Editing La Verne, California

{{Short description|City in California, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2024}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name               = La Verne, California
| settlement_type    = [[List of municipalities in California|City]]
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| image_caption      = Weymouth Treatment Plant
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| subdivision_name1  = California
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| subdivision_name2  = [[Los Angeles County, California|Los Angeles]]
| established_title  = [[Municipal corporation|Incorporated]]
| established_date   = August 20, 1906<ref>{{Cite web
|url=http://www.calafco.org/docs/Cities_by_incorp_date.doc 
|title=California Cities by Incorporation Date 
|format=Word 
|publisher=California Association of [[Local Agency Formation Commission]]s 
|access-date=August 25, 2014 |url-status=dead 
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|archive-date=November 3, 2014 }}</ref>
| government_type    = [[Council-Manager government]]
| leader_title       = [[Mayor]]
| leader_name        = Tim Hepburn<ref>{{Cite web
| url = https://www.cityoflaverne.org/351/City-Council
| title = City Council 
| publisher = City of La Verne
| access-date = January 8, 2015}}</ref>
| leader_title1      = [[Mayor Pro Tem]]
| leader_name1       = Steven F. Johnson
| leader_title2      = [[City Council]]
| leader_name2       = Rick Crosby <br> Meshal "Kash" Kashifalghita <br> Wendy M. Lau
| unit_pref          = Imperial
| area_footnotes     = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2019">{{cite web|title=2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2019_Gazetteer/2019_gaz_place_06.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=July 1, 2020}}</ref>
| area_total_sq_mi   = 8.55
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| area_water_sq_mi   = 0.12
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| area_water_km2     = 0.31
| area_water_percent = 1.54
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| elevation_footnotes = <ref>{{Cite GNIS|1660868|La Verne|access-date=October 19, 2014}}</ref>
| elevation_ft       = 1060
| elevation_m        = 323
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| postal_code_type   = [[ZIP code]]
| postal_code        = 91750<ref>{{cite web | url = http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/zcl_1_results.jsp?visited=1&pagenumber=0&state=ca&city=La%20Verne | title = USPS - ZIP Code Lookup - Find a ZIP+ 4 Code By City Results | access-date = January 18, 2007}}</ref>
| area_code_type     = [[North American Numbering Plan|Area code]]
| area_code          = [[Area code 909|909]]<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.nanpa.com/nas/public/npa_city_query_step2.do?method=displayData&cityToNpaModel.stateAbbr=CA&cityToNpaModel.city=La%20Verne | title = Number Administration System - NPA and City/Town Search Results | access-date = January 18, 2007 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070926212538/http://www.nanpa.com/nas/public/npa_city_query_step2.do?method=displayData&cityToNpaModel.stateAbbr=CA&cityToNpaModel.city=La%20Verne | archive-date = September 26, 2007 }}</ref>
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| website            = {{URL|https://cityoflaverne.org}}
| population_density_km2 = 1463.90
}}

'''La Verne''' is a city in [[Los Angeles County, California]], United States. The population was 31,334 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref name=2020Census />

==History==
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| footer      = [[Rancho San José (Palomares)|Rancho San José]] was granted in 1837 to [[Californio]] rancheros [[Ygnacio Palomares]] (left) and [[Ricardo Véjar]] (right), encompassing all of La Verne.
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[[File:Exterior view of the Bonita Union high School serving two cities, (Lordsburg) San Dimas and La Verne, ca.1900 (CHS-5283) (cropped).jpg|thumb|left|Bonita High School, c. 1900.]]

The area was home to Native Americans.<ref>{{Cite web |title=History of La Verne {{!}} La Verne, CA |url=https://www.cityoflaverne.org/402/History-of-La-Verne#:~:text=This%20community%20was%20founded%20in,California%20up%20to%20that%20date |access-date=March 15, 2024 |website=www.cityoflaverne.org}}</ref>

The European history of the area dates back to the 1830s when [[Ygnacio Palomares]] and [[Ricardo Véjar]] received the {{convert|15000|acre|km2|0|adj=on}} [[Rancho San Jose (Palomares)|Rancho San Jose]] land grant from Governor [[Juan Bautista Alvarado]] in 1837. The land included the present day cities [[Pomona, California|Pomona]], [[Claremont, California|Claremont]], [[San Dimas, California|San Dimas]], [[Glendora, California|Glendora]], and La Verne. The adobe that Palomares built in 1837 is still preserved in Pomona as [[La Casa Primera de Rancho San Jose]] (The First House). Palomares soon moved a mile or so northeast and constructed the [[Ygnacio Palomares Adobe]]. He ensured that a nephew, Jose Dolores Palomares, secured a tract of land a mile west.

