The first Pio Pico Branch Library was located in a storage room rented by the LAPL at 1312 El Molino Street; it was used from 1900-1923; voters supported a bond issue for a new library c. 1921, and between 5/1922-10/1923, the second Pio Pico Branch of this library was built in another location;

After voters passed a bond issue for a new library building, ground was broken in May of 1922 at the corner of Oxford and Connecticut Avenue. The 2,800 square-foot facility was completed and open to the public in October, 1923; in 1926 it was officially named the Pio Pico Branch after Pio de Jesus Pico, the last governor of Mexican California. Structural problems led to the demolition of the historic building in 1979, and bookmobile service was established in the community for nearly two years until the branch found temporary quarters, 2,300 square feet, at 2631 W. Olympic Blvd. At that time, supporters and library officials agreed on plans for a permanent home.

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