Edward R. Roybal Learning Center (Los Angeles, California)

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Edward R. Roybal Learning Center, formerly known as Belmont Learning Center, the Vista Hermosa Learning Center, Central Los Angeles High School 11, or the City West project is a secondary school and park located at 1200 Colton Street in the Westlake area of Los Angeles, California, United States.

Roybal is a high school built to relieve overcrowding at Belmont High School. The school is at the intersection of West First Street and North Beaudry Avenue. On March 25, 2008, the Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education voted to name the school as Edward R. Roybal Learning Center for former Congressman Edward R. Roybal, who represented this area in Congress and whose daughter, Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard, is representing the area.

The school is part of the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), and opened after years of controversy on Tuesday, September 2, 2008. Roybal will accommodate approximately 2,500 students, which will alleviate enrollment at Belmont High which is currently 5,500 students. The school has six academies, including the Civitas School of Leadership, languages,Activist for Educational Empowerment, business and finance, computer science, and the School for Visual Arts and Humanities.