Los Angeles County, California

County of Los Angeles
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Country	United States
State	California
Region	Southern California
Metro area	Los Angeles metropolitan area
Incorporated	1850
Named for	Named for the city of Los Angeles
County seat	Los Angeles
Incorporated cities	88
Government
• Chief Executive Officer	William T Fujioka
• Board of Supervisors	Supervisors Gloria Molina Mark Ridley-Thomas Zev Yaroslavsky Don Knabe Michael D. Antonovich
Area
• Total	4,752.32 sq mi (12,308.5 km2)
• Land	4,060.87 sq mi (10,517.6 km2)
• Water	691.45 sq mi (1,790.8 km2)
Highest elevation[1]	10,068 ft (3,069 m)
Lowest elevation[2]	0 ft (0 m)
Population
• Total	9,818,605
• Density	2,066.1/sq mi (797.7/km2)
Time zone	Pacific Standard Time (UTC−8)
• Summer (DST)	Pacific Daylight Time (UTC−7)
ZIP Code	90001-90899, 91001-93599
Area code(s)	213, 310, 323, 424, 562, 626, 661, 818
Website	lacounty.gov

Los Angeles County (incorporated as the County of Los Angeles)^[3] is a county in the U.S. state of California. As of 2010 U.S. Census, the county had a population of 9,818,605, making it the most populous county in the United States. Los Angeles County alone is more populous than 42 individual U.S. states. The county seat is the city of Los Angeles, the largest city in California and the second-largest city in the United States (after New York City).

Los Angeles County also includes two offshore islands, San Clemente Island and Santa Catalina Island.The county is home to 88 incorporated cities and many unincorporated areas. At 4,083 square miles (10,570 km²), it is larger than the combined areas of the states of Rhode Island and Delaware.

The county is home to over a quarter of all California residents. One of the most diverse counties in the country, the county is home to the nation's largest urban Native American population.^[4] Within its boundaries are most of the principal cities composing the Los Angeles metropolitan area, and is the core of the five counties that make up the Greater Los Angeles Area.

Contents 1 History 2 Geography 2.1 Major divisions of the county 2.2 Cities 2.3 Unincorporated areas in Los Angeles County 2.4 Census-designated places 2.5 Communities not census-designated 2.6 Adjacent counties 2.7 National protected areas 3 Transportation infrastructure 3.1 Roads 3.1.1 Major highways 3.2 Air 3.3 Train 3.4 Sea 4 Economy 5 Demographics 5.1 2010 5.2 2000 6 Housing 7 Law, government and politics 7.1 Politics 7.2 Legal system 7.3 Seal 8 Crime statistics 9 Federal investigation 10 Education 10.1 Colleges and universities 11 Religion 12 Sites of interest 12.1 Museums 12.2 Entertainment 12.3 Music venues 12.4 Amusement parks 12.5 Other attractions 12.6 Other areas 13 Lakes and reservoirs 14 See also 15 References 16 External links

History

Los Angeles County was one of the original counties of California, created at the time of statehood in 1850.^[5] The county's large area included parts of what is now Kern County, San Bernardino County, Riverside County and Orange County. These parts of the county's territory were given to San Bernardino County in 1853, to Kern County in 1866 and to Orange County in 1889. In 1893, part of San Bernardino County became Riverside County.

Geography

According to the 2000 census, the county has a total area of 4,752.32 square miles (12,308.5 km²), of which 4,060.87 square miles (10,517.6 km²) (or 85.45%) is land and 691.45 square miles (1,790.8 km²) (or 14.55%) is water.^[6] Los Angeles County borders 70 miles (110 km) of coast on the Pacific Ocean and encompasses towering mountain ranges, deep valleys, forests, islands, lakes, rivers, and desert. The Los Angeles River, Rio Hondo, the San Gabriel River and the Santa Clara River flow in Los Angeles County, while the primary mountain ranges are the Santa Monica Mountains and the San Gabriel Mountains. The western extent of the Mojave Desert begins in the Antelope Valley, in the northeastern part of the county. Most of the population of Los Angeles County is located in the south and southwest, with major population centers in the Los Angeles Basin, San Fernando Valley and San Gabriel Valley. Other population centers are found in the Santa Clarita Valley, Crescenta Valley and Antelope Valley.

The county is divided west-to-east by the rugged San Gabriel Mountains, filled with coniferous forests and subject to plentiful snowfall in the winter. The San Gabriel Mountains are part of the Transverse Ranges of southern California, and are contained mostly within the Angeles National Forest. Most of the highest peaks in the county are located in the San Gabriel Mountains, including Mount San Antonio (10,068 ft) at the Los Angeles-San Bernardino county lines, Mount Baden-Powell (9,399 ft), Mount Burnham (8,997 ft), and the well-known Mount Wilson (5,710 ft) where the Mount Wilson Observatory is located. Several smaller, lower mountains are located in the northern, western, and southwestern parts of the county, including the San Emigdio Mountains, the southernmost part of Tehachapi Mountains, and the Sierra Pelona Mountains.

Major divisions of the county

• East: Eastside, San Gabriel Valley, Pomona Valley
• West: Westside, Beach Cities
• South: South Bay, Palos Verdes Peninsula, South Los Angeles, Gateway Cities
• North: San Fernando Valley, portions of the Conejo Valley, portions of the Antelope Valley and Santa Clarita Valley
• Central: Downtown Los Angeles, Mid-Wilshire

Cities

There are 88 incorporated cities in Los Angeles County. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the most populous are: ^[7]

1. Los Angeles 3,792,621 2. Long Beach 462,257 3. Glendale 191,719 4. Santa Clarita 176,320 5. Lancaster 156,633

6. Palmdale 152,750 7. Pomona 149,058 8. Torrance 145,438 9. Pasadena 137,122 10. El Monte 113,475

11. Downey 111,772 12. Inglewood 109,673 13. West Covina 106,098 14. Norwalk 105,549 15. Burbank 103,340

Unincorporated areas in Los Angeles County

Despite the large number of incorporated cities, most of the area of the county is unincorporated, and falls directly under the county government's jurisdiction. With no city government, residents of these areas must petition the appropriate member of the Board of Supervisors when they have a grievance about the quality of local services.

