Monica Morales/Aries Vasquez Period2 May28, 2013

The City of San Fernando First City of the Valley It got its name because it became the first organized community that was around. History Geography Demographics Economy Education

The city was named for being near the Mission of San Fernando Rey de Espaa. It was also part of the Mexican land.

Los Angeles, Sylmar, Lake View Terrace, Pacoima, and Mission Hills surround the San Fernando Valley.

In 2010, San The most San Fernando had employees Fernando is the population that will controlled of 9,959.9 work are in by the Los people. Then the Los Angeles later the Angeles Unified population was Unified School 6,942 people School District. One that were District. Los of the under age Angeles private Unified schools in School San District has Fernando is 490 the employees. Concordia School.

First City of the Valley

San Fernando had a gold rush in the 1840s. It was when nuggets were discovered. The nuggets were found nearby a canyon. In the 1874, the city became the first valley to organized community. For this, the city was named First City of the Valley.
History The history of San Fernando was that the city was named for being near the Mission of San Fernando Rey de Espaa. It was also part of the Mexican land. Charles Maclay found this city. He bought 56,000 acres of land. In 1885, Charles Maclay found the Maclay School of Theology. Geography Los Angeles, Sylmar, Lake View Terrace, Pacoima, and Mission Hills surround the San Fernando Valley. Before, San Fernando use to be an agriculture area were every

one use to plant their plants. Back then San Fernando has increasingly decline with its income. Later, Latinos populated San Fernando. Demographics In 2010, San Fernando had the population of 9,959.9 people. Then later the population was 6,942 people that were under age. There were 5,967 households in which 18year olds were living in it. There were 6,291 housing units at an average of 2,649.9 per square mile.

Economy The most employees that will work are in the Los Angeles Unified School District. Los Angeles Unified School District has 490 employees. The jobs with the least employees are in the Padilla Paving, Payless Foods, and Veolia Transport. They only have 80 employees working. All of them do. The jobs with 100 people work with Dr Pepper Snapple Group.

Education San Fernando is controlled by the Los Angeles Unified School District. One of the private schools in San Fernando is the Concordia School. PUC Schools operates the charter schools in San Fernando. Nueva Esperanza is a Charter Academy. There was a school in San Fernando that was named First Lutheran Schools. The school was in Concordia San Fernando.