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San Fernando City Hall. The City of San Fernando is governed by a city council. Members of the City Council are elected at-large and serve four year terms. [9] The mayor is appointed every year, on a rotating basis, by a majority vote of the council. The Council meets on the first and third Monday of each month at 6:00 pm in the Council Chambers.
Remains of wells built of mission tiles around 1800 by Tongva Indians from the Mission San Fernando Rey de España to provide water to the mission; taken over by the Department of Water and Power in 1919, the 6-acre (24,000 m 2) well site is the oldest existing source of water supply in the city, other than the Los Angeles River [4]
The original adobe structure was demolished in 1900. The city of Los Angeles provided funds for the purchase of the property in 1923, and a Mission Revival and Spanish Colonial Revival style replica "adobe" ranch house was built by the city following an effort led by Irene T. Lindsay, then president of the San Fernando Valley Historical Society, and dedicated on November 2, 1950.
In 1874, California State Senator Charles Maclay (for whom Maclay Street in San Fernando is named) acquired 56,000 acres (230 km 2) of land across the San Fernando Valley. The area extended from Sunland Blvd. all the way west to the Chatsworth Hills. East of Sunland was Rancho San Rafael, a large land grant to José María Verdugo by the ...
The history of the San Fernando Valley from its exploration by the 1769 Portola expedition to the annexation of much of it by the City of Los Angeles in 1915 is a story of booms and busts, as cattle ranching, sheep ranching, large-scale wheat farming, and fruit orchards flourished and faded.
The San Fernando Valley, [1] known locally as the Valley, [2] [3] is an urbanized valley in Los Angeles County, California.Situated northwards of the Los Angeles Basin, it comprises a large portion of Los Angeles, the incorporated cities of Burbank, Calabasas, Glendale, Hidden Hills and San Fernando, plus several unincorporated areas. [4]
L.A. City Council members have called on the Department of Water and Power to examine why fire hydrants lost water pressure in last week's epic firefight, and why a reservoir was offline.
The San Fernando Valley Historical Society has a Museum about the Valley's history, housed in the landmark Andres Pico Adobe. The museum offers vintage room settings of the era, antique and artifact displays, and period gardens. [3] The museum is located near the Mission San Fernando Rey de España in Mission Hills, California. [4] [5]