RBH
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« on: August 06, 2012, 02:17:57 PM » |
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just throwing this out there for your consideration
there's 7 cities and 3 CDP east of Los Angeles of 12823 to 126496 people. The cities are Bell, Bell Gardens, Commerce, Cudahy, Huntington Park, Maywood, South Gate and the CDP are East LA, Florence-Graham, and Walnut Park. The 5 largest cities/areas are East LA, South Gate, Florence-Graham, Huntington Park and Bell Gardens.
The combined population is 499931. Of those, 476239 are Hispanic (95.2%). Such a city would be the 5th largest in California (between San Francisco and Fresno). It'd be bordered by Los Angeles, Vernon, Monterey Park, Montebello, Downey, Lynwood, and Paramount
Obviously combining 10 entities at all, and combining entities with a reputation for corruption would be unlikely. That, and the issue of the debt and pensions owed by the former municipalities would be uncertain.
Another reality is that Vernon, CA avoided disincorporation by agreeing to pay out $60M to community programs in the surrounding cities involved in this idea.
So, what would be preferable, a bunch of smaller heavily Hispanic cities, or one large 95% Hispanic city right next to Los Angeles which includes the largest CDP (under the LA County banner) in the County?
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