgeLouis 19:36, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Recent questionable edits . . .

Some recent edits are questionable, and I am either reverting them or changing them. They particularly refer to census figures; no sources are given for the edits. In particular, the census usually gives figures for Caucasians, which may also include white Hispanics. Without a source, the edits can be challenged and removed. Sincerely, GeorgeLouis (talk) 07:36, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

Most Hispanics in Palms are overwhelmingly Mexican-American. Some of the older generation of Mexicans will call themselves Caucasian as do the Cubans, but for those who claim Latino or Hispanic, they will almost certainly be of Mexican origin as the vast majority of Spanish-surnamed people in California are Mexican-American. In fact, Hispanic as a classification is very vague and ambiguous. Most Mexicans have nothing in common with Cubans, Dominicans, Puerto Ricans. The article needs to specify Mexicans as they are the original residents of Palms. I can remember in the 1960's and 1970's, all the single-dwelling houses in Palms were owned by second-generation Mexican-Americans. The unique and rich Mexican identity has been swallowed up by the all-encompassing "Hispanic" category.jeanne (talk) 14:59, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

Feel free to add this information if it can be pinned to a good source. Sincerely, GeorgeLouis (talk) 23:05, 11 June 2008 (UTC)