• Source: Timeline of Los Angeles

The following is a general historical timeline of the city of Los Angeles, California in the United States of America.




Pre-Columbian era



8,000 BCE – Chumash and Tongva Tribes inhabited the Los Angeles Basin for thousands of years before the arrival of Europeans in the area.
Angeles Mesa skeletons Remains of Indigenous people Discovered in Ballona Plain,1924
La Brea Woman 10,250 year old BP Remains of Indigenous woman Discovered in La Brea Tar Pits,1914
2,000 BCE to 700 CE, the Uto-Aztecan (formerly known as Shoshonean) peoples entered the LA basin, absorbing or displacing the previous Hokan-speaking peoples




15th century






= English exploration

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1542
October 8: Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo sails from Catalina Island to San Pedro Bay and names it Bay of Smoke.
October 9: Cabrillo Anchors in Santa Monica Bay then Departs North.
November 23: Cabrillo on his return trip Anchors and Lands in Catalina Island to overwinter and make repairs. The Party of Explorers departed a short time later.




17th century


1602
November 20: Sebastián Vizcaíno Anchors and lands in Catalina Island for a short time during his voyage northward.




18th century






= Spanish colonization

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1769
Late July: José Francisco Ortega scout leader for the Portolá expedition is the first non-indigenous person to explore the LA Basin via a land trail.
1771
September 8: Original San Gabriel Mission is Built near Whittier Narrows.
1776 – Original San Gabriel Mission is destroyed in a flash flood forcing the Priest to move the location 5 miles north. Building the new Mission San Gabriel Arcángel.
1781
September 4: El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora de Los Angeles de Porciuncula founded in colonial New Spain by 44 settlers, 20 of whom were of African American or Native American descent.
1790's – Vicente Sanchez Adobe is built in the Eastern Foothills of Baldwin Hills
1795 – Construction commences on the Casa de Rancho San Antonio completed in 1810.




19th century


1818 – Avila Adobe built.
1820 – Los Angeles Pueblo Population: 650




= Mexican period

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1821
Rancho Rincón de los Bueyes, Land Granted to Bernardo Higuera and Cornelio Lopez, by CA Governor.
September 28: In Mexico City, the Mexican Empire declares independence; news would reach California months later.
1822
Joseph John Chapman an Anglo-American then one of the earliest English-speaking settlers and builders of Mexican Alta California. Chapman Helps to build the roof of La Iglesia de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles .: 393 
April 9: A junta in Monterey headed by governor De Solá swear an oath allegiance of the Alta California Province to the Mexican Empire; in the following days, public oaths were taken in the pueblos and missions of Alta California.
May: José Palomares goes to Monterey as the elector selected to represent the pueblo de Los Ángeles in the election of a deputy from the province to the Congress.
1823
Rancho Las Ciénegas, Land Granted to Francisco Avila, by CA Governor.
1826
November 27: Jedediah Smith an Anglo-American Explorer arrives at Mission San Gabriel Arcángel from the Great Salt Lake area, making him the first American to reach Alta California via a land route
1827 – Jonathan Temple and John Rice opened the first general store in the pueblo, soon followed by J. D. Leandry.
1828 - Rancho La Brea, Land Granted to Antonio Jose Rocha and Nemisio Dominguez, by LA Mayor.
1830 – Los Angeles Pueblo Population: 730.
1831
Jean-Louis Vignes bought 104 acres (0.42 km2) of land located between the original Pueblo and the banks of the Los Angeles River. He planted a vineyard and prepared to make wine.
Rancho Rosa Castilla, Land Granted to Juan Ballesteros, by CA Governor.
1833 – Los Angeles Trade and commerce further increased with the secularization of the California missions by the Mexican Congress. Extensive mission lands suddenly became available to government officials, ranchers, and land speculators. The governor made more than 800 land grants during this period to wealthy Californios.
1834
Governor Pico married Maria Ignacio Alvarado in the Plaza church. It was attended by the entire population of the pueblo, 800 people, plus hundreds from elsewhere in Alta California.
Rancho San Pascual, Land Granted to Juan Marine, by CA Governor.
1835
May 23: On the advice of the territory's deputy, José Carrillo, Los Angeles, is given the title of Ciudad and was declared the capital of the Alta California Territory by the Mexican Congress. The de facto capital remained in Monterey until decades later and the decision furthered political tensions in the territory.
1836 – The Indian village of Yaanga was relocated near the future corner of Commercial and Alameda Streets.
1839 – Francisco Sepúlveda is granted land Rancho San Vicente y Santa Monica which later developed as the west side of Los Angeles.
1841 – Los Angeles City Population: 1,680
1845 – The Indian village of Yaanga was relocated again to present-day Boyle Heights.



