Simi Valley
Movie-ranch history, hillside neighborhoods and trailheads at Ventura County's east end
Updated · Facts checked against public records; sources at the bottom of the page.
Simi Valley at a glance
Simi Valley fills a broad valley in the southeast corner of Ventura County, framed by the Santa Susana Mountains to the north and the Simi Hills to the south, with the Santa Susana Pass leading east to Los Angeles. It became a city on October 10, 1969, after voters picked the name Simi Valley over Santa Susana. The state estimated 123,842 residents on January 1, 2026.
Tract building took off in the late 1950s near Tapo Street. Early-1960s tracts such as the Texas and Greek tracts, Stonegate and Berylwood cover the valley floor, and Bridle Path and Indian Hills followed in the 1970s. Wood Ranch and its gated Long Canyon village fill the southwest, while Big Sky and The Woodlands climbed the edges after 2000. The Santa Susana Knolls, Box Canyon, Lake Manor and the lakeside homes at Sinaloa Lake lie outside city limits, in unincorporated county territory.
Daily life runs along the Ronald Reagan Freeway (SR-118), with Metrolink and Amtrak trains stopping on Los Angeles Avenue. The park district runs about 40 parks and a trail network that climbs into the hills, and the Reagan Library crowns a hilltop at the west end. Those hills also bring wildfire, as the 2003 Simi and 2026 Sandy fires showed, so residents sign up for VC Alert and know two ways out.
| What it is | city · Ventura County |
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| Incorporated | October 10, 1969 |
| Population | 123,842 (January 1, 2026, California Department of Finance, E-1 City/County Population Estimates (May 2026 release); the January 1, 2025 estimate was 125,093) |
| ZIP codes | 93063, 93065, 93062, 93064, 93094, 93099 |
| Land area | 42.25 sq mi |
| Elevation | 768 at the city's reference point; foothill neighborhoods sit higher, about 1,165 ft at Santa Susana Knolls |
| Government | City of Simi Valley: a general-law city with a council-manager government. The five-member, part-time City Council is made up of a mayor elected citywide to a two-year term and four council members elected by district to staggered four-year terms. It meets Monday evenings at 6:30 p.m. at City Hall, 2929 Tapo Canyon Rd. Four advisory Neighborhood Councils give residents another channel. The unincorporated Santa Susana Knolls, Box Canyon, Lake Manor and the Sinaloa Lake lakeside core are governed by the County of Ventura. |
| School districts | Simi Valley Unified School District |
| High schools | Royal High School (1402 Royal Ave.), Simi Valley High School (5400 Cochran St.), Santa Susana High School (3570 Cochran St.; magnet school, attended by choice), Apollo High School (3150 School St.; continuation school) |
| Neighborhoods | 41 with their own guide (list) |
Neighborhoods of Simi Valley
41 neighborhoods and 249 tracts inside them, each with its own guide.
Pins mark each neighborhood's approximate center, not its boundary. Tap a pin for its guide. The dashed line is the Census Bureau boundary of City of Simi Valley and Santa Susana (Census-designated place).
Atherwood
Atherwood is the cluster of tract neighborhoods north of the 118 Freeway between Erringer Road and Sycamore Drive, sharing its name with Atherwood…
Auburn Lane
Auburn Lane is a 35-home neighborhood on the south side of Cochran Street, just west of Stearns Street in east Simi Valley.
Berylwood
Berylwood is the 1960s tract neighborhood around Berylwood Elementary and Berylwood Park in central Simi Valley.
Big Sky
Big Sky is the master-planned community that fills Sand Canyon at Simi Valley's northern edge, north of the 118 Freeway at the top of Erringer Road.
Box Canyon
Box Canyon is an unincorporated pocket of the Simi Hills along Box Canyon Road, a two-lane county road that runs about 2.1 miles from the Los Angeles…
Bridle Path
Bridle Path is a horse-keeping neighborhood of about 630 homes on roughly half-acre lots.
Community Center
Community Center is the small settlement L.F. Roussey laid out in 1922 just south of Los Angeles Avenue and east of Sycamore Drive.
Corriganville
Corriganville is the far east end of Simi Valley, where Los Angeles Avenue meets Kuehner Drive below the Santa Susana Pass.
Coyote Hills
Coyote Hills is the foothill neighborhood around Coyote Hills Park in southwest Simi Valley, between Wood Ranch and First Street on both sides of…
Fairway Park
Fairway Park is a 64-unit condominium community on the south side of Alamo Street in Simi Valley, facing Simi Hills Golf Course just west of Stearns…
Fountainwood Estates
Fountainwood Estates is a 13-home cul-de-sac at the west end of Summit Avenue on Simi Valley's north side, between Wild Horse Canyon and the Marr…
Greek Tract
The Greek Tract is a neighborhood of about 313 single-family homes on Simi Valley's west side, between West Los Angeles Avenue and the Arroyo Simi…
Hidden Oaks
Hidden Oaks is a neighborhood of about 191 single-family homes in east Simi Valley. Western Pacific Housing, a D.R.
