Los Angeles County BLDG & Sfty

Los Angeles is situated in Southern California on the Pacific Coast. This City of Angels was founded by the Spaniards 1781. The Golden Gate Bridge, a San Francisco icon, is 1. 7 miles long and frames the Bay. Los Angeles was merely a ranch town when the US appropriated it from Mexico in 1846. But by the twentieth century the film industry shone a spotlight on L. A. The city of 3. 5 million sprawls across 467 square miles of desert basin, mountain canyons, and coastal beaches. If there was one word to describe Los Angles it would have to be diverse.