The Valley today
Surging immigration is transforming the San Fernando Valley into a tapestry of communities with widely divergent ethnicities, incomes and education, according to a demographic report analyzed by Daily News staff writer Beth Barrett in today's paper.
In one of the most detailed looks at the Valley to date, the report shows that the region has become a multicultural port of entry, where more than 40 percent of the 1.8 million residents are immigrants.
The trend is expected to continue, along with annual population growth of 1 percent annually, for the next several years.
"This is `Welcome to the United Nations.' It's a very culturally diverse place," said Dan Blake, director of the San Fernando Valley Economic Research Center.
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Los Angeles Daily News City Hall reporter Rick Orlov writes about politics on the local, state and national stage.
The diversity is great and all but what about the legality of the "citizens." I will bet you dollars to donuts that the diverse population is about 50% illegal. So where do we go from here?