1.   And feeling disenfranchised, parents have turned to campaigns like the West Pikeland secession effort.

2.   Articles ranged from the first Little League team in South Central Los Angeles to a San Fernando Valley secession effort.

3.   Butcher and Contreras agree on one thing -- working to fight the secession effort -- but in different ways.

4.   If Parks does back the secession efforts, it would be directly counter to the efforts by Hahn in campaigning to oppose the breakup.

5.   Indeed in the past few months, there has been little evidence of a groundswell of community support for renewed secession efforts in the valley.

6.   Leaders of the group said they want to piggyback onto secession efforts already under way in the Los Angeles.

7.   More recently, secession efforts have been lodged by communities in Boston, New York City and elsewhere.

8.   One of the issues in the Hollywood secession effort, for instance, is ownership of the famed HOLLYWOOD sign.

9.   San Fernando Valley civic leaders sharply criticized City Council President Alex Padilla on Thursday, accusing him of trying to sabotage secession efforts.

10.   Spivak said he doubted the concentration of tax dollars downtown would have much impact on secession efforts in the San Fernando Valley.