The commission was appointed by Governor Edmund G. Brown to prepare "an accurate chronology and description of the riots and attempt to draw any lessons which may be learned from a retrospective study of these events."
From the description of Photographs collected by the Governor's Commission on the Los Angeles Riots [graphic]. 1965. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 491492192
From the description of Records of the Governor's Commission of the Los Angeles Riots, 1965 August - December. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 122545321