American invasion

1846
August 6: US Navy Commodore Robert F. Stockton lands Military Force in San Pedro and sets up camp near Casa de San Pedro
August 13: Stockton and Frémont rendezvous South of Los Angeles to commence the Capture of the City.
September 23–30: Siege of Los Angeles, a Civil rebellion against American occupation led By Jose Maria Flores recaptures Los Angeles from U.S. forces, U.S. Officer Gillespie is forced to retreat to San Pedro Camp.
October 6: U.S. troops under William Mervine land in San Pedro to attempt to recapture Los Angeles.
October 8–9: Battle of Dominguez Rancho, US Marines engage in a battle with the Mexican Californios, the Mexicans defeated the United States Military forces. causing them to retreat once again.
1847
January 8–9: Battle of Río San Gabriel, Mexican's block path into Los Angeles at Pico Rivera. American Troops are Victorious and the Mexicans Retreat.
January 10: Battle of La Mesa, Los Angeles taken by U.S. forces.
January 13: Treaty of Cahuenga, Signed by Andrés Pico & John C. Frémont ends American military action and completes the American Conquest of California.




= American period

=
1848
February 2: Los Angeles becomes part of U.S. territory per Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
1849 – Lieutenant Edward Ord surveyed Los Angeles to confirm and extend the streets of the city. His survey put the city into the real-estate business, creating its first real-estate boom and filling its treasury. Street names were changed from Spanish to English.
1850
April 4: Los Angeles incorporated.
September 9: Los Angeles becomes part of the new U.S. state of California.
Population: 1,610 city; 3,530 county.
Los Angeles County established.
1851 – Los Angeles Star, city's first newspaper, begins publication. Hugo Reid, who was married to an indigenous woman Victoria Reid published his series The Indians of Los Angeles County in the newspaper as part of his campaign to be named Indian agent
1854 – Round House constructed.
1855 – First City public school building built.
1859 – Los Angeles County votes to secede from California to form the Territory of Colorado, voting 1,407–441 in favor of secession. Congress throws out secession proposal the following year amid the Civil War.




= 1860s

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1860 – Los Angeles Soap Company in business, founded by John A. Forthmann.
1865 – Loyola High School (Los Angeles) opens.
1866 – Town Square established.
1868 – Street lighting installed.
1869
October 26: Los Angeles & San Pedro Railroad begins operating.
William Rosecrans Buys Rosecrans Tract a very large portion of land in South Los Angeles an investment in which he subdivides and sells developing lots eventually beginning settlement in the area.




= 1870s

=
1871
October 24: Anti-Chinese unrest.
Evening Express newspaper begins publication.
San Pedro Harbor development begins.
1872 – First African Methodist Episcopal Church established.
1873 – Los Angeles Daily Herald newspaper begins publication.
1874
May: Tiburcio Vásquez California's first Notorious Celebrity was caught and apprehended after a shootout in Today's West Hollywood
1875 – Los Angeles and Independence Railroad begins operating to Santa Monica.
1876
September 6 – Southern Pacific Railroad (San Francisco-Los Angeles line) begins operating Los Angeles' first link to transcontinental railroad.
Cathedral of Saint Vibiana built.
Pico Canyon Oilfield drilled in LA Outskirts, making it the first commercially successful oil well in the Western United States and is considered the birthplace of California's oil industry.
1877
First oranges shipped to eastern markets.




