Sun Valley - City of Los Angeles

Demographics Land Area (Sq. Mi.): 13.0 Population: 54,539 African American: 1.4% Asian American: 6.3% Hispanic: 71.7% White: 20.3% Other: 0.4% Median Housing Value: $520,000 (average of east north valley as per Southland Regional Association of Realtors) Number of Households: 11,856 Related Websites City of Los Angeles Sun Valley Chamber of Commerce

Sun Valley was once owned by Sen. Charles Maclay in the 1870s who, with holdings of 56,000 acres extending west from Sunland Boulevard to the Chatsworth Hills, owned most of the Northern Valley.  Maclay Street is named for him.

Sun Valley has had its share of names.  It was called Roberts in the last 1800s in homage to the only business in town, Roberts' General Store.

Just before the turn of the century the moniker was changed to Roscoe, and a half-century later it became Sun Valley.  The city's sand-and-gravel industry helped construct many Valley homes.

Residents don't have to travel far to do their shopping, as the Canyon Plaza shopping center is right there.  

As for recreation, there is plenty to do in the Sun Valley and Sunland-Tujunga vicinities, including spending lazy, sunny summer days at the Hansen Dam Recreation Area and Golf Course, the Stonehurst and Sunland recreation centers or the Angeles National Forest, which covers a portion of the San Gabriels.