West Hills

West Hills was part of Canoga Park until residents petitioned for a separate name in 1987. The older sections east of Fallbrook and Platt avenues were built out in the 1950s and 1960s, and the hillside tracts west of Valley Circle Boulevard were added mainly in the 1980s and 1990s as the last large subdivisions in this part of the Valley.

The neighborhood sits against the Simi Hills, with the Upper Las Virgenes Canyon Open Space Preserve and the Chatsworth Reservoir on its west and north edges. It is quieter and more suburban than the neighborhoods to its east, with the Fallbrook Center and the Platt Village shopping center serving most day-to-day needs.

East of Valley Circle Boulevard, most streets carry single-story ranch homes on lots of 7,000 to 10,000 square feet, a large share of them updated or expanded. West of Valley Circle, the hillside tracts hold two-story homes from the 1980s and 1990s, some in gated communities, with larger floor plans and views toward the Valley.

Condos and townhomes are limited compared with the rest of the Valley and cluster near Sherman Way, Roscoe Boulevard and Platt Avenue.

Most of West Hills is served by the Los Angeles Unified School District, with elementary, middle and high schools inside the neighborhood. A section along the south-west edge near the Calabasas and Hidden Hills line falls within the Las Virgenes Unified School District instead. Because the district line runs through the neighborhood, a specific address should be checked against both districts’ school finders before an offer.

The 101 is reached through Woodland Hills and Calabasas to the south, and the 118 through Chatsworth to the north. Roscoe Boulevard, Sherman Way and Victory Boulevard carry east–west traffic across the Valley. The Upper Las Virgenes Canyon and Bell Canyon trails begin at the neighborhood’s western edge.