In the mid-1880s, entrepreneur Isaac W. Lord purchased a tract of Jose Palomares' land and convinced the Santa Fe Railroad company to run its line across towards [[Los Angeles]]. Lord had the land surveyed for building lots and in 1887 had a large land sale, naming the new town 'Lordsburg' after himself. He also had a large Lordsburg Hotel constructed, but the land boom was over when it was completed. It sat empty for several years until sold to four members of the German Baptist Brethren Church, who persuaded others of that denomination that it would be an excellent site for a new institution of higher learning.  [[Lordsburg College]] was founded in 1891.

In 1906 the town was incorporated as "La Verne." Residents grew field crops, and then began planting citrus trees, which flourished. Lordsburg became known as the "Heart of the Orange Empire." The city of La Verne flourished as a center of the citrus industry until after World War II, when the citrus industry slowly faded away. Two orange groves are on the grounds of the La Verne Heritage Foundation.

==Geography==
La Verne is a [[suburb]] {{convert|30|mi|km}} east of [[Los Angeles]], located in the [[Pomona Valley]] below the foothills of the [[San Gabriel Mountains]] part of the [[Angeles National Forest]], a habitat known to support black bears.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Schlepp |first=Travis |date=August 1, 2022 |title=Bear seen roaming residential neighborhood in east L.A. County |url=https://ktla.com/news/bear-seen-roaming-la-verne-neighborhood/ |access-date=August 1, 2022 |work=KTLA |language=en-US}}</ref> According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|8.562|sqmi}}. It is to the east of [[San Dimas, California|San Dimas]] and to the west of [[Claremont, California|Claremont]]. The city of [[Pomona, California|Pomona]] lies to the south. [[California State Route 210]] bisects La Verne in an east–west direction, and Historic [[U.S. Route 66]] also passes through the city.

===Climate===
According to the [[Köppen Climate Classification]] system, La Verne has a [[Mediterranean climate#Warm-summer Mediterranean climate|warm-summer Mediterranean climate]], abbreviated "Csb" on climate maps.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather-summary.php3?s=947740&cityname=La+Verne,+California,+United+States+of+America&units=|title=La Verne, California Köppen Climate Classification (Weatherbase)|website=Weatherbase}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1910= 954
|1920= 1698
|1930= 2860
|1940= 3092
|1950= 4198
|1960= 6516
|1970= 12965
|1980= 23508
|1990= 30897
|2000= 31638
|2010= 31063
|2020= 31334
|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/>
}}

La Verne first appeared as a city in the [[1910 U.S. Census]]<ref name=1910CensusCA/> as part of the now defunct [[San Jose Township, Los Angeles County, California|San Jose Township]] (pop 7,696 in 1900).<ref name=1900CensusCA/> It became part of the larger East San Gabriel Valley Division in the [[1960 U.S. Census]]<ref name=1960CensusCA2/> and since 2000, as the East San Gabriel Valley [[Census County Division]] (CCD).<ref name=2000CensusCA/>

===2020===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''La Verne 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 – La Verne city, California |url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=160XX00US0640830&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) – La Verne city, California |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US0640830&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) – La Verne city, California |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US0640830&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|20,129
|17,197
|style='background: #ffffe6; |14,373
|63.62%
|55.36%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |45.87%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|975
|992
|style='background: #ffffe6; |906
|3.08%
|3.19%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2.89%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|110
|98
|style='background: #ffffe6; |81
|0.35%
|0.32%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.26%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|2,244
|2,310
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3,379
|7.09%
|7.44%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |10.78%
|-
|[[Native Hawaiian]] or [[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|41
|54
|style='background: #ffffe6; |47
|0.13%
|0.17%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.15%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Other race]] alone (NH)
|44
|58
|style='background: #ffffe6; |183
|0.14%
|0.19%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.58%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed race or Multiracial]] (NH)
|780
|719
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,180
|2.47%
|2.31%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3.77%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|7,315
|9,635
|style='background: #ffffe6; |11,185
|23.12%
|31.02%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |35.70%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''31,638'''
|'''31,063'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''31,334'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}

