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City Hall Office
200 N. Spring St., Room 405
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Phone: (213) 473-7012
Fax: (213) 473-6925
Email:
Councilmember.Englander@
lacity.org

Community Service Center
9207 Oakdale Ave.
Chatsworth, CA 91311
Phone: (818) 882-1212
Fax: (818) 701-5254

 

The community of Encino is bordred by Bel-Air, Brentwood, Lake Balboa, Pacific Palisades, Reseda, Sepulveda Basin, Sherman Oaks and Tarzana. Its population in 2000 was 41,905 according to the U.S. Census, and 44,581 in 2008, based on L.A. Department of City Planning estimates. It covers 9.50 square miles, and its 4,411 people per square mile make it among the lowest densities for the city of Los Angeles but about average for the county.

History
The community of Encino, also known as Encino Springs, was originally home to the Grabielino Indians. Rancho Los Encinos was a parcel of land given to three Mission Indians by the Mexican government following its secularization of the California missions beginning in 1834. Rancho Encino was established in 1845. Eventually, Rancho Los Encinos (Ranch of the Evergreens) was established and later developed by Vincent De La Ossa as a cattle ranch, then by Eugene and Phillipe Garnier, which served as a twice-a-day stop for mail stages.

 

California State Parks operates the 5-acre Los Encinos State Historic Park in Encino. The park includes original nine-room de la Ossa Adobe, the Garnier Building, a blacksmith shop, a pond, and a natural spring.

 

Today, Encino has two Encino-Tarzana Regional Medical Center hospitals, as well as a large number of social services, professional services such as accounting and financial services, real estate, and legal businesses. There are approximately 3,800 businesses employing about 27,000 people.

 

Encino sits on the base of the Santa Monica Mountains and is bordered by Tarzana to the west, the Sepulveda Dam Recreation Area to the north, Sherman Oaks to the east and Encino reservoir on the south. The portion of the Los Angeles River that runs through the Encino area is one of only two unpaved areas necessitated by the high water table.

 

There are several parks within Encino with the largest, Anthony C. Beilenson Park, which is home to Lake Balboa, the Los Encinos State Historic Park, located at 16756 Moorpark St., Encino Park, 16953 Ventura Blvd, Pedlow Skateboark Park 17334 Victory Blvd., Sepulveda Basin offleash Dog Park, and Woodley Park, located between Victory Blvd. and Burbank Blvd.

 

The entire Sepulveda Basin area has been transformed into a major nature area, with restored wetlands that attract thousands of birds, and offer residents huge green open spaces, recreational and sports areas, bike and walking paths, even fishing and a remote controlled model airplane area.

 

Encino is represented by four Los Angeles City Council Districts, 12 to the north, 5 to the south, 6 to the east, and 3 to the west. It is served by Encino Neighborhood Council and the Encino Chamber of Commerce.

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