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At ,
Maywood is the third-smallest incorporated city in Los Angeles County. It is bordered by the cities of
Bell
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on the south,
Vernon on the north and west,
Huntington Park
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As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 58,114, of whom 97% are Hispanic/Latino and about half were born outside th ...
on the southwest, and
Commerce
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on the east. It is the most densely-populated city in California, and has the highest proportion of Latinos, immigrants, and undocumented immigrants in the county.
As of July 1, 2010, Maywood became the first municipality in
California
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to outsource all of its city services,
dismantling its police department, laying off all city employees except for the city manager, city attorney and elected officials,
and contracting with outside agencies for the provision of all municipal services.
The population was 27,395 at the
2010 census.
History
The land on which Maywood now stands had been populated by Native American tribes for centuries. The area that would later become Maywood was deeded in 1781 by the
Spanish
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monarchy to Spanish War veteran Manuel Nieto. When the settlement of Pueblo de Nuestra Senora de Los Angeles was recorded, it included the cow pasture (now Maywood) that eventually turned into a rancho.
In 1919, May Wood, a popular young woman who worked for the real estate corporation developing the ranch into home tracts, agreed to lend her name to the property. The development of Maywood later survived a bitter challenge to dissolve the prospective city in early 1924.
On September 2, 1924, Maywood's citizens voted to incorporate and about 300 people turned out for the dedication, including Miss May Wood. By 1924, the population of Maywood had reached 1,000. The city featured homes, stores and a movie theater. In the 1930s, gamblers were successfully removed from the city. Maywood Parks and Recreation built Maywood Park, had its beginnings in the 1930s, when a large meadow was turned into the present day baseball field. The Golden State Baseball Association made Maywood Park its home in the early 1950s.
The
Chrysler Corporation
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had an auto assembly plant in Maywood from the 1920s until its closing in July 1971. It was located at 5800 Eastern Avenue at Slauson, and was generally referred to as the "
Los Angeles
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" Plant. When the city of Commerce was incorporated in 1961, that corner was annexed as were several in the surrounding area.
Maywood Assembly was a
Ford Motor Company
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assembly plant also located in Maywood, that operated from 1948 until 1957. The address was 5801 S. Eastern Avenue, and it was across the street from the Chrysler Assembly factory, and exclusively built Lincoln and Mercury vehicles. The factory was closed and demolished when operations at Maywood and Long Beach were combined into a new factory in
Pico Rivera
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in 1958.
Willys
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was a brand name used by Willys–Overland Motors, an American automobile company, founded by John North Willys. It was best known for its design and production of World War II era and later military jeeps (MBs ...
-Overland built its California factory in Maywood, California, in 1929 at the current location of 6201 Randolph Street. Over 900 people were employed at the new $1.5 million assembly plant. Willys-Overland became the second automobile manufacturer to build a major plant in the city. After the United States entered World War II, automobile production for civilians was phased out and in November 1941, automobile assembly at Maywood was stopped. A great many automobile plants were retooled to manufacture war machinery and for three years during the war, the
Lockheed Aircraft Corporation
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rented the plant building from Willys-Overland for that purpose. Equipment was installed for the manufacture of sub-assemblies for Hudson Bombers
until the war ended. Willys-Overland began to manufacture the first Jeeps (CJ-2As) for civilians in 1945. As the demand for Jeeps increased, the reconditioning of the plant back to automobile assembly began early in 1947 and by November, Willys was building "West Coast" CJ-2As. By the end of November, 108 Jeeps had been assembled. Jeep Trucks and Station Wagons were incorporated into the West Coast Division's "final assemblies" production lines in 1948. The Maywood plant produced the entire CJ-3A model production duration and about 5% of all CJ-3As were assembled in California. In 1952, Willys-Overland introduced a new post-war model car, the Aero, and they were assembled in both Maywood and Toledo. The entire plant was shut down in 1954.
