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This article is about the civic leader. For other people with the same name, see Carol Schatz.

Carol E. Schatz is a Los Angeles civic leader who is credited with leading the renaissance of downtown Los Angeles in the 1990s and 2000s.

Career

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Schatz was president of the Central City Association of Los Angeles from 1995 to 2016,[1][2] and president of the Downtown Center Business Improvement District from its founding in 1998 to her retirement in 2018.[3][4] Schatz led the effort to bring people to downtown Los Angeles in the hours outside the 9-to-5 workday.[5] Through her work the downtown Los Angeles area added new housing units, new business, and new jobs.[6] Schatz’s initiatives included proposing and advocating for the passage of the Adaptive Reuse Ordinance in 1999 that made it easier to renovate old office buildings into housing, transforming downtown.[7] Schatz also aggressively pushed for the LA Live and Staples Center projects, which brought a sports arena and entertainment center to downtown Los Angeles.[4]

Awards and honors

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In 2012, she was recognized as civilian of the year by the Central Area Community Police Station in Los Angeles.[8] In 2015, the Los Angeles Business Journal named her corporate advocate of the year".[9] In 2018, the Los Angeles City Council voted to name the intersection of Hope Street and Wilshire Boulevard, “Carol Schatz Square”.[10][11]

Personal life

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Schatz was born and raised in Los Angeles.[12] Prior to her work in downtown Los Angeles, Schatz earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California at Berkeley and her Juris Doctor from Loyola Law School.[8]

References

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  1. ^ Boyarsky, Bill (June 22, 1997). "POWER STATIONS: Where SoCal's Political Elite Meet". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 17, 2020.
  2. ^ Regardie, Jon. "Carol Schatz to Step Down From Running CCA". Los Angeles Downtown News - The Voice of Downtown Los Angeles. Retrieved December 17, 2020.
  3. ^ Regardie, As told to Jon. "Carol Schatz's Wild Ride Over 25 Years in Downtown". Los Angeles Downtown News - The Voice of Downtown Los Angeles. Retrieved December 17, 2020.
  4. ^ a b Khouri, Andrew (January 14, 2016). "Q&A: 'Everything has changed' in downtown L.A., Central City Assn. chief Carol Schatz says". Los Angeles Times. p. C1. Retrieved December 17, 2020.
  5. ^ Morrison, Patt (November 6, 2013). "Carol Schatz, a force for downtown L.A." Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 17, 2020.
  6. ^ Audi, Tamara (December 28, 2013). "Los Angeles Gets Serious About Its Downtown". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved December 17, 2020.
  7. ^ Gregerson, John (August 12, 2016). "Reach for the skies! Downtown LA growing up". BuiltWorlds. Retrieved March 19, 2022.
  8. ^ a b "Carol E. Schatz". LAPD Online. Retrieved March 19, 2022.
  9. ^ Los Angeles Business Journal (May 11, 2015). "Women Making a Difference 2015" (PDF). Los Angeles Business Journal. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 7, 2019. Retrieved December 17, 2020. {{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  10. ^ Regardie, Jon. "Hope and Wilshire Becomes Carol Schatz Square". Los Angeles Downtown News - The Voice of Downtown Los Angeles. Retrieved December 17, 2020.
  11. ^ Motion clkrep.lacity.org 2018. Retrieved May 4, 2023
  12. ^ Al, Martinez (April 30, 2000). "The Downtown Blues". The Los Angeles Times. p. 37. Retrieved March 19, 2022.


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