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- ↑ "Supervisor Agustin Olvera" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2009-06-22.
- ↑ Chronological Record of Los Angeles City Officials,1850–1938, compiled under direction of Municipal Reference Library, City Hall, Los Angeles (March 1938, reprinted 1966). "Prepared ... as a report on Project No. SA 3123-5703-6077-8121-9900 conducted under the auspices of the Works Progress Administration."
- ↑ Edward Robbins, Rodolphe El-Khoury (2004). Shaping the City: Studies in History, Theory and Urban Design. Routledge. p. 132. ISBN 0-415-26188-0.