The object of this article is to show the general lines of the reform of the local regime carried out in Spain across the Law 27/2013, of December 27, on rationalization and sustainability of the Local Administration. A reform brought on by the economic crisis that has made necessary a global analysis on the functioning of all the Public Administrations in order to reduce the public deficit and public expenditure, giving place to diverse structural reforms.
Keywords: Local reform, economic crisis, reduction of competence