= 1880s

=
1880
University of Southern California opens.
Population: 11,183 city; 33,381 county.
1881 – Los Angeles Daily Times begins publication.
1882 – Los Angeles State Normal School opens.
1883 – City Railroad Company established.
1884 – Child's Grand Opera House opens.
1886
Kansas City-Los Angeles railway begins operating.
City Fire Department and Elysian Park established.
Pasadena and Santa Monica incorporated in Los Angeles County.
Many people arrive as a result of railroad rate war; speculative real estate boom begins.

1887
Peak of 1880s Southern California real estate boom; many towns laid out.
Los Angeles Athletic Club incorporated.
April 20 – Occidental College founded.
Pomona incorporated in Los Angeles County.
1888
Land boom collapses.
Southern Pacific's Arcade Depot opens.
Chamber of Commerce founded.
California Club incorporated.
Long Beach incorporated in Los Angeles County.
1889
City Parks Department and Los Angeles Oil Exchange founded.
Orange County established.




= 1890s

=
1890 – Population: 50,400 city; 101,454 county.
1891 – Courthouse built.
1892
Redondo Beach incorporated in Los Angeles County.
February – Oil discovered within Los Angeles City limits.
1893
Bradbury Building constructed.
July 4 – Mount Lowe Railway opens north of Pasadena.

July 29 – La Grande StationLa Grande Station railway opens.
1894 – Fiesta de Los Angeles begins.
1895
Highland Park becomes part of the City of Los Angeles.
Los Angeles Consolidated Electric Railway taken over by bondholders and renamed the Los Angeles Railway
1896
May – Congress approves $2,900,000 for deep-water harbor at San Pedro.
1897 – Los Angeles Country Club founded.
1898
September 1: Henry E. Huntington and Isaias W. Hellman syndicate purchase Los Angeles Railway and begin expanding it
March 5: Griffith Park presented to Los Angeles by Col. Griffith J. Griffith.
1899
Garvanza and University district become part of the City of Los Angeles.
Construction begins on Los Angeles Harbor, San Pedro.




20th century






= 1900s

=

1901
Angels Flight funicular begins operating.
Children's Hospital founded.
November 1 – Huntington group incorporates the Pacific Electric Railway of California
1902
Tally's Electric Theater opens.
Los Angeles takes over water system.
1903
Los Angeles Examiner newspaper begins publication.
Braly Building constructed.
1905
Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad begins operating.
Design of the seal of the City of Los Angeles adopted.
Vernon incorporated in Los Angeles County.
Southern California Buddhist Church, the first in Los Angeles, is established on Jackson Street with its first resident minister Koyu Uchida.
1906
Alexandria Hotel in business.
Shoestring strip, to connect Wilmington to Los Angeles, annexed to City of Los Angeles.
Glendale, Huntington Park, and Watts incorporated in Los Angeles County.
1907
Port of Los Angeles and City Club of Los Angeles established.
Silver Lake Reservoir built.
Los Angeles Ostrich Farm and Los Angeles Alligator Farm open.
1908
Mount Wilson Observatory begins operating in Los Angeles County.
October 1: Construction begins on Owens River Aqueduct.
1909
Selig Polyscope Company relocates to Los Angeles.
City Market Wholesale Produce Terminal built.
San Pedro and Wilmington become part of the City of Los Angeles.




= 1910s

=
1910
October 1: Los Angeles Times bombing.
East Hollywood and Hollywood become part of City of Los Angeles.
Trolleybus service operates Laurel Canyon.
Population: 319,200 city; 504,131 county.

1911
Nestor Studios begin operating.
Pacific Electric Railway Company created from merger of eight streetcar companies.
Los Angeles College created.
Burbank incorporated in Los Angeles County.
San Fernando incorporated in Los Angeles County.
1912 – County of Los Angeles Public Library established.
1913
Los Angeles Aqueduct completed.
La Brea Tar Pits excavation begins.
1914
Southern Pacific's Central Station and Southwest Museum open.
"First ship via Panama Canal arrives."
Beverly Hills incorporated in Los Angeles County.
1915
Universal Studios begins operating.
San Fernando Valley becomes part of City of Los Angeles.
Breed Street Synagogue active.
Japan-Los Angeles steamship begins operating.
Area of city: 288 square miles.
1916
Westgate becomes part of City of Los Angeles.
Lincoln Motion Picture Company in business.
1917
Culver City incorporated in Los Angeles County.
The Southern California Buddhist Church is renamed to Hongwanji Buddhist Church of Los Angeles and is moved to Yamato Hall.
1918
Warner Bros. Studios begin operating.
Los Angeles Philharmonic and Otis College of Art and Design founded.
1919
September – Southern branch of University of California is founded.




