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Lakewood’s incorporation in 1954 was a daring experiment in community building that began with a commitment that thousands of Lakewood residents made. Lakewood’s incorporation in 1954 began a new era for local government in California and throughout the nation.
- The Lakewood Story
The Lakewood Story: History, Traditions, Values was begun in...
- Chapter 1: The story begins
The new city of Lakewood redefined the future of municipal...
- The Lakewood Story
In May 1953, a group of civic-minded citizens filed “Articles of Incorporation of the Lakewood Civic Council Inc.” with the Secretary of State, and following a year of legal and financial battles, residents voted on March 9, 1954, to incorporate as a city.
The anti-annexation (and later, the pro-incorporation) movement benefited from at least $70,000 in corporate funding, mostly from Lakewood’s developers, although both the Southern California Gas Company and Prudential Insurance had an interest in preventing annexation by Long Beach and may also have aided in financing the two campaigns.
Oct 30, 2018 · When the city of Lakewood was incorporated almost 50 years ago in 1969, it was a remarkable task of weaving a community together from neighborhoods with a strong sense of identity founded on decades of residents working together to build schools, lay pipelines or install other improvements for themselves.
Sep 4, 2008 · The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved the proposed incorporation Jan. 10, 1954, with one member declaring that one day Lakewood would be “showing us a thing or two about ...
The community became the first to incorporate in California since 1939. Until then, incorporation was difficult and expensive, requiring a new city to instantly provide police, fire, street maintenance and other essential services to its citizens.