2010 city layoffs
Maywood officials were given notice in June 2009
that the city would lose its insurance coverage unless they implemented a 20-point performance plan. Maywood also owed the California Insurance Authority $927,135 and had been making interest-only payments. Mainly because of the troubled history, including multiple lawsuits, and the dubious reputation of the Maywood Police Department, the city's Liability and Workers Compensation insurer notified the city in August 2009, that it would cancel its coverage effective July 1, 2010. When the city was unable to find coverage elsewhere, it disbanded its police department, laid off all city employees, except for the city manager, city attorney and elected officials, and contracted with other agencies to provide all municipal services.
An outside audit found that Maywood was losing approximately $620,000 annually from its $10 million general fund budget
under the previous seven-year contract with nearby
Cudahy,
because they had neglected to bill Cudahy for administration, vehicle maintenance or insurance. The firm concluded that Maywood was losing about $620,000 a year, or a total of about $4 million in the last six years. George Perez, Cudahy's city manager, said Maywood's "politics have been getting in the way." Perez said that he and Paul Philips, then acting Maywood City Manager, would agree on a new contract, but the Maywood City Council would then send Philips back for further negotiation. Perez said that negotiations disintegrated in February, after Philips resigned.
Councilman Felipe Aguirre said, "We don't want to file for bankruptcy. We don't want to disappear as a city." Aguirre said filing for bankruptcy was not an option for Maywood because its problems were related specifically to insurance coverage.
Several cities in the state have said that they are close to bankruptcy because of the sharp drop in sales and property tax revenues caused by the deepest recession in decades.
During a heated City Council meeting in June 2010, opponents of the plan accused council members of mismanaging the city by failing to maintain insurance coverage.
Under the plan adopted by the City Council that night, council members would continue to be paid to set policy, but all services would be contracted out. "You single-handedly destroyed the city," Lizeth Sandoval, the city treasurer, told the City Council. Sandoval, a city employee, spoke out as a private citizen, and was laid off as part of the cuts.
Though Maywood officials stopped short of filing for bankruptcy or even giving up the city's municipal status, the city still faces a serious problem with a huge deficit.
The city did keep a few employees as independent contractors when they outsourced most city functions to Bell and police duties to the
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
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.
In September 2010, the troubled nearby city of
Bell
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agreed to cancel the contract to handle the day-to-day operations of neighboring Maywood. Maywood has been overrun with political crises, from recalls to a city clerk accused of trying to contract a hit man to kill Councilman Aguirre. In early 2006, a newly elected Aguirre called Maywood a "sanctuary city" for illegal immigrants,
stating: "I think we needed to amplify the debate by saying that no human being is illegal. These people are here ... making your clothes, shining your shoes and taking care of your kids. And now you want to develop this hypocritical policy?"
"Maywood's actions have made the town a lightning rod for criticism on conservative radio shows and websites."
Geography
According to the
United States Census Bureau
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, the city has a total area of 1.2 square miles (3.1 km
2), all land.
It is southeast from
Downtown Los Angeles
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Financial District
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and only east of the
Los Angeles
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city limit on Slauson Ave and Alameda St in the Central-Alameda neighborhood.
Maywood is part of the
Gateway Cities
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region of southeastern Los Angeles County area. Maywood is bordered by the city of
Bell
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on the south,
Vernon on the north and west,
Huntington Park
Huntington Park is a city in the Gateway Cities district of southeastern Los Angeles County, California.
As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 58,114, of whom 97% are Hispanic/Latino and about half were born outside th ...
on the southwest, and
Commerce
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on the east.
Climate
The climate in the city of Maywood is very warm during summer when high temperatures tend to be in the 80s and mild during winter when high temperatures tend to be in the 60s.
The warmest month of the year is August with an average maximum temperature of , while the coldest month of the year is December with an average minimum temperature of .
Temperature variations between night and day tend to be moderate during summer with a difference that can reach 24 °F (13.3 °C), and moderate during winter with an average difference of 22 °F (12.2 °C). The annual average precipitation at Maywood is . The wettest month of the year is February with an average rainfall of .
Maywood-area historical tornado activity is significantly above California state average. It is 75% smaller than the overall U.S. average. On November 7, 1966, a category 2 (max. wind speeds 113-157 mph) tornado away from the Maywood city center injured 10 people and caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.
