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{{Not to be confused with|West Side (San Francisco)}}
{{For|the "West Los Angeles" neighborhood in the City of Los Angeles|West Los Angeles}}
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The '''Westside''' of Los Angeles is an urban [[region]] in western [[Los Angeles County, California]], United States, containing part of the [[City of Los Angeles]], independent municipalities, and unincorporated areas of the county.  It has no official definition, but sources like ''[[LA Weekly]]'' and the [[Mapping L.A.]] survey of the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' place the region on the western side of the [[Los Angeles Basin]] south of the [[Santa Monica Mountains]].

==Geography==
===''LA Weekly''===

According to ''[[LA Weekly]]'', there are different perspectives on where the Westside ends and the Eastside begins.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.laweekly.com/eastside-vs-westside-5-ways-of-looking-at-it/|title=Eastside vs. Westside: 5 Ways of Looking At It|date=April 30, 2013|website=LA Weekly}}</ref> Generally, the Westside is considered the area south of the [[Santa Monica Mountains]] and [[Sepulveda Pass]], and west of either:

* [[Downtown Los Angeles]] – a historic definition supported by UCLA urban and cultural historian Eric Avila. Most of the numbered streets and big boulevards get a “west” before their names west of Main Street and an east if they are “east” of Main Street.
* The [[Interstate 110 and State Route 110 (California)|110 Freeway]]
* [[La Cienega Boulevard]]
* The [[405 Freeway]]

===Mapping L.A. boundaries===

''Los Angeles Times'' readers submitted more than 300 maps, with borders ranging from [[Lincoln Boulevard (Southern California)|Lincoln]] to [[La Brea Avenue|La Brea]] and beyond. The most common east/west dividing lines were: Downtown, [[La Cienega Boulevard]] (the most common street cited), and the 405 freeway (the most common answer).

The ''Times'' analyzed the results, and no single definition approached a majority. Ultimately, the [[Mapping L.A.|''Los Angeles Times'' Mapping Project]] settled on a definition comprising {{convert|101.28|sqmi|km2|0}}, encompassing not only districts in the city of [[Los Angeles]] but also two [[unincorporated area|unincorporated]] neighborhoods of [[L.A. County]], plus the cities of [[Beverly Hills, California|Beverly Hills]], [[Culver City, California|Culver City]], and [[Santa Monica, California|Santa Monica]] — while excluding all of the city of [[West Hollywood]], even areas west of La Cienega Boulevard.<ref name="MappingLA.Westside">[http://maps.latimes.com/neighborhoods/region/westside/ Mapping L.A.: Regions. The Westside.] ''Los Angeles Times'', [[Mapping L.A.]]</ref>

==Neighborhoods and districts==

[[File:Map of Westside area, Los Angeles County.png|thumb|350px|right|The Westside.<br>Map by the ''Los Angeles Times''.<ref name="MappingLA.Westside" />]]

According to the [[Mapping L.A.]] survey of the ''Los Angeles Times'', the Westside includes all of the below neighborhoods that are part of the city of Los Angeles:

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*[[Bel Air, Los Angeles|Bel Air]]
*[[Beverly Crest, Los Angeles|Beverly Crest]]
*[[Beverlywood, Los Angeles|Beverlywood]]
*[[Beverly Grove, Los Angeles|Beverly Grove]]
*[[Brentwood, Los Angeles|Brentwood]]
*[[Century City, Los Angeles|Century City]]
*[[Del Rey, Los Angeles|Del Rey]]
*[[Cheviot Hills, Los Angeles|Cheviot Hills]]
*[[Mar Vista, Los Angeles|Mar Vista]]
*[[Marina Peninsula, Los Angeles|Marina Peninsula]]
*[[Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles|Pacific Palisades]]
*[[La Cienega Heights, Los Angeles|La Cienega Heights]]
*[[Palms, Los Angeles|Palms]]
*[[Pico-Robertson, Los Angeles|Pico-Robertson]]
*[[Playa Vista, Los Angeles|Playa Vista]]
*[[Rancho Park, Los Angeles|Rancho Park]]
*[[Sawtelle, Los Angeles|Sawtelle]]
*[[Venice, Los Angeles|Venice]]
*[[West Los Angeles]]
*[[Westwood, Los Angeles|Westwood]]
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===Other cities===
[[File:Westsidelosangeles.jpg|thumb|right|280px|The Westside as seen by aircraft departing [[Los Angeles International Airport]]]]
*[[Beverly Hills]]
*[[Culver City, California|Culver City]]
*[[Malibu, California|Malibu]]
*[[Santa Monica, California|Santa Monica]]

===Unincorporated areas===
*[[Ladera Heights, California|Ladera Heights]]
*[[Marina del Rey, California|Marina del Rey]]
*[[Alsace, California|Alsace]]

==Population==
In the [[2000 United States census|2000 census]], the Westside (as defined by the [[Mapping L.A.|''Los Angeles Times'' Mapping Project]]) had a population of 529,427. At that time, non-Hispanic whites made up 63% of the population.<ref name="MappingLA.Westside" /> The areas within the city of Los Angeles that the ''Los Angeles Almanac'' recognized as part of the Westside had a population of 413,351.<ref>[http://www.laalmanac.com/population/po24la.htm "Population," ''Los Angeles Almanac'']</ref>

==Education==
According to Census Bureau figures quoted by the ''Los Angeles Times,'' fifty-three percent of West Los Angeles residents aged 25 and older had earned a 4-year degree (or higher) by 2000''.'' This included 89,620 people with [[master's degrees]] or higher and 117,695 with [[bachelor's degrees]]. In addition, 95,187 people in that age range had some college experience, 46,823 held [[high school diplomas]], and 40,451 had [[High school dropouts in the United States|dropped out]] before graduating.<ref name="MappingLA.Westside" /> As of 2019, the median income of the neighborhood was approximately $96,300.

