Should East Los Angeles, California incorporate into a city? (Santa Clarita: services, art)

[Vicman]

No, I am not referring to the eastern portion of the City of Los Angeles. I am referring to East Los Angeles, the unincorporated area east of Los Angeles.

Should it become a city? Some men in East L. A. have a movement for incorporation: Cityhood for East L.A. | It's Time.

East L. A. is unusual in that the U.S. Census Bureau defines it all as one community with over one million people.

[abstrak_tokatl]

i think everything is set up and it's just about ready to be it's own city.

[LALady]

Originally Posted by Vicman

No, I am not referring to the eastern portion of the City of Los Angeles. I am referring to East Los Angeles, the unincorporated area east of Los Angeles.

Should it become a city? Some men in East L. A. have a movement for incorporation: Cityhood for East L.A. | It's Time.

East L. A. is unusual in that the U.S. Census Bureau defines it all as one community with over one million people.

<shrug> if the people who live there wish it.

[Vicman]

Originally Posted by LALady

<shrug> if the people who live there wish it.

Hopefully cityhood should relieve the county in some aspects and allow for the people to have better municipal services.

[PureHapa]

Only if it is economically feasible. Now, it depends heavily on Los Angeles services such as police and fire departments, etc. It has a poor tax base and past attempts have failed basically because the area doesn't have the financial means to support cityhood.

[Vicman]

Originally Posted by PureHapa

Only if it is economically feasible. Now, it depends heavily on Los Angeles services such as police and fire departments, etc. It has a poor tax base and past attempts have failed basically because the area doesn't have the financial means to support cityhood.

You mean Los Angeles County, right? The area is not incorporated, and hence it has to have county services.

[EscapeCalifornia]

Even if they incorporated, they'd still probably contract with LA county sheriff and fire but then they'd have to pay for it.

[cre8]

Stole my thunder, here, as I thought about posting a thread on this very topic. I heard about it and wondered how incorporating might make a difference to East LA. Perhaps they're not getting local control to the degree they want. Running everything you want to do through the LA BOS must feel like Herculean tasks. Can't imagine the trouble.

Are there other examples in LA county where incorporating made a difference, i.e. Santa Clarita? Wasn't Santa Monica unincorporated at one time 40-50 years ago?

[PureHapa]

West Hollywood was just about to gain cityhood when I lived there in the 80's. Since I don't live there anymore I can't say whether it's improved or not.

The town I'd love to see gain cityhood but probably never will is San Pedro - so much potential down the freaking drain.

[EscapeCalifornia]

San Pedro is already part of City of Los Angeles. Becoming their own city would probably be a lot harder than incorporating an unincorporated area like ELA.