Hidden Hills, California

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Hidden Hills is a city and gated community in the Santa Monica Mountains<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> region of Los Angeles County, California. It is located next to the cities of Los Angeles and Calabasas. The population was 1,725 as of 2020.<ref name="2020 census" />

History

The earliest inhabitants of the area were Chumash people.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

The community was designed and developed in the 1950s by A. E. Hanson, a Southern California landscape architect and planned community developer.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> His earlier projects included Rolling Hills<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and Palos Verdes Estates, and the 1920s Beverly Hills Harold Lloyd Estate "Greenacres".

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Originally conceived of as a "rustic retreat" from LA, it is now described as the "glitzy epicenter of Nouveau Hollywood"<ref name=":1" /> and an "uber-elite enclave".<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>

Geography

It is a gated residential community with a total area of Template:Convert, all land.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Hidden Hills is in the southern Simi Hills Transverse range near the Santa Monica Mountains on the western edge of the San Fernando Valley, near the border with neighboring Ventura County.<ref name="GR1">Template:Cite web</ref>

Hidden Hills is bordered on the north by the nature reserve and greenbelt of the Upper Las Virgenes Canyon Open Space Preserve, a park with miles of equestrian, hiking, and mountain biking trails. Nearby to the south, is the pioneer Leonis Adobe National Historic Landmark, with gardens and a historical museum. The city lies just north of U.S. Route 101, also called the Ventura Freeway.

Climate

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Demographics

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Hidden Hills first appeared as a city in the 1970 U.S. Census.<ref name=1970CensusCA/> Prior to 1970, the area was part of the unincorporated portion of the Calabasas census county division.<ref name=1960CensusCA/>

2020

**Hidden Hills city, California – Racial and ethnic composition**
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Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic)	Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>Template:Cite web</ref>	Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Partial<ref name=2020CensusP2>Template:Cite web</ref>	% 2000	% 2010	Template:Partial
White alone (NH)	1,669	1,622	1,393	89.01%	87.39%	80.75%
Black or African American alone (NH)	12	36	32	0.64%	1.94%	1.86%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)	6	3	3	0.32%	0.16%	0.17%
Asian alone (NH)	39	39	75	2.08%	2.10%	4.35%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH)	0	1	0	0.00%	0.05%	0.00%
Other race alone (NH)	4	4	20	0.21%	0.22%	1.16%
Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)	20	28	85	1.07%	1.51%	4.93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race)	125	123	117	6.67%	6.63%	6.78%
Total	1,875	1,856	1,725	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%

The 2020 United States census reported Hidden Hills had a population of 1,725.<ref name="2020 census"/> The racial makeup of Hidden Hills was 1,421 (82.4%) white, 75 (4.3%) Asian, 33 (1.9%) Black or African American, 3 (0.2%) American Indian and Alaska Native, 0 (0%) Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, 56 (3.2%) some other race, and 137 (7.9%) people were of two or more races.<ref name="2020 census">Template:Cite web</ref>

Including all responses for people of two or more races, 1,542 (89.4%) were white alone or in combination with one or more other races, 111 (6.4%) were Asian alone or in combination with one or more other races, 59 (3.4%) were Black or African American alone or in combination, 13 (0.8%) were American Indian and Alaska Native alone or in combination, 12 (0.7%) were Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander alone or in combination, and 133 (7.7%) were some other race alone or in combination with one or more other races.<ref name="2020 census" /> 117 (6.8%) were Hispanic or Latino of any race.<ref name="2020 census" />

The census reported that Hidden Hills had 635 housing units. Of these, 593 (93.4%) were occupied. 536 (90.4%) of the occupied units were owner-occupied and 57 (9.6%) were renter-occupied. Of the vacant units, 2 (0.3% of total) were for rent, 11 (1.7%) were for sale only, 7 (1.1%) were sold but not occupied, 9 (1.4%) were for seasonal, recreational, or occasional use, and 13 (2.0%) were otherwise vacant. <ref name="2020 census" />

Mapping L.A.

According to Mapping L.A., Russian and English were the most common ancestries in 2000. Mexico and Canada were the most common foreign places of birth.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Arts and culture

The city has a summer camp for children, community and children's theatre programs, annual parades, carnivals, parties, welcome wagon, snow days,Template:Clarify and weekly community-wide barbecues during the summer.

Government

In the California State Legislature, Hidden Hills is located within Template:Representative, and in Template:Representative.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

In the United States House of Representatives, Hidden Hills is located within Template:Representative.<ref>https://sherman.house.gov</ref><ref>https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/cong_dist/cd118/cd_based/ST06/CD118_CA32.pdf Template:Bare URL PDF</ref>

Hidden Hills has traditionally been won by Republican candidates for public office.<ref name=":0">Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> However, the 2016 United States presidential election represented a substantial swing toward the Democratic Party in Hidden Hills, with Hillary Clinton carrying the town.<ref name=":0" /><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

In California's 2006 gubernatorial election, incumbent Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger received more than 72% of votes cast, while his Democratic opponent, Phil Angelides, received approximately 25%.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

In the 2012 United States presidential election, the Republican candidate, Governor Mitt Romney of Massachusetts received 54.5% of votes cast, compared to the incumbent Democratic President Barack Obama who received 44.4% of votes cast.<ref name=":0" /><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Education

The one public school in Hidden Hills, Round Meadow Elementary, scored 902 in the 2013 Academic Performance Index.<ref name=":1">Template:Cite web</ref>