An especially fascinating detail to me is the address, which is less than a mile from the house i lived in from 3rd grade, until I left home, age 20.
It was working class then & very dismal - I wonder if it's really changed that much?? I was last there in 1980, and it was gang-infested and VERY rough.
I can just see him buying a mansion in El Sereno (barrio to the hilt) unless, as i say, things have done a reversal in the past 20 yrs. It's almost symbolic of his life.