Editing Cudahy, California

{{Short description|City in California, United States}}
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| named_for          = [[Michael Cudahy (industrialist)|Michael Cudahy]]
| government_type    = [[Council Manager]]
| leader_title       = [[Mayor]]
| leader_name        = Elizabeth Alcantar
| leader_title1      = [[Vice Mayor]]
| leader_name1       = Jose Gonzalez
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| leader_name2       = Daisy Lomelí<br>Blanca Lozoya<br>Jack Guerrero
| leader_title3      = [[City Manager]]
| leader_name3       = Alfonso Noyola
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'''Cudahy''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|k|ʌ|d|ə|h|eɪ}} {{respell|KUD|ə|hay}}) is a city located in southeastern [[Los Angeles County, California]], United States. Cudahy has one of the highest population densities of any incorporated city in the United States. It is part of the [[Gateway Cities]] region<ref name="cudahyabout">City of Cudahy (July 6, 2009). The City of Cudahy – About the City. Retrieved on July 6, 2009 from {{cite web |url=http://www.cudahy.ca.us/about/about.asp |title=The City of Cudahy - About the City |access-date=July 6, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090401200250/http://www.cudahy.ca.us/about/about.asp |archive-date=April 1, 2009  }} .</ref> and had a population of 23,805 as of the [[United States Census, 2010|2010 U.S. Census]].<ref>[http://www.laalmanac.com/cities/ci21.htm City of Cudahy]. Los Angeles Almanac. Retrieved May 27, 2011.</ref>

==History==
[[File:Michael Cudahy (1841–1910) 02.jpg|thumb|left|[[Michael Cudahy (industrialist)|Michael Cudahy]], the city's namesake]]
Cudahy is named for its founder, [[Meat packing industry|meat-packing]] baron [[Michael Cudahy (industrialist)|Michael Cudahy]],<ref name="Status1">{{Cite news|last=Quinones|first=Sam|date=January 2, 2007|title=Novices threaten Cudahy's status quo.|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-jan-02-me-cudahy2-story.html|url-status=live|access-date=October 26, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110810221753/https://articles.latimes.com/2007/jan/02/local/me-cudahy2|archive-date=August 10, 2011}}</ref> who purchased the original {{convert|2777|acre|abbr=off|lk=on}} of [[Rancho San Antonio (Lugo)|Rancho San Antonio]] in 1908 to resell as {{convert|1|acre|ft2 m2 ha|adj=on}} lots.<ref>{{Cite web|title=City Overview {{!}} Cudahy, CA|url=https://www.cityofcudahy.com/274/City-Overview|access-date=August 31, 2021|website=www.cityofcudahy.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Studer|first=Robert Paul|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u8QPYIIyI40C&q=%22Michael+Cudahy%22+AND+%22acre%22|title=The Historical Volume and Reference Works, Los Angeles County|date=1962|publisher=Historical Publishers|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HMliAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Michael+Cudahy%22+AND+%22resell%22+AND+%221908%22|title=Low Rider|date=2006|publisher=Park Avenue Design|language=en}}</ref>{{Verify source|date=August 2021}}<!-- Two of these sources are obscure books that I found seemingly relevant snippets of on the Google Books search view, but I couldn't find relevant quotes; please look for copies. ~Duckmather --> These "Cudahy lots" were notable for their size—in most cases, {{convert|50|to|100|ft|m|0}} in width and {{convert|600|to|800|ft|m|0}} in depth, at least equivalent to a [[city block]] in most American towns. Such parcels, often referred to as "railroad lots", were intended to allow the new town's residents to keep a large [[vegetable garden]], a grove of [[fruit tree]]s (usually citrus), and a [[chicken coop]] or [[Stable|horse stable]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HMliAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Cudahy+lots%22|title=Low Rider|date=2006|publisher=Park Avenue Design|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Cudahy, California|url=https://www.businessviewmagazine.com/brochures/feb-2017/Cudahy/2-3/|access-date=August 31, 2021|website=www.businessviewmagazine.com}}</ref>{{Better source needed|date=August 2021|reason=The first ("Low Rider") is an obscure book of questionable quality; the second seems to be a probable self-published source.}} This arrangement, popular in the towns along the lower [[Los Angeles River|Los Angeles]] and [[San Gabriel River (California)|San Gabriel]] rivers, proved particularly attractive to the Southerners and Midwesterners who were leaving their struggling farms in droves in the 1910s and 1920s to start new lives in [[Southern California]].<ref name=":0" />{{Better source needed|date=August 2021|reason=It seems like this might be self-published source (as the WordPress logo appears as a preview image).}}