Census-designated places

Acton Agua Dulce Alondra Park Altadena Avocado Heights Castaic Charter Oak Citrus Del Aire Desert View Highlands East Racho Dominguez East La Mirada East Los Angeles

East Pasadena East San Gabriel Florence-Graham Hacienda Heights La Crescenta-Montrose Ladera Heights Lake Hughes Lake Los Angeles Lennox Leona Valley Littlerock Marina del Rey Mayflower Village

North El Monte Quartz Hill Rowland Heights Stevenson Ranch South San Gabriel South San Jose Hills South Whittier Topanga Val Verde Valinda View Park-Windsor Hills Vincent

Walnut Park West Athens West Carson West Rancho Dominguez West Puente Valley West Whittier-Los Nietos Westmont Willowbrook

Communities not census-designated

Academy Hill Agoura Antelope Acres Athens Bassett Big Mountain Ridge Big Pines

Big Rock Bouquet Canyon Castaic Junction Del Sur Del Valle

Gorman Juniper Hills Llano Pearblossom

Kinneloa Mesa Two Harbors Valyermo Centennial(planned for 70,000).[8]

See: Los Angeles Almanac MAP: Unincorporated Areas and Communities of Los Angeles County

Adjacent counties

National protected areas

• Angeles National Forest (part)
• Los Padres National Forest (part)
• Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area (part)

Transportation infrastructure

Roads

The county has an extensive freeway network of legendary size and complexity, which is maintained by Caltrans and patrolled by the California Highway Patrol. It also has a vast urban and suburban street network, most of which is maintained by city governments. The county and most cities generally do a decent job of maintaining and cleaning streets. For more information about the primary exception, see the Transportation in Los Angeles article.

Both the freeways and streets are notorious for severe traffic congestion, and the area's freeway-to-freeway interchanges regularly rank among the top 10 most congested points in the country.

In addition to Metro Bus service, numerous cities within the county also operate their own bus companies and shuttle lines.

Major highways

Interstate 5 Interstate 105 Interstate 405 Interstate 605 Interstate 10 Interstate 110 Interstate 210 Interstate 710 U.S. Route 101

State Route 1 State Route 2 State Route 14 State Route 18 State Route 19 State Route 39 State Route 47 State Route 57 State Route 60

State Route 66 State Route 71 State Route 90 State Route 91 State Route 110 State Route 134 State Route 138 State Route 170 State Route 210

Air

Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), located in the Westchester district, is the primary commercial airport for commercial airlines in the county and the Greater Los Angeles Area. LAX is operated by Los Angeles World Airports, an agency of the City of Los Angeles. Other important commercial airports in Los Angeles County include:

• Long Beach Municipal Airport operated by the City of Long Beach
• Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, operated by the Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority
• LA/Palmdale Regional Airport in Palmdale, also operated by Los Angeles World Airports. Palmdale Airport is planned for expanded commercial service to serve the Antelope Valley. The airport is a separate facility on the grounds of Air Force Plant 42.

The following general aviation airports also are located in Los Angeles County:

County operated airports (Department of Public Works, Aviation Division)

• Compton/Woodley Airport in Compton
• El Monte Airport in El Monte
• Brackett Field in La Verne
• Whiteman Airport in Pacoima
• General William J. Fox Airfield in Lancaster

City operated airports

• Van Nuys Airport in Van Nuys, also operated by LAWA. Van Nuys Airport sees significant executive jet air traffic.
• Santa Monica Airport in Santa Monica, which also has major executive jet traffic.
• Hawthorne Municipal Airport, also known as Jack Northrop Field, in Hawthorne
• Zamperini Field in Torrance

The U.S. Air Force also has two airports in Los Angeles County:

• Portions of Edwards Air Force Base, located at the northern edge of the county, and
• Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, sharing runways with LA/Palmdale Regional.

Train

Los Angeles is a major freight railroad transportation center, largely due to the large volumes of freight moving in and out of the county's port facilities. The ports are connected to the downtown rail yards and to the main lines of Union Pacific and Burlington Northern Santa Fe headed east via a grade-separated, freight rail corridor known as the Alameda Corridor.

Passenger rail service is provided in the county by Amtrak, Los Angeles Metro Rail and Metrolink.

Amtrak has the following intercity Amtrak service at Union Station in the city of Los Angeles.

• The Pacific Surfliner to Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, and San Diego.
• The Coast Starlight to Seattle
• The Southwest Chief to Chicago
• The Sunset Limited to New Orleans and Orlando

Union Station is also the primary hub for Metrolink commuter rail, which serves much of the Greater Los Angeles Area.

Light rail, subway (heavy rail), and long-distance bus service are all provided by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro).

Sea

The county's two main seaports are the Port of Los Angeles and the Port of Long Beach. Together they handle over a quarter of all container traffic entering the United States, making the complex the largest and most important port in the country, and the third-largest port in the world by shipping volume.

The Port of Los Angeles is the largest cruise ship center on the West Coast, handling more than 1 million passengers annually.

The Port of Long Beach is home to the Sea Launch program, which uses a floating launch platform to insert payloads into orbits that would be difficult to attain from existing land-based launch sites.

Ferries link the Catalina Island city of Avalon to the mainland.

Economy

Los Angeles County is commonly associated with the entertainment industry; all six major film studios—Paramount Pictures, 20th Century Fox, Sony, Warner Bros., Universal Pictures, and Walt Disney Studios—are located within the county. Beyond motion picture and television program production, other major industries of Los Angeles County are international trade supported by the Port of Los Angeles and the Port of Long Beach, music recording and production, aerospace, and professional services such as law and medicine.

