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I've contributed several times to this East L.A. page because I live in E.L.A. and my heart will always be in E.L.A. However, I just realized that unincorporated area of East Los has a long and rich cultural history, yet this article says very little to do that history justice. I want to encourage other contributors to add historical information (like the history of the Jewish people in ELA, Russian Molokans, and even Californios, etc. who settled in this area) and I'll add info too.

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—Preceding unsigned comment added by Revolition ( talk • contribs) 21:46, 8 February 2009 (UTC) reply

East L.A. was once known to have large populations of African-Americans: "Bronzeville" in the late 1940's/1950's to temporarily replace an earlier Japanese-American section of "Little Tokyo", which was restored and became an economic attractive and touristy place. Large numbers of Cherokee and other Native Americans moved into eastern L.A. by the BIA urban relocation program in the 1950's, although the actual number of them are miniscule. The largely Hispanic/Chicano East Los Angeles or "East L.A." between WWII and 1965, was primarily the boundaries were Macy Street (now Cesar Chavez Avenue) to the north, Alameda street to the west, Indiana Avenue to the east and Pico Boulevard to the south. It was after 1960 when Hispanics became the majority in the unincorporated section being land under the jurisdiction of L.A. county was the "east L.A." mentioned in Mexican-American and Hispanic pop culture of the late 20th century. The designation expanded to include Lincoln Heights, Arroyo Seco, Monte Sereno, Mount Washington, and Chinatown, in part of its' proximity to Olvera Street. + 71.102.2.206 ( talk) 07:40, 23 June 2009 (UTC) reply

Looks good. Does Monterey Park really belong on that list? Moncrief 05:54, Apr 4, 2004 (UTC)

Good question. It's basically Chinese, not Hispanic, I don't think it belongs culturally.

Not sure, Monterey Park was probably included because a large portion that borders East LA is heavily Hispanic and in fact was part of East LA until annexed by Monterey Park and holds East LA College and Ceaser Chavez Blvd. Giodude 10:04, Aug 19, 2004

Can somebody take a look at all of the cities listed in the region and see if they match up to the population listed here? RickK | Talk 05:55, 4 Apr 2004 (UTC)

If you're talking about the population figure for East L.A. listed, the communities described won't add up to the figure (assuming you could get population figures for all of those City of Los Angeles neighborhoods on the list). My understanding is that the population listed is specifically for East Los Angeles (the city, for lack of a better term). East Los Angeles the city isn't even on the larger meta-list. Being a northern Californian, I don't know exactly how the term East L.A. is used but my understanding is they're two separate lexical entries: one for the city (with its population figure here) and one for the larger list (doesn't mean they shouldn't be in the same article, just that the population won't match the larger list and I think that's ok as long as there are two separate bolded East L.A.s). God this is wordy.... Moncrief 05:59, Apr 4, 2004 (UTC)

LOL. I suppose. RickK | Talk 06:00, 4 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Here's another issue... "Los Angeles County east of the Los Angeles River" is not at all specific enough. That takes us deep into the San Gabriel Valley to places like Pomona, Diamond Bar, Claremont.... Rewording needed. Moncrief 06:04, Apr 4, 2004 (UTC)

Los Angeles County between the LA River and Downey, west of Baldwin Park? RickK | Talk 06:08, 4 Apr 2004 (UTC)

I guess we need to make an area bounded on four sides because otherwise, technically, Pasadena is included! What about, "whose boundaries are bounded, roughly, by the Los Angeles River on the west, Interstate 10 to the north, Interstate 605 to the east, and Downey to the south." Interstate 105 may be too far south, although it seems that the thoroughly Hispanic industrial cities of South Gate, Cudahy, etc might belong in the list (and would be mostly excluded if the 105 weren't the southern boundary). Does this feel right? I think naming freeways instead of cities is in some ways better because they serve as longer boundaries and really do divide neighborhoods. Moncrief 06:14, Apr 4, 2004 (UTC)

That sounds good to me. I don't think we should use the 105 because that would include Downey, which definitely isn't East LA. RickK | Talk 06:17, 4 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Cool. I swear, I spend more time thinking about Southern California geography than nearly any Southern Californian does. (This isn't directed to you, but rather at my own pecularities). I'll change the article, using Downey not the 105. Moncrief 06:20, Apr 4, 2004 (UTC)

