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Los Angeles County, California
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Los Angeles County, California
Los Angeles County is a county in California, and the most populous county in
the United States, with 10,179,716 residents (as of July 2004)[1]. The county
seat is the city of Los Angeles.
The county is home to 88 incorporated cities and many unincorporated city-like
areas (136 total). The coastal portion of the county is heavily urbanized,
though there is a large expanse of lesser populated desert inland in the Santa
Clarita Valley, and especially in the Antelope Valley which encompasses the
northeastern parts of the county and adjacent eastern Kern County, lying just
north of Los Angeles County. In between the large desert portions of the county
- which make up around 40 per cent of its land area - and the heavily urbanized
central and southern portions sits the San Gabriel Mountains containing Angeles
National Forest. All of southern Los Angeles County, up to about the center of
the county, is heavily urbanized.
This county holds most of the principal cities encompassing the Greater Los
Angeles Area, and is the most important of the five counties that make up the
area. As of 2004, the county's population is larger than the populations of 43
states.
The county is governed by the five-member Los Angeles County Board of
Supervisors, who are elected by the county's voters. 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, most 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
decisions.
The county government is operated by a Chief Administrative Officer (currently
David Janssen) 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.
Los Angeles County Department of Beaches and Harbors
Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services - administers
foster care and child support
Los Angeles County Fire Department
Los Angeles County Fire Department Lifeguard Division- the Baywatch people
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 - 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 District Attorney - prosecutes criminal suspects
Los Angeles County Museum of Art - public art museum
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 huge county jails
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.
Despite being a highly liberal county, many suburban cities in Los Angeles
County are relatively conservative, particularly in the Palos Verdes Peninsula.
Twenty-six cities in the county had a majority of votes go to George W. Bush in
the 2004 Presidential Election; they were [2]: Arcadia, Avalon, Covina, Diamond
Bar, El Segundo, Glendora, Hidden Hills, Industry, La Canada Flintridge, La
Habra Heights, La Mirada, La Verne, Lakewood, Lancaster, Palmdale, Palos Verdes
Estates, Rancho Palos Verdes, Rolling Hills, Rolling Hills Estates, San Dimas,
San Marino, Santa Clarita, Torrance, Vernon, Westlake Village, and Whittier. The
remainder of the 89 cities and districts in the county voted for Bush's
Democratic opponent, John F. Kerry.
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Geography
With 4,061 square miles (10,517 km²), it borders on the Pacific Ocean and has
the following rivers: Los Angeles River, Rio Hondo, the San Gabriel River and
the Santa Clara River. The primary mountain ranges are the Santa Monica
Mountains and the San Gabriel Mountains. It includes the westernmost part of the
Mojave Desert, San Clemente Island and Santa Catalina Island.
The county has a total area of 12,308 km² (4,752 mi²). 10,518 km² (4,061 mi²) of
it is land and 1,791 km² (691 mi²) of it (14.55%) is water.
Major divisions of the county
Greater Los Angeles Area
East: East Los Angeles, San Gabriel Valley, Pomona Valley
West: West Los Angeles, Beach Cities
South: South Bay, Palos Verdes Peninsula, South Los Angeles, Gateway Cities
North: San Fernando Valley, portions of the Antelope Valley and Santa Clarita
Valley
Central: Downtown Los Angeles, Mid-Wilshire
[edit]
List of adjacent counties
Ventura County, California - west
Kern County, California - north
San Bernardino County, California - east
Orange County, California - south
See also: List of California counties
Largest Cities
1 Los Angeles 3,847,400
2 Long Beach 461,522
3 Glendale 205,300
4 Santa Clarita 151,088
5 Pomona 149,473
6 Palmdale 143,227
7 Torrance 137,946
8 Pasadena 133,936
9 Lancaster 129,019
10 El Monte 119,900
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Other Cities
The original seal. Agoura Hills
Alhambra
Arcadia
Artesia
Avalon
Azusa
Baldwin Park
Bell
Bell Gardens
Bellflower
Beverly Hills
Bradbury
Burbank
Calabasas
Carson
Cerritos
Claremont
Commerce
Compton
Covina
Cudahy
Culver City
Diamond Bar
Downey
Old Seal of the County of Los Angeles, CaliforniaDuarte
El Segundo
Gardena
Glendora
Hawaiian Gardens
Hawthorne
Hermosa Beach
Hidden Hills
Huntington Park
Industry
Inglewood
Irwindale
La Cañada Flintridge
La Habra Heights
La Mirada
La Puente
La Verne
Lakewood
Lawndale
Lomita
Lynwood
Malibu
Manhattan Beach
New Seal of the County of Los Angeles, CaliforniaMaywood
Monrovia
Montebello
Monterey Park
Norwalk
Palos Verdes Estates
Paramount
Pico Rivera
Rancho Palos Verdes
Redondo Beach
Rolling Hills
Rolling Hills Estates
Rosemead
San Dimas
San Fernando
San Gabriel
Flag of the County of Los Angeles, CaliforniaSan Marino
Santa Fe Springs
Santa Monica
Sierra Madre
Signal Hill
South El Monte
South Gate
South Pasadena
Temple City
Vernon
Walnut
West Covina
West Hollywood
Westlake Village
Whittier
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Unincorporated communities in Los Angeles County
The following areas are unincorporated regions of the county which fall directly
under the county government's jurisdiction. Most, but not all of them, are
Census-designated places. 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.
