La Mesa .
La Mesa, California City of La Mesa Flag of La Mesa, California La Mesa, California is positioned in the US La Mesa, California - La Mesa, California La Mesa is a town/city in Southern California, positioned 9 miles (14 km) east of Downtown San Diego in San Diego County.
4.3 La Mesa Walkway of the Stars La Mesa in Spanish means "the table", or alternately "the plateau", relating to its geography. La Mesa was part of a larger tract, Mission San Diego de Alcala, and was used by Spanish Missionaries. La Mesa was established in 1869 and The City of La Mesa was incorporated on February 16, 1912, under the general laws of the state of California.
As such, it does not have a town/city charter but operates under the laws of the state of California in all respects not specifically veiled by any town/city ordinance.
La Mesa is positioned at 32 46 17 N 117 1 22 W (32.771450, -117.022797). It is bordered by the town/city of San Diego on the west and north, Spring Valley and Lemon Grove on the south, and El Cajon on the east.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 9.1 square miles (24 km2).
La Mesa is approximately 12 mi (19 km)) east of the Pacific Ocean.
Because of this, La Mesa typically experiences more extreme temperatures than San Diego, which mostly lies decidedly closer to the Pacific Ocean.
La Mesa has a Semi-arid Steppe climate.
La Mesa typically has hot, dry summers and warm winters with most of the annual rain falling between November and March.
Summer temperatures are generally hot, with average highs of 78 F-92 F (26 C 33 C) and lows of 56 F 68 F (13 C 20 C).
Winter temperatures are warm, with average high temperatures of 66 F 77 F (19 C 25 C) and lows of 46 F 58 F (8 C 14 C).
Climate data for La Mesa, California The 2010 United States Enumeration reported that La Mesa had a populace of 57,065.
The ethnic makeup of La Mesa was 58.1% White, Hispanic or Latino of any race was 21.5%, 8.0% African American, 5.8% Asian, 0.8% Native American, 0.6% Pacific Islander, 7.6% from other competitions, and 5.8% from two or more competitions.
There were 24,512 homeholds, out of which 6,695 (27.3%) had kids under the age of 18 living in them, 9,330 (38.1%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 3,102 (12.7%) had a female homeholder with no husband present, 1,335 (5.4%) had a male homeholder with no wife present.
The populace was spread out with 11,164 citizens (19.6%) under the age of 18, 6,396 citizens (11.2%) aged 18 to 24, 16,792 citizens (29.4%) aged 25 to 44, 14,625 citizens (25.6%) aged 45 to 64, and 8,088 citizens (14.2%) who were 65 years of age or older.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 19.8% under the age of 18, 9.9% from 18 to 24, 32.9% from 25 to 44, 20.3% from 45 to 64, and 17.0% who were 65 years of age or older.
There is a Farmer's Market in La Mesa Village every Friday afternoon. On June 14, 1997, with the vision and commitment of Councilmember Ruth Sterling, the City of La Mesa inaugurated its First Annual Flag Day Parade. La Mesa Walkway of the Stars The "Walkway of the Stars" is a pedestrian walkway that has been transformed into an urban park in downtown La Mesa.
The vision for a place to recognize La Mesa's extraordinary volunteers was provided by Councilmember Ruth Sterling.
The park's infamous honors the city's outstanding volunteers who have provided 10,000 or more hours of service to the town/city of La Mesa.
"Walkway of the Stars" is positioned between the Allison Avenue municipal parking lot and La Mesa Boulevard. At the beginning of each October, La Mesa holds its biggest event of the year, Oktoberfest, attended by approximately 200,000 citizens over the three evenings of the event. The event is held every Thursday evening amid the months of June through August in La Mesa Village along La Mesa Boulevard.
La Mesa is a general law town/city which uses a council-manager fitness of government with a directly-elected mayor.
In the California State Legislature, La Mesa is in the 38th Senate District, represented by Republican Joel Anderson, and in the 79th Assembly District, represented by Democrat Shirley Weber. In the United States House of Representatives, La Mesa is in California's 53rd congressional district, represented by Democrat Susan Davis. The schools in La Mesa are directed by two districts.
The La Mesa-Spring Valley School District operates most of the elementary and middle schools in the city, while the Grossmont Union High School District operates Helix High School and the Gateway day schools.
Rolando Elementary School (La Mesa-Spring Valley School District) La Mesa Dale Elementary School (La Mesa-Spring Valley School District) Maryland Avenue Elementary School (La Mesa-Spring Valley School District) Murdock Elementary School (La Mesa-Spring Valley School District) Murray Manor Elementary School (La Mesa-Spring Valley School District) Northmont Elementary School (La Mesa-Spring Valley School District) Lemon Avenue Elementary School (La Mesa-Spring Valley School District) Vista La Mesa Academy (Lemon Grove School District) Innovation Center La Mesa Julian Charter School (charter) La Mesa Arts Academy (4th - 8th Grade) - La Mesa-Spring Valley School District Parkway Middle School (La Mesa-Spring Valley School District) La Mesa Arts Academy (4-8 Grade) (LMAAC) (La Mesa-Spring Valley School District) Vista La Mesa Academy (Lemon Grove School District) Helix High School (Grossmont Union High School District) Grossmont High School (Grossmont Union High School District) includes some students from La Mesa while having an El Cajon street address La Mesa is the hometown of NBA player Bill Walton, football stars Alex Smith and Reggie Bush, actor Dennis Hopper, Master - Chef winner Claudia Sandoval, true-crime author Cathy Scott, baseball players Aaron Boone and Brooks Conrad, singer of modern band Pearl Jam, Eddie Vedder, NHL Hockey forward Willie O'Ree, thrash metal band Megadeth founder and guitarist/singer Dave Mustaine, and ambient musician Steve Roach.
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