Editing South Tucson, Arizona (section)

==History==

In 1936, Tucson officials took steps to expand Tucson's boundaries by moving to annex the unincorporated area along south Sixth Avenue from 25th Street south to the Veterans Hospital, which was south of Tucson city limits.<ref name="McFarland">{{cite book|last=Devine|first=David|title=Tucson: A History of the Old Pueblo from the 1854 Gadsden Purchase|date=June 12, 2015|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0786497102}}</ref> Area auto court and other property owners on south Sixth Avenue objected, as they did not want to pay the higher business taxes imposed by Tucson or be subject to Tucson's building codes.<ref name="McFarland" /> As a recourse to prevent the annexation, south Sixth Avenue property owners submitted a petition to the Pima County Board of Supervisors asking for an incorporation election.<ref name="McFarland" /> On August 10, 1936, South Tucson residents voted 52 to 35 in favor of incorporation.<ref name="McFarland" /> In response, Tucson continued to require Tucson Water customers in South Tucson to obtain building permits from Tucson, or their water would be shut off.<ref name="McFarland" /> The South Tucson City Council responded by imposing a $500 annual franchise fee on Tucson Water, and the Tucson City Council retaliated by announcing that water service would be discontinued to South Tucson within 120 days.<ref name="McFarland" /> On January 18, 1938, 258 petition signatures from South Tucson residents were turned in to the Pima County Board of Supervisors, which dissolved South Tucson.<ref name="McFarland" /> Nonetheless, another incorporation drive was launched in South Tucson.<ref name="McFarland" /> On March 27, 1939, a second incorporation election was held and by a vote of 70 to 63, South Tucson was reincorporated.<ref name="McFarland" />

In 1956, Tucson Mayor Hummel called for South Tucson to join Tucson.<ref name="McFarland" /> After that invitation went unanswered, the Tucson City Council held a surprise meeting and annexed land all around South Tucson.<ref name="McFarland" /> Later, in the 1990s, Tucson agreed to transfer to South Tucson a 25-acre slice of land between South Tucson and Interstate 10 as South Tucson reached its current city size.<ref name="McFarland" />