CALIFORNIA CITY, CA GRADUATES THEIR FIRST CLASS -- CONGRADULATIONS TO THEM

The Article heads the headline of " From Blue Prints to Foot Steps" and nothing could be more true.


  California City, Ca is located just north of Edwards Airforce Base, the 2nd home of the Aerospace Shuttle.  For years,  I had heard about California City but never knew it was.  I was driving by it, and had no idea.  One day,  I decided to drive out to this place in the unknown only to be blown away first by its beauty, and second to digest its motto of The "City of Opportunity" The best kept secret in Southern California real estate, no smog, low crime, affordable housing, adult living, come and see why we think California City is a great place to live, work, play, invest and raise our families!

California City had its origins in 1958 when real estate developer and sociology professor Nat Mendelsohn purchased 80,000 acres of Mojave Desert land with the aim of master-planning California's next great city. He designed his model city, which he hoped would one day rival Los Angeles in size, around a Central Park with a 26-acre artificial lake. 

Growth did not happen anywhere close to what he expected. Maybe if the city was started either on Highway 14 or Highway 58, instead of 10 miles east of Highway 58 and 10 miles north of Highway 58 the city may have developed faster.   The population was 8,385 at the 2000 census,  and estimated in July 2006 to be 12,659.  Today it has near 16,000 residences.


Although the growth of the city has not met its founders' expectations, Nat Mendelsohn projected a population of 1,000,000 people by the turn of the century, California City has seen substantial population growth over the past several years. 

These students graduating this year need to be very very proud, as they are the pioneers of what is to come of this amazing city.  It may not be Los Angeles, but I expect within the next 20 years that this city will be well placed on the map and if Nat Mendleson could look back and what he created back in the 1950s, he would be proud. 



http://www.desertnews.com/news/article_1d408b5c-8d69-11e0-96ae-001cc4c03286.html

        CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2011 CLASS OF CALIFORNIA CITY HIGH SCHOOL!