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La Selva Beach, California
CDP
About La Selva Beach
La Selva Beach is a small unincorporated community in western California.
La Selva Beach holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 5.3 square miles.
📰 La Selva Beach News Today
- Copperfield @ Capitol Expy(WB) - Live Traffic Camera WeatherBug · Aug 18
- 440 Camino Al Mar, La Selva Beach, CA 95076 Realtor.com · Aug 14
- Glenn Kramer Obituary - La Selva Beach, CA (1954-2026) Santa Cruz Sentinel · Jul 5
- This week in Santa Cruz County business: La Selva Beach drone company inks Spanish partner; Watsonville’s economic matchmaker Lookout Santa Cruz · Feb 11
- La Selva Beach, CA MSN · Mar 24
Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.
What Makes La Selva Beach Unique
- The only place in America named La Selva Beach — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
- An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
- Positioned in western California, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
Why People Love It Here
- Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
- Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
- Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 4 miles.
🎡 Fun Things to Do
- Crystal Bay Farm · Attraction
Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.
🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in La Selva Beach
- Ellicott Slough National Wildlife Refuge · Nature reserve reviews ★
- La Selva Open Space · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Manresa State Beach · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Manresa State Beach - Soquel Creek Water District reviews ★
- Manresa State Beach Access reviews ★
- Place De Mer Park reviews ★
- Triangle Park reviews ★
Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.
🏫 Schools in La Selva Beach
- Renaissance High Continuation
Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.
⚡ Quick Facts
StateCalifornia
TypeCDP
Population (2024)—
Land area5.3 sq mi
Coordinates36.9274, -121.8444