===2010===
[[File:Los Angeles County Fairgrounds from United 41 (7177774100).jpg|thumb|left|Aerial view of La Verne. [[Brackett Field]] is on the center left and Live Oak Reservoir is in the far right.]]
At the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]] La Verne had a population of 31,063. The population density was {{convert|3,628.0|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of La Verne was 23,057 (74.2%) White (55.4% Non-Hispanic White),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/06/0640830.html|title=Census data|website=quickfacts.census.gov|access-date=November 10, 2013|archive-date=February 27, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150227075231/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/06/0640830.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> 1,065 (3.4%) African American, 265 (0.9%) Native American, 2,381 (7.7%) Asian, 61 (0.2%) Pacific Islander, 2,822 (9.1%) from other races, and 1,412 (4.5%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 9,635 persons (31.0%).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0640830|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140715030306/http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0640830|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 15, 2014|title=2010 Census Interactive Population Search: CA - La Verne city|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=July 12, 2014}}</ref>

The census reported that 30,387 people (97.8% of the population) lived in households, 501 (1.6%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 175 (0.6%) were institutionalized.

There were 11,261 households, 3,582 (31.8%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 6,286 (55.8%) were married couples living together, 1,438 (12.8%) had a female householder with no husband present, 489 (4.3%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 420 (3.7%) unmarried couples living together, and 74 (0.7%) homosexual partners living together. 2,517 households (22.4%) had one person and 1,429 (12.7%) had someone who was 65 or older living alone. The average household size was 2.70. There were 8,213 families (72.9% of households); the average family size was 3.16.

The age distribution was 6,605 people (21.3%) under the age of 18, 3,106 people (10.0%) aged 18 to 24, 6,678 people (21.5%) aged 25 to 44, 9,417 people (30.3%) aged 45 to 64, and 5,257 people (16.9%) who were 65 or older. The median age was 42.9 years. For every 100 females, there were 89.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.2 males.

There were 11,686 housing units at an average density of 1,364.9 per square mile, of the occupied units 8,388 (74.5%) were owner-occupied and 2,873 (25.5%) were rented. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.7%; the rental vacancy rate was 5.4%. 22,995 people (74.0% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 7,392 people (23.8%) lived in rental housing units.

During 2009–2013, La Verne had a median household income of $77,040, with 7.9% of the population living below the federal poverty line.

===2000===
[[File:Charles E. Straight House.jpg|thumb|right|The Charles E. Straight House is listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Los Angeles County, California|National Register of Historic Places]]]]
At the [[2000 United States Census|2000 census]] there were 31,638 people in 11,070 households, including 8,346 families, in the city. The population density was {{convert|3,805.8|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 11,286 housing units at an average density of {{convert|1,357.6|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|}}. The [[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census#2000 census|racial makeup]] of the city was 77.06% White, 3.21% African American, 0.64% Native American, 7.20% Asian, 0.17% Pacific Islander, 7.42% from other races, and 4.30% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 23.12%.<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 11,070 households, 35.5% had children under 18 living with them, 60.0% were married couples living together, 11.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.6% were non-families. 19.6% of households were one person and 9.6% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.79 and the average family size was 3.23.

The age distribution was 25.2% under the age of 18, 9.7% from 18 to 24, 27.4% from 25 to 44, 24.5% from 45 to 64, and 13.1% 65 or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 92.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.0 males.

