[CaliNative]

Originally Posted by sopas ej

And during the 1970s-1980s, people would refer to Santa Monica (somewhat derisively) as the "People's Republic of Santa Monica." Santa Monica was pretty progressive with its rent control policies and its attitude towards the homeless, among other things.

And yes, Los Angeles County needs better representation in terms of its Board of Supervisors. I remember reading somewhere back in the 1990s that by virtue of LA County being the most populated county in the whole US, and having only 5 Supervisors, for a locally elected government position, each Supervisor is in a very politically powerful position.

Each LA County Sup. Has about 3 times more constituents than a member of the U.S. House of Representatives. This is absurd. It makes them remote and indifferent to their constituents. There should be at least 15 Sups.