The following major companies have headquarters in Los Angeles County:

Cerritos CareMore Isuzu Motors America Memorex RazorUSA La Mirada Makita

Monrovia Trader Joe's Palmdale Delta Scientific Santa Clarita Princess Cruise Lines Honda Racing

Thousand Oaks[9][10] J.D. Power and Associates Torrance American Honda Motor Co. Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. Inc. Westlake Village Dole Food Company[11] Unincorporated areas ICANN (Marina del Rey)

Demographics

Historical populations
Census	Pop.		%±
1850	3,530		—
1860	11,333		221.0%
1870	15,309		35.1%
1880	33,381		118.0%
1890	101,454		203.9%
1900	170,298		67.9%
1910	504,131		196.0%
1920	936,455		85.8%
1930	2,208,492		135.8%
1940	2,785,643		26.1%
1950	4,151,687		49.0%
1960	6,038,771		45.5%
1970	7,041,980		16.6%
1980	7,477,421		6.2%
1990	8,863,164		18.5%
2000	9,519,338		7.4%
2010	9,818,605		3.1%

2010

The 2010 United States Census reported that Los Angeles County had a population of 9,818,605. The racial makeup of Los Angeles County was 4,936,599 (50.3%) White, 856,874 (8.7%) African American, 72,828 (0.7%) Native American, 1,346,865 (13.7%) Asian (4.0% Chinese, 3.3% Filipino, 2.2% Korean, 1.0% Japanese, 0.9% Vietnamese, 0.8% Indian, 0.3% Cambodian, 0.3% Thai, 0.1% Pakistani), 26,094 (0.3%) Pacific Islander (0.1% Samoan), 2,140,632 (21.8%) from other races, and 438,713 (4.5%) from two or more races.

Non-Hispanic whites were 27.8% of the population,^[12] compared to 80.5% in 1960.^[13] Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4,687,889 persons (47.7%); 35.8% of Los Angeles County is Mexican, 3.7% Salvadoran, 2.2% Guatemalan, 0.5% Puerto Rican, 0.4% Cuban, 0.4% Honduran, 0.4% Nicaraguan, 0.3% Peruvian, 0.3% Colombian, and 0.2% Ecuadorian.^[14]

