1893
Dorland, C. P. “The Los Angeles River—its history and ownership,” Annual Publication of the Historical Society of Southern California, Los Angeles, vol. 3, no. 1, 1893, p. 31–35 (PDF available via Jstor)
1912
“Los Angeles, Cal.: Pollution of Streams,” Public Health Reports (1896-1970), vol. 27, no. 52, 1912, p. 2207–2208 (PDF available via Jstor)
1928
Mulholland, William, “Water supply of Los Angeles,” Journal (American Water Works Association), vol. 20, no. 4, 1928, p. 463–466 (PDF available via Jstor)
1947
Bowman, J. N., “The Names of the Los Angeles and San Gabriel Rivers,” The Quarterly: Historical Society of Southern California, Vol. 29, No. 2, p. 93-99 (PDF available via Jstor)
1979
Kahrl, William L., California Water Atlas, The Governor's Office of Planning and Research, G1526.C3 C3 1979 Library office (“River systems,” p. 6-10; “The Los Angeles water system,” p. 31-37)
1985
Morrish, William “The urban spring: formalizing the water system of Los Angeles,”in Seth McDowell (Editor), Water index : design strategies for drought, flooding and contamination, University of Virginia School of Architecture, NA9053.C6 W38 2016
1986
Winter. Mikesell, Stephen D., “The Los Angeles River bridges: a study in the bridge as a civic monument,” Southern California Quarterly, vol. 68, no. 4, 1986, p. 365–386 (PDF available via Jstor)
1989
Recreating the river : a prescription for Los Angeles, SCI-Arc, HE394.L674 R43 1989
1991
Van Wormer, Stephen R., “A history of flood control in the Los Angeles County drainage area,” Southern California Quarterly, vol. 73, no. 1, 1991, p. 55–94 (PDF available via Jstor)
1995
Mount, Jeffrey F., California rivers and streams : the conflict between fluvial process and land use, University of California Press, GB1225 .C3 M68 1995
1997
Gumprecht, Blake, “51 miles of concrete: the exploitation and transformation of the Los Angeles River,” Southern California Quarterly, vol. 79, no. 4, 1997, p. 431–486 (PDF available via Jstor)
1999
Gumprecht, Blake, The Los Angeles River : its life, death, and possible rebirth, Johns Hopkins University Press, F868.L8 G86 1999
2000
Deister, Ane D, “Environmental mediation strategies for success: summaries of two consensus-based cases—Florida's Ggrowth Management Act legislation and the Los Angeles River Watershed Task Force,” The Urban Lawyer, vol. 32, no. 1, 2000, p. 73–96 (PDF available via Jstor)
Hise, Greg, et al., Eden by design : the 1930 Olmsted-Bartholomew plan for the Los Angeles region, University of California Press, HT394 .L67 E34 2000
2001
Morrison, Patt, Río L.A. : tales from the Los Angeles River, Angel City Press, F868 .L8 M75 2001 (Revised edition, F868.L8 M75 2022)
2002
Hargreaves, George, L.A. River studio book, Harvard University, Graduate School of Design, Dept. of Landscape Architecture, F868. L8 H37 2002
2004
Orsi, Jared, Hazardous Metropolis : Flooding and Urban Ecology In Los Angeles, University of California Press, 2004 (ebook available via ProQuest Ebook Central)
2005
Gumprecht, Blake, “Who killed the L.A. River?” in Deverell, William & Greg Hise, Land of Sunshine : An Environmental History of Metropolitan Los Angeles, University of Pittsburgh Press, 2005 (ebook available via ProQuest Ebook Central)
Linton, Joe, Down by the Los Angeles River : Friends of the Los Angeles River's official guide, Wilderness Press, F868.L8 L5 2005
2007
City of Los Angeles, Los Angeles River Revitalization Master Plan (PDFs via CoLA)
Gandy, Matthew, “Tracing the Los Angeles River,” in The Fabric of Space : Water, Modernity, and the Urban Imagination, MIT Press, 2007 (Ebook available via ProQuest Ebook Central)
Gottlieb, Robert, “Re-Envisioning the Los Angeles River,” in Reinventing Los Angeles : Nature and Community in the Global City, MIT Press, 2007 (ebook available via ProQuest Ebook Central)
2008
Fletcher, David, “Flood control freakology: Los Angeles River watershed,” in Kazys Varnelis (Editor), The infrastructural city : networked ecologies in Los Angeles , The Los Angeles Forum for Architecture and Urban Design, HT168 .L8 I54 2008
2012
Palmer, Tim, Field guide to California's rivers, University of California Press, GB1225.C3 P348 2012
2013
Coates, Peter, “Los Angeles River,” in A Story of Six Rivers : History, Culture and Ecology, Reaktion Books, Limited, 2013 (Ebook available via ProQuest Ebook Central)
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles River Ecosystem Restoration Integrated Feasibility Report, Draft Volume 1: Integrated Feasibility Report , Draft Volume 2: Technical Appendices (PDFs available via City of Los Angeles Bureau of Engineering)
2016
City of Los Angeles, Reader’s guide for the L.A. River Ecosystem restoration project (Final Integrated Feasibility Report (IFR) which includes the Final Environmental Impact Statement / Environmental Impact Report) (PDF available via CoLA)
Deverell, William & Tom Sitton. Water and Los Angeles: a tale of three rivers, 1900-1941, University of California Press, HD4464.L7 D48 2016 (ebook also available via Jstor)
Sabbion, Paola, “Los Angeles River USA – Opportunities and Policies,” in Katia Perini & Paola Sabbion, Urban Sustainability and River Restoration : Green and Blue Infrastructure, John Wiley & Sons, 2016 (ebook available via ProQuest Ebook Central)
U.S. Dept. of the Interior & County of Los Angeles Dept. of Public Works, Los Angeles Basin Study (PDF available via USBR)
2018
Leher, Mia & Claire Lata, "The Los Angeles River : projects and perspectives from a private practice," in Thaïsa Way (Editor), River cities : city rivers, Dumbarton Oaks, GB1205 .D85 2018