As late as the 1950s, some Cudahy residents were still riding into the city's downtown areas on horseback. After [[World War II]] the city was a [[White American]] blue collar town with steel and automobile plants in the area.<ref name="Status1"/>

By the late 1970s, the factories closed down and the [[Non-Hispanic whites|white]] residents of Cudahy left for jobs and housing in the San Gabriel and San Fernando Valleys. Stucco apartment complexes were built on former tracts of land. The population density increased; in 2007 the city was the second-densest in California, after [[Maywood, California|Maywood]].<ref name="Status2">Quinones, Sam. "Novices threaten Cudahy's status quo." ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''. January 2, 2007. [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-jan-02-me-cudahy2-story.html 2]. Retrieved on October 26, 2009.</ref>

The city was subjected to a major political corruption incident when the former mayor and the one-time city manager were indicted on bribery and extortion charges for supporting the opening of a medical [[marijuana dispensary]]. As a result of these charges, on July 12, 2012, ex-mayor David Silva, councilman Osvaldo Conde, and former City Manager Angel Perales, 43, each pleaded guilty to one count of bribery and extortion; according to plea agreements they each face up to 30 years in prison.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/cc24f789fd644d10a6b59cda7d9d8dc2/CA--Pot-Shop-Bribes|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130204111227/http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/cc24f789fd644d10a6b59cda7d9d8dc2/CA--Pot-Shop-Bribes|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 4, 2013|work=TheRepublic|title=CA Pot Shop Bribes}}</ref>

On January 14, 2020, [[Delta Air Lines Flight 89]] dumped jet fuel onto Cudahy, while making an emergency landing at [[Los Angeles International Airport]]. Park Avenue Elementary School suffered the brunt of this dumping.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-01-14/plane-dumps-fuel-on-students-on-school-playground-en-route-to-lax-officials-say|title=Elementary school kids doused as jet dumps fuel before emergency landing|date=January 14, 2020|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US|access-date=January 27, 2020}}</ref> This incident sparked outrage because of the city's previous history of environmental damage, including the construction of the same school on top of an old dump site that contained contaminated soil with toxic sludge, and [[Exide lead contamination|pollution from the Exide battery plant]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-01-15/jet-fuel-dump-on-cudahy-school-children-sparks-outrage-anger|title=Jet fuel dumped on schools, children sparks questions and outrage|date=January 15, 2020|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US|access-date=January 27, 2020}}</ref> The mayor, Elizabeth Alcantar, pushed for better compensation from Delta for the impact on residents and the city.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-02-11/this-young-latina-activist-was-appointed-mayor-of-cudahy-at-26-then-the-delta-fuel-drop-happened|title=This 26-year-old became a small-town California mayor. Then a jet dumped fuel on her snakebit city|last=Reyes-Velarde|first=Alejandra|date=February 11, 2020|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|language=en-US|access-date=February 11, 2020}}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|3.175|km2|mi2|sp=us}}, over 95% of it land.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |title=Archived copy |access-date=November 18, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120112090031/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |archive-date=January 12, 2012  }}</ref>

Cudahy is bordered by [[Bell, California|Bell]] on the north, [[Bell Gardens, California|Bell Gardens]] on the east, [[South Gate, California|South Gate]] on the south and southwest, and [[Huntington Park, California|Huntington Park]] on the west.

