Effort for La Jolla to secede from San Diego gathers passes first hurdle NBC 7 San Diego [Video]

A community member-led effort for La Jolla to become its own city is moving on to the next step after volunteers collected thousands of signatures required to apply for a financial feasibility study. 

The Association for the City of La Jolla canvassed for six months in an attempt to gather the inked support of at least 25% of registered voters in the 92037 ZIP code. Now that the hurdle has been crossed, it plans to apply for a financial analysis through a state-backed organization called Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO) to discover if the split would work for both La Jolla and San Diego.

“I don’t think the city of San Diego really treasures La Jolla like they should do,” Andrew Perry, an art gallery owner in La Jolla who is in support of the neighborhood’s independence, told NBC 7. “I’m hoping that if we can form our own city, then we …