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Van Nuys Government Center

The Van Nuys Government Center (aka Van Nuys Civic Center or San Fernando Valley Administrative Center[1]) is a 17.3-acre (70,000 m2)[2] cluster of buildings in the Van Nuys neighborhood of Los Angeles that houses various local, state and federal government offices and services. It is an important regional hub in the decentralized city of Los Angeles, roughly by bounded by Calvert Street, Sylvan Street, Tyrone Avenue and Van Nuys Boulevard. (Similar hubs include West Valley Civic Center in Reseda and West Los Angeles Civic Center in Sawtelle.)

Many of the buildings are fronted by open plaza and garden areas established in 1966 in the area "surrounded by the Valley Police Headquarters, Van Nuys Library and county courts building under construction."[3]

Facilities
Building Government level Description Address Coordinates Image
Van Nuys Municipal Building City – Los Angeles Established 1932 as a "branch city hall";[4] location of City Council District 6 field office and the Los Angeles Mayor's Valley field office. 14410 Sylvan St, Van Nuys, CA 91401 34°11′03″N 118°26′49″W / 34.1842°N 118.4470°W / 34.1842; -118.4470
Marvin Braude San Fernando Valley Constituent Service Center City – Los Angeles Los Angeles City Attorney, Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety 6262 Van Nuys Blvd., Van Nuys, CA 91401 34°11′03″N 118°26′55″W / 34.1843°N 118.4486°W / 34.1843; -118.4486
James C. Corman Federal Building National – United States Local offices for U.S. government bureaus and departments including offices of the Internal Revenue Service, the State Department and the Marine Corps.[5] 6230 Van Nuys Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 91401 34°11′01″N 118°26′52″W / 34.1836°N 118.4479°W / 34.1836; -118.4479
Van Nuys State Office Building State – California Assemblymember offices, California Department of Industrial Relations, other state regulators 6150 Van Nuys Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 91401 34°10′55″N 118°26′53″W / 34.1819°N 118.4481°W / 34.1819; -118.4481
Los Angeles County Service Center County – Los Angeles Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk; marriage ceremonies can be performed by Van Nuys office; also obtain/file birth, death, marriage certificates; documentation of real property, real estate and fictitious business name filings 14340 W. Sylvan St., Los Angeles, CA 91401 34°11′04″N 118°26′46″W / 34.1845277°N 118.4460195°W / 34.1845277; -118.4460195
Los Angeles County Superior Court State – California Van Nuys court has two buildings, referred to as east and west, across the street from one another; the older building dates to 1965[6] 6230 Sylmar Ave (East) & 14400 Erwin St Mall (West)
Van Nuys Police Division – Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) City – Los Angeles Police precinct 6240 Sylmar Ave., Los Angeles, CA 91401 34°11′02″N 118°26′40″W / 34.1838°N 118.4445°W / 34.1838; -118.4445
Van Nuys Branch – Los Angeles Public Library (LAPL) City – Los Angeles One of the 72 branches in the city library system 6250 Sylmar Ave, Van Nuys, CA 91401 34°11′02″N 118°26′47″W / 34.1838°N 118.4465°W / 34.1838; -118.4465
Van Nuys Civic Childhood Development Center[7] Daycare and preschool 14350 Sylvan St, Van Nuys, CA 91401 34°11′04″N 118°26′47″W / 34.1844°N 118.4464°W / 34.1844; -118.4464
  1. ^ "San Fernando Valley Administrative Center Historic District Resource Report". Historic Places LA. Retrieved December 15, 2022.
  2. ^ Burleigh, Irv. "Changes Seen in Valley Civic Center Plans." Los Angeles Times, April 16, 1969, pp. 1–sf8.
  3. ^ "Bulldozers Begin to Shape Van Nuys Civic Center Mall." Los Angeles Times, July 14, 1966, pp. 1-sf1.
  4. ^ "San Pedro News Pilot 6 October 1932 — California Digital Newspaper Collection". cdnc.ucr.edu. Retrieved August 20, 2022.
  5. ^ "James C. Corman Federal Building". www.gsa.gov. Retrieved August 20, 2022.
  6. ^ "Ground Broken for Van Nuys County Building." Los Angeles Times (1923–1995), June 8, 1965, pp. 1-sf10.
  7. ^ "Van Nuys Civic Child Development". CDCLA. May 4, 2018. Retrieved August 20, 2022.

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