Cityhood for East LA?

     I think the phrase I saw was something like, "Local tax revenue being allocated for local needs."  Being in unincorporated L.A. county, the tax revenue generated in East L.A. goes into the county pot, where it can be spent by the Board of Supervisors anywhere in the county.  If they were a city, the tax revenue would stay in the city (just as Rosemead gets to keep its share of sales tax revenue generated within the city, plus a portion of the vehicle license fee for cars registered in the city, etc).

     As to whether that would mean more or less, that depends on how much tax revenue is generated locally and how much the county spends locally.  I guess their IFA report is supposed to produce that information, at which point they'll know whether they're a net giver or a net taker from the rest of the county.

The first question should be why is Sen Romero "meddling" in Sup Molina's backyard??? OK, OK, Sen Romero did put her political neck out with the unions and SOC against Walmart, and she has been paid back politically so to speak, as the Senate Majority Leader.  Yet, recall after recall, with the Senator and all her political know how behind SOC, many of those ballots were "invalidated" by the recorders' office.  I, as no doubt many of you readers, have occasionally taken the 4th St. bridge home from L.A., as an alternative to the congested freeway, which goes through Boyle Heights and ELA.  I was pleasantly surprised to see how well the streets, old Victorian and Craftman homes, and new buildings were kept.  This was not the case in the 70's.  Even the lake by the ELA Sheriffs' Dept has been drained, cleaned and beautifully rennovated.  So ELA doesn't think its getting enough of the "1 billion dollar County surplus" (most of which came from new development in unincorporated areas)?Anyone in the County will tell you that Sup Burke and Sup Molina get most of federal redevelopment money, and, for obvious reasons. IMHO, all "city-hood or incoporated" means to me is "just another layer of unwanted bureauracracy".   When Sup Molina terms out (this is her last term) and Sen Romero wants that seat, then go after it like a "lady", make an public annoucement.