I think,therefore, I am. Lake Balboa

They are some of the questions pondered by great thinkers: Who am I? Why am I here? Do I exist?

Well, the San Fernando Valley community of Lake Balboa got the answer Friday to at least one of those questions.

It exists.

Nearly a year ago, city functionaries discovered that - despite the unveiling of Lake Balboa's blue neighborhood signs in 2002 - the community was never made official at City Hall. Kerry Cavanaugh in the Daily News.

And when West Van Nuys residents petitioned to join Lake Balboa, the City Clerk's Office threw into doubt the existence of the 4,000-person community.