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Pacific Palisades Can and Should Secede from Los Angeles

Episode length: 12m

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With Los Angeles consisting of nearly 4 million people, more than 400 residents are assigned to each LAPD officer, who works for a department that has an annual budget of about $2 billion. During the fires last year, an estimated more than 25% of emergency response equipment was broken.

All this begs the question: What happens to a neighborhood when it has become irrelevant to the city it is in?

Answer: They should start exploring de-annexing and fusion safety models for more cost-efficient emergency response services, argues Elaine Culotti in this special video commentary for The Daily Signal.

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Doug BlairMary Margaret OlohanRob BlueyVirginia Allen