Fullerton, California Fullerton, California City of Fullerton Fullerton City Hall in Downtown Fullerton Fullerton City Hall in Downtown Fullerton Official seal of Fullerton, California Location of Fullerton inside Orange County, California, United States Location of Fullerton inside Orange County, California, United States Fullerton, California is positioned in the US Fullerton, California - Fullerton, California Fullerton is a town/city located in northern Orange County, California, United States.
It is home to various higher educational establishments, especially California State University, Fullerton and Fullerton College.
From the mid-1940s through the late 1990s, Fullerton was home to a large industrialized base made up of aerospace contractors, canneries, paper products manufacturers, and is considered to be the place of birth of the electric guitar, due in a large part to Leo Fender.
In 1837, the Fullerton region became part of Rancho San Juan Cajon de Santa Ana, granted to Juan Pacifico Ontiveros, a Spanish soldier.
Fullerton, president of the Pacific Land and Improvement Company, also a Santa Fe subsidiary.
They offered no-charge right-of-way and half interest in the territory to the barns if Fullerton's survey were revised to include the proposed town site, and on July 5, 1887 Edward Amerige formally staked his claim at what is now the intersection of Harbor Boulevard and Commonwealth Avenue.
In 1894 Charles Chapman, a retired Chicago publisher and a descendant of John "Johnny Appleseed" Chapman, purchased an orange orchard in easterly Fullerton.
The Valencia range of oranges he promoted from his Santa Ysabel Ranch, well suited to the small-town climate, proved a boon to producers; Fullerton boasted more orange groves than any other municipality in the United States.
City of Fullerton's Valencia Orange Show exhibit featuring an Aztec pyramid, 1931 Construction reflected the vogue for Spanish Colonial and Italian Renaissance-inspired architecture, as in the historic Fox Fullerton Theatre (erected 1925); the home of Walter and Adella Muckenthaler, designed by Frank K.
Fullerton College was established at its present locale at Chapman Avenue and Lemon Street in 1913.
The reconstructionfrom 1910-1950 represented a golden age for the town/city which like other Southern California metros/cities were marked with elegant architecture ranging from the Beaux Arts Movement to the distinct ive California Mediterraneum architecture, which in turn were surrounded by bucolic farms and parks.
Significant enhance works projects were constructed amid this period, including the conversion of a southwestern sewage farm into Fullerton Municipal Airport at the behest of Placentia ranchers and aviators William and Robert Dowling in 1927.Following the depression, concentration of industry, a depressed farming economy, and inexpensive land evolution shattered the earlier reconstructioncharacter of life.
Through the mid-1900s the economy shifted toward food refining clean water food production, as well as manufacturing; southeastern Fullerton became an industrialized center.
Leo, Tom Yates and Ralph Harrison advanced the first Hawaiian Punch recipe in a converted garage in Fullerton.
In 1949 Dick Riedel and Bill Barris piloted the Sunkist Lady, a modified Aeronca Sedan, out of the Fullerton airport to set an endurance flight record of 1,008 hours and 2 minutes.
Also in 1949, Fullerton was the setting in which Leo Fender advanced and refined the design of the Fender Telecaster, a guitar which would later be used among some of the greatest musicians of the 20th and 21st Century.
Although Fullerton like other Southern California metros/cities had experienced an expansion of populace due to housing development, this increased by an order of magnitude amid the post war years.
Fullerton's populace soared after World War II as American veterans migrated to California, bought housing in the territory evolution which finished the encircling farming and park areas, and in particular after the assembly of Interstate 5 and evolution in neighboring Anaheim.
To serve the burgeoning population, the California State Legislature authorized Orange County State College in 1957, which began operating out of Fullerton high schools in 1959.
In 1963, it moved to its present ground on State College Boulevard, and later, after a several name-changes, was finally redesignated California State University, Fullerton.
The Fullerton Arboretum, a 26-acre (105,000 m ) botanical garden, opened in the northeastern part of the town/city adjoining the ground in 1979.
Fullerton Police Headquarters The first years of the 21st century have seen a several political issues played out against a backdrop of class division (between the more well-to-do northern and parts of the town/city and the southern portion of the city, which borders Anaheim), quickly diminishing supplies of undeveloped land, and demographic shifts (including the influx of Asian and Latino immigrants into an region previously dominated by Caucasian Americans).
