Gardena, California Gardena, California City of Gardena Flag of Gardena, California Flag Official seal of Gardena, California Location of Gardena in Los Angeles County, California Location of Gardena in Los Angeles County, California Gardena, California is positioned in the US Gardena, California - Gardena, California Gardena is a town/city located in the South Bay (southwestern) region of Los Angeles County, California, United States.
Until 2014, the US census cited the City of Gardena as the place with the highest percentage of Japanese Americans in California. Gardena has a large Japanese populace helping make the South Bay region of Los Angeles home to the biggest concentration of Japanese companies inside the mainland United States. In 1784, three years after the foundation of Los Angeles, Juan Jose Dominguez (1736 1809), a Spanish soldier who appeared in San Diego, California in 1769 with Fernando Rivera y Moncada, in recognition of his military service, received the roughly 43,000-acre (170 km2) Spanish territory grant, the Rancho San Pedro.
Part of this territory contained what became known as Gardena Valley. After the American Civil War veterans bought parts of the land, and soon ranchers and farmers followed suit. Union Army Major General William Starke Rosecrans in 1869 bought 16,000 acres (65 km2).
Gardena proper began in 1887 when the Pomeroy & Harrison real estate developers subdivided the ranch, anticipating the coming of the Los Angeles and Redondo Railway.
Civil War veteran Spencer Roane Thorpe is credited with starting the first settlement in Gardena in 1887. Railroads put Gardena on the map following a real estate boom in the Los Angeles region in the 1880s. Some believe the town/city was titled for its reputation for being the only "green spot" in the dry season between Los Angeles and the sea. Because of its acres of berries, the town/city was dubbed "Berryland". The Strawberry Day Festival and Parade was held each May. The berry trade suffered at the time of World War I as other crops were supported by the war economy. Japanese Americans settled in Gardena throughout its history. Their improve was the subject of a 60 Minutes report in 1970.
The only way Gardena could protect itself from a heavy county tax imposed on a prepared universal at a park site was to incorporate. The City of Gardena became incorporated on September 11, 1930. A 9.4-acre wetland preserve, the Gardena Willows Wetland Preserve, is positioned at the southeast corner of Gardena.
Gardena is bordered by Athens on the north, the Los Angeles neighborhood of Harbor Gateway on the east and south, Torrance on the southwest, Alondra Park on the west, and Hawthorne on the northwest.
The 2010 United States Enumeration reported that Gardena had a populace of 58,829.
The ethnic makeup of Gardena was 14,498 (24.6%) White (9.3% Non-Hispanic White), 14,352 (24.4%) African American, 348 (0.6%) Native American, 15,400 (26.2%) Asian, 426 (0.7%) Pacific Islander, 11,136 (18.9%) from other competitions, and 2,669 (4.5%) from two or more competitions.
The populace was spread out with 13,410 citizens (22.8%) under the age of 18, 5,353 citizens (9.1%) aged 18 to 24, 16,656 citizens (28.3%) aged 25 to 44, 15,086 citizens (25.6%) aged 45 to 64, and 8,324 citizens (14.1%) who were 65 years of age or older.
28,585 citizens (48.6% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 29,450 citizens (50.1%) lived in rental housing units.
During 2009 2013, Gardena had a median homehold income of $48,251, with 15.5% of the populace living below the federal poverty line. By 1989, Anglo and Japanese inhabitants tended to live in central and southern Gardena.
Middle class black citizens began to move into the Hollypark region in northern Gardena in the 1960s, so the black populace was concentrated there. Russ declared that, as stated to a special 1978 census, the ethnic demographics of Gardena had stabilized. Gardena has a large Japanese-American community. Until 2014, it had the second-highest concentration of Japanese Americans in any U.S.
The Japanese Cultural Institute (JCI) has been is positioned in Gardena since 1988, and offers cultural and civil activities for Japanese Americans.
Early in Gardena's history, Japanese migrants played a part in the agrarian economy.
The Japanese Association established the Moneta Japanese Institute in 1911, and the Parents' Association established the Gardena Japanese School in 1916. Beginning in the 1920s, Japanese American organizations, including the Moneta Gakuen, were established continuously around the current JCI site.
Military moved the Japanese in Gardena to internment camps. In 1966, for the first time, a Nisei was seated on the town/city council. In 1980, the town/city was 21% Japanese, and as of 1989, Japanese inhabitants tended to live in the center and south of the city. As of 1992 about 60% of the Korean populace in the South Bay region lived in Gardena and Torrance.
By that year, many Korean businesses had been established in Gardena because its commercial territory was more affordable than that of Torrance, a middle-class base, and it also had an established Asian population. In 1990, 2,857 ethnic Koreans lived in Gardena, a 209% increase from the 1980 figure of 924 ethnic Koreans. Nissan's North America command posts were positioned in Gardena until they moved to Tennessee in 2006.