Hollow Hills
Hollow Hills is the broad name for the tract neighborhoods south of Royal Avenue between First Street and Sycamore Drive, reaching past Fitzgerald…
Indian Hills
Indian Hills fills the foothills north of Alamo Street and east of Stearns Street in northeast Simi Valley.
Italian Tract
The Italian Tract is a 61-lot neighborhood on the west side of Sinaloa Road, just north of Royal Avenue, built around Venice Street, Milan Drive and…
Kadota Fig
Kadota Fig is the semi-rural middle of north-central Simi Valley, from Tapo Canyon Road east to Stearns Street between Alamo and Cochran streets…
Lake Manor
Lake Manor is a small unincorporated community in the rocky Simi Hills, where Box Canyon Road reaches the Los Angeles County line above Chatsworth.
Long Canyon
Long Canyon is the fourth village of the Wood Ranch Specific Plan, a gated hillside neighborhood at the south end of Wood Ranch in Simi Valley.
Lost Canyons
Lost Canyons is a planned neighborhood on the former Lost Canyons Golf Club in Dry and Tapo canyons, at Simi Valley's north edge off Lost Canyons…
Madera Hills
Madera Hills is the name neighbors and real estate agents use for Simi Valley's west end along Madera Road, at the foot of Mount McCoy.
Montaire
Montaire is a 138-home hillside neighborhood at the east end of Simi Valley, reached from Flanagan Drive by Kachina Way and bordered by the open…
Mountain Valley
Mountain Valley is a neighborhood of 453 single-family homes in central Simi Valley, on the north side of Los Angeles Avenue up to Cochran Street…
Old Town
Old Town is Simi Valley's first townsite: the grid of numbered streets south of Los Angeles Avenue between First and Fifth streets, reaching down to…
Paseo del Sol
Paseo del Sol is a gated community of 186 condominiums on about 13.8 acres in central Simi Valley, between Alamo Street and Avenida Simi just east of…
Patricia
Patricia is the neighborhood along Patricia Avenue, just south of East Los Angeles Avenue between First Street and Erringer Road in central Simi…
Santa Susana (Tapo Street area)
Santa Susana is the Tapo Street side of Simi Valley: the blocks from Los Angeles Avenue to Cochran Street, between Sequoia Avenue and Stearns Street…
Santa Susana Knolls
Santa Susana Knolls, usually just called the Knolls, is the hillside community at Simi Valley's far east end.
Silverthorne
Silverthorne is a hillside neighborhood of about 250 single-family homes at the top of Yosemite Avenue in northeast Simi Valley, laid out along…
Sinaloa Highlands
Sinaloa Highlands is a neighborhood of about 330 single-family homes in southwest Simi Valley, east of Sinaloa Road and south of Royal Avenue.
Sinaloa Lake
Sinaloa Lake is a neighborhood of about 165 homes wrapped around a private 12-acre lake in southwestern Simi Valley, between Sinaloa Golf Course and…
South Hills
South Hills is a hillside neighborhood of about 190 single-family homes on the slopes south of Fitzgerald Road, above the Hollow Hills neighborhood.
Stonegate
Stonegate is a neighborhood of about 800 single-family homes south of Royal Avenue in south-central Simi Valley, laid out along Appleton Road.
Sunkist Tract
The Sunkist Tract is a mid-1960s neighborhood of about 325 single-family homes on both sides of Royal Avenue in central Simi Valley, running from the…
Sycamore Grove
Sycamore Grove is a Lennar community of 164 homes on the north side of Cochran Street in Simi Valley, just west of Galena Avenue and south of the 118…
Sycamore Ridge
Sycamore Ridge is a compact planned neighborhood off Galena Avenue in Simi Valley, set between Cochran Street and the 118 freeway with Santa Susana…
Texas Tract
The Texas Tract is the grid of homes north of Alamo Street between Tapo Street and the Simi Hills Golf Course, where nearly every street is named for…
The Woodlands
The Woodlands is the master-planned neighborhood in Runkle Canyon, at the south end of Sequoia Avenue in southern Simi Valley.
White Oak
White Oak is a cluster of four separately built communities at Simi Valley's east end, on both sides of the 118 Freeway along Cochran Street, Mount…
Wild Horse Canyon
Wild Horse Canyon is a hillside neighborhood of 222 single-family homes on Simi Valley's north side, climbing into the Santa Susana Mountains…
Wood Ranch
Wood Ranch is the master-planned community in Simi Valley's southwest corner, laid out around the private Wood Ranch Golf Club.
