{{City|picture =Los Angeles.jpg|picture2 =|map =|country =United States|state =California|region =|settled =1781|charter =|population =4,000,000 (2020)|area =468.7 sq mi |density =8,500/sq mi|mayor =[[Eric Garcetti]]|demonym =Los Angeleno|co-ordinates =34.0° N., 118.4° W}}'''Los Angeles''' (from [[Spanish]] "Los Ángeles, meaning "The Angels", " often called "'''L.A.'''" or "'''LA'''") is a city, a county and a metropolitan area in [[California]]. With a population of 3.8 4 million in the city and 9.9 10 million in the county, it is second only to New York City. Los Angeles is a global city with a multi-ethnic population. The county in 2007 was 47% Hispanic, 29% white non-Hispanic, 13% Asian , and 10% black. In 2017, around 22% of residents were non-citizens.<ref>https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?src=CF</ref> Besides the many rich celebrities, there is a large working -class population, so the average income of $53,500 is 10% below the state average.<ref>See [http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/06/06037.html Quick Facts]</ref>
The current Mayor of Los Angeles is [[Eric Michael Garcetti]],<ref>http://mayor.lacity.org/MeettheMayor/index.htm</ref> a liberal Democrat who was elected in 2013 as the city's first [[Jewish]] mayor and reelected in 2017 . The city's police department has been accused of [[systemic racism]].<ref>https://californialines.com/los-angeles-mayor-the-goal-is-to-bring-down-systemic-racism/</ref> Los Angeles has had one [[Republican]] mayor since 1961. Los Angeles currently is undergoing a [[typhus]] [[epidemic]].<ref>https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/typhus-reaches-epidemic-levels-parts-los-angeles-area-n917271</ref> Typhus is the name given to a group of bacterial infections transmitted to people living in crowded and unsanitary conditions by lice and fleas, coming from infected rats. The rats are attracted into the human environment by unsanitary conditions created by humans. Los Angeles Democrats sold off all its emergency medical stockpiles and ventilators for a respiratory [[pandemic]] in 2011.<ref>https://www.redstate.com/jenvanlaar/2020/03/29/ca-dismantled-its-mobile-hospital-system-ventilator-stockpile-in-2011/</ref>
The highly diversified economy is most famous for the entertainment industry centered around [[Hollywood]], with films, television and music production of major importance. Tourism is a major industry. Many major aerospace firms are there too, like Boeing, McDonnell Douglas, and Howard Hawks Aviation. Beaches line the coast along the Santa Monica bay and include the famous neighborhoods of Malibu beach to the north, and [[Venice Beach]]. The twin ports of Los Angeles and [[Long Beach]] make up the largest port on the west Coast, larger even than Seattle or San Diego. Los Angeles has one of the country's largest manufacturing sectors, with the textile industry being highly prominent. Several oil refineries lie along the southern basin of the county, with refineries in Torrance, Carson, and Wilmington. The region became rich with farming—especially citrus production—a century ago.
Los Angeles is in an arid region, and a great amount of water comes from the [[Colorado]] River through the Los Angeles Aqueduct and from the California Water project.
===Progressivism===
[[File:LAFD.PNG|right|300px|thumb|2022 - Los Angeles Fire Department sends "surplus" equipment to the [[fascist]] [[Zelensky regime]].]]
The [[Progressive Movement]] found powerful support from the businessmen and professionals of Los Angeles. In an effort to rid the city of machine politics, reformers supported the election of Republican businessman George Alexander (1839-1923) as mayor in 1909. However the progressives disagreed over the goals of reform. Some emphasized honesty and efficiency in government, working for civil service reforms and 'classless' politics. More radical reformers called for measures that promoted social welfare and economic reform. When business-oriented progressives merged their interests with the social welfare faction, the city enacted legislation creating a public utilities commission, a public power project, and other measures. However, some business-oriented progressives abandoned the reform movement, while labor leaders demanded leadership that went beyond middle-class values. Pursuing a middle course, the progressives reelected Alexander in 1911, defeating the Socialist attack on the system. In Alexander's second term (1911–13) they enacted additional measures benefiting the public welfare. Party regulars, however, defeated a proposed progressive city charter in 1912, and increased factionalism within progressive ranks ended progressive rule in 1913.<ref>Martin J. Schiesl, "Progressive Reform in Los Angeles under Mayor Alexander, 1909-1913." ''California Historical Quarterly'' 1975 54(1): 37-56</ref>
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After 2001 housing prices soared in LA and throughout California. New construction began at a furious pace, and many new shopping centers and office building were built. Today many stand empty{{fact}}. Millions of people refinanced their homes and pocketed the "profits", while speculators bought houses and condominiums they did not intend to live in, but planned to sell at a huge profit. Bankers gave out mortgages with very low initial payments expecting that the houses would be resold at a higher price before the higher rates kicked in. They gave mortgages to people who they knew could never afford the full payments. The boom collapsed after summer 2007, with home prices falling 40%<ref>http://www.deptofnumbers.com/asking-prices/california/los-angeles/</ref> and the bankers caught with hundreds of billions of dollars of "toxic" mortgages of uncertain value. The average price of a house or condominium in the region peaked in April 2006 at $580,000; by spring 2011 prices had fallen to less than half of this number- $230,000<ref>"http://www.deptofnumbers.com/asking-prices/california/los-angeles/</ref> The [[housing bubble]] was a major cause of the [[Financial Crisis of 2008]] and helped start the [[Recession of 2008]], which in 2011 continues to hit the LA region very hard.
===2020 Antifa riots===
:{{See also|2020 Antifa riots}}
[[Leftist]] rioters beat up a cop<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/05/leftist-mob-beats-police-officer-street-la-officer-mobbed-rescued-good-samaritan/</ref> and burnt a police vehicle.<ref>https://streamable.com/61mdlo</ref> The city's Democrat mayor moved to cut funding for the police department by $250 million.<ref>https://youtu.be/DcGSvEl44ow</ref>
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