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Paul Shoup, an executive of the Southern Pacific Railroad, and his colleagues formed the Altos Land Company in 1906 and started the development of Los Altos. The company acquired 140 acres (57 ha) of land from Sarah Winchester. Shoup wanted to link Palo Alto and Los Gatos by making Los Altos a commuter town. It continued a train-a-day operation ...
Los Gatos is Spanish for "The Cats". [10] The name derives from the 1839 Alta California land grant that encompassed the area, which was called La Rinconada de Los Gatos ("The Corner of the Cats"), where the cats refers to the cougars (mountain lions) and bobcats that are indigenous to the foothills in which the town is located.
Los Olivos is a community in the Santa Ynez Valley, which is in the northern half of Santa Barbara County, California. It is one of six towns in the valley, along with Buellton to the west, Los Alamos to the northwest, Santa Ynez to the southeast, Ballard to the south, and Solvang south of Ballard. [5] The town is located on California State ...
In the California State Senate, Los Angeles County is split between 13 legislative districts. [67] In the California State Assembly, Los Angeles County is split between 24 legislative districts. [68] On November 4, 2008, Los Angeles County was almost evenly split over Proposition 8, which amended the California Constitution to ban same-sex ...
The law also requires that resulting split lots be at least 1,200 square feet, and no less than 40% in size of the original lot, meaning lots must be at least 3,000 square feet to be split.
Los Altos Hills is located at (37.371390, -122.137605 [5]According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 8.8 square miles (23 km 2), all of it land.
The water districts said California’s water operations are “incredibly complex” and that the movement of water supplies “requires an extensive understanding of the plumbing, safety ...
In California, urban sprawl has added to the city’s fire risk, as a growing number of homes have been built on land designated as the wildland-urban interface — areas that are high risk for ...