the san fernando valley tried to secede from los angeles in 2002.
the san fernando valley tried to secede from los angeles in 2002.
when did the san fernando valley try to secede from los angeles?
2002
in 1992, california gained seven additional seats following the census. a new 25th district was created in the santa clarita and antelope valleys in north los angeles county and the communities of chatsworth, granada hills, northridge, and porter ranch in the northwestern san fernando valley. mckeon was thus the first congressman to represent the new district. in the 2002 reapportionment, the san fernando valley and portions of the antelope valley were removed from the 25th district while inyo county, mono county, and about half of the land area within san bernardino county were added. the los angeles county portion of the district still includes the cities of santa clarita, palmdale, and part of the city of lancaster. in 2012, the california citizens redistricting commission drew new lines for the 25th district. the new district now only contains those previous held areas of los angeles county, adds parts of porter ranch and chatsworth in the san fernando valley, and expands into parts of ventura county, including most of simi valley.
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while most of the towns in the surrounding san fernando valley agreed to annexation by los angeles in the 1910s, eager to tap the bountiful water supply provided by the newly opened los angeles aqueduct, san fernando's abundant groundwater supplies allowed it to remain a separate city. in the first half of the 20th century after incorporation in 1911, the city of san fernando has tried to annex their city limits to sylmar, mission hills and pacoima, but the city of los angeles has kept up their rapid annexation and caused many failed attempts; and by the 1950's, the city said that annexation was hard to do, due to the large beaucracy of los angeles. they said that it can never be done again, unless someone makes a petition to la city neighborhoods to secede from la to join with san fernando in the far or near future. even as the san fernando valley transformed itself from an agricultural area to a suburban one in the decades after world war ii, san fernando retained its independence.
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