The County	Total Population	White	African American	Native American	Asian	Pacific Islander	other races	two or more races	Hispanic or Latino (of any race)
Los Angeles County	9,818,605	4,936,599	856,874	72,828	1,346,865	26,094	2,140,632	438,713	4,687,889
	100%	50.3%	8.7%	0.7%	13.7%	0.3%	21.8%	4.5%	47.7%
Incorporated city	Total Population	White	African American	Native American	Asian	Pacific Islander	other races	two or more races	Hispanic or Latino (of any race)
Agoura Hills	20,330	17,147	267	51	1,521	24	590	730	1,936
Alhambra	83,089	23,521	1,281	538	43,957	81	10,805	2,906	28,582
Arcadia	56,364	18,191	681	186	33,353	16	2,352	1,585	6,799
Artesia	16,522	6,446	589	94	6,131	40	2,630	592	5,910
Avalon	3,728	2,313	20	22	49	13	1,137	174	2,079
Azusa	46,361	26,715	1,499	562	4,054	87	11,270	2,174	31,328
Baldwin Park	75,390	33,119	913	674	10,696	85	27,079	2,824	60,403
Bell	35,477	19,098	337	315	259	8	13,899	1,561	33,028
Bell Gardens	42,072	20,824	377	476	261	37	18,787	1,310	40,271
Bellflower	76,616	32,337	10,760	731	8,865	615	19,732	3,576	40,085
Beverly Hills	34,109	28,112	746	48	3,032	12	485	1,674	1,941
Bradbury	1,048	652	22	4	276	0	59	35	218
Burbank	103,340	75,167	2,600	486	12,007	89	7,999	4,992	25,310
Calabasas	23,058	19,341	375	48	1,993	8	368	925	1,481
Carson	91,714	21,864	21,856	518	23,522	2,386	17,151	4,417	35,417
Cerritos	49,041	11,341	3,388	131	30,363	138	1,822	1,858	5,883
Claremont	34,926	24,666	1,651	172	4,564	38	2,015	1,820	6,919
Commerce	12,823	6,930	96	161	140	9	4,886	601	12,114
Compton	96,455	24,942	31,688	655	292	718	34,914	3,246	62,669
Covina	47,796	27,937	2,013	532	5,684	104	9,230	2,296	25,030
Cudahy	23,805	11,708	333	246	137	24	10,339	1,018	22,850
Culver City	38,883	23,450	3,694	191	5,742	81	3,364	2,361	9,025
Diamond Bar	55,544	18,434	2,288	178	29,144	106	3,237	2,157	11,138
Downey	111,772	63,255	4,329	820	7,804	221	30,797	4,546	78,996
Duarte	21,321	11,076	1,587	179	3,361	26	4,108	984	10,190
El Monte	113,475	44,058	870	1,083	28,503	131	35,205	3,625	78,317
El Segundo	16,654	12,997	337	68	1,458	38	799	957	2,609
Gardena	58,829	14,498	14,352	348	15,400	426	11,136	2,669	22,151
Glendale	191,719	136,226	2,573	531	31,434	122	12,146	8,687	33,414
Glendora	50,073	37,582	930	345	3,999	52	4,756	2,409	15,348
Hawaiian Gardens	14,254	6,477	546	178	1,513	57	4,929	554	11,010
Hawthorne	84,293	27,678	23,385	565	5,642	974	22,127	3,922	44,572
Hermosa Beach	19,506	16,928	229	49	1,111	46	325	818	1,632
Hidden Hills	1,856	1,713	37	3	42	1	30	30	123
Huntington Park	58,114	29,776	440	752	393	28	24,535	2,190	56,445
Industry	219	129	1	0	18	0	63	8	115
Inglewood	109,673	25,562	48,164	751	1,484	350	28,860	4,502	55,449
Irwindale	1,422	833	12	29	34	8	448	58	1,288
La Cañada Flintridge	20,246	13,959	109	24	5,214	5	245	690	1,267
La Habra Heights	5,325	3,855	47	26	841	6	333	217	1,254
La Mirada	48,527	29,462	1,099	394	8,650	142	6,670	2,110	19,272
La Puente	39,816	19,658	558	430	3,356	42	14,316	1,456	33,896
La Verne	31,063	23,057	1,065	265	2,381	61	2,822	1,412	9,635
Lakewood	80,048	44,820	6,973	564	13,115	744	9,249	4,583	24,101
Lancaster	156,633	77,734	32,083	1,519	6,810	362	29,728	8,397	59,596
Lawndale	32,769	14,274	3,320	301	3,269	367	9,374	1,864	20,002
Lomita	20,256	11,987	1,075	174	2,923	140	2,680	1,277	6,652
Long Beach	462,257	213,066	62,603	3,458	59,496	5,253	93,930	24,451	188,412
Los Angeles	3,792,621	1,888,158	365,118	28,215	426,959	5,577	902,959	175,635	1,838,822
Lynwood	69,772	27,444	7,168	464	457	206	31,652	2,381	60,452
Malibu	12,645	11,565	148	20	328	15	182	387	769
Manhattan Beach	35,135	29,686	290	59	3,023	49	409	1,619	2,440
Maywood	27,395	14,244	166	208	87	20	11,495	1,175	26,696
Monrovia	36,590	21,932	2,500	279	4,107	76	5,818	1,878	14,043
Montebello	62,500	33,633	567	634	6,850	58	18,431	2,327	49,578
Monterey Park	60,269	11,680	252	242	40,301	28	6,022	1,744	16,218
Norwalk	105,549	52,089	4,593	1,213	12,700	431	29,954	4,569	74,041
Palmdale	152,750	74,901	22,677	1,316	6,548	335	38,773	8,200	83,097
Palos Verdes Estates	13,438	10,346	161	21	2,322	8	94	486	631
Paramount	54,098	22,988	6,334	440	1,629	419	20,023	2,265	42,547
Pasadena	137,122	76,550	14,650	827	19,595	134	18,675	6,691	46,174
Pico Rivera	62,942	37,411	602	871	1,614	42	20,069	2,333	57,400
Pomona	149,058	71,564	10,924	1,763	12,688	282	45,171	6,666	105,135
Rancho Palos Verdes	41,643	25,698	1,015	80	12,077	41	748	1,984	3,556
Redondo Beach	66,748	49,805	1,852	291	8,004	199	2,725	3,872	10,142
Rolling Hills	1,860	1,437	29	5	303	2	24	60	102
Rolling Hills Estates	8,067	5,463	109	19	2,007	8	120	341	499
Rosemead	53,764	11,348	273	396	32,617	32	7,940	1,158	18,147
San Dimas	33,371	24,038	1,084	233	3,496	48	2,828	1,644	10,491
San Fernando	23,645	12,068	222	314	248	33	9,877	883	21,867
San Gabriel	39,718	10,076	388	220	24,091	43	3,762	1,138	10,189
San Marino	13,147	5,434	55	5	7,039	2	198	414	855
Santa Clarita	176,320	125,005	5,623	1,013	15,025	272	21,169	8,213	51,941
Santa Fe Springs	16,223	9,514	371	233	677	31	4,712	685	13,137
Santa Monica	89,736	69,663	3,526	338	8,053	124	4,047	3,985	11,716
Sierra Madre	10,917	8,967	201	44	835	9	390	471	1,628
Signal Hill	11,016	4,650	1,502	83	2,245	135	1,778	623	3,472
South El Monte	20,116	10,136	107	250	2,211	12	6,718	682	17,079
South Gate	94,396	47,645	890	878	732	99	40,624	3,528	89,442
South Pasadena	25,619	13,922	771	107	7,973	9	1,422	1,415	4,767
Temple City	35,558	11,941	283	150	19,803	31	2,316	1,034	6,853
Torrance	145,438	74,333	3,955	554	50,240	530	7,808	8,018	23,440
Vernon	112	99	4	0	2	0	7	0	48
Walnut	29,172	6,913	824	69	18,567	28	1,750	1,021	5,575
West Covina	106,098	45,432	4,741	1,045	27,333	198	22,641	4,708	56,471
West Hollywood	34,399	28,979	1,115	103	1,874	34	1,049	1,245	3,613
Westlake Village	8,270	7,326	98	12	490	13	114	217	533
Whittier	85,331	55,117	1,092	1,093	3,262	123	20,848	3,796	56,081
Census-designated place	Total Population	White	African American	Native American	Asian	Pacific Islander	other races	two or more races	Hispanic or Latino (of any race)
Acton	7,596	6,564	57	70	155	5	451	294	1,373
Agua Dulce	3,342	2,854	59	24	78	3	223	101	611
Alondra Park	8,592	3,716	806	32	1,396	48	2,167	427	4,304
Altadena	42,777	22,569	10,136	300	2,307	71	4,852	2,542	11,502
Avocado Heights	15,411	8,564	136	107	1,359	13	4,726	506	12,648
Castaic	19,015	13,607	630	119	2,162	26	1,466	1,005	4,716
Charter Oak	9,310	5,602	405	85	1,035	18	1,693	472	4,546
Citrus	10,866	5,898	240	120	860	4	3,302	442	7,911
Del Aire	10,001	6,052	458	60	922	131	1,815	563	4,724
Desert View Highlands	2,360	1,286	182	29	50	1	669	143	1,253
East La Mirada	9,757	7,022	178	78	462	20	1,557	440	4,907
East Los Angeles	126,496	63,934	817	1,549	1,144	63	54,846	4,143	122,784
East Pasadena	6,144	3,183	183	47	1,589	7	857	278	2,139
East Rancho Dominguez	15,135	4,774	2,404	133	33	109	7,156	526	12,407
East San Gabriel	14,874	5,037	243	58	7,421	3	1,602	510	3,700
Elizabeth Lake	1,756	1,591	21	9	23	1	47	64	231
Florence-Graham	63,387	23,895	5,861	498	150	25	30,704	2,254	57,066
Green Valley	1,027	901	8	11	12	1	35	59	123
Hacienda Heights	54,038	21,873	743	315	20,065	99	9,199	1,744	24,608
Hasley Canyon	1,137	966	15	2	26	1	75	52	244
La Crescenta-Montrose	19,653	12,807	142	70	5,375	12	533	714	2,232
Ladera Heights	6,498	979	4,786	20	231	2	134	346	355
Lake Hughes	649	544	19	7	5	1	54	19	104
Lake Los Angeles	12,328	6,862	1,388	178	116	27	3,068	689	6,604
Lennox	22,753	8,623	765	199	177	188	11,811	990	21,162
Leona Valley	1,607	1,456	11	4	28	0	51	57	198
Littlerock	1,377	808	75	16	24	11	373	70	745
Marina del Rey	8,866	7,071	465	31	749	10	154	386	686
Mayflower Village	5,515	2,929	83	28	1,734	4	491	246	1,521
North El Monte	3,723	1,768	33	13	1,437	4	336	132	1,002
Quartz Hill	10,912	8,218	795	142	303	28	947	479	2,689
Rose Hills	2,803	1,573	54	9	440	1	471	255	1,647
Rowland Heights	48,993	11,506	772	175	29,284	61	5,658	1,537	13,229
San Pasqual	2,041	1,344	63	7	438	1	104	84	362
South Monrovia Island	6,777	3,433	570	49	418	9	2,003	295	5,013
South San Gabriel	8,070	2,198	83	56	3,990	4	1,427	312	3,444
South San Jose Hills	20,551	9,302	304	195	1,649	30	8,449	622	17,713
South Whittier	57,156	33,663	859	743	2,305	147	17,085	2,354	44,094
Stevenson Ranch	17,557	11,271	606	65	4,028	34	765	788	2,827
Sun Village	11,565	6,806	809	167	129	24	3,113	517	7,311
Topanga	8,289	7,313	117	35	353	3	125	343	534
Val Verde	2,468	1,404	105	26	48	1	732	152	1,507
Valinda	22,822	11,058	439	240	2,718	42	7,530	795	17,977
View Park-Windsor Hills	11,075	669	9,392	45	147	4	244	574	720
Vincent	15,922	8,670	312	146	1,128	31	4,857	778	11,921
Walnut Park	15,966	9,046	70	277	89	2	5,953	529	15,543
West Athens	8,729	1,584	4,578	31	111	10	2,127	288	3,843
West Carson	21,699	7,630	2,330	185	6,730	301	3,411	1,112	7,100
West Puente Valley	22,636	11,383	471	256	1,650	28	7,945	903	19,365
West Rancho Dominguez	5,669	1,054	2,974	32	46	21	1,354	188	2,526
West Whittier-Los Nietos	25,540	15,170	254	372	393	43	8,404	904	22,369
Westmont	31,853	5,037	16,262	188	126	31	9,180	1,029	14,871
Willowbrook	35,983	8,245	12,387	273	119	49	13,858	1,052	22,979
Unincorporated communities	Total Population	White	African American	Native American	Asian	Pacific Islander	other races	two or more races	Hispanic or Latino (of any race)
All others not CDPs (combined)	136,360	81,172	10,441	920	16,393	224	21,340	5,870	46,050

