There's no doubt Chicago had a vested interest in either having a solid crew in LA or an organization there closely connected to them. It's an interesting contrast to New York, who just sought to do business there and have LA's existing crime lords play a supporting role.
"...the successful annihilation of organized crime's subculture in America would rock the 'legitimate' world's foundation, which would ultimately force fundamental social changes and redistributions of wealth and power in this country. Meyer Lansky's dream was to bond the two worlds together so that one could not survive without the other." - Dan E. Moldea
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