Redundancy in LA County cities (Los Angeles, Glendale: city hall, neighborhoods, school districts)

[Mulholland]

Does anyone out there think there is too much redundancy in LA County cities? A lot of these cities are tiny and some less than two square miles (Maywood, Artesia, Huntington Park etc.). They aren't even large enough to support their own police and fire protection. What if some of these areas pulled off something similar to Santa Clarita and formed larger cities and then having neighborhoods in the new larger city follow the boundaries and have the same name as the former small city. I feel like these areas would be better off like that and not be declining. Thoughts?

[Cream1]

Size does not correlate with economic success. Bradbury and Westlake Village are two tiny cities that are doing well.

[IM90046]

Originally Posted by Mulholland

Does anyone out there think there is too much redundancy in LA County cities? A lot of these cities are tiny and some less than two square miles (Maywood, Artesia, Huntington Park etc.). They aren't even large enough to support their own police and fire protection. What if some of these areas pulled off something similar to Santa Clarita and formed larger cities and then having neighborhoods in the new larger city follow the boundaries and have the same name as the former small city. I feel like these areas would be better off like that and not be declining. Thoughts?

What the poster above said.
Weho is ~1.9 square miles, and extremely prosperous.
Plus, I like the tiny cities, they have distinct characteristics. I often feel Los Angeles is too big and would benefit from being broken up a bit, especially the school district, much much too large to thrive.

[munchitup]

Originally Posted by IM90046

What the poster above said.
Weho is ~1.9 square miles, and extremely prosperous.
Plus, I like the tiny cities, they have distinct characteristics. I often feel Los Angeles is too big and would benefit from being broken up a bit, especially the school district, much much too large to thrive.

I think Los Angeles should adopt something like the borough system. Something that works independent of city limits - Westside (includes Culver City, Beverly Hills, unincorporated Baldwin Hills/Ladera, Marina Del Rey), Central LA, South LA (includes, Vernon, Maywood, Inglewood, Maywood, Huntington Park, Bell, South Gate, Cudahy, Lynwood, Florence-Graham), Eastside (includes East LA), San Fernando Valley West, San Fernando Valley East (includes San Fernando and Burbank).

I doubt that the big, wealthy municipalities would go for this - that is why I left off Glendale, Santa Monica and Pasadena. It's pretty unlikely Beverly Hills would be into it, they are not interested in regional planning. Probably would also be hard to convince Burbank.

[disgruntled la native]

If it ain't broke

[genjy]

Many of these small cities are better off on their own.

If they were to merge and share the same funding, resource, and services, some areas might not get their fair shares.

[jm1982]

Having more small cities would probably be better.

City of L.A is huge but isn't run very well. City services leave a lot to be desired, and they clearly can't regulate many aspects of the city from City Hall.

[erin_elise_]

Originally Posted by munchitup

I think Los Angeles should adopt something like the borough system. Something that works independent of city limits - Westside (includes Culver City, Beverly Hills, unincorporated Baldwin Hills/Ladera, Marina Del Rey), Central LA, South LA (includes, Vernon, Maywood, Inglewood, Maywood, Huntington Park, Bell, South Gate, Cudahy, Lynwood, Florence-Graham), Eastside (includes East LA), San Fernando Valley West, San Fernando Valley East (includes San Fernando and Burbank).

I doubt that the big, wealthy municipalities would go for this - that is why I left off Glendale, Santa Monica and Pasadena. It's pretty unlikely Beverly Hills would be into it, they are not interested in regional planning. Probably would also be hard to convince Burbank.

Interesting. How does the borough system work actually?

[timtemtym]

Much more pressing than consolidating these small cities would be to get them their own school districts. A city hasn't broken away from LAUSD schools since Torrance did decades ago. Carson, SouthGate, Gardena, San Fernando, and many others would likely get better schools and raise property values if they weren't lumped in to the nation's second largest district. I'm always surprised Carson hasn't done this since it is large enough and middle class enough to do better.

[IM90046]

Originally Posted by disgruntled la native

If it ain't broke

isn't that the question...

I am also surprised Carson hasn't established their own school district, other than the school, seems family oriented to me. I think it was on their ballot a while ago.