In 2007, of the 5,800 housing units, 5,000 were rentals.<ref name="Status2"/>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1970= 16998
|1980= 18275
|1990= 22817
|2000= 24208
|2010= 23805
|2020= 22811
|estyear=
|estimate=
|estref=
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.html|title=Decennial Census by Decade|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=}}</ref><br>1860–1870<ref name=1870CensusCA1>{{Cite web|title= 1870 Census of Population - Population of Civil Divisions less than Counties - California - Almeda County to Sutter County |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1870/population/1870a-12.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref><ref name=1870CensusCA2>{{Cite web|title= 1870 Census of Population - Population of Civil Divisions less than Counties - California - Tehama County to Yuba County  |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1870/population/1870a-13.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 1880-1890<ref name=1890CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1890 Census of Population - Population of California by Minor Civil Divisions |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1890/bulletins/demographics/134-population-of-ca.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref><br> 1900<ref name=1900CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1900 Census of Population - Population of California by Counties and Minor Civil Divisions |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1900/bulletins/demographic/10-population-ca.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 1910<ref name=1910CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1910 Census of Population - Supplement for California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1910/abstract/supplement-ca.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 1920<ref name=1920CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1920 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1920/bulletins/demographics/population-ca-number-of-inhabitants.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref><br> 1930<ref name=1930CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1930 Census of Population - Number and Distribution of Inhabitants - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1930/population-volume-1/03815512v1ch03.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 1940<ref name=1940CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1940 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1940/population-volume-1/33973538v1ch03.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 1950<ref name=1950CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1950 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1950/population-volume-1/vol-01-08.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref><br> 1960<ref name=1960CensusCA1>{{Cite web|title= 1960 Census of Population - General population Characteristics - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1960/population-volume-1/vol-01-06-d.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref><ref name=1960CensusCA2>{{Cite web|title= 1960 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1960/population-volume-1/vol-01-06-c.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 1970<ref name=1970CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1970 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1970a_ca1-01.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 1980<ref name=1980CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1980 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1980a_caAB-01.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref><br> 1990<ref name=1990CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1990 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/cen1990/cph2/cph-2-6.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
2000<ref name=2000CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 2000 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/2003/dec/phc-3-6.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 2010<ref name=2010CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 2010 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/2010/cph-2/cph-2-6.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref><br> 2020<ref name=2020CensusP2/>
}}

Cudahy first appeared as a city in the [[1970 U.S. Census]] as part of the Southeast census county division.<ref name=1970CensusCA/>

===2020===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''Cudahy city, California – Racial and ethnic composition'''<br><small>{{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}}</small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small>
!Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>{{Cite web|title=P004: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Cudahy city, California |url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=160XX00US4810876&tid=DECENNIALSF12000.P004|website=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Cudahy city, California |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US4810876&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!{{partial|Pop 2020}}<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Cudahy city, California |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US4810876&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|872
|505
|style='background: #ffffe6; |401
|3.60%
|2.12%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.76%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|184
|193
|style='background: #ffffe6; |167
|0.76%
|0.81%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.73%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|65
|46
|style='background: #ffffe6; |37
|0.27%
|0.19%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.16%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|166
|110
|style='background: #ffffe6; |157
|0.69%
|0.46%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.69%
|-
|[[Native Hawaiian]] or [[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|24
|8
|style='background: #ffffe6; |26
|0.10%
|0.03%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.11%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Other race]] alone (NH)
|20
|41
|style='background: #ffffe6; |64
|0.08%
|0.17%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.28%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed race or Multiracial]] (NH)
|87
|52
|style='background: #ffffe6; |87
|0.36%
|0.22%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.38%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|22,790
|22,850
|style='background: #ffffe6; |21,872
|94.14%
|95.99%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |95.88%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''24,208'''
|'''23,805'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''22,811'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}

