Granada Hills

Granada Hills was subdivided in 1926 on former Sunshine Ranch land and grew mostly after the Second World War. The deodar cedars along White Oak Avenue, planted in the 1930s, are a city historic-cultural monument and a symbol of the neighborhood. O’Melveny Park in the north-west is the second-largest park in the city.

The neighborhood runs from Devonshire Street and the 118 corridor on the south up to the mountains, with Balboa Boulevard and Zelzah Avenue as the main north–south streets and Chatsworth Street as the small-town commercial strip.

South of the 118, the streets carry ranch and traditional homes from the 1950s and 1960s on lots that often run larger than in the central Valley. North of the freeway and Rinaldi Street, the foothill tracts of Knollwood and the streets toward O’Melveny Park have larger custom homes, some with city views, and the north-west corner keeps horse-zoned properties.

Condos and townhomes sit mostly along Chatsworth Street, Balboa Boulevard and near the 118 and 405, and are the entry point for buyers who want the neighborhood schools without a single-family price.

Los Angeles Unified School District serves the neighborhood. Granada Hills Charter High School is one of the largest charter schools in the country, and several elementary and middle schools sit inside the neighborhood. Charter admission and attendance boundaries have their own rules, so check a specific address with the district and the school.

The 118 crosses the south side of the neighborhood and the 405 runs along its east edge, meeting the 5 and 118 at the north Valley interchanges. Downtown and the Westside are reached by the 405, and Porter Ranch shopping is minutes to the west. O’Melveny Park, Bee Canyon and the Aliso Canyon trails give direct access to the Santa Susana Mountains.