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Los Angeles County+USC Medical Center, 2007. East Los Angeles was founded in 1870 by John Strother Griffin (1816–1898), who was called "the father of East Los Angeles". [1]
Eastside Los Angeles — the eastern neighborhoods in the City of Los Angeles and central-eastern communities of Los Angeles County, California. The region is located east of Downtown Los Angeles and south of the San Gabriel Valley .
El Sereno — an Eastside district neighborhood in the City of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, southern California. The community is located in and below the southeastern foothills of the San Rafael Hills .
East Los Angeles is the least ethnically diverse community in Los Angeles County, as noted by the Los Angeles Times' "Mapping L.A." survey. Mexican (85.4%) and Italian (0.2%) are the most common ancestries. Mexico and El Salvador were the most common foreign places of birth. [20]
The Eastside Transit Corridor is a light rail line extension that currently connects Downtown Los Angeles with East Los Angeles. However, the extension is planned to extend further southeast to connect with the Gateway Cities , continuing from a relocated Atlantic station southeast to a new Lambert station in Whittier .
Two more Mexican American men from Los Angeles were elected to the California State Assembly: Richard Alatorre to the 48th district in 1972 and Art Torres to the 56th district in 1974. This gave the two men a power base in Eastside and Latino politics in Los Angeles, and they would become co-architects of the Eastside political machine. [5] [6]
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.
California State University, Los Angeles (Cal State LA) — in the City of Los Angeles and Los Angeles County, southern California. The primary campus is located in the El Sereno community and Eastside region of Los Angeles.