Westlake Village, California
In particular, the article leads with the prepared improve but much of the knowledge only applies to the town/city (and not the portion inside Thousand Oaks).
Westlake Village, California City of Westlake Village Aerial view of the Westlake Village subdivision Aerial view of the Westlake Village subdivision Location of Westlake Village in Los Angeles and Ventura counties, California Location of Westlake Village in Los Angeles and Ventura counties, California Westlake Village, California is positioned in the US Westlake Village, California - Westlake Village, California County Los Angeles and Ventura Area code 747/818 (Los Angeles County portion), 805 (Ventura County portion) Westlake Village is a prepared improve that straddles the Los Angeles and Ventura county line.
The easterly portion is the incorporated town/city of Westlake Village, positioned on the edge of Los Angeles County, California.
The city, positioned in the region known as the Conejo Valley, encompasses half of the region surrounding Westlake Lake, and small neighborhoods primarily south of U.S.
The command posts of the Dole Food Company is also positioned in Westlake Village.
The portion of Westlake Village is a community, inside the town/city limits of Thousand Oaks, in Ventura County.
The properties and businesses in this portion can be addressed as "Westlake Village", as the United States Post Office maps both 91361 and 91362 ZIP codes to this area.
Built athwart the county line as a prepared development, inhabitants recognize that the improve of Westlake Village is not limited to the incorporated town/city in Los Angeles County, but encompassing the entire region surrounding the man made lake.
In 1981, the remaining third eventually incorporated as the City of Westlake Village. Captain Gaspar de Portola's party of Spanish explorers and missionaries traveled through the region from west to east, camping one evening near a Chumash village, believed to be the site of present-day Westlake Village.
Crespi titled the place El triunfo del Dulcisimo Nombre de Jesus (in English: The Triumph of the Sweetest Name of Jesus) to a camping place by a creek today's Triunfo Canyon Road begins between Thousand Oaks and Westlake Village (see Conejo Valley).
At the time California was admitted to the union in 1850, most of the territory that later became Ventura County was divided among only 19 families.
The picturesque future Westlake Village site among rising knolls, arroyos, barrancas and ancient oaks was recognized as the central part of two Mexican territory grants: Rancho El Conejo and Rancho Las Virgenes. Westlake Lake in Westlake Village In 1968 and 1972, the Ventura County side, two portions of Westlake Village consisting of 8,544 acres (35 km2), were took in into the town/city of Thousand Oaks.
In 1981, the Los Angeles County portion (3,456 acres (13.99 km2) or roughly 1/3) of the Westlake Village master improve was incorporated as the City of Westlake Village.
California state law prevents a town/city from existing in two separate counties, so the areas in Ventura County remained part of Thousand Oaks.
To this day, many inhabitants of the Ventura County portions of Westlake do not realize that they are actually inside the town/city limits of Thousand Oaks. Much of Westlake Village is surrounded by open space, including hiking and horse trails, as well as the vast Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area.
Water from the lake must be released into the creek in compliance with an agreement between the California State Water Resources Control Board and the Westlake Lake Management Association, a private entity that oversees the operation of the lake. In addition to its part as a bedroom improve for Los Angeles via the Ventura Freeway, it is also home to many large commercial offices and the command posts of the Dole Food Company, K-Swiss and J.D.
The Ventura Freeway is one of three of Westlake's lifelines to Los Angeles and Ventura; the Pacific Coast Highway, and the Ronald Reagan (118) Freeway also run nearby.
Westlake Village has a several golf courses and nation clubs: the Westlake Golf Course, Sherwood Country Club, and North Ranch Country Club.
Panorama of Westlake Village.
Over one half of the initial "Westlake" evolution lies west athwart the county line, wholly inside the town/city limits of Thousand Oaks.
This boundary which divides the Incorporated City of Westlake Village, and Thousand Oaks portion of Westlake Village, crosses over the Westlake Golf Course, halfway between Lakeview Canyon and Lindero Canyon roads, and half of the Lake itself.
The City of Westlake Village is positioned at 34 8 31 N 118 49 10 W (34.141973, 118.819514). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 5.5 square miles (14.3 km ).
It is positioned approximately 40 miles (64 km) West of downtown Los Angeles in the Conejo Valley.
The 2010 United States Enumeration reported that the self incorporated portion Westlake Village, on the Los Angeles County side, had a populace of 8,270.
The ethnic makeup of Westlake Village was 7,326 (88.6%) White (83.9% Non-Hispanic White), 98 (1.2%) African American, 12 (0.1%) Native American, 490 (5.9%) Asian, 13 (0.2%) Pacific Islander, 114 (1.4%) from other competitions, and 217 (2.6%) from two or more competitions.
The populace was spread out with 1,737 citizens (21.0%) under the age of 18, 479 citizens (5.8%) aged 18 to 24, 1,380 citizens (16.7%) aged 25 to 44, 2,917 citizens (35.3%) aged 45 to 64, and 1,757 citizens (21.2%) who were 65 years of age or older.
6,906 citizens (83.5% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 1,236 citizens (14.9%) lived in rental housing units.
According to the 2010 United States Census, Westlake Village had a median homehold income of $112,083, with 3.9% of the populace living below the federal poverty line. The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 89.70% White, 6.08% Asian, 0.82% African American, 0.13% Native American, 0.07% Pacific Islander, 1.02% from other competitions, and 2.17% from two or more competitions, plus one of California's biggest communities for Russian American and American Jewish ancestral groups. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.61% of the population.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city is $120,089, and the median income for a family is $148,885. The per-capita income for the town/city was $137,355 in 2007, while the median home price was (as of 2007) $1,163,800. In the city, the age distribution of the populace shows 23.8% under the age of 18, 3.9% from 18 to 24, 23.1% from 25 to 44, 31.9% from 45 to 64, and 17.3% who were 65 years of age or older.
These were the ten metros/cities or neighborhoods in Los Angeles County with the biggest percentage of white residents, as stated to the 2000 United States Census: Westlake Village, California, 85.5% In the state council Westlake Village is positioned in California's 27th State Senate district, represented by Democrat Henry Stern, and in California's 44th State Assembly district, represented by Democrat Jacqui Irwin.
Federally, Westlake Village is positioned in California's 26th congressional district, which has a Cook PVI of D +2 and is represented by Democrat Julia Brownley.
As of May 2009, 1,943 (33%) of the 5,876 registered voters in Westlake Village are registered as Democrats, 2,583 (44%) as Republicans, and 1,101 (19%) declined to state a party affiliation. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD) operates the Malibu/Lost Hills Station in Calabasas, serving Westlake Village. Dole Food Company is headquartered in Westlake Village.
In 1994 Dole announced that it would finalize its plans to build its world command posts on a 30-acre (120,000 m2) site owned by the company, positioned north of the Ventura Freeway in Westlake Village.
Dole was expected to submit its plans for final approval by the Westlake Village City Council on February 9, 1994. K-Swiss, Guitar Center, Penny - Mac Loan Services and Ryland Homes also have their command posts in Westlake Village. 9 Westlake Village Inn 130 Flag of Los Angeles County, California.svg - Greater Los Angeles portal "California Cities by Incorporation Date" (Word).
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