Many of these communities have town councils which are the official advisory
bodies for the supervisor in the community. Typically these town councils are
elected from the residents in a given region and have a direct channel to the
supervisor and his staff to communicate concerns. Currently, Acton, Agua Dulce,
Altadena, Castaic, Hacienda Heights, Quartz Hill, Rowland Heights, Topanga, and
Val Verde have active town councils, though they may not be called by that name.
Acton
Agoura
Agua Dulce
Alondra Park
Altadena
Antelope Acres
Athens
Avocado Heights
Baldwin Hills
Bassett
Big Mountain Ridge
Big Pines
Big Rock
Bouquet Canyon
Castaic
Castaic Junction
Charter Oak
Citrus
Cornell
Del Aire
Del Sur
Del Valle
Desert View Highlands
East Compton
East La Mirada
East Los Angeles
East Pasadena
East San Gabriel
Florence-Graham
Hacienda Heights
Kinneloa Mesa
La Crescenta-Montrose
Ladera Heights
Lake Hughes
Lake Los Angeles
Lennox
Leona Valley
Littlerock
Llano
Marina del Rey
Mayflower Village
North El Monte
Pearblossom
Quartz Hill
Rowland Heights
South San Gabriel
South San Jose Hills
South Whittier
Topanga
Val Verde
Valinda
Valyermo
View Park-Windsor Hills
Vincent
Walnut Park
West Athens
West Carson
West Compton
West Puente Valley
West Whittier-Los Nietos
Westmont
Willowbrook
See: Los Angeles Almanac MAP: Unincorporated Areas and Communities of Los
Angeles County
See also: List of districts and neighborhoods of Los Angeles
[edit]
Economy
The major industries of Los Angeles County are motion picture and television
program production, music recording and production, aerospace, professional
services like law and medicine, and activities relating to the Port of Los
Angeles and the Port of Long Beach.
Although the City of Los Angeles is commonly associated with the entertainment
industry, all of the major studios, except Paramount Pictures, are now located
outside of its boundaries (in neighboring Culver City, Burbank and Glendale).
Paramount Pictures is the only major studio that is in Hollywood (a district of
Los Angeles City).
For major companies headquartered in the City of Los Angeles, and adjacent
cities, see the Economy section of the Los Angeles, California article.
The following major companies have headquarters in Los Angeles County cities not
adjacent to the city of Los Angeles:
Cerritos, California
Memorex
Isuzu Motors America
Irwindale, California
Ready Pac
La Mirada, California
Makita
Monrovia, California
Trader Joe's
Westlake Village, California
J.D. Power and Associates
Dole Food Company
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Education
The county is home to many colleges and universities. It also has a huge number
of public school districts and many private schools.
