HARBOR FOLLOWS VALLEY CITYHOOD PATH; PETITIONERS MEET GOAL IN SECOND BID FOR STUDY.Byline: Michael Coit Daily News Staff Writer The Harbor City secession secession, in art secession, in art, any of several associations of progressive artists, especially those in Munich, Berlin, and Vienna, who withdrew from the established academic societies or exhibitions. movement is poised to join the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. cityhood study, leaders said Tuesday after ending a petition drive that surpassed their goals and could bolster This article is about the pillow called a bolster. For other meanings of the word "bolster", see bolster (disambiguation). A bolster (etymology: Middle English, derived from Old English, and before that the Germanic word bulgstraz the chances of both efforts. But in Eagle Rock, leaders of the group Independent Eagle Rock said their effort fell short by the April 21 deadline, with only 3,500 signatures of the minimum 5,000 needed on a petition. ``We're disappointed, but I'm an optimist. I think that we planted a seed,'' said Pam Probst, the Eagle Rock group's leader. Leaders of HarborVote Inc. are confident their group collected enough signatures from registered voters to trigger a study in the San Pedro and Wilmington areas, likely to be included in the Valley cityhood study that hasn't started because the agency overseeing the process has yet to obtain funding. The Valley's petition qualified in March. In the Harbor City campaign that began in October and ended this week - at midnight Sunday - more than 17,500 signed, said Andrew Mardesich, a HarborVote leader and one of the chief petitioners. The group is comparing signatures with Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County voting rolls and will turn in the petitions by early June if 13,500 of the names check out as those of registered voters in the area. ``The numbers tell us that we're going to make our magic number,'' Mardesich said. The county registrar-recorder then must verify that the required 13,500 signed. A dispute over paying for verifying the petition stalled stall 1 n. 1. A compartment for one domestic animal in a barn or shed. 2. a. A booth, cubicle, or stand used by a vendor, as at a market. b. the Valley's bigger effort until the county Board of Supervisors The examples and perspective in this article or section may represent an unduly geographically limited view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. The Board of Supervisors is the body governing counties in the U.S. set aside enough funding for that and future petitions. HarborVote has relied almost entirely on volunteers, rather than paid signature gatherers, and is likely to have more than enough signatures to call for a cityhood study in its area, said Richard Close, board president for Valley Voters Organized Toward Empowerment em·pow·er tr.v. em·pow·ered, em·pow·er·ing, em·pow·ers 1. To invest with power, especially legal power or official authority. See Synonyms at authorize. 2. . ``I think the timing is great for us and great for them. It's going to be easier to get money from all levels,'' Close said. ``People will realize that it's not just a Valley thing, that it's something happening throughout the city.'' In the harbor area The Harbor Area is the area along the Port of Los Angeles. It contains neighborhoods of Los Angeles (including Wilmington & San Pedro). Los Angeles City neighborhoods in the Harbor Area
``This is just one more example of how a local land-use issue was sent to downtown L.A., where people who were not elected by the local community impacted, people who do not have to be affected by the decision-making, are pontificating to solve L.A. areawide problems on the backs of San Pedro again,'' he said. If incorporated, the new Harbor City would have a population of 130,000. But to succeed, any cityhood effort needs approval from a majority of voters in a citywide election. So the Valley and Harbor City efforts could fare better if they appear on the same ballot, campaign organizers said. ``That's why we have to work together,'' Mardesich said. ``Once the city of L.A. fragments one time, the balance of the populace will be hesitant hes·i·tant adj. Inclined or tending to hesitate. hes  i·tant·ly adv. to allow it to fragment any further in the
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