West Hills is a district in the San Fernando Valley region of the City of Los Angeles, California.
It is surrounded by the Chatsworth Reservoir in the north, Canoga Park in the east, Woodland Hills in the south, Hidden Hills in the southwest, and the Simi Hills in the west.
The San Fernando Valley is the oldest city in the valley for which it is named, is located about twenty three miles north of Los Angeles, near the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains. Founded in 1874, it is nicknamed "The Mission City" because of its proximity to the San Fernando Mission that was established in1797 and on whose former property the city emerged. San Fernando was originally populated by Gabrielino and Tataviam Indians, the latter naming the area "Achois Comihabit," before Spanish explorers first passed through the region in 1769. In its pristine state, the hills and valleys were lush with oak and walnut trees. These gave way to ranches and farms in the nineteenth century, as an outgrowth of activities originally undertaken by the mission which thrived for nearly forty years during the early 1800s. During that time, while California was still Mexican territory, a mixture of Spanish, Indian, and Mexican residents arrived and settled in the valley. Following the mission's secularization in 1834, it went into decline and was abandoned about a decade later.  

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