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Simi Valley (/ ˈ s iː m iː / ⓘ; Chumash: Shimiyi) [8] [9] [10] is a city in the valley of the same name in the southeast region of Ventura County, California, United States.Simi Valley is 40 miles (65 km) from Downtown Los Angeles, making it part of the Greater Los Angeles Area.
Sinaloa Lake is a 12-acre (4.9 ha) reservoir [1] in southwestern Simi Valley. [2] The lake is adjacent to the Sinaloa Golf Course and neighborhood. [3] It has a 35-foot (11 m) deep earth dam which was constructed between 1925 and 1929. It has been owned by the Sinaloa Lake Owners Association since the early 1960s. [4]
The city of Simi Valley, California incorporated in 1969. [ 9 ] *El Rancho Tapo was part of the original 113,009 acre Rancho Simí grant, but sometime around 1820-1830, the Rancho Tapo came to be thought of as a separate place within Rancho Simí.
Calleguas Creek (/ k ɑː ˈ j eɪ. ɡ ə s /; Chumash: Kayïwïsh, meaning "the head") [1] is the terminus of a river system in Ventura County, California. [2] It drains the Calleguas Creek Watershed, an area 30 miles long and 14 miles wide (343 square miles), which includes Simi Valley, Moorpark, Camarillo and a large portion of Thousand Oaks.
Simi Valley is a city in the valley of the same name, is in the southeast corner of Ventura County, California. It was incorporated on October 10, 1969. Simi Valley's government uses the "Council-Manager" form of government. [1] This means that the city council is composed of one mayor, elected every two years.
It is east of the intersection of Olsen Road and Moorpark Freeway, near the border between Simi Valley and Thousand Oaks. [3] Built in 1965, Bard Lake is a 416 feet (127 m) high reservoir with a capacity of 11,000 acre-feet (3.6 × 10 9 US gal). It is an earthen dam which is owned by the Calleguas Water District. [4] [5]
The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California reservoirs store fresh water for use in Los Angeles, Orange, Ventura, Riverside, San Bernardino, and San Diego counties. These reservoirs were built specifically to preserve water during times of drought, and are in place for emergencies uses such as earthquake, floods or other events.
The Santa Susana Pass, originally Simi Pass, is a low mountain pass in the Simi Hills of Southern California, connecting the San Fernando Valley and Los Angeles neighborhood of Chatsworth, to the city of Simi Valley and eponymous valley.