Signature Drive Concludes.Backers of cityhood for Hollywood Hollywood. 1 Community within the city of Los Angeles, S Calif., on the slopes of the Santa Monica Mts.; inc. 1903, consolidated with Los Angeles 1910. wrapped up a petition campaign that they hope will help them join two other areas in breaking away from 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. . Secessionists in Hollywood said they have collected signatures of more than 20,000 registered voters living within the boundaries of their proposed four-squre-mile city -- about 400 more than the 19,600 needed to trigger a government study of their plans. In all, leaders of Hollywood VOTE said, nearly 40,000 people signed the petition during a six-month collection period that ended last week. The group has another 60 days to turn in completed petitions to the L.A. County registrar-recorder's office for verification. Backers of breakaway break·a·way adj. 1. Designed to break, bend, or fall apart easily upon impact, especially to create an illusion, as with a theater prop, or for safety, as with a highway sign or barrier. 2. campaigns in 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. and the San Pedro-Wilmington area have already completed their petition drives to initiative studies of the economic feasibility of cityhood for the two areas. |
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