The Los Angeles County Coordinating Councils records contain minutes, correspondence, and reports, 1930-1952, created by both the Los Angeles County Coordinating Councils (later the Federation of Community Coordinating Councils of Los Angeles County) and Coordinating Councils, Inc. The majority of the records are meeting minutes: of the Executive Board of Los Angeles County Coordinating Councils and the Board of Directors of Coordinating Councils, Inc., and as such give a detailed view of the activities of these related organizations. The Los Angeles County Coordinating Councils records also include voluminous rosters of general and standing committee memberships, county-wide address listings, organizational charts, local area reports, program proposals, research papers, and public relations memoranda. Of particular interest is a 1943 report on the Findings and Recommendations of a Los Angeles County Grand Jury investigating the notorious "Zoot Suit" disturbances, and also a detailed 1941 survey of the 14 most disadvantaged and impoverished sections of Los Angeles, designated as "Less Chance Areas" by the Information Division of the Work Projects Administration, which undertook the study for the Los Angeles County Coordinating Councils. The collection also reflects the efforts of Coordinating Councils, Inc., to finance its activities, which included extensive travel to attend meetings of Coordinating Councils across the country.