CHANGING SUBURBAN RETAIL PATTERNS IN METROPOLITAN LOS ANGELES*

Competition among California communities for retail sales tax revenues has increased since the imposition of property tax limitations in the late 1970s. Suburban adoption of redevelopment and other economic planning practices is altering the spatial pattern of retailing in suburban Los Angeles. In the inner suburbs, economic planning contributes to increased spatial concentration of retailing. In the outer suburbs, local economic planning in predominantly residential suburbs has helped reduce the spatial concentration of retailing.