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On this date the residents of Lawndale voted to incorporate as a City within the county of Los Angeles. The main reason was stated in the Lawndale Report of October 1959, as “… to incorporate in order to forestall being gobbled up by surrounding communities through annexation.” Desired conditions for this community included “that there should be a retention of a low tax level through use of existing county services.”
Lawndale was one of the last cities to incorporate within the South Bay section of Los Angeles County. However, it’s pre-history dates back to a time when the surrounding area was inhabited by Indians known today as the Gabrielino/Tongva.
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