This guide's Simi Valley area covers the City of Simi Valley, about 42 square miles of valley floor and lower foothills between the Santa Susana Mountains and the Simi Hills. It also covers unincorporated communities that look to the city for shopping and schools: the Santa Susana Knolls (the Santa Susana census-designated place), Box Canyon, the Ventura County side of Lake Manor (listed in federal place-name records as Chatsworth Lake Manor) and the county island around Sinaloa Lake. Bell Canyon, a separate gated unincorporated community to the south, is in the same supervisorial district but is not covered here. The Los Angeles County line runs along the east edge at the Santa Susana Pass. Moorpark adjoins to the west, and Thousand Oaks lies south across the Simi Hills. Residential addresses use two ZIP codes, 93063 on the east side and 93065 on the west side; 93062, 93064, 93094 and 93099 are post office box or single-organization ZIPs. Neighborhood names in this guide come from county tract maps, city specific plans, homeowners associations and long local use, and their edges are approximate. Years cited for tracts are county map-recording years, not construction dates.
Neighboring areas: Moorpark Thousand Oaks
Schools serving Simi Valley
Simi Valley Unified School District
TK-12, plus preschool and adult education
District guide: schools, maps, transfers · District website · School locator (by address)
High schools: Royal High School (1402 Royal Ave.), Simi Valley High School (5400 Cochran St.), Santa Susana High School (3570 Cochran St.; magnet school, attended by choice), Apollo High School (3150 School St.; continuation school)
Simi Valley Unified runs the city's public schools: a preschool (Justin Early Learners Academy), 18 elementary schools, three middle schools (Hillside, Sinaloa and Valley View), three comprehensive and magnet high schools, Apollo, Monte Vista School, independent study and the Simi Institute for Careers & Education for adults. Several campuses are choice programs, including Arroyo Elementary's dual-language academy and the Hollow Hills and Vista fundamental schools. School boundaries change, so check a specific address with the district's Find MY School tool or its School Boundaries Map (simivalleyusd.org). Families in unincorporated areas such as the Knolls, Box Canyon and Lake Manor should confirm their district with SVUSD.
School assignment goes by address: always confirm with the district's locator, or check an address against the districts' own boundary data. All districts in the region.
Services & who to call
Area-wide providers. Water, trash and some districts vary by street — confirm yours on your bill or with the provider.
| Police | Simi Valley Police Department (805) 583-6950 · 3901 Alamo St. Patrols the city. The unincorporated Knolls, Box Canyon, Lake Manor and Sinaloa Lake areas are served by the Ventura County Sheriff's Office. |
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| Fire and paramedic | Ventura County Fire Department Covers the city and surrounding county land. Simi Valley stations: 41 (1910 Church St.), 43 (5874 E. Los Angeles Ave.), 44 Wood Ranch (1050 Country Club Dr.), 45 West Simi (790 Pacific Ave.), 46 Tapo (3265 Tapo St.) and 47 Big Sky (2901 Erringer Rd.). |
| Water | Ventura County Waterworks District No. 8 (managed by the City of Simi Valley) (805) 583-6736 · Serves about 60 percent of the city, with the City Council sitting as its board. Most of its water is imported through Calleguas Municipal Water District, supplemented by two district wells in Tapo Canyon. After-hours emergencies: (805) 504-2708. |
| Water | Golden State Water Company Private utility serving the other 40 percent or so of the city. Your bill, or the district's service-area map, shows which supplier serves your address. |
| Sewer | City of Simi Valley Public Works, Sanitation Services Runs the city sewer system and its Water Quality Control Plant. |
| Electricity | Southern California Edison (delivery) and Clean Power Alliance (default power supply) SCE owns the lines and handles outages. Simi Valley joined Clean Power Alliance in 2019, and its default plan is Lean Power; customers can change plans or opt back to SCE supply. |
| Gas | Southern California Gas Company (SoCalGas) |
| Trash and recycling | Waste Management (G.I. Industries) (805) 522-9400 · The city's exclusive franchise hauler under an agreement executed October 10, 2022, covering trash, recycling, green and food waste, bulky-item pickup and outreach. The City Council sets rates each year, and collected waste goes to the Simi Valley Landfill and Recycling Center. Unincorporated areas are outside the city franchise; check with the County of Ventura. |
| Parks and recreation | Rancho Simi Recreation and Park District (805) 584-4400 · 4201 Guardian St. Runs neighborhood and community parks, trails, open space, community centers, the Santa Susana Depot and Strathearn Historical Park. |
| Library | Simi Valley Public Library (805) 526-1735 · 2969 Tapo Canyon Rd., next to City Hall. |
| Animal services | Ventura County Animal Services 1-888-223-7387 · Serves Simi Valley by contract. The Simi Valley Animal Shelter at 670 W. Los Angeles Ave. handles strays, adoptions, licensing and lost pets; the main shelter is in Camarillo. |