= 1920s

=
1920
Population: 576,673 city; 936,455 county.
Douglas Aircraft Company in business in nearby Santa Monica.
1921
May 2: the Los Angeles Steamship Company starts their five times per week overnight passenger and freight service to San Francisco
Hollywood Legion Stadium opens.
Hollywood Masonic Temple and Hollyhock House (residence) built.
Watts Towers sculpture construction begins.
Chouinard Art Institute founded.
Ambassador Hotel in business.
1922
KFI, KHJ and KNX radio stations begin broadcasting.
Hollywood Bowl (amphitheater) and Grauman's Egyptian Theatre open.
Rose Bowl completed in Pasadena.
1923
Post World War I building boom reaches its peak.
Hollywoodland sign erected.
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum opens.
Biltmore Hotel in business.
Angelus Temple built.
Illustrated Daily News begins publication.
1924 – Harding High School established.
1925
Grand Olympic Auditorium opens.
Junior League www.jlla.org and Yogananda Self-Realization Fellowship established.
A new building for the Hongwanji Buddhist Church, designed by Edgar Cline, is built.
1926
Orpheum Theatre, El Capitan Theatre, and 28th Street YMCA open.
June – New Central Public library building completed.
Shrine Auditorium rebuilt.
Venice and Watts become part of City of Los Angeles.
La Opinión Spanish-language newspaper begins publication.
1927
Grauman's Chinese Theatre opens.
May 5, Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel opens for business.
Barnsdall Art Park established.
1928
Los Angeles City Hall built.
March 13: Collapse of St. Francis Dam in nearby San Francisquito Canyon.
Huntington Library opens in Los Angeles County.
1929
August: Graf Zeppelin (aircraft) arrives from Tokyo.
Academy Awards begin.
Los Angeles Board of Trade Building and Bullocks Wilshire department store built.
Nuart Theatre opens.




= 1930s

=
1930
Olvera Street restored.
Hollywood Reporter begins publication.
Greek Theatre and Pantages Theatre open.
Highland Park synagogue built.
Population: 1,238,048 city; 2,208,492 county.
Burbank airport begins operating.
1931
The Chateau Marmont is converted from an apartment building to a hotel.
Figueroa Street Tunnels open.
The Hongwanji Temple in Kyoto confers betsuin status to their temple in Los Angeles, which is renamed as the Hompa Honwanji Los Angeles Betsuin.
1932 – 1932 Summer Olympics held.
1933
March 10: 1933 Long Beach earthquake.
June 6: Frank L. Shaw becomes mayor.
October 12: Los Angeles Garment Workers Strike of 1933 begins.
Los Angeles Sentinel newspaper and Daily Variety begin publication.
1934 – Los Angeles Science Fiction Society formed.
1935 – Griffith Park Planetarium dedicated.
1936
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles established.
Crossroads of the World shopping mall built.
1937
Los Angeles purchases Mines Field for a municipal airport.
1938
Los Angeles flood of 1938.
China City developed.
CBS Columbia Square built.
Mayor Shaw ousted; Fletcher Bowron becomes mayor.
1939
Union Station opens.
Chandler's fictional detective novel The Big Sleep published.




= 1940s

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1940
Arroyo Seco Parkway opens.
United States Court House built.
1941
Los Angeles Airport in operation.
Pueblo Del Rio housing complex built.
Turnabout Theatre of puppets established.
1942
February: Incarceration of Japanese, Germans and Italians to internment camps begins.
US-Mexico Bracero program begins.
Parking meters installed.
Battle of Los Angeles occurs.
1943 – Ethnic Zoot Suit Riots occur.
1944 – Imperial Courts and Jordan Downs housing projects built.
1946
Los Angeles Rams football team active.
Kosher Burrito in business.
1947 – KTLA television begins broadcasting.
1948 – In-N-Out Burger is founded
1949 – Los Angeles Valley College opens in the Valley Glen neighborhood of Los Angeles in the San Fernando Valley.




