In this article, the New York Times, with a bureau in the neighborhood recently renamed, considers what (or who) might function as the authoritative determination of place names for neighborhoods.
Meanwhile, in Los Angeles, the Los Angeles Times themselves provide the authoritative source of neighborhoods in LA [1], through an extensive project incorporating local feedback and years of their employees' experience covering stories around LA county.
Meanwhile, in Los Angeles, the Los Angeles Times themselves provide the authoritative source of neighborhoods in LA [1], through an extensive project incorporating local feedback and years of their employees' experience covering stories around LA county.
[1] http://maps.latimes.com/neighborhoods/