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Sunland is a neighborhood in the Valley section of the city of Los Angeles, California. Often mistakenly said to be part of the nearby San Fernando Valley, Sunland is actually part of the Crescenta Valley.

It is bordered by the Los Angeles districts of Shadow Hills on the west, La Tuna Canyon on the south, and Tujunga on the east, and by the San Gabriel Mountains on the north. The Foothill Freeway links it with downtown Los Angeles (via the Glendale Freeway) and to the San Gabriel Valley far to the east.

Sunland's development occurred largely in the 1950s and 1960s. Much of the district's housing stock consists of modestly sized single-family detached homes.

Sunland is part of the LAUSD

Schools in Sunland Include:

• Apperson Street Elementary School
• Sunland Elementary School

  Tujunga:

  • Mountain View Elementary School
  • Pinewood Avenue Elementary School
  • Plainview Avenue Elementary School

   

Residents are also zoned to:

• Mount Gleason Middle School
• Verdugo Hills High School

Los Angeles Public Library operates the Sunland-Tujunga Branch

 

Tujunga  is a district in the far northern reaches of the City of Los Angeles, California.

It is bounded by the cities of Burbank to the southwest, Glendale to the south and La Crescenta to the east, the Los Angeles district of Sunland to the west, and the San Gabriel Mountains to the north. Mount Gleason Avenue separates it from Sunland.

Tujunga's suburban development began in earnest in the 1950s with the construction of large numbers of modestly sized, affordable single-family detached homes. Its geographic isolation from the San Fernando Valley and the Los Angeles Basin frees it from the air pollution that is a problem in many other parts of Greater Los Angeles. Some of the scenes of the film E.T. were shot in one area of Tujunga, making particularly effective the movie's focus on a suburban residential lifestyle in contrast to mountain scenery.

 

Originally a home to the Tongva tribe, and later a ranching area, the City of Tujunga was settled around 1913 by Utopians of the "Little Landers" cooperative farm movement founded by Willam E. Smythe ("a little land and a living"). A clubhouse built from local river rock, Bolton Hall (named after author Bolton Hall), was dedicated in August, 1913, and still stands as an historical monument and museum operated by the Little Landers Historical Society. The cooperative ended by 1920, and the city was annexed by the City of Los Angeles in 1932.

Tujunga's suburban development began in earnest in the 1950s with the construction of large numbers of modestly sized, affordable single-family detached homes. Its geographic isolation from the San Fernando Valley and the Los Angeles Basin frees it from the air pollution that is a problem in many other parts of Greater Los Angeles. Some of the scenes of the film E.T. were shot in one area of Tujunga, making particularly effective the movie's focus on a suburban residential lifestyle in contrast to mountain scenery.

Many employees from nearby JPL (Jet Propulsion Laboratory) reside in Tujunga.