Sylmar Community Plan

The community of Sylmar initially developed as an agricultural outgrowth of the City of San Fernando, with rich soil, an underground water supply, and a year-round warm climate that supported abundant olive and citrus trees. This community has grown significantly since its olive-growing days. Today, Sylmar is a stable semi-rural “bedroom” community at the edge of the City where nearly 80,000 residents appreciate a quiet, slow-paced suburban lifestyle that includes the few remaining equestrian communities in the City. It is a working-class community with many multi-generational families, a variety of residential neighborhoods, a mix of commercial uses and services, a thriving light industrial economy, and many natural, cultural, and civic amenities and resources.

https://www.sylmarneighborhoodcouncil.org/assets/photos/13/page650bd5c4d2676.pdf