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Article: San Marino cedes a borderline back yard to San Gabriel
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- Pasadena Star-News
- Article date:
- August 3, 2004
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SAN MARINO -- Many wars have been fought by nations seeking to
enlarge their territories, but San Marino officials plan to willingly
cede a small slice of their city to neighboring San Gabriel.
Once all the paperwork is completed, San Marino will be 9,440
square feet smaller.
The land in question is part of the backyard of a 1927 Spanish-
style cottage on San Gabriel's Vineyard Drive. The cottage itself and
the portion of the yard that abuts it are in San Gabriel, but the
rest of the yard lies inside San Marino's borders.
The administrator of the trust that owns the entire property has
filed an application with the Local Agency Formation Commission, the
county body that governs annexation ...