|Los Angeles Communities|
There are many parts of the City of Los Angeles that are commonly mistaken to be separate cities. If you pay electricity to "DWP", you are in the City of Los Angeles. The "communities" within Los Angeles are listed at left and shown with their name in BLACK type in this map, where the names of cities other than Los Angeles are shown in RED.
West Los Angeles
The Big Confusion
There is no such city as "Encino", "Van Nuys," "Hollywood," or "San Pedro." They are all parts of the city of Los Angeles, all under the same laws. A few areas like Beverly Hills, West Hollywood, San Fernando, Culver City and Santa Monica are surrounded by Los Angeles, but they are separate cities.