= 1950s

=

1950
Fictional Sunset Boulevard film released.
Population: 1,970,358 city; 4,151,687 county.
1951 – Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority created.
1953 – Four Level Interchange highway begins operating.
1954 – Church of Scientology and Getty Museum open.
1955
Nickerson Gardens housing complex built.
Disneyland amusement park opens in nearby Anaheim.
1956 – Capitol Records Tower built.
1957 – Ferus Gallery of art opens.
1958 – Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team active.
1959
Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena opens.
Grammy Award begins.
KPFK radio begins broadcasting.
Sister city relationships established with Eilat, Israel; and Nagoya, Japan.




= 1960s

=

1960
July: 1960 Democratic National Convention held.
Hollywood Walk of Fame established.
Los Angeles Lakers basketball team active.
1961
Theme Building constructed at Los Angeles Airport.
Pacific Electric Railway ceases Red Car interurban operations (last line in service was Long Beach Line).
1962
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner newspaper in publication.
City Cultural Heritage Board created.
Dodger Stadium opens.
Sister city relationship established with Salvador, Brazil.
1963
Last Yellow Car metropolitan streetcar service runs.
Vincent Thomas Bridge opens.
Century City development begins.
1964
Whisky a Go Go nightclub and Dorothy Chandler Pavilion (concert hall) opens.
UCLA Labor Center and Los Angeles Master Chorale founded.
Sister city relationship established with Bordeaux, France.
1965
August 11–17: Watts Riots.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art opens on Wilshire Boulevard.
Marina del Rey harbor opens in Los Angeles County.
1966
Los Angeles Zoo opens.
Gemini G.E.L. art studio founded.
1967
Super Bowl I is held at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
City's Community Analysis Bureau established.
Two California Plaza built.
The Advocate newsletter begins publication.
Mark Taper Forum (theatre) and Brockman Gallery of art open.
Forum (arena) opens in nearby Inglewood.
Los Angeles Kings hockey team active.
Sister city relationship established with Berlin, Germany.
1968
June 5: Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy at the Ambassador Hotel.
July 3: Crosby, Stills and Nash first harmonize during an impromptu meeting at the home of Joni Mitchell in Laurel Canyon. The group will come to epitomize the Laurel Canyon sound identified with L.A. into the 1970s.
Sister city relationship established with Lusaka, Zambia.
1969 – The Tate–LaBianca murders are committed by the Manson Family cult/commune/gang who are arrested by year's end.
Sister city relationship established with Mexico City, Mexico.
Formation of the Crips and Pirus
November: The new Los Angeles Hompa Hongwanji Buddhist Temple is completed.




= 1970s

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1970 – Chinatown Service Center established.
Former Leave it to Beaver actor Ken Osmond joins the Los Angeles Police Department
The trial of the Manson Family cult starts on July 15.
1971
January 25: Charles Manson and his cult's members are convicted of the Tate-LaBianca Murders.
January 28: A federal building on Los Angeles Street is bombed, killing a teenage employee.
February 9: 1971 San Fernando earthquake.
March 29: The Manson Family is sentenced to death.
Six Flags Magic Mountain (originally named Magic Mountain) opens in Valencia.
Los Angeles Convention Center opens.
California Institute of the Arts opens in nearby Valencia.
Sister city relationships established with Auckland, New Zealand; and Busan, South Korea.
1972
Womanhouse art event occurs.
Self Help Graphics & Art active.
Sister city relationships established with Mumbai, India; and Tehran, Iran.
1973
Tom Bradley becomes mayor.
Aon Center built.
Formation of the Bloods

1974 – Security Pacific Plaza built.
1975 – Chinese Historical Society of Southern California founded.
1976 – Los Angeles City Historical Society founded.
1977 – X (musical group) formed.
1978
L.A. Weekly begins publication.
President Carter makes his first visit (May 4)
Los Angeles Conservancy founded.
1979 – Sister city relationship established with Taipei, Taiwan.
President Carter makes his second visit (May 5)
The City Council passes Los Angeles' first homosexual rights bill on June 1 which Mayor Bradley sings on the next day, June 2.




