L.A. tax-hike vote patterns tell a tale of two realities

Nearly every week, 70-year-old Barb Johnson hears word of a nearby robbery or car break-in in Vermont Knolls, her neighborhood of modest bungalows just west of the Harbor Freeway in South Los Angeles.

By David Zahniser, Ben Welsh and Catherine Saillant, Los Angeles Times

March 8, 2013