La Jolla's secession effort is down to its last gasp

Driving the news: In March, proponents came up short of the 6,800 signatures needed — 25% of La Jolla's registered voters — to keep the multi-step secession process moving, but were granted a 15-day extension by the Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO), which oversees changes to jurisdictional boundaries.

• Earlier this month, the group celebrated turning in another 1,500 signatures, but Voice of San Diego reported Monday that that batch still leaves them 218 short.
• The debate around separating La Jolla goes back to the 1950s.

Yes, but: LAFCO isn't shutting the effort down yet. They say proponents can start digging back through signatures rejected by the Registrar of Voters to find some that could still be counted.

What's next: If they get enough signatures to make the ballot, a majority of La Jolla residents would need to approve the separation, and then a majority of citywide voters would need to do the same.