Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California, is one of Scientology's two strongholds in the United States. Home to the Celebrity Center and the Advanced Org Los Angeles (AOLA), Los Angeles has also been the scene of numerous Scientology lawsuits and the police raids in the late 1970s that resulted in the Snow White convictions.
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August 15, 1950: L. Ron Hubbard gives a lecture, 'The Anatomy of the Engram'.
August 16, 1950: L. Ron Hubbard gives a lecture, 'Affinity, Reality, Communication'.
August 18, 1950: L. Ron Hubbard gives a lecture, 'Denyers, Bouncers, Holders'.
August 21, 1950: L. Ron Hubbard gives a lecture, 'Taking Inventory, SOP Step One'.
August 22, 1950: L. Ron Hubbard gives a lecture, 'Demonstration of Getting a Case Moving'.
August 22, 1950: L. Ron Hubbard gives a lecture, 'Opening the Case, SOP Step Two'.
August 23, 1950: L. Ron Hubbard gives a lecture, 'The Tools of the Trade' (orig title "Engrams and parts of the mind: boil-offs, file clerk, ...")
August 24, 1950: L. Ron Hubbard gives a lecture, 'Checking Perceptics' (orig title "Running Engrams and Step Three").
August 24, 1950: L. Ron Hubbard gives a lecture, 'Running Engrams, SOP Step Two' (orig title "Engrams and parts of the mind: action phrases, ...")
August 25, 1950: L. Ron Hubbard gives a lecture, 'Removing Demon Circuits and Valence Commands, SOP Step Three'.
August 25, 1950: L. Ron Hubbard gives a lecture, 'Paralleling the Mind' (orig title "Mechanical Arrangement of Engrams")
August 30, 1950: L. Ron Hubbard gives a lecture, 'The Professional Auditor'.
August 31, 1950: L. Ron Hubbard gives a lecture, 'General Discussion of Auditing' (orig title "Engrams and parts of the mind").
August 31, 1950: L. Ron Hubbard gives a lecture, 'Demonstration of Running Down a Chain'.
September 1, 1950: L. Ron Hubbard gives a lecture, 'Guk vs. Drugs: Effects in Auditing'.
September 1, 1950: L. Ron Hubbard gives a lecture, 'Auditing a Blind Preclear'.
Los Angeles in the News
| November 29, 1950 | A New Straightwire Technique | L. Ron Hubbard gives a lecture, 'A New Straightwire Technique'. | |
| November 22, 1950 | Accessibility | L. Ron Hubbard gives a lecture, 'Accessibility'. | |
| February 14, 1954 | According, CoS, Church | According to CoS, the first official Scientology Church is founded "by community members in Los Angeles," without the direct participation of L. Ron Hubbard. | |
| September 4, 1950 | Advertising Dianetics-Propaganda-Push Buttons | L. Ron Hubbard gives a lecture, 'Advertising Dianetics-Propaganda-Push Buttons'. | |
| September 6, 1950 | Aesthetics | L. Ron Hubbard gives a lecture, 'Aesthetics'. | |
| August 16, 1950 | Affinity, Reality, Communication | L. Ron Hubbard gives a lecture, 'Affinity, Reality, Communication'. | |
| August 28, 1950 | Analytical Mind | L. Ron Hubbard gives a lecture, 'Analytical Mind'. | |
| November 25, 1950 | ARC and the Dynamics | L. Ron Hubbard gives a lecture, 'ARC and the Dynamics'. | |
| September 1, 1950 | Auditing a Blind Preclear | L. Ron Hubbard gives a lecture, 'Auditing a Blind Preclear'. | |
| December 19, 1950 | Chain Scanning | L. Ron Hubbard gives a lecture, 'Chain Scanning'. | |
| August 24, 1950 | Checking Perceptics | L. Ron Hubbard gives a lecture, 'Checking Perceptics' (orig title "Running Engrams and Step Three"). | |
| September 1, 1950 | Child Dianetics | L. Ron Hubbard gives a lecture, 'Child Dianetics'. | |
| February 18, 1954 | Church, Los Angeles, California. It, tax-exempt status | The first Church of Scientology is founded in Los Angeles, California. It is initially granted tax-exempt status. | |
| December 20, 1983 | Clearwater Police Department Report Number SR3.1 RA5b: "This, Australian Government, Los Angeles Consulate General Office. Mr. M | Clearwater Police Department Report Number SR3.1 RA5b: "This report is concerning conversations with police officials of the Australian Government, Los Angeles Consulate General Office. Mr. Millwird was inquiring about the Scientology organization and its practices. After a conversation concerning some Scientology activities, I, (Lt. Emmons), advised Mr. Millwird on what documents to obtain and where to get them. Most of these documents mentioned are public policies of the Scientology organization." | |
| December 1, 1998 | demonstrates, Kady O'Malley, Los Angeles airport | Scientology demonstrates against Kady O'Malley in the Los Angeles airport. | |
| August 22, 1950 | Demonstration of Getting a Case Moving | L. Ron Hubbard gives a lecture, 'Demonstration of Getting a Case Moving'. | |
| December 19, 1950 | Demonstration of Lock Scanning | L. Ron Hubbard gives a demonstration, 'Demonstration of Lock Scanning'. | |
| August 31, 1950 | Demonstration of Running Down a Chain | L. Ron Hubbard gives a lecture, 'Demonstration of Running Down a Chain'. | |
| August 18, 1950 | Denyers, Bouncers, Holders | L. Ron Hubbard gives a lecture, 'Denyers, Bouncers, Holders'. | |
| August 29, 1950 | Educational Dianetics | L. Ron Hubbard gives a lecture, 'Educational Dianetics'. | |
| August 21, 1995 | Elliot J. Abelson, Los Angeles, Church, Scientology, Shelley Thomson, e-zine **Biased Journalism**, Kim Baker, Scientologist, Ca | Elliot J. Abelson, a Los Angeles lawyer representing the Church of Scientology, sends snail mail letters to Shelley Thomson, editor of the e-zine **Biased Journalism**, and to Kim Baker, a former Scientologist in Cape Town, South Africa, who was then serving as a director of FACTnet. | |
| February 1, 1983 | Enid Vien, Church, Scientology's Flint, Michigan, mission, Church, Church, Los Angeles. In, letter, said, ''I, parishioners, sta | Enid Vien, director of the Church of Scientology's Flint, Michigan, mission, resigns from Church and sends a scathing letter to Church officials in Los Angeles. In her letter, she said, ''I can no longer support a church that bleeds its parishioners, abuses its staff, uses fear tactics to ensure everyone at least pretends to agree and engages upon coercive tactics to sew its missions up.'' Despite the criticism, Ms. Vien said she still believes in Scientology technology and in Scientology as applied religious philosophy. [Sometime in February 1983; exact date unknown.] | |
| November 30, 1950 | Foundation Plans | L. Ron Hubbard gives a lecture, 'Foundation Plans'. | |
| September 9, 1998 | Garry Scarff, Los Angeles | Garry Scarff, followed in Los Angeles | |
| August 31, 1950 | General Discussion of Auditing | L. Ron Hubbard gives a lecture, 'General Discussion of Auditing' (orig title "Engrams and parts of the mind"). | |
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