2000

As of the census^[15] of 2000, there were 9,519,338 people, 3,133,774 households, and 2,137,233 families residing in the county. The population density was 2,344 people per square mile (905/km²). There were 3,270,909 housing units at an average density of 806 per square mile (311/km²). The racial makeup of the county is 48.7% White^[16] 11.0% African American, 0.8% Native American, 10.0% Asian, 0.3% Pacific Islander, 23.5% from other races, and 4.9% from two or more races. 44.6% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. The largest European-American ancestry groups are German (6%), Irish (5%), English (4%) and Italian (3%). 45.9% of the population reported speaking only English at home; 37.9% spoke Spanish, 2.22% Tagalog, 2.0% Chinese, 1.9% Korean, and 1.6% Armenian. ^[17]

Because the county is so populous, what is not so evident is that it has the largest Native American population of any county in the nation: according to the 2000 census, it has more than 153,550 people of indigenous descent, and most are from Latin America. "The invisible population that is virtually ignored by the census is that of indigenous people from Mexico, Central and South America."^[18]

There were 3,133,774 households out of which 36.80% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.6% were married couples living together, 14.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.8% were non-families. 24.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.98 and the average family size was 3.61.

In the county the population was spread out with 28.0% under the age of 18, 10.3% from 18 to 24, 32.6% from 25 to 44, 19.4% from 45 to 64, and 9.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females there were 97.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.0 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $42,189, and the median income for a family was $46,452. Males had a median income of $36,299 versus $30,981 for females. The per capita income for the county was $20,683. There are 14.4% of families living below the poverty line and 17.9% of the population, including 24.2% of under 18 and 10.5% of those over 64.

According to TNS Financial Services, Los Angeles County has the highest number of millionaires of any county in the nation, totaling 261,081 households as of 2007.^[19] In addition to millionaires, Los Angeles County has the largest number of homeless people, with "48,000 people living on the streets, including 6,000 veterans."^[20]

Housing

The homeownership rate is 47.9%, and the median value for houses is $409,300. 42.2% of housing units are in multi-unit structures.

Law, government and politics

The county's voters elect a governing five-member Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. The small size of the board means each supervisor represents over 2 million people. The board operates in a legislative, executive, and quasi-judicial capacity. As a legislative authority, it can pass ordinances for the unincorporated areas (ordinances that affect the whole county, like posting of restaurant ratings, must be ratified by the individual city). As an executive body, it can tell the county departments what to do, and how to do it. As a quasi-judicial body, the Board is the final venue of appeal in the local planning process, and holds public hearings on various agenda items.

As of 2008, the Board of Supervisors oversees a $22.5 billion annual budget and approximately 100,000 employees.^[21] The county government is managed on a day-to-day basis by a Chief Executive Officer, William T Fujioka, and is organized into many departments, each of which is enormous in comparison to equivalent county-level (and even state-level) departments anywhere else in the United States. Some of the larger or better-known departments include:

