Panorama City is a densely populated neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley region of the city of Los Angeles, California. Developed beginning in 1948 by residential developer Fritz B. Burns and industrialist Henry J. Kaiser, it is widely regarded as the San Fernando Valley's first planned community, with a master plan drawn by the architecture firm Wurdeman & Becket. The neighborhood rose from what had been one of Southern California's largest dairy and sheep ranches, and its post-war design — a grid of modest single-family homes, garden apartments, and commercial strips — helped shape the Valley's mid-century growth. Today Panorama City is one of the Valley's most vibrant and diverse communities. Home to roughly 70,000 residents, it has the highest population density in the San Fernando Valley and a notably young median age. More than half of its residents were born abroad, with the majority tracing their origins to Mexico, along with significant Central American and Asian populations, including a sizable Filipino community. This mix gives the neighborhood a lively, multicultural commercial character along Van Nuys Boulevard and Roscoe Boulevard. The Kaiser Permanente Panorama City Medical Center is the neighborhood's anchor institution, a major hospital and employer that reflects the community's origins under Henry Kaiser. Retail hubs such as the Panorama Mall and The Plant shopping center serve the area, and the neighborhood is bounded by major freeways, including the 405 and 170. Panorama City functions as an urban-suburban hybrid: dense and walkable in parts, yet residential in feel. Its central location in the Valley places residents near the Sepulveda Basin Recreation Area and Lake Balboa, and within reach of employment across Los Angeles. It remains a practical, family-oriented community at the geographic heart of the San Fernando Valley.