Editing Tecopa, California (section)

==Politics and government==
In the [[California State Legislature|state legislature]], Tecopa is in {{Representative|casd|8|fmt=sdistrict}},<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://senate.ca.gov/senators |title=Senators |access-date=April 11, 2013 |publisher=State of California}}</ref> and {{Representative|caad|26|fmt=adistrict}}.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://assembly.ca.gov/assemblymembers |title=Members Assembly |access-date=April 11, 2013 |publisher=State of California}}</ref>

Federally, Tecopa is in {{Representative|cacd|8|fmt=district}}.<ref>{{Cite GovTrack|CA|8|access-date=April 11, 2013}}</ref>

===Education===
Children in Tecopa attend schools operated by [[Death Valley Unified School District]]

===Library===
The Tecopa Branch Library, of the Inyo County Free Library provides internet access to community members who lack affordable internet.<ref>{{cite web |title=Library Branches {{!}} Inyo County California |url=https://www.inyocounty.us/services/inyo-county-free-library/library-branches |website=www.inyocounty.us |access-date=6 October 2022}}</ref>

===Public Safety===
Law enforcement services to Tecopa is provided by the  Inyo County Sheriff’s Office<ref>{{cite web |title=County Locations {{!}} Inyo County California |url=https://www.inyocounty.us/services/county-administrators-office/county-locations |website=www.inyocounty.us |access-date=6 October 2022}}</ref>

Fire fighting services is provided by Southern Inyo Fire Protection District, which is headquartered in Tecopa.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://5280fire.com/home/other-states-fire-apparatus-stations/california/southern-inyo-fire-protection-district/ | title=Southern Inyo Fire Protection District }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://usfiredept.com/southern-inyo-fire-protection-district-21568.html|title=Southern Inyo Fire Protection District &#124; Tecopa, CA|website=usfiredept.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=RE: Inyo County Grand Jury Report on School Fire Safety Inspection|publisher=Southern Inyo Fire Protection District|last=Flinchum|first=Robin|date=27 July 2022|access-date=30 June 2024|archive-date=21 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221121063133/https://www.inyo.courts.ca.gov/system/files/general/2022-county-inyo-grand-jury-response-so-inyo-fire-dist.pdf|url=https://www.inyo.courts.ca.gov/system/files/general/2022-county-inyo-grand-jury-response-so-inyo-fire-dist.pdf}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Welcome |url=https://southerninyofire.wordpress.com/home/ |website=Southern Inyo Fire Protection District |access-date=23 February 2023 |language=en |date=29 September 2010}}</ref>

===Cemetery===
Cemetery services in Tecopa are managed by the Tecopa Cemetery District since February 2022<ref>{{cite web |title=GCC : Tecopa Cemetery District (2021) < Special Districts |url=https://publicpay.ca.gov/Reports/SpecialDistricts/SpecialDistrict.aspx?entityid=621&year=2021&rpt=0 |website=publicpay.ca.gov |access-date=4 July 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, COUNTY OF INYO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, APPOINTING INTERESTED INDIVIDUALS TO THE GOVERNING BOARD OF THE TECOPA CEMETERY DISTRICT AND DIVESTING ITS AUTHORITY AS THE GOVERNING BOARD OF THE TECOPA CEMETERY DISTRICT |url=https://civicclerk.blob.core.windows.net/stream/INYOCOCA/3ae31845-e990-4e4e-b336-decf02293860.pdf?sv=2021-10-04&st=2023-05-04T18%3A04%3A47Z&se=2024-05-04T18%3A09%3A47Z&sr=b&sp=r&sig=yLC7H2A2x4mU%2FvfooZEAEfCf21kzQat2FXPmZSuSX54%3D |website=Inyo County Board of Supervisors |publisher=Inyo County |access-date=4 July 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Minutes February 22, 2022 |url=https://www.inyocounty.us/sites/default/files/2022-03/20220222Minutes.pdf |website=Inyo county Board of supervisors |publisher=inyo county |access-date=4 July 2023}}</ref>

===In popular culture===
Tecopa was the subject of an article by [[John Gregory Dunne]] published in the ''Saturday Evening Post'' and reprinted in Dunne's book, ''Quintana & Friends'', published by Dutton in 1978.