| Transit | Simi Valley Transit (805) 583-6456 · Routes 10, 20 and 30, Dial-A-Ride and same-day SVT On Demand rides. Route 10 connects with LA Metro buses in Chatsworth, and VCTC Intercity buses stop at Simi Valley Town Center. |
| Hospital | Adventist Health Simi Valley The city's hospital, with a 24-hour emergency department. |
| Emergency alerts | VC Alert (Ventura County Sheriff's Office of Emergency Services) Free English and Spanish alerts by phone, text and email for any Ventura County address. Sign up at member.everbridge.net, by email at vc.alert@ventura.org or by phone at 888-772-4482. The county also recommends keeping Wireless Emergency Alerts turned on. |
| Neighborhood councils | City of Simi Valley Neighborhood Councils (805) 583-6756 · Four advisory councils; every resident 18 or older is automatically a member. Each usually meets monthly at 7 p.m. in the City Hall Community Room, 2929 Tapo Canyon Rd. |
Who represents Simi Valley
| Local government | City of Simi Valley: a general-law city with a council-manager government. The five-member, part-time City Council is made up of a mayor elected citywide to a two-year term and four council members elected by district to staggered four-year terms. It meets Monday evenings at 6:30 p.m. at City Hall, 2929 Tapo Canyon Rd. Four advisory Neighborhood Councils give residents another channel. The unincorporated Santa Susana Knolls, Box Canyon, Lake Manor and the Sinaloa Lake lakeside core are governed by the County of Ventura. |
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| Council | Mayor Dee Dee Cavanaugh (appointed mayor by the council on January 27, 2025, after Mayor Fred Thomas died in office); Mayor Pro Tem Elaine P. Litster (District 3); Joseph D. Ayala (District 1, appointed February 2025); Mike Judge (District 2); Rocky Rhodes (District 4). |
| County supervisor | Janice S. Parvin, Ventura County Board of Supervisors District 4, which covers Simi Valley, Moorpark and nearby unincorporated areas including the Knolls, Box Canyon, Bell Canyon and Sinaloa Lake. She won another term outright in the June 2, 2026 primary with about 70 percent of the vote over Ruth Luevanos; the new term begins in January 2027. Office: 980 Enchanted Way #203, Simi Valley, (805) 955-2300. |
| State Assembly | Assembly District 42: Jacqui Irwin (D), who is termed out. The November 3, 2026 contest is between Deborah Klein Lopez (D) and Ted Nordblum (R); Simi Valley Councilmember Rocky Rhodes finished third in the June primary. |
| State Senate | Senate District 27: Henry Stern (D), re-elected in 2024. |
| Congress | California's 26th District, Rep. Julia Brownley (D), who is retiring when her term ends in January 2027. Under the Proposition 50 map approved in November 2025 and used for the November 3, 2026 election, Simi Valley moves into the redrawn 32nd District, where Rep. Brad Sherman (D) faces Republican Larry Thompson. |
| Look up your address | Find your representatives |
Officeholders are listed as of October 15, 2026. The November 3, 2026 general election may change some of them: the mayor's seat and council Districts 1, 2 and 4 are on the ballot, along with the Assembly and congressional seats. Simi Valley's Measure A, which would raise the hotel tax from 10 to 12 percent, is on the same ballot. Find your council district at simivalley.org.
Wildfire and emergency readiness
Brush-covered hills ring the city, so neighborhoods along the edges, from Wood Ranch, Long Canyon and Bridle Path in the south to Big Sky, Wild Horse Canyon, Indian Hills and Silverthorne in the north and the Knolls, Box Canyon and Lake Manor in the east, sit right against wildland. Recent fires show the pattern: the 2003 Simi Fire (October 25 to November 5) burned about 108,204 acres and destroyed 37 homes; the 2018 Woolsey Fire started November 8 near the Santa Susana Field Laboratory; the 2019 Easy Fire burned 1,806 acres around the Reagan Library; and the May 2026 Sandy Fire burned 2,183 acres south of the city, destroyed one home and put tens of thousands of people under evacuation orders in Simi Valley, Bell Canyon and nearby Los Angeles County.
Hazard zones: The Ventura County Fire Protection District adopted the State Fire Marshal's updated Fire Hazard Severity Zones for local responsibility areas on May 20, 2025 (effective July 1, 2025); the state-area zones took effect April 1, 2024. Look up an address in the county's combined FHSZ map viewer (experience.arcgis.com); where a parcel spans two zones, the higher one applies. Those zones carry defensible-space and building-code rules.
Evacuation zones: Ventura County does not publish a standing map of pre-set evacuation zones or routes. When an incident starts, county emergency services duty officers and the incident commander draw and name the zones (during the Sandy Fire they carried labels such as 'Simi Valley 32-A' and 'BOXC-02'). Evacuated areas and routes are announced in alerts and posted on the VC Emergency website (emergency.venturacounty.gov) and its incident dashboard (vcoes.maps.arcgis.com). Homes just across the line in Los Angeles County use that county's own zone names. Orders and warnings arrive through VC Alert, Wireless Emergency Alerts, broadcast radio and TV, and door-to-door notice; the county's incident information hotline is (805) 465-6650.