= 1980s

=
1980 – Population: 2,966,850 city; 7,477,421 county.
1981 – Sister city relationship established with Guangzhou, China.
Centers for Disease Control (CDC) publishes the first report from here of symptoms of what would be later known as AIDS, with Los Angeles at least second or third highest reporting city for it after New York's #1 and San Francisco's # 2.
Mötley Crüe formed.
1983
Crocker Tower built.
Red Hot Chili Peppers (musical group) formed.
1984
L.A. surpasses Chicago as the second largest city in the United States.
1984 Summer Olympics held.
Forever 21 clothier in business.
"Power of Place" group formed.
West Hollywood incorporated in Los Angeles County.
Sister city relationships established with Athens, Greece; and Saint Petersburg, USSR.
1985 – Latino Theater Company founded.
City Council passes Los Angeles anti-AIDS-discrimination bill that Mayor Bradley signs
"Night stalker", aka Night Prowler killer Richard Ramirez is arrested in East Los Angeles.
1986
Devastating fire at the Central Library.
Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles established.
Los Angeles Opera active.
Sister city relationship established with Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Proposition U passed
1987 – Whittier Narrows earthquake
1988 – Museum of Jurassic Technology founded.
1989
U.S. Bank Tower built.
Sister city relationship established with Giza, Egypt.




= 1990s

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1990
Hollywood Bowl Orchestra founded.
Sanwa Bank Plaza built.
Population: 3,485,398.
Sony Pictures Entertainment headquartered in nearby Culver City.
Sister city relationship established with Jakarta, Indonesia.
Metro Blue Line opens, re-establishing light rail in the city
1991
Gas Company Tower and 777 Tower built.
Maxine Waters becomes U.S. representative for California's 29th congressional district.
Sister city relationship established with Kaunas, Lithuania.
1992
April 29: Rodney King riots begin.
Koreatown Immigrant Workers Alliance founded.
Sister city relationship established with Makati, Philippines.
1993
Richard Riordan becomes mayor
Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority created.
Metro Red Line opens.
Sister city relationship established with Split, Croatia.
1994 – January 17: 1994 Northridge earthquake.
1995
City website launched.
Los Angeles Independent Film Festival and LA as Subject project begin.
Drudge Report begins publication.
Metro Green Line opens.
1996
Loyola Marymount University's Center for the Study of Los Angeles founded.
Council on American–Islamic Relations Los Angeles chapter founded.
Museum of Television & Radio opens in Beverly Hills.
1997
American Apparel clothier headquartered in Los Angeles.
The Getty Center opens in Brentwood.
1998 – Los Angeles Almanac begins publication.
California Science Center opens to the public.
1999 – Staples Center (sports arena) opens.
2000
August: 2000 Democratic National Convention held.
Los Angeles Police Rampart scandal report issued.




21st century






= 2000s

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2001
James Hahn becomes mayor
Kodak Theatre opens.
Disney California Adventure opens adjacent to Disneyland.
2002 – Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels built.
2003
Walt Disney Concert Hall and Chinese American Museum open.
Los Angeles Derby Dolls (rollerderby) team formed.
Metro Gold Line opens.
2004 – National Day Laborer Organizing Network headquartered in Los Angeles (approximate date).
2005
Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority homeless census begins.
Antonio Villaraigosa becomes mayor.
Sister city relationship established with San Salvador, El Salvador.
Metro Orange Line opens.
2006
LA Weekly Detour Music Festival begins.
Sister city relationships established with Beirut, Lebanon; and Ischia, Italy.
Metro Purple Line opens.
2007
May 1: 2007 MacArthur Park rallies.
Los Angeles Theatre Center opens.
Sister city relationship established with Yerevan, Armenia.
2008
Anime Expo first arrives at the Los Angeles Convention Center
First DineLA Restaurant Week was held
2009 – Los Angeles Times' Mapping L.A. project begins.
Metro Sliver Line opens.




