The dust has finally settled, and mounds of paperwork have been filed in the recycling bin. Realignment is a necessary evil for high school sports. It causes much grief among coaches and athletic directors who fight and plead to stay status quo, or who want to move down a division to enhance their competitive chances. There is always a hint of lawsuits when schools feel pushed to go where they don't want to go, which has now become part of the litigation era of high school sports.
Growth is the primary reason for realignment.
The section is the fastest growing in California with an average increase of 6,500 high school students each fall. I've taken a tremendous amount of heat on realignment. No, but it's pretty good. I leagues in Sacramento, there are now two, and they appear better than ever from a competitive standpoint. The Metro League is no longer strictly a city league.