Los Angeles

Los Angeles is the largest city in the state of California and the second largest in the United States. Often abbreviated as L.A. and nicknamed The City of Angels, Los Angeles has an estimated population of 3.8 million and spans over 498.3 square miles in Southern California. Additionally, the Los Angeles metropolitan area is home to nearly 12.9 million residents.

Los Angeles is one of the world’s centers of business, international trade, entertainment, culture, media, fashion, science, technology, and education. It is home to renowned institutions covering a broad range of professional and cultural fields, and is one of the most substantial economic engines within the United States. As the home base of Hollywood, it is known as the “Entertainment Capital of the World”, leading the world in the creation of motion pictures, television production and recorded music. The importance of the entertainment business to the city results in many celebrities calling Los Angeles and its surrounding suburbs home.

Los Angeles has a Mediterranean climate or Dry—Summer Subtropical. Los Angeles enjoys plenty of sunshine throughout the year, with an average of 263 sunshine days and only 35 days with measurable precipitation annually. The period of May through October is warm to hot and dry with average high temperatures of 74 — 84° and lows of 58 — 66°F, however The period of November through April is mild and somewhat rainy with average high temperatures of 68 — 73°F and lows of 48 — 53°F.

The Westside

The Western area of Los Angeles is known to locals as “The Westside”. The Westside cities include Beverly Hills, Culver City, Malibu, Santa Monica, West Hollywood and Los Angeles (Bel Air, Brentwood, Century City, Hollywood, Pacific Palisades, Mar Vista, Venice, Westwood, West L.A., Wilshire).

The Westside — comprising some of the most desirable communities in Los Angeles — is a wonderful place to live and do business. It has its own special character — upscale and upbeat, with some very affluent residents, yet centrally located, with easy access to many surrounding attractions and events. Beach close, it boasts some of the best air quality in the greater Los Angeles area. The weather is moderate year round, and sea breezes keep residents cool in summer.

Home to world-famous shopping and cutting—edge architecture, the Westside Cities, serve as a base for advanced new media development, all phases of the entertainment industry, and professional services. UCLA, Otis Art Institute, Pepperdine and Loyola Marymount Universities, as well as Santa Monica College’s Academy of Entertainment and Technology, supply a creative workforce to the County’s design—based industries. The UCLA Medical Center is the largest research facility in greater Los Angeles.

The communities of the Westside are less congested than inland areas of Los Angeles, in terms of both traffic and population density, but freeways offer easy access to work throughout the greater LA area. Strong local employment bases allow many residents to work in their community.

This synergetic combination of economic opportunity and domestic tranquility, of local cultural attractions, vibrant shopping districts, and recreational diversity, the prospect of warm sun, clean air, and cloudless skies, make the Westside one of the best places to live anywhere!