• Los Angeles County Coroner – performs autopsies and determines the cause of death for those who die without medical supervision.
• Community Development Commission of the County of Los Angeles^[22] serves as the County's housing authority as well as the housing and community and economic development agency with wide-ranging programs that benefit residents and business owners in unincorporated County areas and in various incorporated cities.
• Los Angeles County Department of Beaches and Harbors
• Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services – administers foster care
• Los Angeles County Fire Department – provides fire protection, suppression, and prevention as well as emergency medical services
  • Los Angeles County Fire Department Lifeguard Division – (portrayed in the famous television series Baywatch).
• Los Angeles County Department of Health Services – operates several county hospitals and a network of primary care clinics, and also runs the public health system, which has a requirement that all restaurants in the unincorporated County and the majority of independent cities prominently post their food safety inspection grade in their front window
• Los Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation^[23] – administers public parks and the largest public golf course system in the U.S.
• Los Angeles County Department of Public Social Services – administers many federal and state welfare programs
• Los Angeles County Department of Public Works – operates countywide flood control system, constructs and maintains roads in unincorporated areas
• Los Angeles County Department of Regional Planning – maintains the Zoning Code that regulates land use in the unincorporated areas, researches and facilitates land-use decisions and serves to connect the community to the established building regulations.
• Los Angeles County District Attorney – prosecutes criminal suspects
• Los Angeles County Museum of Art – public art museum
• Los Angeles County Probation Department
• Los Angeles County Public Defender – defends indigent criminal suspects
• Los Angeles County Public Library – operates a large network of branch libraries
• Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department – provides law enforcement services to unincorporated areas and cities that do not have their own police departments, and operates the county jails. The LASD is the largest county Sheriff's Department in the United States.
  • Los Angeles County Disaster Communications Service ( DCS ) is a volunteer organization administered by the Sheriff's Department Emergency Operations Bureau for the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. Their main function, authorized under County Ordinance, is to provide volunteer disaster relief communication for the citizens of Los Angeles County.
• Los Angeles County Department of Consumer Affairs – offers consumers in the county a variety of services including: consumer and real estate counseling, mediation, and small claims counseling. The department also investigates: consumer complains, real estate fraud and identity theft issues.

The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, despite its name, is not a County department. Technically it is a state-mandated county transportation commission that also operates bus and rail.

The Los Angeles Superior Court, which covers the entire county, is not a County department but a division of the State's trial court system. Historically, the courthouses were county-owned buildings that were maintained at county expense, which created significant friction since the trial court judges, as officials of the state government, had to lobby the county Board of Supervisors for facility renovations and upgrades. In turn, the state judiciary successfully persuaded the state Legislature to authorize the transfer of all courthouses to the state government in 2008 and 2009 (so that judges would have direct control over their own courthouses). Courthouse security is still provided by the county government under a contract with the state.

Politics

Los Angeles County vote
by party in presidential elections

Year	GOP	DEM	Others
2008	28.8% 956,425	69.2% 2,295,853	2.0% 65,970
2004	35.6% 1,076,225	63.2% 1,907,736	1.3% 39,319
2000	32.4% 871,930	63.5% 1,710,505	4.2% 112,719
1996	31.0% 746,544	59.3% 1,430,629	9.7% 233,841
1992	29.0% 799,607	52.5% 1,446,529	18.4% 507,267
1988	46.9% 1,239,716	51.9% 1,372,352	1.2% 32,603
1984	54.5% 1,424,113	44.4% 1,158,912	1.1% 29,889
1980	50.2% 1,224,533	40.2% 979,830	9.7% 235,822
1976	47.8 1,174,926	49.7% 1,221,893	2.5% 62,258
1972	54.8% 1,549,717	42.0% 1,189,977	3.2% 90,676
1968	47.6% 1,266,480	46.0% 1,223,251	6.3% 168,251
1964	42.5% 1,161,067	57.4% 1,568,300	0.1% 1,551
1960	49.4% 1,302,661	50.2% 1,323,818	0.3% 8,020
1956	55.4% 1,260,206	44.3% 1,007,887	0.3% 7,331
1952	56.2% 1,278,407	42.7% 971,408	1.1% 24,725
1948	46.5% 804,232	47.0% 812,690	6.5% 112,160
1944	42.7% 666,441	56.8% 886,252	0.6% 8,871
1940	40.6% 574,266	58.1% 822,718	1.3% 18,285
1936	31.6% 357,401	67.0% 757,351	1.4% 15,663
1932	38.6% 373,738	57.2% 554,476	4.3% 41,380
1928	70.2% 513,526	28.7% 209,945	1.1% 7,830
1924	65.5% 299,675	7.3% 33,554	27.2% 124,228
1920	69.1% 178,117	21.6% 55,661	9.3% 23,992

Los Angeles County has voted for the Democratic candidate in most of the presidential elections in the past four decades, although it did vote twice for Dwight Eisenhower (1952, 1956), Richard Nixon (1968, 1972), and Ronald Reagan (1980, 1984). In 2008 approximately 69% of the electorate voted for Democrat Barack Obama.

In the United States House of Representatives, California districts 27–39 are situated entirely within the county and are all represented by Democrats. In order of district number they are Brad Sherman, Howard Berman, Adam Schiff, Henry Waxman, Xavier Becerra, Judy Chu, Karen Bass, Lucille Roybal-Allard, Maxine Waters, Jane Harman, Laura Richardson, Grace Napolitano, and Linda Sánchez. Parts of the county also lie in the 22nd, 25th, 26th, 42nd, and 46th districts, which are all represented by Republicans: Kevin McCarthy, Buck McKeon, David Dreier, Gary Miller, and Dana Rohrabacher respectively.

In the State Senate, all of districts 20–22 and 24–28, and 30 are entirely within the county and are all represented by Democrats. In order of district number they are Alex Padilla, Carol Liu, Kevin De Leon, Ed Hernandez, Roderick Wright, Curren D. Price, Alan Lowenthal, and Ron Calderon. Most of the 17th, 23rd, and 29th districts are in the county. The 17th and 29th districts are represented by Republicans Sharon Runner and Bob Huff, respectively while the 23rd district is represented by Democrat Fran Pavley. Parts of the 19th and 32nd districts are also in the county. The 19th district is represented by Republican Tony Strickland while the 32nd is represented by Democrat Gloria Negrete McLeod.

In the State Assembly, all of districts 39, 40, 42–55, 57, and 58 are entirely within the county and are all represented by Democrats. In order of district number they are Felipe Fuentes, Bob Blumenfield, Mike Feuer, Mike Gatto, Anthony Portantino, Gilbert Cedillo, John A. Perez, Holly Mitchell, Mike Davis, Mike Eng, Ricardo Lara, Steven Bradford, Isadore Hall, III, Betsy Butler, Bonnie Lowenthal, Warren T. Furutani, Roger Hernandez, and Charles Calderon. Most of districts 38, 41, and 56 are in the county. The 38th is held by Republican Cameron Smyth; the 41st and 56th are held by Democrats Julia Brownley and Tony Mendoza. Parts of districts 36, 37, 59, 60, and 61 are also in the county. The 36th, 37th, 59th, and 60th districts are represented by Republicans: Steve Knight, Jeff Gorell, Tim Donnelly, and Curt Hagman. The 61st is represented by Democrat Nell Soto.

