About Calabasas

Calabasas (from Spanish calabazas "winter squashes") is a city in the southwestern region of the San Fernando Valley, between the foothills of the Santa Monica and Santa Susana mountains. The city was incorporated in 1991, prior to which it was an unincorporated portion of Los Angeles County. As of the 2020 census, the city's population was 23,241, up from 23,058 at the 2010 census. == Naming == The name Calabasas is a variant spelling of the Spanish word calabazas, meaning "winter squashes". Some historians hold the theory that Calabasas is derived from the Chumash word calahoosa, which is said to mean "where the wild geese fly".