Alerts and planning: Sign up every household phone for VC Alert at member.everbridge.net (details at ready.venturacounty.gov, or call 888-772-4482), and keep Wireless Emergency Alerts turned on in your phone's settings, as the county recommends. Ventura County Fire's Ready, Set, Go! guide (fire.venturacounty.gov) covers defensible space, home hardening and go-bags. Many residents also follow the nonprofit Watch Duty app, which is not affiliated with the fire department. Parks and trails run by MRCA and California State Parks close during Red Flag Warnings.
Parks, places & landmarks
Parks & open space
Rocky Peak Park
About 4,800 acres of sandstone ridges in the Santa Susana Mountains between Simi Valley and Chatsworth. The Rocky Peak Trail starts at the Rocky Peak Road exit off the 118 and links to the Chumash, Hummingbird Creek and Las Llajas trails. MRCA parks close during Red Flag Warnings.
Corriganville Park
7001 Smith Rd. Ray 'Crash' Corrigan bought this land in 1937 and ran it as a movie ranch open to the public on weekends from 1949 to 1965; trails now wind past the old set sites.
Sage Ranch Park
1 Black Canyon Rd., reached through the Santa Susana Knolls. About 625 acres high in the Simi Hills on the county line, with a loop trail past large sandstone formations.
Santa Susana Pass State Historic Park
Just over the Los Angeles County line where the Simi Hills meet the Santa Susana Mountains. Trails follow a former indigenous corridor and the old stagecoach road over the pass. Trails close during Red Flag Warnings.
Tapo Canyon Regional Park
About 210 acres at 4651 Tapo Canyon Rd. in the hills north of the city, with trails, picnic areas and campsites.
Chumash Park and Chumash Trail
3200 Flanagan St. in Indian Hills; the trail climbs from here to the Rocky Peak Trail.
Big Sky Park, Simi Dog Park and the Big Sky Trail
2251 Lost Canyons Dr., north of the 118; the trail is reached from Erringer Road and Lost Canyons Drive.
Las Llajas Canyon, North Ridge and Hummingbird Creek trails
Las Llajas and North Ridge start off Evening Sky Drive in Silverthorne, with other North Ridge access from N. Geronimo and Yosemite avenues. Hummingbird Creek starts where Kuehner Drive ends and climbs to the Rocky Peak Trail.
Mount McCoy and Challenger Park
On the west and south sides: the Mount McCoy trail climbs to the summit cross above Madera Road, and Challenger Park (298 First St.) opens onto trails in the Simi Hills.
Community parks
Rancho Simi Community Park (1765 Royal Ave.), Rancho Madera Community Park in Wood Ranch (556 Lake Park Dr.), Rancho Tapo Community Park (3700 Avenida Simi) and Rancho Santa Susana Community Park (5005 Los Angeles Ave., beside the train station).
Neighborhood parks across the city
Examples include Atherwood (2271 Alamo St.), Berylwood and its skate plaza (1955 Bridget Ave.), Coyote Hills (275 Valley Gate Rd.), Old Windmill (201 E. Long Canyon Rd.), Sycamore Canyon (502 S. Martha Morrison Dr.), Runkle Canyon (3302 Fir Ave.), Houghton-Schreiber (4333 Township Ave.), Arroyostow (1700 N. Stow St.), Foothill (1850 Ardenwood Ave.), Verde (6045 E. Nelda St.), Knolls (1300 W. Katherine Rd.), Santa Susana Park at the depot (6503 Katherine Rd.) and Simi Hills Neighborhood Park (5031 Alamo St.).
Arroyo Simi Greenway
A planned trail and open-space corridor along the Arroyo Simi through the length of the valley.
Landmarks, shopping & dining
Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum
40 Presidential Dr. on a hilltop at the west end. Ground was broken November 21, 1988, and the library was dedicated November 4, 1991; President Reagan was buried on the grounds in June 2004.
Simi Valley Town Center
Outdoor center at 1555 Simi Town Center Way, north of the 118 between First Street and Erringer Road; also a VCTC Intercity bus stop.
Los Angeles Avenue corridor
The valley's main commercial street, lined with shopping centers such as Mountain Gate Plaza at First Street. The city's Envision Simi Valley Specific Plan (November 2024) aims to turn it into a walkable downtown.
Tapo Street
Older shops and restaurants in the former railroad town of Santa Susana; the Envision plan aims to bring back its 'main street' feel.
Santa Susana Depot
Completed for the Southern Pacific in 1903 on Los Angeles Avenue east of Tapo Street, retired in 1975 and moved to 6503 Katherine Rd. Open weekend afternoons.
