Stockton Mayor's Crosstown Freeway Relocation Committee records, 1967.

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Stockton Mayor's Crosstown Freeway Relocation Committee records, 1967.

Consists of minutes, reports, member lists, statistics and maps.

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Stockton (Calif.). Mayor's Crosstown Freeway Relocation Committee (1967)

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Since 1964 Stockton, California has lain between two major north-south freeways, U.S. 5 and U.S. 99. Residents early felt need to proceed east-west from one freeway to other without necessity of driving on city streets. Route for new connector freeway (Route 4, Ort Lofthus Freeway) ran across two miles of residential neighborhoods. Mayor's Committee was formed to study problems associated with displacement of hundreds of Stockton residents. One member was Harold S. Jacoby, Dean of College of the...

Jacoby, Harold S.

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Harold S. Jacoby (1907-) was Professor of Sociology at the University of Pacific, Stockton, Calif. (1933-62, 1968-76) and Dean of the College of Pacific (1962-68). Jacoby was also a member of the staff of the Tule Lake Relocation Center in California (1942), the Japanese-American Resettlement Program in Chicago (1943), and the United Nations Relief & Rehabilitation Program in the Middle East (1944). During the 1950s and 60s Jacoby was often involved in the community affairs of Stockton (Cali...