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Colleges and universities
Colleges
Art Center College of Design Pasadena
The Art Institute of California - Los Angeles, Santa Monica
Antelope Valley College, Lancaster
California Institute of the Arts, Santa Clarita
Citrus College, Glendora
Cerritos College, Norwalk
College of the Canyons, Santa Clarita
Claremont Colleges (5Cs), Claremont
El Camino College, Torrance
Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena
Glendale College
ITT Technical Institute San Fernando Valley (Los Angeles)
Los Angeles City College (LACC), Los Angeles
Los Angeles Pierce College (Pierce), Woodland Hills
Long Beach City College, Long Beach
The Master's College, Santa Clarita
Mt. San Antonio College, Walnut
Otis School of Fine Art, Westchester (Los Angeles
Occidental College (Oxy), Los Angeles
Pasadena City College
Santa Monica College, Santa Monica
Whittier College, Whittier
West Los Angeles College, Culver City
Universities
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
California State University, Bakersfield Antelope Valley center, Lancaster
California State University, Long Beach (CSULB), Long Beach
California State University, Los Angeles (CSULA), Los Angeles
California State University, Northridge (CSUN), Northridge (Los Angeles)
DeVry University San Fernando Valley (Los Angeles)
Loyola Marymount University (LMU), Westchester (Los Angeles)
Pepperdine University, Malibu
Southern California University of Health Sciences (Whittier)
Southwestern University School of Law, Los Angeles
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Westwood (Los Angeles)
University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles
Woodbury University, Burbank
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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, the La Brea Tar Pits, the
Arboretum of Los Angeles, and two horse racetracks and a car racetrack, 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, the original television series Star Trek and
The Flintstones movies 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.
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Museums
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Mid-City Los Angeles
Museum of Contemporary Art, Downtown Los Angeles (founded in 1950)
Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena (19th and early 20th Century art)
Pasadena Museum of California Art Pasadena
J. Paul Getty Museum, Brentwood (Ancient Roman, Greek, and European Renaissance
Art)
Geffin Contemporary, Downtown Los Angeles (founded in 1980)
Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica (Contemporary art)
Huntington Library, San Marino
California Science Center, Los Angeles (formerly the Museum of Science and
Industry)
Museum of Tolerance
Museum of Jurassic Technology, Culver City
Long Beach Museum of Art
Museum of Latin American Art
Los Angeles Children's Museum
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
George C. Page Museum at La Brea Tar Pits
Museum of the American West (Gene Autry Museum), in Griffith Park
Southwest Museum
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Entertainment
La Brea Tar Pits
Griffith Park
Los Angeles Zoo
STAPLES Center
Los Angeles Farmers Market
Griffith Observatory
Descanso Gardens
Huntington Gardens (the grounds of Huntington library)
Olvera Street
Exposition Park
Venice Beach
Third Street Promenade
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Music venues
Disney Concert Hall
Pantages Theatre
Universal Amphitheatre
The Wiltern
Hollywood Bowl
House of Blues Sunset Strip
John Anson Ford Amphitheatre
The Roxy Theatre
El Rey Theatre
Whisky A Go-Go
Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts
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Amusement Parks
Six Flags Magic Mountain
Universal Studios
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Other attractions
U.S. Bank Tower
Central Los Angeles Library
Wayfarers Chapel
Hsi Lai Temple
Queen Mary
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels
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Outside the city
Ridge Route
Angeles National Forest
Mount Wilson Observatory
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
[edit]
History
Los Angeles County was one of the original counties of California, created at
the time of statehood in 1850. Parts of the county's territory were given to San
Bernardino County in 1853, to Kern County in 1866 and to Orange County in 1899.
Most of the County's history is recounted in the Wikipedia articles covering its
constituent cities and their neighborhoods.
[edit]
Demographics
Los Angeles is one of the few counties in the USA where Latinos are a plurality,
and will soon be a majority. Los Angeles County also has the largest Asian
population in the country at 1.4 million and has the highest population of any
census designated area.
As of the census2 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
905/km² (2,344/mi²). There were 3,270,909 housing units at an average density of
311/km² (806/mi²). The county has a unique ethnic diversity. The racial makeup
of the county was 31.1% Caucasian, 11.95% Asian, 9.78% African American, 0.81%
Native American, 0.28% Pacific Islander, 23.53% from other races, and 4.94% from
two or more races. 44.56% of the total population is of Hispanic or Latino
origin, regardless of race.
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 eighteens and 10.5% of those over 64
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