L.A.'s Eastside: Where do you draw the line?

“ The EastSide is east of the L. A River that stretches to East LA (Atlantic/Beverly Blvd). South of Boyle Heigths up to Lincoln Heights and El Sereno. The term Eastside is what identifies us people from these areas. It is a term that means home or barrio. The barrio of East LA, Boyle Heigths, Lincoln Heights and El Sereno is a place where Latino's of Mexican and central descent resided and found a home after they migrated from their countries. It is a place where rival schools flirt around with the idea of pride and a sense of belonging. It is a place where our murals covered up the barrios and streets of the East side. It is where George Yepes, John Zender Estrada, Paul Botello, and Fabian Debora used Cesar Chavez Ave (formerly known as Brooklyn Ave) as a canvas to display our raza's history. It is where the walkouts and the Chicano Moratorium of 1968 took place. It is where Ruben Salazar was brutally killed. It is where it once housed the largest housing projects west of the Mississippi and where Father Gregory Boyle began its Homeboy Industries. To true Angelenos the Eastside will always be East of the Los Angeles River. ” — Juan Carlos Esparza from El Sereno, but born and raised in Boyle Heigths, Feb. 18, 2014, 3:42 p.m.