El Sereno, Los Angeles
| El Sereno | |
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| Neighborhood of Los Angeles | |
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| Coordinates: 34°04′52″N 118°10′37″W / 34.08111°N 118.17694°WCoordinates: 34°04′52″N 118°10′37″W / 34.08111°N 118.17694°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| County | Los Angeles |
| City | Los Angeles |
| Government | |
| • City Council | José Huizar |
| • State Assembly | Jimmy Gomez (D) |
| • State Senate | Kevin de Leon (D) |
| • U.S. House | Xavier Becerra (D |
| Area< | |
| • Total | 4.1 sq mi (11 km2) |
| Population (2000) | |
| • Total | 43,766 |
| • Density | 9,826/sq mi (3,794/km2) |
| Time zone | PST (UTC-8) |
| • Summer (DST) | PDT (UTC-7) |
| ZIP code | 90032, 90063 |
| Area code(s) | 323 |
| Website | El Sereno Historical Society |
El Sereno is a Los Angeles City neighborhood in the Eastside Los Angeles region of the County of Los Angeles, California.
El Sereno is primarily a Latino neighborhood with about 81.2% of residents identifying as Latino. It is one of the least racially diverse neighborhoods in Los Angeles. Mexican (67.0%) and Chinese (4.7%) are the most common ancestries. The median age was 28, resulting in a youthful population, compared with the city and county in general. The percentage or residents aged 10 or younger was among the county's highest. The average household size of 3.5 people was high for both the city and the county.
The median household income for the neighborhood was $45,866 in 2008 dollars, which is about average for the City of Los Angeles.
The Native American village of Otsungna was situated in today's El Sereno on the banks of a stream that was later named Arroyo Rosa de Castilla, which ran east of present-day Guardia and Farnsworth avenues. A trail connected Otsungna to the village of Yangna on the Los Angeles River, then on to the village of Sibagna, near the eventual site of the Mission San Gabriel. The route later became Mission Road.
The El Sereno area was first visited by Europeans in 1769, when the Spanish overland Portola Expedition passed just south of present-day El Sereno. In 1771, Mission San Gabriel Arcángel was founded, including the area that became El Sereno area of its lands was used for cattle grazing, and an adobe was constructed there in 1776.
In 1784, three years after the pueblo was founded, Spanish Governor Pedro Fages granted all the lands between the Los Angeles River and the Arroyo Seco to Jose Maria Verdugo. The Rancho San Rafael as it was known, covered approximately 36,000 acres (14,569 ha). The El Sereno area was not included in either the pueblo or Rancho San Rafael. El Sereno was later part of the Mexican Rancho Rosa Castilla land grant. Around 1810, a New Spain government's adobe toll house was built next to the road from the Mission to the Pueblo (present day Valley Boulevard/Alhambra Avenue), near present-day Warwick Avenue and Martin Street, just north of Alhambra Avenue.
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