Calabasas, California

Calabasas is a city located in Los Angeles County, California, in the western United States. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 20,033. The city was formally incorporated in 1991. Many parts of Calabasas are mountains or hills, which have spectacular views of the San Fernando Valley. Many of the neighborhoods in Calabasas are gated communities of McMansions.

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Los Angeles County, California - United States - 2000 - 1991 - San Fernando Valley - McMansions

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The city is located at the southwestern edge of the San Fernando Valley and comprises a portion of the Santa Monica Mountains. It is bordered by the Woodland Hills area of Los Angeles to the northeast, Topanga to the southeast, Malibu to the south, Agoura Hills to the west, and Hidden Hills to the north. The historic El Camino Real runs east-west through Calabasas as Highway 101.

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San Fernando Valley - Santa Monica Mountains - Woodland Hills - Los Angeles - Topanga - Malibu - Agoura Hills - Hidden Hills - El Camino Real - Highway 101

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Calabasas funds its own public transportation in the form of shuttle and trolley servicehttp://www.cityofcalabasas.com/departments/transportation.html#shuttle2 (as opposed to using the default Los Angeles County bus service), funds its own libraryhttp://www.cityofcalabasas.com/departments/library.html (as opposed to using the County library system), runs its own tennis and swimming center http://www.cityofcalabasas.com/recreation/tennisswim.html, has a protected and maintained historical districthttp://www.cityofcalabasas.com/vtour/old-town/oldtown01.html, has its own television channel called "The Calabasas Channel"http://www.cityofcalabasas.com/ctv/ctv-guide.html, and has four car dealerships along Calabasas Roadhttp://www.bobsmithbmw.com/http://www.calabasas.mercedescenter.com/mbcenter/b/index.jhtmlhttp://www.acura101west.net/Default.aspxhttp://www.cityofcalabasas.com/pdf/agendas/council/2004/05-26-04/Item11-Attachment1.pdf#search='calabasas%20car%20dealership'. While Calabasas is often times considered similar to its neighboring two cities to the west (Agoura Hills and Westlake Village, which is a trio that can be compared to the Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena area) because of similar demographics, size (physically and population, save Westlake), geography, and low-density general plans, Calabasas is unique from these two for the above things as the two other cities have none of the above things.

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Trolley - Los Angeles County bus service - Library - Tennis - Swimming - Agoura Hills - Westlake Village - Burbank - Glendale - Pasadena

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