In LA, 15 city council members from the San Fernando Valley to San Pedro control things.
BTW, it don't matter anymore if the inmates control the city from the 3000 block of Center Jail.
Fact is the city was used to massive tax revenues from decades...That revenue has been shrinking, the people and most businesses for the most part are broke, eating cheet, and have no mo money for them to confiscate.
I know and they know it too.