Demographics
2010
The
2010 United States Census
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reported that Maywood had a population of 27,395. The population density was . The racial makeup of Maywood was 14,244 (52.0%)
White
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(1.8% Non-Hispanic White), 166 (0.6%)
African American
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, 208 (0.8%)
Native American, 87 (0.3%)
Asian
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, 20 (0.1%)
Pacific Islander
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, 11,495 (42.0%) from
other races
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, and 1,175 (4.3%) from two or more races.
Hispanic
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or
Latino
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of any race were 26,696 persons (97.4%).
The Census reported that 27,276 people (99.6% of the population) lived in households, 0 (0%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 119 (0.4%) were institutionalized.
There were 6,559 households, out of which 4,120 (62.8%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 3,721 (56.7%) were
opposite-sex married couples living together, 1,254 (19.1%) had a female householder with no husband present, 717 (10.9%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 595 (9.1%)
unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 32 (0.5%)
same-sex married couples or partnerships. 599 households (9.1%) were made up of individuals, and 231 (3.5%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 4.16. There were 5,692
families
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(86.8% of all households); the average family size was 4.30.
The population was spread out, with 8,925 people (32.6%) under the age of 18, 3,402 people (12.4%) aged 18 to 24, 8,619 people (31.5%) aged 25 to 44, 4,807 people (17.5%) aged 45 to 64, and 1,642 people (6.0%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 27.9 years. For every 100 females, there were 104.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 102.9 males.
There were 6,766 housing units at an average density of , of which 1,980 (30.2%) were owner-occupied, and 4,579 (69.8%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.2%; the rental vacancy rate was 2.6%. 9,245 people (33.7% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 18,031 people (65.8%) lived in rental housing units.
According to the 2010 United States Census, Maywood had a median household income of $37,114, with 28.3% of the population living below the federal poverty line.
2000
As of the
census
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of 2000, there were 28,083 people, 6,469 households, and 5,699 families residing in the city. The
population density
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was 23,887.2 inhabitants per square mile (9,188.9/km
2). There were 6,701 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 42.99%
White
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, 0.36%
African American
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, 1.14%
Native American, 0.36%
Asian
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, 0.13%
Pacific Islander
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, 50.48% from
other races
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, and 4.53% from two or more races.
Hispanic
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or
Latino
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of any race were 96.33% of the population.
There were 6,469 households, out of which 62.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.8% were
married couples living together, 16.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 11.9% were non-families. 8.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 3.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 4.33 and the average family size was 4.47.
In the city, the population was varied, with 37.0% under the age of 18, 13.2% from 18 to 24, 32.6% from 25 to 44, 13.0% from 45 to 64, and 4.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 25 years. For every 100 females, there were 104.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 105.4 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $30,480, and the median income for a family was $30,361. Males had a median income of $20,646 versus $16,397 for females. The
per capita income
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Per capita i ...
for the city was $11,935. About 23.1% of families and 24.5% of the population were below the
poverty line
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, including 29.3% of those under age 18 and 11.7% of those age 65 or over.
Immigrant population
Several news accounts have said Maywood's official population reaches approximately 40,000 persons when illegal aliens are counted. A significant percentage of its residents work in the factories at nearby
Vernon and
Commerce
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. The city has been at the forefront of immigration debates. It is speculated that one- third of Maywood's residents population lives in the U.S. without documentation.
The city, 96% of which is Latino, and more than half are foreign-born, has declared itself as a "Sanctuary City" for illegal immigrants.
Latino communities
High-density neighborhoods
Arts and culture
![MaywoodMemorialDayStreetFairs](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/11/MaywoodMemorialDayStreetFairs.jpg)
Every Memorial Day weekend the City of Maywood holds their annual Street Fair. It is a place where families, friends, and neighbors get together to experience a variety of food, music, games, raffles, rides, and multi-cultural activities. Street fair presale ride tickets will be available at City Hall until sold out. Location : On Slauson between Pine Avenue and Loma Vista Avenue In July 2010, over 600 people attended the First Annual 4 July Family Fun Day Celebration at the Maywood Activities Center, to honor the country's declaration of independence.
For a couple of years the fair did not return until recently.
