Optimist Youth Homes Family Services Careers in Los Angeles, CA

In 1906, Mr. & Mrs. Jacob Strickland took in an orphaned nephew to their farm just outside the northern city limits of Los Angeles (which is still our main site today). Another boy - a ward of the court - arrived in the same year. By 1908 there were 13 boys living on the farm. The Stricklands supported the home by selling dairy products and chickens raised on their farm.