The study by LAFCO, the government agency that must approve suchbreakups, also confirmed what Valley secessionists have claimed for years:They pay a lot more in taxes than they get back in services from LA CityHall, which stands about an hour's drive away.
Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan and other opponents of splitting up LAdecried the study. "LAFCO is a very political source," Riordan says. "It'smade up of people who support secession."
The 370-page report says that Valley residents and businesses currently pay $68 million a year more in taxes than they get back in services such as police and fire protection, road construction and trash pick-up. Ironically, state law would require that Valley taxpayers would have to continue paying that $68 million annually through so-called municipal alimony if they're serious about divorcing themselves from LA.
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