Sports
The only sports team located in the city is the
Maywood Buzz, which features former NBA star
Cedric Ceballos
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. The team plays in the Maywood Activities Center, also known as the M.A.C. They are an ABA (American Basketball Association) team. Several famous baseball players have played at Maywood Park including former MLB player
Marvin Benard
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Personal life
Benard moved to Los Angeles with his mother and father wh ...
, who attended local rival,
Bell High School.
The
ABA team, the
Beijing Aoshen Olympians
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played their inaugural season at the M.A.C. during the 2005–2006 season. They reached the playoffs, but lost to the
SoCal Legends
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The Legends are owned and coached by former NBA player Gary Grant. They played their home games at Azusa Pacific Unive ...
in the
Great Eight Tournament
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in
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. After the season, the Olympians relocated, and now play on the campus of
Azusa Pacific University.
Parks and recreation
![LAbikePathMaywood](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d4/LAbikePathMaywood.JPG)
Maywood has two major parks and two small "pocket parks". The existing Maywood Park at 4801 E 58th Street and the new Maywood Riverfront Park at 5000 Slauson Avenue are currently the largest parks in the city, both are in the east side of the city. Maywood Park has a baseball field and the Maywood Activity Center, which opened in 1999. The Parks and Recreation Department currently maintains all of the parks in the city and offers many activities for all ages, seniors, adults and youth. Mr. Aldo Perez is Director of Parks and Recreation. The two pocket parks are Pixely Park and Pine Avenue Park.
The Maywood Activities Center (M.A.C.), is available for general public use and offers a wide variety of classes, specialty rooms, indoor basketball court, gymnasium, pool and place for clubs and classes to meet.
[Maywood Parks & Recreation Description . Retrieved 2-24-10.]
The Riverfront Park is located next to the Los Angeles River and has handball courts, a basketball court, and soccer field. It also includes an access pathway to the
LA River Bike Path that travels through of Los Angeles County, including
Griffith Park
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and
Long Beach
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Incorporate ...
.
A small pocket park is located in the west side of the city, Pixley Park at 3626 56th Street. Two small pocket parks were proposed to the city in 2008, Maywood Avenue Park and Pine Avenue Park are to be built in the future in the west side of the city. As the city reorganizes, future plans are on hold.
Government
Municipal government
The council consists of Mayor Heber Marquez, Mayor Pro Tempore Frank Garcia, Councilman Eddie De La Riva, Councilman Ricardo Lara and Councilwoman Jessica Torres.
The City of Maywood has Jennifer Vasquez as full-time City Manager.
County, state, and federal representation
In the
Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors
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History
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, Maywood is in the Fourth District, represented by
Janice Hahn
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.
In the
California State Legislature
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, Maywood is in , and in .
In the
United States House of Representatives
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, Maywood is in .
Education
K–12 schools
Maywood is a part of the
Los Angeles Unified School District. The city has also joined
South Gate,
Huntington Park
Huntington Park is a city in the Gateway Cities district of southeastern Los Angeles County, California.
As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 58,114, of whom 97% are Hispanic/Latino and about half were born outside th ...
,
Cudahy,
Vernon, and
Bell
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in the Southeast Cities School Coalition to improve the education of the children of the Southeast.
Several council members from each city are part of this group. The city is offering scholarships to students planning to attend community colleges and universities.
Public primary schools
![MaywoodElementarySchool(2)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ca/MaywoodElementarySchool%282%29.JPG)
Public elementary schools in Maywood:
* Fishburn Avenue Elementary School
* Heliotrope Elementary School
* Loma Vista Elementary School
* Maywood Elementary School (opened 2005)
* Clemente Charter School
Public secondary schools
Public secondary schools located in Maywood:
*
Maywood Academy High School
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Private schools
Private schools include Maywood Christian School (K–12), an independent private school, Betania Christian School (1-12), an independent private school, and St. Rose of Lima School (K-8) of the
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles
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Infrastructure
Fire protection in Maywood is provided by the
Los Angeles County Fire Department
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. Ambulance transport is provided by
Care Ambulance Service
Care may refer to:
Organizations and projects
* CARE (New Zealand), Citizens Association for Racial Equality, a former New Zealand organisation
* CARE (relief agency), "Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere", an international aid and ...