On November 4, 2008, Los Angeles County was almost evenly split over Proposition 8 which amended the California Constitution to ban same-sex marriages. The county voted for the amendment 50.1% with a margin of 20,806 votes.^[24]

Legal system

The Los Angeles County Superior Court has jurisdiction over all cases arising under state law, while the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California hears all federal cases. Both are headquartered in a large cluster of government buildings in the city's Civic Center.

Unlike the largest city in the US, New York City, all of the city of Los Angeles and most of its important suburbs are located within a single county. As a result, both the county superior court and the federal district court are respectively the busiest courts of their type in the nation.^[25][26]

Many celebrities like O.J. Simpson have been seen in Los Angeles courts. In 2003, the tabloid television show Extra (based in nearby Glendale) found itself running so many reports on the legal problems of local celebrities that it spun them off into a separate show, Celebrity Justice.

State cases are appealed to the Court of Appeal for the Second Appellate District, which is also headquartered in the Civic Center, and then to the California Supreme Court, which is headquartered in San Francisco but also hears argument in Los Angeles (again, in the Civic Center). Federal cases are appealed to the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, which hears them at its branch building in Pasadena. The court of last resort for federal cases is the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C.

Seal

The county was targeted with the threat of legal action by the American Civil Liberties Union in 2004 regarding a small cross on its seal. The ACLU said that separation of church and state prohibited this display. On September 14, 2004, the seal was modified to address this and other complaints.^[27][28]

Crime statistics

Crime in 2008 (reported by the sheriff's office or police)^[29]

• Assaults: 5452
• Auto thefts: 7727
• Burglaries: 5254
• Murders: 568 (5.7 per 100,000)
• Rapes: 582
• Robberies: 2210
• Thefts: 9682

Federal investigation

The county is the subject of a federal investigation along with the City of Los Angeles, several unions, trade groups, and businesses it has had dealings with. In addition there is an ongoing investigation into a bribe that a County Supervisor and a former Los Angeles City Council Woman received from a well known latino activist group in return for voting in favor of boycotting other US states that did not adopt policies the group wanted.

Education

The Los Angeles County Office of Education provides a supporting role for school districts in the area. The county office also operates two magnet schools, the International Polytechnic High School and Los Angeles County High School for the Arts. There are a number of private schools in the county, most notably those operated by the Los Angeles Archdiocese.

Colleges and universities

Colleges

• Antelope Valley College, Lancaster
• Art Center College of Design, Pasadena
• The Art Institute of California - Los Angeles (AICALA), Santa Monica
• California Institute of the Arts, Santa Clarita
• Cerritos College, Norwalk
• Citrus College, Glendora
• Claremont McKenna College, Claremont
• College of the Canyons, Santa Clarita
• DeVry University, Long Beach and West Hills (Los Angeles)
• East Los Angeles College, Monterey Park
• El Camino College, Torrance
• Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena
• Glendale Community College, Glendale
• Harvey Mudd College, Claremont
• Hebrew Union College, Los Angeles
• ITT Technical Institute, Culver City, San Dimas, Sylmar (Los Angeles), Torrance, and West Covina
• Life Pacific College, San Dimas
• Long Beach City College, Long Beach
• Los Angeles City College (LACC), Los Angeles
• Los Angeles Harbor College, Los Angeles
• Los Angeles Mission College, Sylmar (Los Angeles)
• Los Angeles Music Academy College of Music, Pasadena
• Los Angeles Pierce College (Pierce), Woodland Hills
• Los Angeles Southwest College, Los Angeles
• Los Angeles Trade Technical College (LATTC), Los Angeles
• Los Angeles Valley College, Valley Glen (Los Angeles)
• The Master's College, Santa Clarita
• Mount St. Mary's College, Los Angeles
• Mt. San Antonio College, Walnut
• Mt. Sierra College, Monrovia
• Occidental College (Oxy), Eagle Rock (Los Angeles)
• Otis College of Art and Design, Westchester (Los Angeles)
• Pacific Oaks College, Pasadena
• Pasadena City College, Pasadena
• Pitzer College, Claremont
• Pomona College, Claremont
• Rio Hondo College, Whittier
• Santa Monica College (SMC), Santa Monica
• Scripps College, Claremont
• West Los Angeles College, Culver City
• Whittier College, Whittier
• Wyoming Technical Institute (WyoTech), Long Beach

Universities

• American Jewish University (AJULA), Los Angeles
• Azusa Pacific University, Azusa
• Biola University, La Mirada
• California Institute of Technology (Caltech), Pasadena
• California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, (Cal Poly Pomona), Pomona
• California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH), Carson
• California State University, Long Beach (CSULB), Long Beach
• California State University, Los Angeles (CSULA), Los Angeles
• California State University, Northridge (CSUN), Northridge (Los Angeles)
• Claremont Graduate University, (CGU)
• Loyola Marymount University (LMU), Westchester (Los Angeles)
• National University, Los Angeles and Sherman Oaks
• Pepperdine University, Malibu
• Southern California University of Health Sciences, Whittier
• Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc), Los Angeles
• Southwestern University School of Law, Los Angeles
• University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Westwood (Los Angeles)
• University of La Verne, La Verne
• University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles
• University of the West (UWest), Rosemead
• Western University of Health Sciences (WesternU), Pomona
• Woodbury University, Burbank

Religion

As of 2000, there are hundreds of Christian churches, 202 Jewish synagogues, 145 Buddhist temples, 48 Islamic mosques, 44 Bahai worship centers, 37 Hindu temples, 28 Tenrikyo churches and fellowships, 16 Shinto worship centers, 14 Sikh gurdwaras in the county.^[30] The Los Angeles Archdiocese has approximately 5 million members and is the largest in the United States.

Sites of interest

The county's most visited park is Griffith Park, owned by the city of Los Angeles. The county is also known for the annual Rose Parade in Pasadena, the annual Los Angeles County Fair in Pomona, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Los Angeles Zoo, the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, the La Brea Tar Pits, the Arboretum of Los Angeles, and two horse racetracks and two car racetracks (Pomona Raceway and Irwindale Speedway), also the RMS Queen Mary located in Long Beach, and the Long Beach Grand Prix, and miles of beaches—from Zuma to Cabrillo.

