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Sherman Oaks is a neighborhood in the city of Los Angeles, California located in the San Fernando Valley, founded in 1927. The neighborhood includes a share of the Santa Monica Mountains, which gives Sherman Oaks a lower population density than some additional areas in Los Angeles.

History

A partner of the Los Angeles Suburban Homes Company, Gen. Moses Hazeltine Sherman, developed Sherman Oaks. The company had subdivided 1,000 acres (400 ha) of land that would become Sherman Oaks. In 1927, each acre was sold for $780. Sherman’s additional major venture was the Los Angeles Pacific Railroad.

In 1991, a intervention of homeowners perky in the Chandler Estates Place successfully petitioned former Los Angeles City Councilmember Zev Yaroslavsky to re-draw the boundaries of Sherman Oaks from Magnolia to Burbank Blvd to the north, and from Coldwater Canyon to Van Nuys Blvd to the west, with the seek of including their neighborhood. This request was nothing further to the San Fernando Valley; other neighborhoods had either sought to modify their names, or sought to increase themselves onto more well-off neighborhoods. Residents in the area argued, however, that the area was originally share of Sherman Oaks, but was labeled Van Nuys on the other hand through the inauguration of ZIP codes in 1962; a resident produced a property feat to buttress the case.

Just a few weeks after the Chandler Estates Place successfully seceded from Van Nuys, Magnolia Woods, a 45 block Place bordered by Van Nuys Boulevard upon the east and the San Diego Freeway upon the west, and along with Burbank and Magnolia Boulevards, also successfully petitioned Los Angeles City council aficionada Marvin Braude to secede from Van Nuys and partner Sherman Oaks. Petitioners in the area argued that their neighborhood was also share of Sherman Oaks, though they were only practiced to fabricate 22 happenings showing so. As a repercussion of this change, Van Nuys Middle School became divided from its namesake neighborhood.

Finally, in 2009, the Los Angeles City council voted to redraw neighborhood boundaries another time to allow an area of more or less 1,800 homes in Van Nuys to be included.

The 1994 Northridge earthquake caused broken in the surrounding area. The Community Redevelopment Agency sought to control the rebuilding efforts. The homeowners in the Sherman Oaks area later won a lawsuit to prevent the agency from managing efforts.

Geography and climate

The neighborhood is approximately bounded by Studio City to the east, Van Nuys to the north, Encino to the west, Bel Air and Beverly Hills Post Office to the south.

Demographics

2010

As of the 2010 census, according to the San Fernando Valley Almanac, Sherman Oaks had a population of 52,677 people and 25,255 households. The racial makeup of the neighborhood was 82% non-Hispanic white, 5% Asian American and 3% African American; 11% were Hispanic or Latino of any race. Other races made stirring less than 1%.

2000

The Los Angeles Times reported that the 2000 U.S. census counted 61,166 residents in the 9.15-square-mile Sherman Oaks neighborhood, including a broad swath of the Santa Monica Mountains—or 6,687 people per square mile, among the lowest population densities for the city. In 2008, the city estimated that the resident population had increased to 65,436.

In 2000, the percentages of residents aged 19 to 49 and 65 and older were in the midst of the county’s highest. The percentages of divorced residents and of widows were in the middle of the county’s highest. The average household size of two people was low afterward compared to the descend of the city and the county. Renters occupied 58.9% of the housing hoard and house- or apartment-owners held 41.1%.

The neighborhood was considered “not especially diverse” ethnically within Los Angeles, with a tall percentage of white residents. The breakdown was whites, 73.8%; Latinos, 11.8%; Asians, 5.7%; blacks, 4.4%; and others, 4.4%. Iran (14.1%) and Mexico (8.8%) were the most common places of birth for the 26.2% of the residents who were born abroad—an average percentage for Los Angeles.

The neighborhood had a median household pension of $69,651 in 2008, which was tall for the city of Los Angeles but more or less average for the county as a whole. (Median household income reports the amount of money earned by the household that falls exactly in the center of the pack.) The percentage of households that earned $125,000 and stirring was tall for Los Angeles County.

Government and infrastructure

Local government

Los Angeles Fire Department operates Station 88 Sherman Oaks and Station 102 South Van Nuys/Valley Glen in Sherman Oaks. In complement the department operates Fire Station 78, which serves Sherman Oaks, in Studio City.

The Los Angeles Police Department operates the clear Van Nuys Community Police Station at 6240 Sylmar Avenue, 91401, serving the community.

County, state, and federal representation

The United States Postal Service Sherman Oaks Post Office is located at 14900 Magnolia Boulevard.

Politics

Richard Close, the president of the Sherman Oaks Homeowners Association, said that in 1978 the neighborhood played a key role in the aspiration for Proposition 13 and in 2002 was the epicenter of an unproductive San Fernando Valley secession movement.

Education

Forty-five percent of Sherman Oaks residents aged 25 and older had earned a four-year degree by 2000, a high percentage for both the city and the county. The percentage of those residents following a master’s degree or unconventional was also high for the County.

LAUSD schools within the Sherman Oaks boundary include:

Charter schools within the Sherman Oaks boundary include:

Portions of Sherman Oaks, including Magnolia Woods, are zoned to Van Nuys High School in Van Nuys. Other portions are zoned to Grant High School in Valley Glen.

Scott Glover of the Los Angeles Times stated in 1993 “many Sherman Oaks residents do not have school-age children, and many others send their kids to private schools”.

Private schools include:

Libraries

Los Angeles Public Library operates the Sherman Oaks Branch, also known as the Sherman Oaks Martin Pollard Branch. The library was renamed in 1970, as a great compliment to Martin Pollard, owner of the genial Casa de Cadillac.^{[citation needed]}

Parks and recreation

The Van Nuys Sherman Oaks Park is in Sherman Oaks. Dinah Eng of the Los Angeles Times wrote in 2002 that the park “is a popular site for family gatherings”. The park has an auditorium, two lighted baseball diamonds, six unlighted baseball diamonds, lighted indoor basketball courts, lighted uncovered basketball courts, a children’s conduct yourself area, a 60-person community room, a lighted American football field, an indoor gymnasium without weights, picnic tables, a lighted soccer (football) field, and lighted tennis courts. Located in the similar place as the park, the Van Nuys Sherman Oaks Pool is a seasonal outdoor heated swimming pool.

The Van Nuys Sherman Oaks Senior Citizen Center (also known as Bernardi Center), also on the park grounds, has an pitch and multi-purpose room; its banquet capacity is 200 and its assembly knack is 300. The senior middle also has two community/meeting rooms; one can hold 50 people and one can sustain 30 people. The senior middle has two kitchens, a pretend area, a shuffle board place, a stage, and two storage rooms. The Van Nuys Sherman Oaks Tennis Courts power in the Van Nuys Sherman Oaks Park has eight courts.

In addition, the city operates the Sherman Oaks Castle Park considering arcade, batting cages, and miniature golf facilities, in Sherman Oaks.

Notable people

In popular culture

The TV series Sherman Oaks appeared upon the USA network from 1995 to 1997. It followed plastic surgeon Dr. Sanford Baker and his relations as they were filmed by a juvenile documentary filmmaker.

The series Never Have I Ever, and Black-ish are set in Sherman Oaks.

In the TV series Two and a Half Men, Alan Harper owns a house in Sherman Oaks, from which his wife ejects him.

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