Maywood history:

Maywood is a small working class city in Los Angeles County, California, with a population of over 30,000. At 1.14 square miles, Maywood is the third-smallest incorporated city in Los Angeles County. As of July 1, 2010, Maywood became the first municipality in California and perhaps anywhere, to dismantle its police department, lay off all city employees, except for the city manager, city attorney and elected officials, and contract with outside agencies for provision of all municipal services, historically, a move apparently unprecedented among California cities. Maywood is now billing itself as the first American city to outsource all of its city services.

Maywood is located at 33°59′16″N 118°11′12″W / 33.98778°N 118.18667°W / 33.98778; -118.18667 (33.987864, -118.186553).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 3.1 km² (1.2 mi²), all land.

It is 8 miles (13 km) southeast from Downtown Los Angeles Financial District and only 2 miles (3.2 km) miles east of the Los Angeles city limit on Slauson Ave and Alamada St in the Central-Alameda neighborhood. Maywood is part of the Gateway Cities region of southeastern Los Angeles County area. Maywood is bordered by the city of Bell on the south, Vernon on the north and west, Huntington Park on the southwest, and Commerce on the east.

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