San Fernando Gardens is a
housing project
Public housing, also known as social housing, refers to Subsidized housing, subsidized or affordable housing provided in buildings that are usually owned and managed by local government, central government, nonprofit organizations or a ...
located in the
Pacoima
Pacoima (Tataviam language: ''Pakoinga'', meaning "entrance") is a neighborhood in Los Angeles, California. It is one of the oldest neighborhoods in the San Fernando Valley region of LA.
Geography
Location
Pacoima is bordered by the Los Angele ...
district of the
San Fernando Valley
The San Fernando Valley, known locally as the Valley, is an urbanized valley in Los Angeles County, Los Angeles County, California. Situated to the north of the Los Angeles Basin, it comprises a large portion of Los Angeles, the Municipal corpo ...
region of
Los Angeles, California
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.
San Fernando Gardens
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San Fernando Gardens was built in 1955, with a low-rise, garden apartment design. The project was racially integrated
Racial integration, or simply integration, includes desegregation (the process of ending systematic racial segregation), leveling barriers to association, creating equal opportunity regardless of Race (classification of human beings), race, and t ...
;. It is located in the northernmost project in Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles
The Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles (HACLA) is a state-chartered public agency. Established in 1938, HACLA provides the largest stock of affordable housing in the city Los Angeles, California and is one of the nation's oldest public ...
's system.
Education
San Fernando Gardens is assigned to the following Los Angeles Unified School District
Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) is a State school, public school district in Los Angeles County, California, United States of America. It is the largest public school system in California in terms of number of students and the List ...
schools:
* Pacoima Elementary School
* Maclay Middle School
* San Fernando High School
San Fernando High School (SFHS) is a high school of the Los Angeles Unified School District. It is located in the Pacoima neighborhood of Los Angeles, in the northeastern San Fernando Valley, California. It is near and also serves the City of Sa ...
*
File:San Fernando Gardens Apartments.JPG, San Fernando Gardens
File:San Fernando Gardens.jpg, Apartment buildings on Lehigh Avenue
References
Public housing in Los Angeles
Buildings and structures in the San Fernando Valley
Pacoima, Los Angeles
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