. The
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD), officially the County of Los Angeles Sheriff's Department, is a law enforcement agency serving Los Angeles County, California. LASD is the largest sheriff's department in the United States ...
will continue to provide police and aerial support to the city of Maywood.
The
Los Angeles County Department of Health Services
Los Angeles County Department of Health Services (abbreviated DHS and LADHS) operates the public hospitals and clinics in Los Angeles County, and is the United States' second largest municipal health system, after NYC Health + Hospitals.
DHS ope ...
operates the Whittier Health Center in
Whittier, serving Maywood.
Law enforcement
The Maywood Police Department was established in 1924 and disbanded in 2010. At its end, Maywood PD had approximately 40 sworn officers that covered the cities of Maywood and
Cudahy. In 2007, Maywood PD was cited by local newspapers and media as having a reputation for also hiring officers that had been terminated from other agencies for misconduct or other legal issues.It then had one of the lowest median salaries for police officers in California.
Due to financial strain resulting from the
Great Recession
The Great Recession was a period of marked general decline, i.e. a recession, observed in national economies globally that occurred from late 2007 into 2009. The scale and timing of the recession varied from country to country (see map). At ...
, the Maywood City Council disbanded the Maywood Police Department effective July 1, 2010. The entire police staff was laid off and police services were outsourced to the
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD), officially the County of Los Angeles Sheriff's Department, is a law enforcement agency serving Los Angeles County, California. LASD is the largest sheriff's department in the United States ...
.
Transportation
![MaywoodExpress](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/df/MaywoodExpress.JPG)
The city can be reached by Atlantic Boulevard which runs north and south through the city and Slauson Avenue which runs east and west through the city. Maywood is also accessible via the
Interstate 710
Route 710, consisting of the non-contiguous segments of State Route 710 (SR 710) and Interstate 710 (I-710), is a major north–south state highway and auxiliary Interstate Highway in the Los Angeles metropolitan area of the ...
on Atlantic Boulevard.
Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA), commonly branded as Metro, LA Metro, and L.A. Metro, is the state agency that plans, operates, and coordinates funding for most of the transportation system in Los Angel ...
(Metro) provides bus services to the city, Metro Local Line 108 and Metro Rapid Line 358 on Slauson Avenue.
Metro Local Line 260
and Metro Rapid Line 762
on Atlantic Boulevard. Metro Shuttle Line 611 runs through the westside and northside of the city.
The city of Maywood also operates a local bus service to its residents called ''Dial-a-Ride''. The shuttles pick up residents at their location and transports them within the city limits for a one way fee of $1.00. The service is free to senior citizens, age 62 and over, and handicapped individuals. Seniors and the handicapped must come to City Hall to pick up their free pass. Effective January 2, 2013, the City of Maywood will no longer provide Dial-A-Ride service to the general public. Dial-A-Ride service will only be available to City of Maywood residents 62 years and over or those with a physician-certified disability which prohibits the use of public transportation. Individuals requiring special assistance will be permitted to have an attendant accompany them.
Economy
Some
lemon groves are planted here.
[ Unfortunately, similar to the surrounding area the Asian Citrus Psyllid (ACP) is an invasive pest of these trees.][ Fortunately this area is a good environment for a ]parasitoid
In evolutionary ecology, a parasitoid is an organism that lives in close association with its host (biology), host at the host's expense, eventually resulting in the death of the host. Parasitoidism is one of six major evolutionarily stable str ...
which controls ACP, ''Tamarixia radiata
''Tamarixia radiata'', the Asian citrus cyllid parasitoid, is an hymenopteran wasp from the family Eulophidae which was discovered in the 1920s in the area of northwestern India (Punjab), now Pakistan. It is a parasitoid of the Asian citrus psyl ...
''.[ This wasp is being intentionally introduced to the state to control ACP, but Maywood is so hospitable that ''Tamarixia'' has colonized the area without the need for human help.] See Asian Citrus Psyllid in California.
