Los Angeles Southwest College (LASC) is a public community college in the unincorporated area of West Athens, California in Los Angeles County, California.Compare to: Despite the "Los Angeles, CA" postal address, it is not in the city of Los Angeles.Note: Note that the City of Houston had stated: "The U.S. Postal Service establishes ZIP codes and mailing addresses in order to maximize the efficiency of their system, not to recognize jurisdictional boundaries." It is part of the Los Angeles Community College District and its service area includes Inglewood, Hawthorne, Gardena, Unincorporated Westmont, and West Athens.
History Los Angeles Southwest College was established in 1967, two years after the Watts riots, in response to complaints of both officials and citizens that not enough was being done to educate the area's mostly African American population. The college, located at the intersection of Western Avenue and Imperial Highway, is the only community college in South Central Los Angeles.
LASC has secured over $500 million of bonds to complete its master facilities master plan by 2025. As a "green campus", LASC has a college-wide recycling program and will have the majority of its building meeting some level of LEED standard.
Notable alumni Student body composition as of 2022 Race and ethnicityTotal Hispanic Black White Unknown Asian Two or more races Foreign national Gender Distribution Male Female Age DistributionUnder 18 18–24 25–64
Larry Brown, Dallas Cowboys and Oakland Raiders cornerback, Super Bowl XXX MVP Othyus Jeffers, former NBA player Ivan Johnson, former NBA power forward Sam Johnson, former NFL player Isaac Larian, founder and CEO of MGA Entertainment Curtis Millage, former professional basketball player Chris Mims, former NFL player
See also Odessa Cox West Athens, California
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External links Official website