= 2010s

=
2010
Population: 3,792,621 city; 9,818,605 county; metro 12,828,837.
Area of city: 503 square miles.
2011
October 1: Occupy Los Angeles begins.
QuakeBot in use.
2012
Metro Expo Line opens.
Los Angeles Review of Books begins publication.
Wilshire Grand Tower, the new tallest building in the city begins groundbreaking in downtown LA.
September 19–21: Endeavour makes final landing at LAX.
FIGat7th Reopens the newly constructed center happened in fall 2012.
2013
Eric Garcetti becomes mayor.
Population: 3,884,307.
2014
DataLA (city data website) begins publication.
The long-stalled Metropolis Towers breaks ground and begins construction in downtown LA.
2015
August: Shade balls put into Los Angeles Reservoir during 2015 California drought.
A massive natural gas leak in the Santa Susana Mountains near Porter Ranch, also known as Aliso Canyon gas leak, was discovered.
2016
Los Angeles Rams NFL football team moves back to Los Angeles.
ET94 Space Shuttle fuel tank arrives in LA at the California Science Center.
2017
Measure S fails
Los Angeles Chargers NFL football team moves back to Los Angeles.
Los Angeles population reaches 4 million.
Los Angeles is selected as the host city for the 2028 Summer Olympics.
2018 – Woolsey Fire burns across Los Angeles and Ventura counties.
2019
Typhus outbreak spreads in Los Angeles.
Bracero Monument by Dan Medina installed with 19-foot-tall featuring a bronze sculpture of a Mexican migrant and his family.
Teachers in LA went on strike at the beginning of the year with about 30,000 following a string of success across the country.
The construction of $44 million affordable housing of low income in Willowbrook, California, is now completed.
Construction of Oceanwide Plaza, halted in 2019 in Downtown LA.




= 2020s

=
2020
January 26 – American professional basketball player Kobe Bryant dies in a helicopter crash.
Los Angeles was hardest-hit by COVID-19 pandemic, which put few thousands of residents out of work, and shifted others to work at home.
Oceanwide Plaza remains uncompleted as Chinese foreign real estate investment capital pulled out due to the China–United States trade war.
48 apartments could replace single family home in downtown L.A.
Hotel-Residential project at Wilshire takes another step forward, which will be completed in 2023. There are 14 residences in affordable units.
May 29–31 – Civil Unrest during George Floyd protests occurs in Downtown Los Angeles, Central LA, & Santa Monica
September 8 – SoFi Stadium opens in Inglewood, which occupies the former site of the Hollywood Park Racetrack.
October 11 – The Los Angeles Lakers win the NBA Finals, their first championship since 2010.
October 27 – The Los Angeles Dodgers win the World Series, their first championship since 1988.
2021
November 16: The naming rights of the Staples Center is acquired by Crypto.com, renaming it to the Crypto.com Arena.
2022
February 13: Los Angeles Rams win Super Bowl LVI at SoFi Stadium.
May 22: Amazon opens its first clothing store in Los Angeles.
October 9 - 2022 Los Angeles City Council scandal, an audio recording surfaced of a private meeting involving Los Angeles City Council members and a union leader that involved racist and disparaging comments and led to a local political scandal.
October 12: City council president Nury Martinez resigns amid a racism scandal.
December 12: Karen Bass is sworn in as mayor, becoming the city's first woman to serve as mayor.
2023
May–November: The 2023 Hollywood labor disputes occur primarily in Los Angeles and New York City.
2024
April–May: Pro-Palestinian campus protests occur in a number of LA-based universities, including UCLA and USC.
August 15: Intuit Dome opens in Inglewood.
September: The Bridge Fire burns in Angeles National Forest.




= Future events

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2026
2026 FIFA World Cup
2028
2028 Summer Olympics
2028 Summer Paralympics




See also


History of Los Angeles
List of mayors of Los Angeles
List of districts and neighborhoods of Los Angeles
National Register of Historic Places listings in Los Angeles, California
Timeline of California
Timelines of other cities in the Southern California area of California: Anaheim, Bakersfield, Long Beach, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, Santa Ana




References






Bibliography






External links



"Los Angeles City Directories, 1875–1942" – via Los Angeles Public Library.

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