The RHA was founded in 1945 as the Hollywood Riviera Homeowners Association. At that time, area development was restricted to single family homes and membership included access to an exclusive beach club. The beach club was later destroyed in a fire but the spot it once stood upon is forever preserved by the local name “Burnout Beach”.

In the mid-1950’s, tract housing on the hillside, characterized by our neighborhood’s prevalent California Ranch style homes, expanded. Around this time the name was shortened to the Riviera Homeowners Association. RHA continued to be focused on homeowners and it acted to help bring infrastructure and services to Riviera residents. Today, the RHA welcomes and serves all who reside or have a property interest in the Riviera Community.

For history on the beginnings of the Hollywood Riviera and how it got its name, click here.

Visit our Riviera Reporter webpage to read what neighbors were talking about in 1969, 1985, or just last year. You may find out more than you ever thought you would about people you know or the house you live in.

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History as written by the early founders of the Riviera Homeowners Association are below. (Learn more about the RHA by visiting the Torrance Historical Society).

•  RHA minutes 1946
•  RHA minutes 1947
•  RHA minutes 1948
•  RHA minutes 1949
•  RHA minutes 1950
•  RHA minutes 1951
•  RHA minutes 1952
•  RHA minutes 1953