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a process of spreading blight to encompass additional blocks and portions of adjacen~ neighborhoods or subdivisions.' The General Plan recommendations of converting the deteriorating residential area in the vicinity of Washington and Custer Streets to industrial use were not implemented and the Logan Area has continued to be a major problem of substandard housing and intensely compatible uses. The recon~endation that the areas between First and Fifth Streets have increased residential densities applied to stimulate conversion of use has not mterialized. In both these areas the development of new and improved circulation facilities as recomuended by the General Plan has accom- plished little, except for structural removal for a specific project to elimi- rmte the extensive housing deterioration. In the Progresso and Santa Anita neighborhoods, it was suggested that the development of new commmity facili- ties and the improvement of street standards would provide an impetus for local activities improving the quality of housing. In retrospect, these recomuendations have either not been implemented or unaggresively pursued based on the current status and condition of the subject areas. A further and the most emphatic recon~nendation of the General Plan was that there be a uniformily enforced application of building and other City codes pertaining to housing, and the enforcement of the California Housing Code in relation to the occupancy and physical characteristics of the structures in all the areas of deterioration based on the priority system as previously discussed. According to the Office of the City Attorney, there have been no prosecutions under the Housing and Dangerous Buildings Code in the past except on a complaint basis. Even though the Department of Building Safety and Housing at present has the knowledge and sophistication to pursue such a program, the history since the General Plan recoramendations of 1965 indicates that such enforcement has not been effectuated based on the current status of the blighted housing areas. The information contained within Technical Workbook No. 2, Citizens Studies/C~,.,~nity Goals concernir~g the problems, potentials and coments upon the areas of housing and con~m~ity relations is in part a predated version of some findings revealed in this document. It recon~uended, under cc~m~u~ity Relations, that purchase of substandard housing marring the City should be made and such units revamped to modera standards (similar to federal programs now available under the Ho~sing and Conm~nity Development A~t of 1974). It ~urther stated that proper zoning should be enacted to protect residential areas in all categories. The potential for secondary programs of education, recreation, youth programs, human relations council, and similar measures were pointed out for the beneficial effect they could have on the populations in areas of substandard housing. Such programs are 000024