===2010===
At the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]] Cudahy had a population of 23,805. The population density was {{convert|19,417.5|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of Cudahy was 11,708 (49.2%) White (2.1% Non-Hispanic White),<ref name="quickfacts.census.gov">{{cite web |url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/06/0617498.html |title=Cudahy (city) QuickFacts from the US Census Bureau |work=State and County QuickFacts |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |access-date=November 23, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150329004806/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/06/0617498.html |archive-date=March 29, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> 333 (1.4%) African American, 246 (1.0%) Native American, 137 (0.6%) Asian, 24 (0.1%) Pacific Islander, 10,339 (43.4%) from other races, and 1,018 (4.3%) from two or more races.  Hispanic or Latino of any race were 22,850 persons (96.0%).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0617498|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140715024323/http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0617498|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 15, 2014|title=2010 Census Interactive Population Search: CA - Cudahy city|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=July 12, 2014}}</ref>

The census reported that 23,797 people (100% of the population) lived in households, 8 (0%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and no one was institutionalized.

There were 5,607 households, 3,712 (66.2%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 2,941 (52.5%) were [[marriage|opposite-sex married couples]] living together, 1,362 (24.3%) had a female householder with no husband present, 686 (12.2%) had a male householder with no wife present.  There were 589 (10.5%) [[POSSLQ|unmarried opposite-sex partnerships]], and 42 (0.7%) [[same-sex partnerships|same-sex married couples or partnerships]]. 399 households (7.1%) were one person and 176 (3.1%) had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 4.24.  There were 4,989 families (89.0% of households); the average family size was 4.32.

The age distribution was 8,325 people (35.0%) under the age of 18, 2,858 people (12.0%) aged 18 to 24, 7,279 people (30.6%) aged 25 to 44, 4,121 people (17.3%) aged 45 to 64, and 1,222 people (5.1%) who were 65 or older.  The median age was 27.0 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.3 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.5 males.

There were 5,770 housing units at an average density of 4,706.5 per square mile, of the occupied units 1,011 (18.0%) were owner-occupied and 4,596 (82.0%) were rented. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.3%; the rental vacancy rate was 2.3%.  4,355 people (18.3% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 19,442 people (81.7%) lived in rental housing units.

According to the 2010 United States Census, Cudahy had a median household income of $38,267, with 31.8% of the population living below the federal poverty line.<ref name="quickfacts.census.gov"/>

===2000===
At the [[2000 United States Census|2000 census]] there were 24,208 people in 5,419 households, including 4,806 families, in the city. The population density was {{convert|21,627.7|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 5,542 housing units at an average density of {{convert|4,951.3|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The [[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census#2000 census|racial makeup]] of the city was 43.14% White, 1.24% Black or African American, 1.28% Native American, 0.74% Asian, 0.17% Pacific Islander, 48.06% from other races, and 5.37% from two or more races. 94.14% of the population were [[Hispanics in the United States|Hispanic]] or Latino of any race.<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=January 31, 2008 |title=U.S. Census website  }}</ref>
Of the 5,419 households 66.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.6% were married couples living together, 21.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 11.3% were non-families. 8.1% of households were one person and 3.5% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 4.47 and the average family size was 4.58.

The age distribution was 39.9% under the age of 18, 12.4% from 18 to 24, 32.3% from 25 to 44, 11.7% from 45 to 64, and 3.7% 65 or older. The median age was 24 years. For every 100 females, there were 97.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.4 males.

The [[Median household income|median income]] for a household in the city was $29,040, and the median family income  was $28,833. Males had a median income of $19,149 versus $16,042 for females. The per capita income for the city was $8,688. About 26.4% of families and 28.3% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 34.1% of those under age 18 and 18.1% of those age 65 or over.

'''Latino communities'''
{{10 Latino neighborhoods in Los Angeles County}}

[[Mexican Americans|Mexican]] (70.0%) and [[Salvadoran Americans|Salvadoran]] (5.7%) were the most common ancestries. [[Mexico]] (74.5%) and [[El Salvador]] (12.0%) were the most common foreign places of birth.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cudahy |url=https://maps.latimes.com/neighborhoods/neighborhood/cudahy/ |access-date=2025-01-06 |website=Mapping L.A.}}</ref>

