“On July 1, 1963, The Center for Planning and Development Research at the Berkeley campus of the University of California submitted “A Proposal for a Demonstration Program in Urban Development” to the Ford Foundation, requesting $200,000 to be spent over an 18-month period. The Foundation approved this project, which came to be known as the “Community Development Project,” and which I agreed to direct, as of February 1, 1964.
This book is, in part, the story of that project…”
From the Preface