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Saturday, May 18, 2013

The City of Los Angeles: Who's In, Who's Not



One of most confusing aspects of Los Angeles is simply "what is Los Angeles?" As stated in a previous post, is it the metro area of 16 million people? The 10 million people in Los Angeles County? The 4 million people living in the City of Los Angeles? Or parts of the City that have a Los Angeles "mailing address"? 

Most people from out of the area (and a surprisingly large number of residents) assume that Hollywood is an independent city. In reality, it's a community within the City of Los Angeles. Meanwhile, West Hollywood, located immediately adjacent, is a separate, independent city. 

photo credit: enroute.aircanada.com

Confused? You're not alone. Below is a list of communities that are part of the City of Los Angeles, next to adjacent or similarly named areas that are independent separate cities (or, in a case of the last four, unincorporated areas of the County): 


Hollywood: within Los Angeles - West Hollywood: an independent city

Bel Air: within Los Angeles - Beverly Hills: an independent city

Westwood: within Los Angeles - Inglewood: an independent city

Watts: within Los Angeles - Compton: an independent city

Encino: within Los Angeles - Pasadena: an independent city

Sherman Oaks: within Los Angeles - Thousand Oaks: an independent city

Venice Beach: within Los Angeles - Redondo Beach: an independent city

Century City: within Los Angeles - Culver City: an independent city

Pacific Palisades: within Los Angeles - Palos Verdes: an independent city

San Pedro: within Los Angeles - Long Beach: an independent city

Toluca Lake: within Los Angeles - Burbank: an independent city

Brentwood: within Los Angeles - Santa Monica: an independent city

Highland Park: within Los Angeles - Monterey Park: an independent city

Panorama City: within Los Angeles - Temple City: an independent city

Woodland Hills: within Los Angeles - Baldwin Hills: not

Studio City: within Los Angeles - Universal City: not

Playa Del Rey: within Los Angeles - Marina Del Rey: not

West Los Angeles: with Los Angeles - East Los Angeles: not

Finally, most of the San Fernando Valley is part of the City of Los Angeles - one exception is the City of San Fernando.







































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.originally published 10/22/2011

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