In 2008, City Manager Chris Meyer called together department head and the finance department and reported to the town/city council that the Restaurant Overlay District (established December 2002)was costing the town/city $935,000 over and above the revenue taxes collected.
The 293-acre (1.19 km2) Hughes Aircraft Company's Ground Systems Group ground in Fullerton was redeveloped into a primary new residentiary and commercial district, called Amerige Heights, in 2001 2004.
A view of West Coyote Hills in Fullerton, which is one of the last open spaces in northern Orange County Fullerton is positioned at 33 52 48 N 117 55 43 W (33.879914, -117.928749). It is approximately 25 miles (40 km) southeast of downtown Los Angeles, and approximately 11 miles (18 km) north-northwest of Santa Ana, the county seat.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 22.4 square miles (58 km2).
Southeastern Fullerton is historically the industrialized sector, and is home to small manufacturing, especially east of Raymond Street and south of Commonwealth.
The northern and reaches of Fullerton are dominated by the Coyote Hills, a low-lying mountain range divided into the East Coyote Hills and West Coyote Hills; the lands nestled to their south and west are known as Sunny Hills.
In recent years, the City Council has tried to allow evolution in the remaining open territory throughout the city.
1 California State University, Fullerton 3,821 4 Fullerton School District 1,286 5 Fullerton College 1,094 6 Fullerton Joint Union High School District 1,078 9 City of Fullerton 631 Fullerton City Hall Fullerton is a general law town/city with a council-manager government system.
Legislative authority is vested in a town/city council of five non-partisan members who serve four-year staggered terms, who elect a chair who serves as mayor but hire a experienced town/city manager for day-to-day operations.
Fullerton City Council Chambers In 2011, a primary controversy arose in the town/city over misconduct by the Fullerton Police, involving sexual assault by an officer against women he arrested and the killing of a mentally ill homeless man by police.
Their replacements are: Travis Kiger, a planning commissioner and blogger for the site Friends for Fullerton's Future, who fills Jones' term, which expires December 4, 2012; Greg Sebourn, a territory surveyor, who fills Bankhead's term, which ends December 2, 2014; and attorney Doug Chaffee, who fills Mc - Kinley's term, which also ends December 2, 2014.
All were sworn into office in July 2012. Tony Bushala, a dominant organizer of the Fullerton recall election, said he was seeking accountability for Kelly Thomas' death. The city's other two council members are not facing a recall.
West Coyote Hills is a ridge lying mostly in northern Fullerton, including 510 acres (206 ha) owned by Pacific Coast Homes (a territory evolution division of the Chevron Corporation) that are the biggest remaining tract of undeveloped territory in north Orange County.
In the California State Legislature, Fullerton is in the 29th Senate District, represented by Democrat Josh Newman, and in the 65th Assembly District, represented by Democrat Sharon Quirk-Silva. In the United States House of Representatives, Fullerton is in California's 39th congressional district, which has a Cook PVI of R +7 and is represented by Republican Ed Royce. Fullerton has five enhance high schools inside the town/city limits, all part of the Fullerton Joint Union High School District: Fullerton Union High School.
Other enhance schooling in Fullerton is provided by the Fullerton School District.
Fullerton has two enhance elementary K-8 schools: Beechwood and Fisler.
Fullerton has fifteen enhance elementary schools enrolling grades K-6: Acacia, Commonwealth, Fern Drive, Golden Hill, Hermosa Drive, Laguna Road, Maple, Orangethorpe, Pacific Drive, Raymond, Richman, Rolling Hills, Sunset Lane, Valencia Park, and Woodcrest.
Fullerton's Catholic schools are affiliated with the Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange.
Annunciation Catholic School, formed in 2005 by the consolidation of Saint Mary's Catholic School, the earliest Catholic school in the city, with Saint Philip Benizi Catholic School, an annex of St.
West Fullerton Christian School, 2353 W.
Valencia Drive, Fullerton, California California State University, Fullerton (CSUF) California State University, Fullerton, generally known as Cal State Fullerton or CSUF, was first established in 1957 as Orange County State College.
