Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992

Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992

by

Anna Deavere Smith

Proposition F Term Analysis

Proposition F was a 1992 proposed amendment to Los Angeles’s city charter designed to impose a term limit of two five-year terms on the LAPD’s future chief. Supporters of the amendment argued that it would represent a symbolic shift toward more accountability from the police department.
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Proposition F Term Timeline in Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992

The timeline below shows where the term Proposition F appears in Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Hammer
Police Brutality, Corruption, and Systemic Racism  Theme Icon
Individuals vs. Institutions Theme Icon
Action vs. Symbolic Gesture  Theme Icon
...Daryl Gates, who was on his way out to attend a fundraiser to campaign against Prop. F , a measure that sought to limit a police chief’s term to five years and... (full context)
It’s Awful Hard to Break Away
Police Brutality, Corruption, and Systemic Racism  Theme Icon
Justice, Perspective, and Ambiguity  Theme Icon
Individuals vs. Institutions Theme Icon
Action vs. Symbolic Gesture  Theme Icon
...but rather meeting with a group of people who were talking about their opposition to Proposition F —people who had backed him “right from the beginning / of this controversy” and who... (full context)