Garden Grove, California Garden Grove, California City of Garden Grove Flag of Garden Grove, California Flag Official seal of Garden Grove, California Official logo of Garden Grove, California Vicinity of Garden Grove Vicinity of Garden Grove Garden Grove is positioned in the US Garden Grove - Garden Grove Garden Grove is a town/city in northern Orange County, California, United States, positioned 34 miles (55 km) south of the town/city of Los Angeles. The populace was 170,883 at the 2010 United States Census.
State Route 22, also known as the Garden Grove Freeway, passes through the town/city in an east-west direction.
The portion of the town/city is known as West Garden Grove.
Garden Grove was established by Alonzo Cook in 1874.
The post-World War II boom led to rapid development, and Garden Grove was incorporated as a town/city in 1956 with about 44,000 residents.
An annual event held over Memorial Day weekend, the Garden Grove Strawberry Festival is one of the biggest improve celebrations in the United States, attracting an estimated 250,000 visitors. It began in 1958 and jubilates the city's agricultural past, which includes cultivating crops such as chili peppers, oranges, walnuts and strawberries.
Part of the festivities include the cutting of the world's biggest strawberry shortcake, carnival rides and vendors and a celebrity-filled parade. Numerous Garden Grove organizations, including the Miss Garden Grove Scholarship Program, are part of the Memorial Day weekend festivities every year.
In commemoration of Garden Grove's 50th anniversary, the town/city painted some of its fire hydrants with a design that featured a strawberry, recognizing the festival as a big part of Garden Grove's history. According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 46.5 km2 (18.0 sq mi) 0.10% of which is water.
West Garden Grove is west of Beach Boulevard.
The 2010 United States Enumeration reported that Garden Grove had a populace of 170,883.
The ethnic makeup of Garden Grove was 68,149 (39.9%) White, 2,155 (1.3%) Black, 983 (0.6%) Native American, 63,451 (37.1%) Asian, 1,110 (0.6%) Pacific Islander, 28,916 (16.9%) from other competitions, and 6,119 (3.6%) from two or more competitions.
The populace was spread out with 43,763 citizens (25.6%) under the age of 18, 17,383 citizens (10.2%) aged 18 to 24, 49,105 citizens (28.7%) aged 25 to 44, 42,106 citizens (24.6%) aged 45 to 64, and 18,526 citizens (10.8%) who were 65 years of age or older.
96,308 citizens (56.4% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 72,634 citizens (42.5%) lived in rental housing units.
According to the 2010 United States Census, Garden Grove had a median homehold income of $59,988, with 15.5% of the populace living below the federal poverty line. Garden Grove uses a council-manager form of government.
In July 2015 the town/city was sued by a resident who claimed that the longstanding at-large elections had affected the Latino vote and was in violation of the California Voting Rights Act.
On January 26, 2016, the town/city council voted to settle the lawsuit, and therefore adopted that council members would be voted by precinct (six districts total) and no longer at-large; the mayor, however, will continue to be propel at-large. The town/city council consists of mayor Steven R.
Nguyen. According to the city's most recent Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the city's various funds had $206.0 million in Revenues, $193.0 million in expenditures, $1,098.9 million in total assets, $251.5 million in total liabilities, and $196.3 million in cash and investments. Of the 63,190 registered voters in Garden Grove; 35.1% are Republicans and 36.8% are Democrats.
Fire protection in Garden Grove is provided by the Garden Grove Fire Department with ambulance transport by Care Ambulance Service.
The Garden Grove Police Department provides law enforcement with mutual aid assistance offered at times by the Anaheim Police Department's helicopter, and the Orange County Sheriff's Department Air Unit.
In the California State Senate, Garden Grove is in the 34th Senate District, represented by Republican Janet Nguyen. In the California State Assembly, Garden Grove is split between the 65th Assembly District, represented by Democrat Sharon Quirk-Silva, the 69th Assembly District, represented by Democrat Tom Daly, and the 72nd Assembly District, represented by Republican Travis Allen. In the United States House of Representatives, Garden Grove is split between California's 46th, 47th, and 48th congressional districts, which are represented by Lou Correa (D Santa Ana), Alan Lowenthal (D Long Beach), and Dana Rohrabacher (R Costa Mesa), in the order given.
According to the City's 2015 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers in the town/city are: The Garden Grove Unified School District serves most of the city, as well as the Westminster School District and the Orange Unified School District, which serves portions in Garden Grove.
Garden Grove is home to two stage theaters, the Gem Theater and the Festival Amphitheater.
Both venues are owned by the City of Garden Grove, but directed by outside entities.
The Garden Grove Playhouse used to be an active theatre, now closed down.
The song "Garden Grove" by Sublime details taking a trip to Garden Grove.
Steve Martin, actor, comedian, musician and writer; graduate of Garden Grove High School Dave Mustaine, lead singer, Megadeth; played baseball in Garden Grove Eastside Little League, lived on Pearce Ave Lenny Dykstra, MLB player with Mets, Phillies; graduate of Garden Grove High School Jim Silva, former California Assemblyman, former Member of the Orange County Board of Supervisors, former Mayor of Seal Beach Congressman and former Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee (and alumnus of Garden Grove High School) Curt Pringle, former State Assemblyman, Speaker of the California State Assembly and former mayor of Anaheim "City of Garden Grove".
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