Strathearn Historical Park and Museum
137 Strathearn Place. Home of the Simi Adobe, the old Rancho Simi headquarters, plus the Strathearn farmhouse and other relocated historic buildings; run by the park district with the Simi Valley Historical Society.
Simi Valley Cultural Arts Center
3050 Los Angeles Ave., in a historic building at Church Street; opened as an arts center in 1995 and hosts theater, music, dance and exhibits.
Simi Valley Civic Center
City Hall at 2929 Tapo Canyon Rd., with the public library next door at 2969 Tapo Canyon Rd.
Simi Valley station
5050 Los Angeles Ave.; Metrolink Ventura County Line and Amtrak Pacific Surfliner.
Big Sky Ranch
Filming ranch in the hills north of the city where 'Little House on the Prairie' and 'Gunsmoke' were shot. Watt Enterprises named it Big Sky Ranch in 1981, and several of its buildings became Ventura County Landmark No. 71 that year.
Simi Hills Golf Course
18 holes at 5031 Alamo St., between the Texas Tract and Indian Hills.
Wood Ranch Golf Club
Ted Robinson course at the center of Wood Ranch, 301 N. Wood Ranch Pkwy.
Santa Susana Field Laboratory
Former rocket-engine and nuclear research site in the Simi Hills (1948-2006), now under environmental cleanup and closed to the public.
History & getting around
- Pre-1770sChumash villages occupy the valley, including Shimiyi, the source of the name Simi, and Ta'apu beside Tapo Creek.
- 1795Spanish authorities grant Rancho Simi, about 113,000 acres, to Santiago Pico; after his death it passes to his sons.
- 1842José de la Guerra y Noriega buys the rancho from the Pico family.
- 1887-1888The Simi Land and Water Company divides the rancho into farms, and a Chicago colony lays out a townsite briefly called Simiopolis, shipping in pre-cut 'colony houses' by rail and wagon.
- 1903-1904Southern Pacific completes the Santa Susana Depot on Los Angeles Avenue in 1903. The Santa Susana tunnel opens and the Montalvo Cutoff begins service on March 20, 1904, and the railroad town of Santa Susana grows around the depot.
- 1920sThe Mortimer family buys hillside land at the east end and, from 1925 to 1927, records maps dividing it into small cabin lots sold as Mortimer Park, today's Santa Susana Knolls.
- 1937Actor and stuntman Ray 'Crash' Corrigan buys land at the east end for Corriganville, a movie ranch open to the public on weekends from 1949 to 1965.
- 1944At the local garden club's request, the county renames Mortimer Park as Susana Knolls.
- 1948The Santa Susana Field Laboratory begins rocket-engine and later nuclear research in the Simi Hills; operations end in 2006 and environmental cleanup continues.
- 1957-1958The first tract subdivisions, including Wright Ranch and Valley Vista, are built.
- 1961-1965A building boom brings county tract maps for the Texas Tract, the Greek Tract, Stonegate and Berylwood.
- 1969Voters approve cityhood 6,454 to 3,685 after a failed 1966 attempt and choose the name Simi Valley over Santa Susana; the city incorporates on October 10.
- 1975The Santa Susana Depot is retired and moved to Katherine Road, where it later becomes a museum.
- 1976The first Bridle Path tract map is recorded; the equestrian community grows to about 630 homes by 1987.
- 1977-1980Tract maps for Indian Hills are recorded in the northeast foothills, starting with Tract 2622-1 in October 1977.
- 1981Watt Enterprises buys the Tapo Canyon movie ranch from the J. Paul Getty estate and names it Big Sky Ranch; several ranch buildings become Ventura County Landmark No. 71.
- 1983Tract maps begin for Wood Ranch, the master-planned community on the former Wood family cattle ranch in the southwest; its villages fill in through the early 2000s.
- 1988-1991Ground is broken for the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library on November 21, 1988, and it is dedicated on November 4, 1991.
- 1992The state trial of four Los Angeles police officers in the Rodney King beating case is held in Simi Valley; the April 29 acquittals set off the Los Angeles riots.
- 1992The city adopts the Whiteface Specific Plan (February 10) for Sand, Dry and Tapo canyons, setting the stage for Big Sky.
- 1994The Northridge earthquake causes significant damage in parts of the city.
- 2003The Simi Fire burns about 108,204 acres in the Simi Hills and beyond (October 25 to November 5).
- 2003-2005Big Sky's tract maps are recorded in Sand Canyon.
- 2004The city adopts the Runkle Canyon Specific Plan, allowing 461 homes on a 1,595-acre site: 298 single-family houses, 25 custom homes and 138 senior condominiums. President Reagan is buried at his library in June.
- 2006-2013Grading in Runkle Canyon stops in October 2006 over concerns about contamination from the nearby Santa Susana Field Laboratory. The state Department of Toxic Substances Control finds the site safe in December 2010, and developer Runkle Canyon LLC, a KB Home and Lennar partnership, receives a grading permit in August 2013.
