Editing Van Nuys (section)

===Boundary changes===
Some former Van Nuys neighborhoods won approval in 2009 by the Los Angeles City Council to break off from Van Nuys and join the neighboring communities of [[Lake Balboa, Los Angeles|Lake Balboa]], [[Valley Glen, Los Angeles|Valley Glen]], and [[Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles|Sherman Oaks]]<ref name=LA>{{cite web|last=Stewart|first=Jocelyn|title=45-Block Area Exits Van Nuys : Neighborhoods: Area around junior high school joins Sherman Oaks, the fifth such change in the Valley since 1986.|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-08-22-me-1486-story.html|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=2013-02-15}}</ref> in an effort to raise their property values. City Council member [[Tony Cardenas]] "suggested the change was motivated by racism."<ref>{{cite news|last=Reston|first=Maeve|date=July 14, 2009|title=Goodbye Van Nuys, hello Sherman Oaks: L.A. Council OKs neighborhood switch|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009/07/goodbye-van-nuys-hello-sherman-oaks-la-council-lets-neighborhood-switch-.html}}</ref>