The Westside is home to the [[University of California, Los Angeles]] (UCLA), a [[public university|public]] [[research university]] located in the [[Westwood, Los Angeles|Westwood]] neighborhood. It is the second-oldest of the ten campuses of the [[University of California]] system.<ref name=admission>{{cite web | url=http://www.ucop.edu/news/factsheets/2008/fall_2008_admissions_table_5.pdf | title=Fall 2008 Admissions Table | access-date=2012-10-14 | archive-date=2013-02-02 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130202030055/http://www.ucop.edu/news/factsheets/2008/fall_2008_admissions_table_5.pdf | url-status=dead }}</ref> UCLA is considered a [[flagship campus]] of the University of California system, along with [[University of California, Berkeley|UC Berkeley]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-03-21-mn-49655-story.html | title=UCLA Eased Entry Rules for the Rich, Well-Connected|access-date=2011-05-27 |work=Los Angeles Times|quote="The controversy over private admissions preferences strikes at the heart of the dilemma over how to allocate limited slots for undergraduates. At Berkeley and UCLA, the flagship campuses, the competition is particularly acute, and admissions officers must turn away thousands of qualified applicants each year."|first1=Ralph|last1=Frammolino|first2=Mark|last2=Gladstone|first3=Henry|last3=Weinstein|date=1996-03-21}}</ref><ref name="UCLA Campus Profile">{{cite news |url= http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-uc-tuition-20110509,0,5070335.story |title=University of California weighs varying tuitions at its 10 campuses |access-date=2011-05-17 |work=L.A. Times|quote=In contrast, UC has UC Berkeley and UCLA, both often considered flagships, and several other campuses with high national rankings, he and other analysts said |first=Larry |last=Gordon |date=2011-05-09}}</ref><ref name="Los Angeles Times">{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-dec-11-na-harvard11-story.html|title=THE NATION; Higher-earning families to get a break at Harvard; Tuition will be slashed to 10% of income for those making $180,000 a year or less, making it cheaper than UCLA|access-date=2011-05-20 |work=Los Angeles Times|quote="That means any student that comes from such a family will pay less to attend Harvard than most flagship public universities, including UCLA"|first=Jason|last=Song|date=2007-12-11}}</ref><ref name="Los Angeles Magazine">{{cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=010EAAAAMBAJ&q=Flagship+UC+Campuses&pg=PA62|title= How To Get Into the Nations Most Celebrated Colleges|access-date=2011-05-25 |year=2005|work=Los Angeles Magazine|quote="The Ivy League Schools and their ilk (Stanford) and the flagship UC campuses dominate their lists...and a few other less competitive UC Campuses (San Diego, Santa Barbara, Irvine) as fall-backs." }}</ref> It offers undergraduate and graduate degree programs across a wide range of disciplines.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/ucla-sets-new-undergraduate-applications-242778|title=UCLA sets new undergraduate applications record|last=Vazquez|first=Ricardo|date=2013-01-18|website=UCLA Newsroom|language=en|access-date=2018-09-24}}</ref> With an approximate enrollment of 28,000 undergraduate and 12,000 graduate students, UCLA is the university with the largest enrollment in the state of California<ref>{{cite web|url=http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-admits-more-than-15-000-seniors-232101.aspx |title=UCLA admits more than 15,000 students for Fall 2012 freshman class|publisher= Daily Bruin}}</ref> and the most popular university in the United States by number of applicants.<ref>{{cite web|last=Bartlett |first=Lauren |url=http://www.newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/UCLA-Remains-the-Country-s-Most-7664.aspx |title=UCLA Remains the Country's Most Popular University with More Than 50,000 High School Seniors Applying for Fall / UCLA Newsroom |publisher=Newsroom.ucla.edu |date=2007-01-24 |access-date=2012-10-14}}</ref>

Other post-secondary schools in the Westside are as follows:
*'''[[Otis College of Art and Design]]'''
*'''[[Santa Monica College]],''' first opened in 1929 as Santa Monica Junior College. Current enrollment is over 30,000 students in more than 90 fields of study.
*'''[[West Los Angeles College]],''' which offers [[associate degree]]s, vocationally oriented programs, and transfer programs to four-year universities.

{{wide image|Los angeles from getty panorama.jpg|1000px|The view from the [[Getty Center]], centered on the Westside as [[Interstate 405 (California)|the 405]] goes through the [[Sepulveda Pass]] in the [[Santa Monica Mountains]] and down through the city}}

==See also==
{{Portal|Los Angeles|Greater Los Angeles|California}}
'''Other regions of Los Angeles County'''

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*[[Angeles National Forest]]
*[[Antelope Valley, California|Antelope Valley]]
*[[Central Los Angeles]]
*[[East Los Angeles (region)|Eastside]]
*[[Los Angeles Harbor Region|Harbor]]
*[[Northeast Los Angeles]]
*Northwest County
*[[Pomona Valley]]
*[[San Fernando Valley]]
*[[San Gabriel Valley]]
*[[South Bay, Los Angeles|South Bay]]
*[[Santa Monica Mountains]]
*[[South Los Angeles]]
*[[Gateway Cities|Southeast County]]
*[[Verdugos]]
*Westside
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==References==

{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{wikivoyage-inline|Westside (Los Angeles County)}}

{{Los Angeles Westside}}
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