El Carisa Regional Park Sport Courts Remodeling Project

provides several amenities including picnic areas, play areas, fitness zones, sport courts such as tennis, pickleball, basketball, handball courts, multiple sports fields, community swimming pools, a gymnasium, and a community center. While located in an area with a moderate park need, El Carisa Regional Park also serves neighboring communities experiencing high to very high park need in the San Fernando Valley Study Area established by the 2022 Park Needs Assessment Plus (PNA+), including the Cities of San Fernando and Mission Hills. Hundreds of thousands of visitors annually attend the numerous events and programs held at the park. The Park's hard-surface sport courts are in constant use, and with growing popularity in outdoor sports, improvements are needed to meet the increased demand. Additionally, there is a clear and outspoken desire for more standalone sports courts as voiced by a majority of community members at LA County Park's September 2024 community meetings. Community members overwhelmingly asked for more courts to play sports such as pickleball. In response to the community's requests, the proposed Project will expand existing sport court$ facilities to accommodate more players and help reduce crowding and wait times, all without reducing other park amenities, and ensuring that the Park continues to serve the diverse needs of its visitors. Direct community input at a second community meeting held in May 2025 helped determine design preferences that were later shared on-site at the park. The proposed Project will remodel the existing sport courts by replacing the windscreens; installing additional seating and viewing areas; expanding the courts to accommodate four additional pickleball courts; updating the adjacent landscape areas; remodeling walkways to improve accessibility to the courts; and making refurbishments to r:elated amenities. The community's requested sport courts would increase access for users without reducing any other court amenities such as·tennis or pickleball and all of the work. would be carried out within the existing parameters of the Park.