==Government==
In the [[Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors]], Cudahy is in the Fourth District, represented by [[Janice Hahn]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Fourth District - Supervisor Janice Hahn |url=https://hahn.lacounty.gov/fourth_district |website=Fourth District - Supervisor Janice Hahn |access-date=February 21, 2022 |archive-date=January 16, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220116022258/https://hahn.lacounty.gov/fourth_district |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In the [[California State Legislature]], Cudahy is in {{Representative|casd|33|fmt=sdistrict}}, and in {{Representative|caad|63|fmt=adistrict}}.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://statewidedatabase.org/gis/gis2011/index_2011.html |title=Statewide Database |publisher=UC Regents |access-date=November 24, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150201113744/http://statewidedatabase.org/gis/gis2011/index_2011.html |archive-date=February 1, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In the [[United States House of Representatives]], Cudahy is in {{Representative|cacd|40|fmt=district}}.<ref>{{Cite GovTrack|CA|40}}</ref>

Cudahy's council is elected through at-large elections with four-year seats.

==Elections==
===2015===
In March 2015, Measure A, which proposed a [[term limit]] of two four-year terms for City Council members, with partial terms of any length counting as a full term, was put to a vote.<ref>{{cite web|title=Consolidated Elections - March 3, 2015 - Measures Appearing On The Ballet|url=https://www.lavote.net/Documents/Election_Info/03032015_MEASURES_ON_BALLOT.pdf|website=[[Los Angeles County|County of Los Angeles]]|access-date=December 27, 2017}}</ref> The measure was approved, with 672 "yes" votes to 133 "no" votes.<ref>{{cite web|title=Consolidated Returns|url=https://www.lavote.net/documents/SVC/922_SVC_Precinct_ZBC.pdf|page=8|website=[[Los Angeles County|County of Los Angeles]]|access-date=December 27, 2017}}</ref>

In that same election, five people (Christian Hernandez, Cristian Markovich, Adam Ochoa, Diane Oliva, and Baru Sanchez) ran for three city council seats.<ref>{{cite web|title=Consolidated Elections - Final List Of Qualified Candidates To Appear On The Ballot|url=https://www.lavote.net/Documents/Election_Info/03032015-FinalCandidateListBallot.pdf|page=3|website=[[Los Angeles County|County of Los Angeles]]|access-date=December 27, 2017}}</ref> Hernandez, Markovich, and Sanchez won the election.<ref>{{cite web|title=Consolidated Returns|url=https://www.lavote.net/documents/SVC/922_SVC_Precinct_ZBC.pdf|page=6|website=[[Los Angeles County|County of Los Angeles]]|access-date=December 27, 2017}}</ref>

==Infrastructure==
Police Services used to be contracted through the City of [[Bell, California|Bell]], but now contracts with the [[Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=September 9, 1989 |title=Cudahy to Contract With Sheriff's Dept. |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-09-09-me-1442-story.html |access-date=March 8, 2024 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref>

The [[Los Angeles County Department of Health Services]] operates the Whittier Health Center in [[Whittier, California|Whittier]], serving Cudahy.<ref>"[http://publichealth.lacounty.gov/phn/docs/HealthCenter/whittier.pdf Whittier Health Center] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527190101/http://publichealth.lacounty.gov/phn/docs/HealthCenter/whittier.pdf |date=May 27, 2010 }}." [[Los Angeles County Department of Health Services]]. Retrieved on March 18, 2010.</ref>

The [[United States Postal Service]] Cudahy Post Office is located at 4619 Elizabeth Street.<ref>"[https://archive.today/20120717132906/http://usps.whitepages.com/service/post_office/4478?p=1&s=CA&service_name=post_office&z=Cudahy Post Office Location – CUDAHY]." ''[[United States Postal Service]]''. Retrieved on December 6, 2008.</ref>

== Transportation ==
Several bus routes operate through the town including [[Los Angeles Metro Bus]] routes 260/261 and 611. Route 111 operates on nearby Florence Ave.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Catenary Maps |url=https://maps.catenarymaps.org/#pos=14.73/33.96377/-118.17996 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250104041206/https://maps.catenarymaps.org/ |archive-date=2025-01-04 |access-date=2025-01-20 |website=maps.catenarymaps.org |language=en}}</ref>