Venice Beach is a popular attraction where its Muscle Beach used to find throngs of tourists admiring "hardbodies". Today it is more arts-centered. Santa Monica's pier is a well known tourist spot, famous for its ferris wheel and bumper car rides, which were featured in the introductory segment of the television sitcom Three's Company. Further north in Pacific Palisades one finds the beaches used in the television series Baywatch. The fabled Malibu, home of many a film or television star, lies west of it.

In the mountain, canyon, and desert areas one may find Vasquez Rocks Natural Area Park, where many old westerns were filmed. Mount Wilson Observatory in the San Gabriel Mountains is open for the public to view astronomical stars from its telescope, now computer-assisted. Many county residents find relaxation in water skiing and swimming at Castaic Lake Recreation Area – the county's largest park by area – as well as enjoying natural surroundings and starry nights at Saddleback Butte State Park in the eastern Antelope Valley – California State Parks' largest in area within the county. The California Poppy Reserve is located in the western Antelope Valley and shows off the State's flower in great quantity on its rolling hills every spring.

Museums

• California Science Center, Los Angeles (formerly the Museum of Science and Industry)
• Huntington Library, San Marino
• Long Beach Museum of Art in the historic Elizabeth Milbank Anderson residence
• Los Angeles Children's Museum
• Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Mid-City, Los Angeles
• Museum of Contemporary Art, Downtown Los Angeles (founded in 1950); The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, Downtown Los Angeles (founded in 1980)
• Museum of Jurassic Technology, Culver City
• Museum of Latin American Art in Long Beach
• Museum of Neon Art
• Museum of the American West (Gene Autry Museum), in Griffith Park
• Museum of Tolerance
• Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
• Pasadena Museum of California Art, in Pasadena
• J. Paul Getty Center, Brentwood (Ancient Roman, Greek, and European Renaissance Art)
• J. Paul Getty Villa, Pacific Palisades, Getty's original house
• George C. Page Museum at La Brea Tar Pits
• Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica (Contemporary art)
• Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena (19th and early 20th century art)
• Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles
• Southwest Museum

Entertainment

Descanso Gardens Dodger Stadium Exposition Park Farmers Market Griffith Park

Griffith Observatory Huntington Botanical Gardens La Brea Tar Pits Music Center Olvera Street

STAPLES Center Third Street Promenade Venice Beach Los Angeles Zoo

Music venues

California Plaza Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts Disney Concert Hall The Glass House Greek Theatre Levitt Pavilion Pasadena Luckman Fine Arts Complex Pantages Theatre

Hollywood Bowl Hollywood Palladium House of Blues Sunset Strip John Anson Ford Amphitheatre The Orpheum Theatre The Roxy Theatre Royce Hall (UCLA)

El Rey Theatre Staples Center The Troubadour The Wiltern Whisky a Go Go Gibson Amphitheatre Palmdale Amphitheatre

Amusement parks

• Raging Waters
• Six Flags Magic Mountain
• Six Flags Hurricane Harbor
• Universal Studios Hollywood

Other attractions

U.S. Bank Tower Central Los Angeles Library Watts Towers

Wayfarers Chapel Fo Guang Shan Hsi Lai Temple

Queen Mary Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels

Other areas

Ridge Route Angeles National Forest Mount Wilson Observatory Malibu Creek State Park Vasquez Rocks Natural Area Park

Plant 42's Blackbird Airpark and Heritage Airpark Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve Saddleback Butte State Park Antelope Valley Indian Museum State Historic Park Arthur B. Ripley Desert Woodland State Park

Lakes and reservoirs

Crystal Lake Echo Park Lake Silver Lake Elizabeth Lake Hughes Lake

Holiday Lake Jackson Lake Munz Lakes Tweedy Lake

See also

• List of California public officials charged with crimes, Los Angeles County
• List of museums in Los Angeles, California
• List of museums in Greater Los Angeles County
• List of school districts in Los Angeles County, California
• List of schools in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Los Angeles County, California

References

External links

• Los Angeles County official website
• LA County Sheriff's list of Unincorporated Areas in Los Angeles County
• Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce

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Greater Los Angeles Area Central city Los Angeles Counties Los Angeles • Orange • Riverside • San Bernardino • Ventura Satellite cities Long Beach • Riverside • San Bernardino Cities >200k Anaheim • Glendale • Huntington Beach • Irvine • Oxnard • Santa Ana Cities and towns 100k–200k Burbank • Compton • Corona • Costa Mesa • Downey • East Los Angeles • El Monte • Fontana • Fullerton • Garden Grove • Inglewood • Lancaster • Mission Viejo • Moreno Valley • Murrieta • Norwalk • Ontario • Orange • Palmdale • Pasadena • Pomona • Rancho Cucamonga • Santa Clarita • Simi Valley • South Gate • Temecula • Thousand Oaks • Torrance • Ventura • Victorville • West Covina Area regions Antelope Valley • Conejo Valley • Downtown Los Angeles • East Los Angeles • Gateway Cities • Greater Hollywood • Harbor Area • Inland Empire • Palos Verdes Hills • Pomona Valley • San Bernardino Valley • San Fernando Valley • San Gabriel Valley • Santa Ana Valley • Santa Clarita Valley • South Bay • South Los Angeles • Westside Los Angeles Landforms Los Angeles Basin • Baldwin Hills (range) • Calico Mountains • Catalina Island • Channel Islands • Coachella Valley • High Desert—Mojave Desert • Low Desert—Colorado Desert • San Fernando Valley • San Bernardino Mountains • San Gabriel Mountains • Santa Ana Mountains • Santa Monica Mountains • Santa Susana Mountains • Verdugo Mountains Bodies of water Los Angeles River • Aliso Creek • Arroyo Seco • Ballona Creek • Bell Creek • Big Bear Lake • Coyote Creek • Lake Arrowhead • Lake Perris • Lake Piru • Malibu Creek • Pacific Ocean • Pyramid Lake • Rio Hondo • San Gabriel River • San Juan Creek • San Pedro Bay • Santa Ana River • Santa Clara River • Santa Margarita River • Santa Monica Bay

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