Each LA Council person represents 235,000 constituents while in most major cities the average council person represents 20 to 40,000. Many residents feel Los Angeles has grown too large, bureaucratic and unresponsive. Voters' common sense tells us that the closer we are to government, the more it represents us and therefore will be more responsive to our needs. We will see our hard-earned tax dollars spent on the kinds of projects we prefer and will have a greater assurance that interest groups will not usurp local government for their own benefit.
Smaller municipalities can tailor their services to their constituents.
Americans have historically supported the creation of smaller local governments. For the most glaring example, one need only look at the obvious tax revenue being produced by the many high quality residences and business establishments in the Valley. Also consider the thinly deploy police and fire services in the hillside communities, areas that generate a huge amount of city taxes. There is no need to decide now. These studies will answer all the public's questions about cityhood.