Maywood back on the brink of financial collapse

State auditors say staff at Maywood City Hall have been late with payments and failed to alleviate the city’s financial crisis for years.

(Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

May 13, 2016 10:51 AM PT

The 1.2-square-mile municipality of Maywood — one of the smallest in Los Angeles County — has amassed $16 million in debt it cannot repay, according to a state report.

The Maywood Building & Planning Department is closed at City Hall on May 12, 2016.

(Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

A customer walks out of May-Vern Liquor in Maywood. The city is back on the brink of financial collapse and struggling to find any kind of rescue plan.

(Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

A woman tends to a toddler in a stroller on a suburban street in Maywood. The 1.2-square-mile municipality — one of the smallest in Los Angeles County — has amassed $16 million in debt that it cannot repay, according to a state report.

(Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)