Speaking of this week's L.A. Times real estate section (see below), this week's "Apartment Life" Q&A column contains a question from someone who doesn't quite grasp that they live in Los Angeles:
Question: Is Sherman Oaks under the L.A. rent control law?
Answer: Yes. Sherman Oaks is part of Los Angeles. There are many other sections of L.A., such as Venice, San Pedro and Woodland Hills, that have their own identities, yet are parts of the city and subject to its laws.
Regular readers know that I've been fascinated by this Los Angeles phenomenon: That there's a huge chunk of Angelenos who don't realize that they're Angelenos. (Of course, here at the Glendale offices of Franklin Avenue, we're actually not Angelenos. But we still feel like we are.)
(As an aside, it was tough finding a Los Angeles map online that actually included the San Fernando Valley. Most just show L.A. below the Santa Monica Mountains -- yet include plenty of non-L.A. cities, like Inglewood, Manhattan Beach, Santa Monica (of course) and even Torrance and Long Beach. )
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