{"pk":46713,"title":"Toward a Greater East Side: California Political Boundary Law and Southeast Los Angeles County","subtitle":null,"abstract":"My paper discusses the ineffectiveness of California state law to address socially inefficient municipal boundaries. By focusing on the recent struggles of a group of industrial suburbs in Southeast Los Angeles County that includes the City of Vernon, the paper demonstrates how a fragmented municipal topography worsens socioeconomic decline, hazardous land uses, and a lack of political accountability.  Next, I analyze California statutory and constitutional law on the subject, demonstrating its ineffectiveness in encouraging boundary modifications to address the inequities facing the communities of Southeast Los Angeles County. Finally, I suggest legislative and constitutional modifications to encourage greater political accountability and socioeconomic equity in California’s municipal topography.","language":"en","license":null,"keywords":[{"word":"Local Government Law,  Vernon, Bell, Municipal, Borders, LAFCO, Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Act, Regionalism, Consolidation, Disincorporation"}],"section":"Articles","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/5n80k1k2","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Ian","middle_name":"Flannigan","last_name":"Sprague","name_suffix":"","institution":"Columbia Law School","department":"None"}],"date_submitted":"2016-04-07T16:27:40-04:00","date_accepted":"2016-04-07T16:27:40-04:00","date_published":"2015-12-31T19:00:00-05:00","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/cjpp/article/46713/galley/35358/download/"}]}