SMART ALECK

The question Oct. 19: Gov. Pete Wilson has signed a bill into law that makes it easier for areas of cities to secede. If the San Fernando Valley secedes from Los Angeles, what do you think should be the new city’s name?

“Like, California” as in, when you ask residents where they are from, they can say, “Like, California”--just like they do now.

Tom Addy

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Good Riddance, Calif.

Scoop

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Lost Angeles.

Edward Dinohead

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Call it “Less Angeles.”

Maggie Ritchey

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San Secedro for the Valley.

But why not change both cities’ names? L.A. can become Sans Fernando.

Jim DeLuise

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Nada Vista--due to air quality.

SMTHENELL@aol.com

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Mulholland. He might be viewed as the antichrist by our northern neighbors, but is the person who made it possible for the SFV to become a city.

Brian Gourlay

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N.A.--short for “Not Angeles” if you’re from the Valley, and “Not Applicable” if you are from L.A.

Eric Hurwitz

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Splitsville.

Richard W. Coy

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Splat--for “Smog and Pollution of Los Angeles Tenfold.”

Gregory L. Rockmael

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The following suggestions are from fifth-graders at O’Melvany Elementary School in San Fernando:

Spin City (Matthew Coronado)

San Fernando Valley #2 (Michael Cruz)

Valley of the Tigers (Tony Veloz Jr.)

The Angel City (Erica Castillo)