The twelfth member of the California State University system, its chief campus is positioned on 236 acres (0.96 km2) of a former orange grove in northeast Fullerton near State Route 57 and Nutwood Avenue.
Fullerton College is a two-year improve college, the earliest in continuous operation in California.
Part of the North Orange County Community College District, it is situated on a 63-acre (255,000 m ) ground adjoining to Fullerton Union High School and had 20,118 students enrolled for the 2012-2013 academic year.
Fullerton is home to a vibrant music scene.
Singer-songwriter Tim Buckley also attended Fullerton College and dropped out after only a several weeks to focus on his music career. Contributing greatly to Fullerton's musical tradition was the Fender musical instrument company, whose products such as the Stratocaster and Telecaster electric guitars, Precision Bass bass guitar, and Twin Reverb guitar amplifier revolutionized the music company and contributed greatly to the evolution of modern and roll.
(It was later reconstituted as Fender Musical Instrument Corporation, with its primary manufacturing facilities in neighboring Corona and athwart the US-Mexico border in Ensenada, Baja California, and its command posts in Scottsdale, Arizona.) In 1980, Leo Fender and his initial partner George Fullerton (relation to the Fullerton founder of the same name unknown) reunited and started a new company, G&L (George and Leo) Guitars, which are assembled in what had been Leo Fender's CLF Research factory in Fullerton. Fullerton Friends of Music, the earliest chamber music society in Orange County, perform five concerts a year at Sunny Hills Performing Arts Center, a notable classical concert venue in the county. The Fullerton Museum Center is a multidisciplinary exhibit space homed in the old Carnegie Library downtown.
Hiltscher Park in Fullerton.
Fullerton is also home to the Fullerton Public Library.
The Main Library is positioned on Commonwealth Avenue in Downtown Fullerton and adjoining to the City Hall.
Fullerton is also home to a small but diverse theater scene.
Local educational establishments, such as Fullerton College and Fullerton High School's Academy of the Arts, are the origin of various large-scale productions.
In addition to the theater scene, Fullerton has garnered consideration for rare and global film screenings hosted by filmmaker Steve Elkins at the Hibbleton Gallery in the SOCO district.
Fullerton maintains more than 50 town/city parks and is home to Hillcrest Park, the Craig Regional Park and Ralph B.
The Fullerton Arboretum comprises 26 acres (11 ha) (105,000 m ) of sculpted plant nurseries and unusual plants in northeastern Fullerton.
The town/city is also one of the several Southern California municipalities to be served by a completely autonomous newspaper, the Fullerton Observer.
It was established in the late 1970s by Ralph Kennedy, a fair housing and civil rights activist who promoted saving Coyote Hills as open space.In 2010, the town/city of Fullerton and the Orange County Register came out in court against the 32-year-old Fullerton Observer in its request to adjudicate the paper.
In response to the town/city of Fullerton and the Orange County Register's request the Fullerton Observer prove itself a newspaper, the Fullerton Observer dropped its court case to be adjudicated a newspaper.
Fullerton is also home to the Golden Baseball League's Orange County Flyers (formerly known as the Fullerton Flyers).
The team's home is Goodwin Field, home to the Cal State Fullerton Titans.
The 2010 United States Enumeration reported that Fullerton had a populace of 135,161.
The populace was spread out with 31,558 citizens (23.3%) under the age of 18, 17,522 citizens (13.0%) aged 18 to 24, 37,764 citizens (27.9%) aged 25 to 44, 32,465 citizens (24.0%) aged 45 to 64, and 15,852 citizens (11.7%) who were 65 years of age or older.
According to the 2010 United States Census, Fullerton had a median homehold income of $67,617, with 14.6% of the populace living below the federal poverty line. The Fullerton Train Station is positioned downtown at the Fullerton Transportation Center, which also serves as a primary bus depot for the Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA).
Fullerton Municipal Airport, the only general aviation airport remaining in Orange County, positioned in the southwest of the city, is the last remnant of the Hughes Company in the area, which was prominent in the aerospace trade up until the 1970s.
Fire protection in Fullerton is provided by the Fullerton Fire Department with ambulance transport by Care Ambulance Service.
The Fullerton Police Department provides law enforcement, while the California State University Police Department also has law enforcement jurisdiction in areas of the town/city near the CSU Fullerton campus.
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