Looks like reading isn't exactly your strong point either so I guess you'll fit right in. The entire discussion isn't about whether or not there are Mafia members still around in a city like Los Angeles or New Orleans or Tampa. The discussion is whether the borgatas that called these cities their home are still - like TonyG states above - "organized, functioning criminal enterprises". And it's clear as day that they aren't.

And we can extend this to people calling Tommy Gambino a "LCN boss or underboss". The boss of what exactly? Does he have people running rackets in Los Angeles that are kicking up to him? As far as anyone of us can see he doesn't. If you wanna go and state that he's part of the Mafia by virtue of his family ties then have a go at it, but can you truthfully say that he's the "crime boss" of an "organized, functioning active criminal enterprise" (which whether you like it or not, is exactly what the papers mean whenever they throw around the term "Mafia")? Nothing seems to point in that direction and on the contrary everything seems to point in the direction that Tommy Gambino is a successful businessman running a legit business.