As of 2007, the median household income was $75,444, and the median family income was $87,915.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/ACSSAFFFacts?_event=Search&geo_id=16000US0640032&_geoContext=01000US%7C04000US06%7C16000US0640032&_street=&_county=la+verne&_cityTown=la+verne&_state=04000US06&_zip=&_lang=en&_sse=on&ActiveGeoDiv=geoSelect&_useEV=&pctxt=fph&pgsl=160&_submenuId=factsheet_1&ds_name=ACS_2007_3YR_SAFF&_ci_nbr=null&qr_name=null&reg=null:null&_keyword=&_industry=|title=American FactFinder - Community Facts|publisher=United States Census Bureau|website=factfinder.census.gov|access-date=October 4, 2018|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200210215426/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/ACSSAFFFacts?_event=Search&geo_id=16000US0640032&_geoContext=01000US%7C04000US06%7C16000US0640032&_street=&_county=la+verne&_cityTown=la+verne&_state=04000US06&_zip=&_lang=en&_sse=on&ActiveGeoDiv=geoSelect&_useEV=&pctxt=fph&pgsl=160&_submenuId=factsheet_1&ds_name=ACS_2007_3YR_SAFF&_ci_nbr=null&qr_name=null&reg=null:null&_keyword=&_industry=|archive-date=February 10, 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref> The per capita income for the city was $31,689. About 2.5% of families and 4.7% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 3.6% of those under age 18 and 4.1% of those age 65 or over.

Mexican (17.7%) and German (12.2%) were the most common ancestries. Mexico (22.3%) and the Philippines (11.8%) were the most common foreign places of birth.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://maps.latimes.com/neighborhoods/neighborhood/la-verne/ | title=La Verne }}</ref>

==Government==
[[File:F. E. Weymouth Filtration Plant, 700 North Moreno Avenue, La Verne, Los Angeles County, CA HAER CAL,19-LAVER,1-27 (CT) (cropped).tif|thumb|left|The historic [[Spanish Colonial Revival architecture|Spanish Colonial Revival style]] Weymouth Treatment Plant, constructed 1938–1940.]]
La Verne is located in the 5th district of [[Los Angeles County, California|Los Angeles County]], and is represented by supervisor [[Kathryn Barger]].

In the [[California State Legislature|state legislature]], La Verne is in the 22nd Senate District,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Find Your California Representatives |url=https://findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov/ |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250219153753/https://findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov/ |archive-date=2025-02-19 |access-date=2025-02-27 |website=findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov |language=en-US}}</ref> represented by Democrat Susan Rubio.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-02-14 |title=Official Website |url=https://sd22.senate.ca.gov/ |access-date=2025-02-27 |website=Senator Susan Rubio |language=en}}</ref> and in {{Representative|caad|41|fmt=adistrict}}.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://statewidedatabase.org/gis/gis2011/index_2011.html |title=Statewide Database |publisher=UC Regents |access-date=November 21, 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]], La Verne is in the 31st District represented by Democrat Gil Cisneros<ref>{{Cite web |title=Representative Gil Cisneros {{!}} |url=https://cisneros.house.gov/ |access-date=2025-02-27 |website=cisneros.house.gov |language=en}}</ref>

In the United States Senate, California is represented by Alex Padilla (D) and Adam B. Schiff (D).<ref>{{Cite web |title=U.S. Senate: States in the Senate {{!}} California |url=https://www.senate.gov/states/CA/intro.htm |access-date=2025-02-27 |website=www.senate.gov}}</ref>

The [[Los Angeles County Department of Health Services]] operates the Pomona Health Centre in [[Pomona, California|Pomona]], serving La Verne.<ref>"[http://publichealth.lacounty.gov/phn/docs/HealthCenter/pomona.pdf Pomona Health Centre]." [[Los Angeles County Department of Health Services]]. Retrieved on March 27, 2010.</ref>

===Public safety===
The La Verne Police Department provides law enforcement services for the city of La Verne.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cityoflaverne.org/index.php/departments/police|title=City of La Verne - Police|website=www.cityoflaverne.org}}</ref>

In 2018, the La Verne Police Department appointed its first woman captain, Colleen Flores.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://lvcampustimes.org/2018/03/lvpd-appoints-first-woman-captain/|title=LVPD appoints first woman captain {{!}} Campus Times|website=lvcampustimes.org|date=March 9, 2018|language=en-US|access-date=May 23, 2018}}</ref>

Samuel Gonzalez is the current chief of police.<ref>{{Cite web |title=City of LaVerne Police Department - La Verne Police Department |url=https://lvpd.org/ |access-date=February 7, 2025 |website=La Verne Police Department}}</ref>

The La Verne Fire Department provides fire protection and emergency medical services for the city of La Verne.

