Vernon is a city five miles south of downtown Los Angeles. The population was 112 at the 2010 United States Census, the smallest of any incorporated city in the state. The city’s website says it has 1,800 businesses employing 55,000 people and touts itself as “Exclusively Industrial.” It has a history of political problems, and is now fighting disincorporation after city-government corruption was discovered.
A Film by John McDonald and Nina Schwanse