- 2015-2016Tract maps for The Woodlands in Runkle Canyon are recorded, and KB Home opens sales at its Arroyo Vista homes there in January 2016.
- 2018The Woolsey Fire ignites November 8 near the Santa Susana Field Laboratory and burns toward Malibu; parts of south Simi Valley are evacuated.
- 2019The Easy Fire (October 30) burns 1,806 acres around the Reagan Library and the west end.
- 2024The Envision Simi Valley Specific Plan (November 2024) sets out a walkable downtown along Los Angeles Avenue and a revived Tapo Street.
- 2025Mayor Fred Thomas dies in office in January; the council appoints Dee Dee Cavanaugh mayor on January 27 and Joseph D. Ayala to her District 1 seat in February.
- 2026The Sandy Fire (May 18-27) burns 2,183 acres south of the city and destroys one home. In August the city approves 364 home lots at Lost Canyons, mostly on the former Shadow Canyon Golf Course.
Getting around
The Ronald Reagan Freeway (SR-118) runs the length of the valley. Eastbound it climbs over the Santa Susana Pass into the San Fernando Valley toward I-405 and I-5; westbound it reaches SR-23 in Moorpark for Thousand Oaks and US-101. Interchanges at Madera Road, Erringer Road, First Street, Sycamore Drive, Tapo Canyon Road, Stearns Street, Yosemite Avenue, Kuehner Drive and Rocky Peak Road serve the neighborhoods, and Madera Road is the main surface route south toward Thousand Oaks. Simi Valley station at 5050 Los Angeles Ave. is served by Metrolink's Ventura County Line to Los Angeles Union Station and by Amtrak's Pacific Surfliner. Simi Valley Transit's Route 10 links to LA Metro buses in Chatsworth, and VCTC Intercity buses leave from Simi Valley Town Center. The east end, including Corriganville, the Knolls and Box Canyon, is closest to Chatsworth and the west San Fernando Valley.
HOAs here
Associations vary widely across the city, so check each property. Many of the 1950s-1970s tracts on the valley floor have no homeowners association, but some have one: Mountain Valley's 1968 homes in central Simi share an association whose dues, about $65 a month in 2026 home sales, pay for a members-only swim and tennis club with two pools, courts and a clubhouse. Hillside and master-planned areas usually do: the Bridle Path Homeowners Association represents about 630 homes and runs Bridle Path Mountain Park, about 1,700 acres of private open space for paying members; Big Sky has a master association required by the Whiteface Specific Plan, with room for village sub-associations; The Woodlands Community Owners Association covers the single-family homes in Runkle Canyon; and Sycamore Ridge has a master association over its homes and condominium groups. Wood Ranch is organized around village associations (Country Club, Lake Park and Sycamore Canyon) plus separate associations for many condominium and townhome enclaves, rather than one master association, and Long Canyon's largest village, under the Long Canyon Garden Society, is guard-gated. Lakeside owners formed the Sinaloa Lake Owners Association in the early 1960s, and it owns the private lake. Smaller associations serve communities such as Wild Horse Canyon, Silverthorne, Montaire, Paseo del Sol and White Cloud Estates at Indian Hills. The unincorporated Knolls, Box Canyon and Lake Manor are older rural lots with no master-planned association.
Homes for sale in Simi Valley
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Where these facts come from
- California Department of Finance, E-1 Population Estimates (January 1, 2026) — dof.ca.gov
- Wikipedia: Simi Valley, California — en.wikipedia.org
- U.S. Census Bureau 2020 Gazetteer, California places — www2.census.gov
- City of Simi Valley, City Council — simivalley.org
- City of Simi Valley, Council Member Joseph D. Ayala — simivalley.org
- City of Simi Valley, Mayor Pro Tem Elaine P. Litster — simivalley.org
- City of Simi Valley, Election Information (November 3, 2026) — simivalley.org
- City of Simi Valley, Find Your District — simivalley.org
- KCLU: Simi Valley fills vacancy created by death of mayor (January 28, 2025) — kclu.org
- Notice of Election, November 3, 2026 (lists Simi Valley offices and Measure A) — cityofventura.ca.gov
- VC Reporter: Primary election results, Parvin wins (June 2026) — vcreporter.com
- Supervisor Janice Parvin: The Fourth District — supervisorparvin.venturacounty.gov
- California Secretary of State, Assembly District 42 returns — api.sos.ca.gov
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- Wikipedia: California's 42nd State Assembly district — en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia: California's 27th State Senate district — en.wikipedia.org