1 Memorial Hospital of Gardena 735 The current Mayor of the City of Gardena is Tasha Cerda (2017 - Present).
Cerda is the first black female Mayor of the City of Gardena as well as the first Native American women to be propel as Mayor in the State of California.
In the California State Legislature, Gardena is in the 35th Senate District, represented by Democrat Steven Bradford, and in the 66th Assembly District, represented by Democrat Al Muratsuchi. In the United States House of Representatives, Gardena is in California's 43rd congressional district, represented by Democrat Maxine Waters. The Los Angeles Unified School District operates enhance schools.
Some areas in Gardena have a choice between Peary and Clay Middle School. (Los Angeles) Gardena High School (Los Angeles) In the spring of 1956, the junior high school classes stayed at the old Gardena High School while the high school classes moved into a new building.
Up until the opening of the new Gardena High School, high school students held morning shifts, while junior high school students held afternoon shifts. The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles operates Catholic schools in Gardena, including Junipero Serra High School, Maria Regina Catholic School (K-8), and St.
Anthony of Padua School (K-8). Gardena Valley Christian School, a K-8 non-Catholic private school, is in Gardena. The Gardena Christian Academy, a Pre - K-2 Christian school, is in Gardena. The Gardena Office of Economic Development is a department of the town/city government.
The Gardena Police Department is the major law enforcement agency in the city.
The Los Angeles County Department of Health Services operates the Curtis Tucker Health Center in Inglewood and the Torrance Health Center in Harbor Gateway, Los Angeles, near Torrance and serving Gardena. The United States Postal Service operates the Gardena Post Office at 1455 West Redondo Beach Boulevard, the South Gardena Post Office at 1103 West Gardena Boulevard, and the Alondra Post Office at 14028 Van Ness Avenue. Gardena Mayme Dear Library, a 16,000-square-foot (1,500 m2) building positioned in Gardena, and Masao W.
Satow Library, positioned west of Gardena in Alondra Park (El Camino Village), unincorporated Los Angeles County, are directed by the County of Los Angeles Public Library.
Wednesday Progressive Club sponsored the formation of the Gardena Library. In 1913 the Moneta Branch was formed. In 1914 the Gardena Library became a part of the Los Angeles County Free Library system.
Due to annexation the library was transferred to the Los Angeles City Library Board. In 1919 the Strawberry Park branch was formed. In August 1951 the Gardena library came back to the county system. In 1958 the Strawberry Park and Moneta chapters consolidated into the West Gardena Branch. The current Gardena library building was dedicated on December 5, 1964. In 1969 a fire forced the West Gardena branch to go to a new location.
The current Satow building, dedicated on February 26, 1977, was titled after a Japanese American in the community. The Gardena library received its current name on May 30, 1992, and was titled after a library volunteer, who had died before to the renaming. The town/city operates the Gardena Municipal Bus Lines.
The National Transportation Safety Board operates the Gardena Aviation Field Office in Harbor Gateway, Los Angeles; it is the county-wide command posts of the NTSB Aviation Western Region. Paul Bannai, former town/city councilman and first Japanese American to serve in the California State Legislature Polly Bergen, actress and singer; lived in Gardena and attended Gardena High School Steven Bradford, 1978 Gardena High School graduate; first African American propel to the Gardena City Council (1997 2009); former California Assemblyman (2009 2014) Enos Cabell, third baseman with the Baltimore Orioles and Detroit Tigers; attended Gardena High School Wayne Collett, runner, 1972 Summer Olympics silver medalist in the 400 meter event; attended Gardena High School Dock Ellis, pitcher with the Pittsburgh Pirates; attended Gardena High School Gaston Green, running back with the Los Angeles Rams and Denver Broncos; attended Gardena High School Butch Patrick, actor; was living in Gardena and attending PAE when he auditioned for The Munsters Ross, host of America's Court with Judge Ross; attended Gardena High School and served as the school's student body president Tyga, rapper; attended Gardena High School "Gardena: Community History in Words and Pictures".
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"In 1980, Gardena was about 31% Anglo, 23% black, 21% Japanese and 17% Latino.
"Gardena Stable After Years of Racial Change." "A special 1978 census portrays Gardena as a stable, integrated and largely middle-class improve after eight years of ethnic change, as stated to Mayor Edmond J.
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"Gardena Council Seats Japanese." "After 35 years of incorporation this city, with a large Japanese population, has a Nisei on the City Council.
Kooka is first Japanese to be propel to Gardena City" "Presence of Koreans Reshaping the Region : Immigrants: A developing Koreatown in Gardena symbolizes shifts a burgeoning population is bringing to the area." "Presence of Koreans Reshaping the Region : Immigrants: A developing Koreatown in Gardena symbolizes shifts a burgeoning population is bringing to the area." (Corporate Offices & Gardena Plant) 2001 West Rosecrans Avenue, Gardena, CA 90249 U.S.A." GARDENA, CA 90248" - Japanese version Archived January 20, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.
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