The Long Beach neighborhood of Island Village is considering a change of counties to become part of Seal Beach in Orange County. Sitting on a grassy walkway, Bradley DiMario polishes an 8-foot redwood surfboard he is making in Island Village. (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times)
Dave Bates walks along a path in Island Village in Long Beach. (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times)
Drew Downey, 6, left, and his friend Hayden Burke, also 6, play in one of the swimming pools in Island Village as Susan Madsen at left in background, chats with Burke’s mother. (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times)
Homes in Island Village form a tiny oasis between the Department of Water and Power energy plant and an oil field seen from Gum Grove Park in Seal Beach. (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times)
Island Village lies within Long Beach city limits but is almost entirely surrounded by Seal Beach. At a community meeting in August, residents decided to form a nine-member commission to do fact-finding and report back on the pros and cons of changing sides. (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times)