Notable people
* Larry Anderson - professional baseball player, 1972–75, pitched for both the Chicago White Sox and the Milwaukee Brewers
*Tom Araya
Tomás Enrique Araya Díaz (; born June 6, 1961) is a Chilean American musician, best known as the vocalist and bassist of American thrash metal band Slayer. Araya is ranked 58th by ''Hit Parader'' on their list of the 100 Greatest Metal Vocali ...
- bassist and vocalist for the band Slayer
*Scott Autrey
Scott Brian Autrey (born July 9, 1953) is an American former professional motorcycle speedway rider. In 1976, he became the first American rider to reach a speedway world final since Ernie Roccio in 1951.
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Motorcycle racing career
Born in ...
- professional motorcycle speedway
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racer, part of the USA team that won the 1982 Speedway World Team Cup
*Jack Brohamer
John Anthony Brohamer (born February 26, 1950) is a former Major League Baseball (MLB) player. A second baseman (though he also played some third base), he played with the Cleveland Indians, Chicago White Sox, and Boston Red Sox from to .
Care ...
- former professional baseball player; played for Cleveland, Chicago White Sox and Boston in a career that spanned from 1972 to 1980; in 1977 he hit for the cycle for the White Sox.
*Todd Burns
Todd Edward Burns (born July 6, 1963) is an American former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a right-handed pitcher from 1988 to 1993, most notably as a member of the Oakland Athletics team that won thre ...
- former professional baseball player for the Oakland Athletics
The Oakland Athletics (often referred to as the A's) are an American professional baseball team based in Oakland, California. The Athletics compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) West division. The te ...
* Jim Messina - songwriter, singer, guitarist, recording engineer, and record producer; half of rock duo Loggins and Messina
Loggins and Messina was an American rock- pop duo consisting of Kenny Loggins and Jim Messina, who achieved their success in the early to mid-1970s. Among their well-known songs are "Danny's Song", "House at Pooh Corner", and " Your Mama Don' ...
and prior to that a member of Buffalo Springfield
Buffalo Springfield was a rock band formed in Los Angeles by Canadian musicians Neil Young, Bruce Palmer and Dewey Martin and American musicians Stephen Stills and Richie Furay. The group, widely known for the song "For What It's Worth", rele ...
and Poco
Poco was an American country rock band originally formed in 1968 after the demise of Buffalo Springfield. Guitarists Richie Furay and Jim Messina, former members of Buffalo Springfield, were joined by multi-instrumentalist Rusty Young, bassis ...
.
*Dana Plato
Dana Michelle Plato (née Strain; November 7, 1964 – May 8, 1999) was an American actress. An influential " teen idol" of the late 1970s and early 1980s, Plato was recognized for her television work, for which she was included on VH1's list ...
- actress, best known as Kimberly Drummond on ''Diff'rent Strokes
''Diff'rent Strokes'' is an American television sitcom, which aired on NBC from November 3, 1978, to May 4, 1985, and on ABC from September 27, 1985, to March 7, 1986. The series stars Gary Coleman and Todd Bridges as Arnold and Willis Jackso ...
'' (1978-1986)
*Christie Repasy
Christie Repasy (born December 19, 1958) is an American floral artist from Maywood, California. She is best known for her Victorian style and floral-painted furniture.
Early life and education
Repasy has been painting since she was in the se ...
- American floral artist
*Ed Roth
Ed "Big Daddy" Roth (March 4, 1932 – April 4, 2001) was an American artist, cartoonist, illustrator, pinstriper and custom car designer and builder who created the hot rod icon Rat Fink and other characters. Roth was a key figure in S ...
- American hot rod builder, fabricator, enthusiast
*Robert S. Woods
Robert Sosebee Woods (born March 13, 1948) is an American actor best known for playing Bo Buchanan on the American Broadcasting Company, ABC soap ''One Life to Live'', a role for which he won the 1983 Daytime Emmy Award for Daytime Emmy Award fo ...
- actor, played character Bo Buchanan on the ABC daytime drama " One Life to Live"
See also
* Cheli Air Force Station
Cheli Air Force Station, formerly located within Bell in southeastern Los Angeles County, California, was a United States Air Force installation and a Cold War Radar Bomb Scoring site of the Strategic Air Command, from 1947 to 1961.
History
It w ...
References
External links
Maywood official website
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