==Education==
[[File:Founders Hall, University of La Verne.jpg|thumb|left|The [[University of La Verne]].]]
The [[University of La Verne]] is located on 3rd Street in La Verne.

The [[Bonita Unified School District]] serves the city. [[Bonita High School]] is located on D Street.

[[Lutheran High School (La Verne, California)|Lutheran High School]] <ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-02-08 |title=Lutheran High School (Closed 2024) - La Verne, CA |url=https://www.privateschoolreview.com/lutheran-high-school-profile/91750 |access-date=2025-02-27 |website=Private School Review |language=en}}</ref> was located on Fruit Street and closed in 2024. [[Damien High School]] is a Catholic boys' school located at the intersection of Damien and Bonita Avenues. [[Calvary Baptist Schools]] is located at the intersection of Damien Avenue and Forestdale Street.

==Transportation==
The [[Los Angeles Metro Rail]] [[A Line (Los Angeles Metro)|A Line]] is currently being extended east from its current terminus in [[Azusa, California|Azusa]] to [[Pomona, California|Pomona]]. [[La Verne/Fairplex station]], located between the University of La Verne and the [[Pomona Fairplex]], is currently undergoing testing and will be in service with the rest of the extension within or around the summer of 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-01-03 |title=A Line light-rail extension from Azusa to Pomona set to open in late summer |url=https://www.sgvtribune.com/2025/01/03/a-line-a-light-rail-from-azusa-to-pomona-is-done-and-set-to-open-in-late-summer/ |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=San Gabriel Valley Tribune |language=en-US}}</ref>

==In popular culture==
In the 1967 film ''[[The Graduate]]'', the finale wedding scene was shot in La Verne (not [[Santa Barbara, California|Santa Barbara]] as presented in the movie) at the United Methodist Church of La Verne.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.moviefone.com/2010/05/05/famous-movie-locations-church-from-the-graduate-la-verne-california/|title=Famous movie locations from The Graduate|website=news.moviefone.com|accessdate=October 19, 2014}}</ref>

The wedding scene in ''[[Wayne's World 2]]'' was also filmed at the United Methodist Church of La Verne.

In 1998, actor Christian Slater was sentenced to 90 days in the La Verne jail for domestic assault <ref>{{cite web|url=https://apnews.com/article/f03b5eeaa68f7913c9c6d9e10aa1c720|title=Christian Slater Reports to Jail|website=[[Associated Press]]}}</ref>

==Notable people==
*[[Ewell Blackwell]] - Major League Baseball pitcher, Bonita High School alumnus
*[[Noah Clarke]] - professional hockey player
*[[Glenn Davis (halfback)|Glenn Davis]] - American football player, [[Heisman Trophy]] winner, Bonita High School alumnus, class of 1943
*[[Ryan Stonehouse]] - American football player
*[[Jason David Frank]] - MMA fighter, Bonita High School alumnus
*[[Jeffrey Garcia]] - comedian, voice actor, radio DJ, has a house in La Verne
*[[Erin Gruwell]] - author of ''[[The Freedom Writers Diary]]'', Bonita High School alumnus
*[[Sugar Shane Mosley]] - professional boxer, lives in La Verne
*[[Paula Jean Myers-Pope]] - diver, four-time Olympic medalist<ref>{{cite web | title = Paula Jean Myers Pope; Olympic Medalist | work = Los Angeles Times | date = June 13, 1995 | url = https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-06-13-me-12722-story.html}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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*{{Official website|cityoflaverne.org}}
*[http://www.laverneonline.com/ La Verne Online]

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| Northeast =''[[San Gabriel Mountains]]''
| East =[[Claremont, California|Claremont]]
| Southeast = [[Pomona, California|Pomona]]
| South = [[Pomona, California|Pomona]]
| Southwest =[[San Dimas, California|San Dimas]] & [[Brackett Field]] 
| West = [[San Dimas, California|San Dimas]] 
| Northwest = ''[[San Gabriel Mountains]]''
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