CBS News Los Angeles Poll, January 1993

This special topic poll focused on issues of concern to residents of Los Angeles. Respondents were queried regarding how things were going in Los Angeles, the most important problem facing the city, the future of the city, and whether the election of Bill Clinton as president would help make things better in Los Angeles. Major topics explored include crime, race relations, confidence in local police, the Los Angeles criminal justice system and its treatment of Blacks, the Los Angeles Police Department and new police chief Willie Williams, solving the problems that led to the civil disturbances of May 1992, the response of local and federal government to the civil disturbances of May 1992, and the federal trial concerning the Rodney King beating case. Background information on respondents includes political party identification, political orientation, education, age, race, Hispanic origin, family income, and sex.