Is it true that the Los Angeles Mafia controls the mobs in both San Francisco and San Jose?

I thought the Chicago Mob controlled everything west of chicago thats was it was back in the days of Joe Accardo.

Chicago, being the second most powerful city after New York, had a seat on the Commission, and this was also used to hear the affairs of Cleveland, Milwaukee and Kansas City. Chicago then took these points to a Commission meeting or to the only Boss that would meet outsiders - Tony Salerno.

Sources: Five Families, by Selwyn Raab.
Rick Porello, American Mafia site.



It was also said that Tony Salerno helped iron out a problem with the Cleveland leadership, with 2 gangsters, one being John "Peanuts" Tronolone, meeting Salerno in New York at his Palma Boys Social Club.
Can the Salerno - Cleveland situation be verified as fact?

Los Angeles, San Francisco, and San Jose all had their own families at one time. San Francisco and San Jose are now extinct. There isn't much left of the Los Angeles family either. About 10 members at most remaining.

Traditionally, the Outfit has represented all families west of Chicago while the Genovese family has represented families east of Chicago (i.e. the Buffalo, New England, New Jersey, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, and Detroit) That is why the delegation from Cleveland met with Fat Tony Salerno at the Palma Boys Social Club in Harlem. Their conversation, which was recorded by an FBI bug, covered a number of things, including who they wanted to be the next president of the Teamsters Union.

Of course, this is all largely in the past. The Commission hasn't been national in scope since the 1950's and, over the years, became smaller and smaller until it was basically just the New York families. And the last Commission meeting between them was in 1999 or 2000.