a special committee of the california legislature also studied the riots, producing a report entitled "to rebuild is not enough". the committee concluded that the inner city conditions of poverty, racial segregation, lack of educational and employment opportunities, police abuse and unequal consumer services created the underlying causes of the riots. it also noted that the decline of industrial jobs in the american economy and the growing ethnic diversity of los angeles had contributed to urban problems. another official report, "the city in crisis", was initiated by the los angeles board of police commissioners; it made many of the same observations as the assembly special committee about the growth of popular urban dissatisfaction. in their study farrell and johnson found similar factors, which included the diversification of the l.a. population, tension between the successful korean businesses and other minorities, use of excessive force on minorities by lapd, and the effect of laissez-faire business on urban employment opportunities.