==Economy==
After World War II the population of Cudahy worked for plants operated by [[General Motors]], [[Chrysler]], [[Firestone Tire and Rubber Company|Firestone]], and [[Bethlehem Steel]].<ref name="Status1"/> In 2007 the largest employers in Cudahy were the [[Kmart (United States)|Kmart]]/[[Big Lots]] Center and the Superior Super Warehouse.<ref name="Status2"/>

==Education==
Cudahy is a part of the [[Los Angeles Unified School District]]. Cudahy is served by several schools, including Teresa Hughes Elementary School, Park Avenue Elementary School, [[Elizabeth Learning Center]] (a neighborhood school for grades K-8 and a high school for grades 9 through 12), Ochoa Learning Center (K-8), and [[Bell High School (Bell, California)|Bell High School]] in [[Bell, California|Bell]].

All residents are zoned to Bell High School.<ref>"[http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/MapItDrawServlet?geo_id=16000US0617498&_bucket_id=50&tree_id=420&context=saff&_lang=en&_sse=on Cudahy city, California] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607124851/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/MapItDrawServlet?geo_id=16000US0617498&_bucket_id=50&tree_id=420&context=saff&_lang=en&_sse=on |date=June 7, 2011 }}." [[U.S. Census Bureau]]. Retrieved on July 2, 2010.</ref><ref name="SEHSchanges">"[https://web.archive.org/web/20060409044938/http://laschools.org/employee/mpd/fs-mpd/download/map_booklets/Project22.pdf Proposed Changes to South East HS Area Schools]." [[Los Angeles Unified School District]]. Retrieved on June 24, 2010.</ref> Any student who lives in the Bell or [[Huntington Park High School]] zones may apply to [[Maywood Academy High School]]; Maywood Academy, which opened in 2005 and moved into its permanent campus in 2006, does not have its own attendance boundary because it lacks American football, track and field, and tennis facilities.<ref>"[http://www.maywoodacademy.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=52515&type=d School History] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101124171144/http://maywoodacademy.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=52515&type=d |date=November 24, 2010 }}." [[Maywood Academy High School]]. Retrieved on July 2, 2010.</ref>

Jaime Escalante Elementary School opened in Cudahy on August 16, 2010,<ref>{{cite web |title=Jaime Esclante Elementary |url=http://www.cde.ca.gov/re/sd/details.asp?cds=19647330122168&Public=Y |website=California Department of Education |access-date=February 6, 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120802045123/http://www.cde.ca.gov/re/sd/details.asp?cds=19647330122168&Public=Y |archive-date=August 2, 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> named after [[Jaime Escalante]], who was an East Los Angeles-high school educator.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://abc7.com/archive/8037044/|title=Cudahy school named after teacher Jaime Escalante|website=ABC7|date=March 27, 2011|access-date=October 19, 2020}}</ref>

An analysis based on census data, classified Cudahy as the 4th least educated city in California with 37.9 of its population not having completed the ninth grade.<ref>"[http://www.atvn.org/news/2011/11/la-cities-fall-behind-education-list] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111041650/http://www.atvn.org/news/2011/11/la-cities-fall-behind-education-list|date=January 11, 2012}}." Retrieved on February 6, 2012.</ref>

===Public libraries===
The [[County of Los Angeles Public Library]] operates the Cudahy Library at 5218 Santa Ana Street.<ref>"[http://www.colapublib.org/libs/cudahy/ Cudahy Library] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081028024734/http://www.colapublib.org/libs/cudahy/ |date=October 28, 2008 }}." ''[[County of Los Angeles Public Library]]''. Retrieved on December 6, 2008.</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|Greater Los Angeles}}
*[[Gateway Cities]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
*Watanabe, Teresa. "[https://web.archive.org/web/20140204033657/http://articles.latimes.com/2014/jan/26/local/la-me-parent-power-20140127 Parents' campaign leads to reforms at Cudahy elementary school]." ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''. January 26, 2014.

==External links==
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