- The Center Square via San Joaquin Valley Sun: Brownley to retire; Simi Valley moves to Sherman's district (January 20, 2026) — sjvsun.com
- JNS: Sherman advances in California primary (32nd District) — columbusjewishnews.com
- California Legislature: Find Your Representative — findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov
- SVUSD: Find MY School — simivalleyusd.org
- SVUSD: School Boundaries Map — simivalleyusd.org
- City of Simi Valley, Police Department — simivalley.org
- Ventura County Fire Department, Fire Stations — fire.venturacounty.gov
- City of Simi Valley, Waterworks Services (VCWWD No. 8) — simivalley.org
- Golden State Water Company, Simi Valley — gswater.com
- Clean Power Alliance (Simi Valley, Lean Power since 2019) — cleanpoweralliance.org
- City of Simi Valley, Solid Waste Services — simivalley.org
- City of Simi Valley, Simi Valley Transit — simivalley.org
- City of Simi Valley, Neighborhood Councils — simivalley.org
- Ventura County Animal Services — animalservices.venturacounty.gov
- Simi Valley Public Library, Location and Hours — simivalleylibrary.org
- Adventist Health Simi Valley — adventisthealth.org
- City of Simi Valley, Specific Plans — simivalley.org
- City of Simi Valley, Envision Simi Valley Specific Plan (November 2024) — simivalley.org
- Gruen Associates: Envision Simi Valley Specific Plan — gruenassociates.com
- City of Simi Valley, Whiteface Specific Plan — simivalley.org
- City of Simi Valley, Runkle Canyon Residential Project — simivalley.org
- CEQAnet: Lost Canyons Addendum, Notice of Determination (approved August 10, 2026) — ceqanet.lci.ca.gov
- Rancho Simi Recreation and Park District: Simi Valley parks — rsrpd.org
- Rancho Simi Recreation and Park District: Simi Valley trails — rsrpd.org
- RSRPD: History of Corriganville Park — rsrpd.org
- RSRPD: Santa Susana Train Depot — rsrpd.org
- MRCA: Rocky Peak Park — mrca.ca.gov
- MRCA: Sage Ranch Park — mrca.ca.gov
- California State Parks: Santa Susana Pass State Historic Park — parks.ca.gov
- Wikipedia: Tapo Canyon — en.wikipedia.org
- OpenStreetMap: Marr Ranch Open Space — openstreetmap.org
- Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum — reaganlibrary.gov
- Wikipedia: Ronald Reagan Presidential Library — en.wikipedia.org
- Simi Valley Town Center — simivalleytowncenter.com
- Simi Valley Cultural Arts Center: About — svcac.org
- Wikipedia: Simi Adobe-Strathearn House — en.wikipedia.org
- Metrolink: Simi Valley station — metrolinktrains.com
- Wikipedia: Big Sky Ranch — en.wikipedia.org
- Los Angeles Times: Big Scene Change Planned for Famed Old Movie Ranch (April 20, 1987) — latimes.com
- Los Angeles Times: Above It All, Bridle Path (April 2, 1995) — latimes.com
- Simi Hills Golf Course — simihillsgolf.com
- Wood Ranch Golf Club — woodranchgc.com
- Wikipedia: Santa Susana Field Laboratory — en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia: 1992 Los Angeles riots — en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia: Simi Fire (2003) — en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia: Woolsey Fire (2018) — en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia: Easy Fire (2019) — en.wikipedia.org
- CAL FIRE: Sandy Fire (May 2026) — fire.ca.gov
- CAL FIRE: Sandy Fire incident update, May 21, 2026 (evacuation zone labels) — fire.ca.gov
- Wikipedia: Sandy Fire — en.wikipedia.org
- Ventura County Fire Department: Fire Hazard Severity Zones (Ordinance 33) — fire.venturacounty.gov
- Ventura County Fire Department: Ready, Set, Go! — fire.venturacounty.gov
- Ventura County Fire Department: Watch Duty — fire.venturacounty.gov
- VC Emergency: Frequently Asked Questions (evacuation zones and routes) — emergency.venturacounty.gov
- VC Emergency: Evacuation terminology and notifications — emergency.venturacounty.gov
- Ready Ventura County: VC Alert — ready.venturacounty.gov
- Ready Ventura County: Wildfire — ready.venturacounty.gov
- Ventura County GIS record maps layer — maps.ventura.org
- Ventura County GIS parcel layer — maps.ventura.org
- Sinaloa Lake Owners Association — sinaloalake.org
- ZIP codes for Simi Valley, CA (zip-codes.com) — zip-codes.com
- KB Home press release: KB Home Introduces Arroyo Vista at The Woodlands in Simi Valley (January 13, 2016) — s21.q4cdn.com
- City of Simi Valley Development Summary, updated July 5, 2024 (Runkle Canyon project) — simivalley.org
- Simi Valley Acorn: Runkle Ranch moves along (March 21, 2014) — simivalleyacorn.com
- Properkey property record — 2235 Burnside sale listing: Mountain Valley association, $65 monthly dues, pools, tennis courts and clubhouse (RE/MAX) — properkey.us
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