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- LA Weekly article "Rebel With A Plan" by Robert Greene, published on November 18, 2004—provides a source for the connection with Proposition U, activity in the 80s, organization's goals, and "importance" of the group.
- Article in the Los Angeles Daily News titled "L.A. denser than N.Y." published on July 14, 2001, written by Beth Barrett. "Lake, who co-founded "Not Yet New York," a largely defunct group that pressed for city charter reform," -- verifies "mostly disbanded", and one of the founders.
- "Not Yet New York" entry in Los Angeles A to Z: An Encyclopedia of the City and County written by Leonard and Dale Pitt, published by UC Press in 1997. -- verifies founders names and professions, organization's goals, activity in 80s.
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