This document presents the Commission on Civil Rights' findings and recommendations on the desegregation process, specifically the planning phase, in Los Angeles, California. It is the result of Commission investigations in Los Angeles which began in October 1976 and ended in a three-day hearing beginning on December of 1976. The report also incorporates data on events which occurred subsequent to the hearing and which obtained through followup investigations ending in May of 1977. Among the numerous findings are the following: (1) the Citizens' Advisory Committee on Student Integration, established to prepare coherent approaches to reduce racial isolation received no public support for its efforts from the school board, (2) the Los Angeles Unified School District was characterized by racially and ethnically isolated students, racially and ethnically identifiable schools, unequal and overcrowded facilities at predominantly minority schools, and low academic achievement by minority children, (3) representatives of business leadership in Los Angeles publicly supported obedience to the law and the concept of integration, and (4) institutions of higher education in the Los Angeles area constituted a largely untapped resource during planning and preparation for school desegregation in the school district. Although the report focuses on Los Angeles, it is not limited to this city only. Many of the findings and recommendations are applicable to other communities which will be involved in school desegregation. (Author/AM)