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Jefferson Park is a neighborhood in the South Los Angeles region of the City of Los Angeles, California. There are fourteen Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments in the neighborhood, and in 1987, the 1923 Spanish Colonial Revival Jefferson Branch Library was added to the National Register of Historic Places .
This is a list of notable districts and neighborhoods within the city of Los Angeles in the U.S. state of California, present and past.It includes residential and commercial industrial areas, historic preservation zones, and business-improvement districts, but does not include sales subdivisions, tract names, homeowners associations, and informal names for areas.
Advertisement in the Los Angeles Herald, 1909. The name Vermont Square appeared in newspaper ads in 1909, advertising the community as "the largest subdivision ever put on the market in Los Angeles". In the 1920s, the neighborhood was home to lower-middle-class white families. After World War II, African Americans began moving into the community.
Mexico and El Salvador were the most common places of birth for the 31.2% of the residents who were born abroad, about an average percentage for the city as a whole. [ 1 ] The median household income in 2008 dollars was $37,013, considered low for both the city and county.
In 2016, then-rep.(D-Los Angeles) and now Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, said "I tour people through the area all the time and they are surprised when they see beautiful homes, because it's not the perception of the neighborhood." [36] That same year, an empty West Adams Hospital was transformed into a temporary art gallery. [27]
In the California State Senate, Los Angeles County is split between 13 legislative districts. [58] In the California State Assembly, Los Angeles County is split between 24 legislative districts. [59] On November 4, 2008, Los Angeles County was almost evenly split over Proposition 8, which amended the California Constitution to ban same-sex ...
Los Angeles, [a] often referred to by its initials L.A., is the most populous city in the U.S. state of California.With an estimated 3,820,914 residents within the city limits as of 2023, [8] it is the second-most populous city in the United States, behind only New York City; it is also the commercial, financial and cultural center of Southern California.
Mt. Olympus, Los Angeles. Mt. Olympus is a neighborhood in the Hollywood Hills area of the city of Los Angeles, California. [1] Considered a subdistrict of Laurel Canyon, the 300-acre (120 ha) neighborhood is known for its upscale housing and wide streets. [2] Mt. Olympus can be reached by taking Laurel Canyon Blvd. to Mt. Olympus Drive. [3]