Does Whittier belong here? RickK | Talk 06:21, 4 Apr 2004 (UTC)

You can make that call. It would be excluded by our boundaries. Does it feel like "East L.A." to you, when you hear the term? Note that Whittier extends all the way to the Orange County line and borders La Habra - which is def. not East LA. Moncrief 06:23, Apr 4, 2004 (UTC)

Whittier is "only" about 60% Hispanic and, while "Whittier Boulevard" feels very East L.A., my hunch is to exclude Whittier the city from the list. Moncrief 06:26, Apr 4, 2004 (UTC)

I agree. I don't know Whittier very well, but I wouldn't include it in East LA. I'll delete it. RickK | Talk 06:27, 4 Apr 2004 (UTC)

One more thing, and then I can't do this anymore tonight, but do you think the list of "greater" East LA places + the def of it should go after the Demographics etc of the "city" itself? I do. Otherwise, it's not clear which East L.A. that information is about. Moncrief 06:30, Apr 4, 2004 (UTC)

I think you're right. RickK | Talk 06:40, 4 Apr 2004 (UTC)

"First generation Hispanics" is slightly ambigious, in my opinion. Presumably they aren't the first generation in their family to be Hispanic. :) The first generation usually is equivalent to "immigrant." If you mean first generation to be born in the US, maybe phrase it slightly differently, though I admit nearly all ways to do so sound slightly awkward ("Hispanic American" doesn't have the same semantic concreteness as, say, "Italian American," maybe because Mexico/Central America are on this continent or for other sociocultural reasons). Moncrief 09:08, Apr 4, 2004 (UTC)

I meant the first generation living in the United States --Hispanic immigrants. Maybe I'll work on rewording it. RickK | Talk 23:18, 4 Apr 2004 (UTC)

It should be merged with East Los Angeles because this is a very short article. Check two you (talk) 13 March 2006

• Agree. ^{Blank Verse} 11:36, 14 March 2006 (UTC) reply
• Merge per nom.-- Rockero 04:18, 14 April 2006 (UTC) reply
  • Done-- Rockero 05:58, 14 April 2006 (UTC) reply

See A city grows in East L.A.?: Residents of the area, long known for its activism and culture, think incorporation could end neglect and solve some local problems. By Jim Newton, LA Times Staff Writer. Blank Verse 13:52, 4 February 2007 (UTC) reply

I am a teacher at Hammel ES in East LA. Unfortunately, Hammel ES DOES NOT exist at a new address. As of Sept '09, Hammel ES, a community mainstay for the past 94 years, will not exist at all. Most of the staff, administration, and student population will be located at a new site located on Bonnie Beach Ave four blocks from the current Hammel ES site. The new site is named William Anton ES. 75.35.238.148 ( talk) 15:39, 9 July 2009 (UTC) reply

The article currently states that the CDP is 96.8 Hispanic and 6.77 non-Hispanic white. That adds up to more than 100%. 68.62.16.149 ( talk) 00:49, 4 February 2010 (UTC) reply

I added a few words and phrases here and there to flesh out the lead, but it needs a lot more help than I can give. This lead does not properly introduce or summarize the article, as laid out in the Manual of Style ( WP:LEAD). It also seems to mention some things that do not merit being in the lead, like Gloria Molina, the Board of Supes, and LA Coounty Sheriff and Fire Depts. Darkest tree ( talk) 18:17, 27 October 2011 (UTC) reply

• Just looking at an old map, one can see that ELA College was located in the unincorporated portion of East Los Angeles. It was on Brooklyn Ave. then. See also East Los Angeles College, which reads "located in northeastern East Los Angeles before that part of unincorporated East Los Angeles was annexed by Monterey Park in the early 1970s [1972]." Incredible it is ok at one location, but not so on this article.

• What is not "free publicity"? Socalphoto ( talk) 19:35, 11 February 2016 (UTC) reply

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I noticed some addresses in this area literally simply read "Los Angeles, CA" and I've also noticed that in Willowbrook, California as well, could that mean that this could also be considered an unincorporated area of the actual city of Los Angeles, for example Citrus, California is also called unincorporated Azusa. 47.152.150.201 ( talk) 23:37, 24 June 2020 (UTC) reply

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