La Mirada highlight
Southeast Los Angeles County community
La Mirada is a city in southeast Los Angeles County that celebrates 60 years of planned residential development and public amenities.
La Mirada was incorporated in 1961 on land that had been a planned community since the 1950s, built with residential neighborhoods, parks, and public facilities designed to grow together. The city sits in southeast Los Angeles County, between the cities of Cerritos and Norwalk, in the Gateway region.
The city has invested in its public spaces over the decades: the Splash! La Mirada Regional Aquatics Center serves the surrounding communities, and the La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts brings cultural programming to the region. The city emphasizes what it calls aesthetic beauty, public facilities, community programs, and recreational opportunities as central to its character.
For families in this part of the county, planning for the years when those communities are most important means thinking about what would happen if an income went away. A term policy sized for a mortgage, children's needs, or a business loan is the practical way to make sure that plan stays intact.