West coast families were San Francisco and San Jose, both now defunct, and Los Angeles, which only has a few remaining members who are either retired or answer to New York.

Dallas boss Joseph Civello was Carlos Marcello's guy (New Orleans). Dallas and Gavelston have a deep organized crime history, through Benny Binion and the Maceo family.

I started a thread on the Dallas family about a year ago where Giacomo and others provided great information.

http://www.gangsterbb.net/threads/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=923565