ity in his article on charter reform. He refers to the move toward reform at this time as a "rage to deconstruct Los Angeles" (Starr M1) because it includes a proposal to create neighborhood councils to govern regionally, as if the city were a pie and were cut up into a number of smaller entities, each with its own mini-government. Such an idea, says Starr, is revolutionary and would clearly represent a reverse trend from that which crated the city in the first place as different neighborhoods came together to form a single entity. Some claim that these smaller entities would only deal wit certain issues, but Starr points out that each grouping would likely become supreme in its own area within a short time:
Los Angeles might remain technically intact, it might even keep the San Fernando Valley; but it woul
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