About the City of Simi Valley

Given its close proximity to Hollywood, Simi Valley has long been a popular entertainment industry location.

• Simi Valley and the surrounding hills have been the site of several television shows, including the long-running series Gunsmoke and M*A*S*H.
• Many freeway scenes from the TV Show CHiPs were filmed on the 118 in Simi Valley while it was under construction.
• In 1983, Colleen McCullough’s TV mini-series, The Thorn Birds, was brought to life in a remote corner of the Simi Valley.
• The 1986 western comedy film ¡Three Amigos! was partially filmed here.
• The 1982 hit horror film Poltergeist was filmed on Roxbury Street in Simi Valley.
• For the 1992 movie “Sneakers” with Robert Redford, the Gibraltar Savings building was transformed to The Playtronics Toy company.
• Most of the 2003 film adaptation of The Cat in the Hat starring Mike Myers and Dakota Fanning was filmed in Simi Valley.
• In March 2008, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra starting filming in the northern hills above Simi Valley, near the Little House on the Prairie site.
• Scenes in Criminal Minds were filmed in various places in Simi Valley, Including an intersection on Cochran St.
• In the 1984 film "Bachelor Party" starring Tom Hanks, the MANN 6 Movie Theater, formerly located within the Sycamore Shopping Center, was used for the movie theater scene.
• The 1986 western comedy film Three Amigos was partially filmed here.
• The Brandeis-Bardin Institute's House of the Book is the location of the original Power Ranger Power Chamber.
• The delivery of the ransom money in The Big Lebowski shows a highway sign naming Simi Valley.
• The video for Bullet with Butterfly Wings by The Smashing Pumpkins was filmed in Simi Valley.
• In the 2001 comedy Joe Dirt, the character found his long-lost parents in a trailer home park in Simi Valley
• The 1992 children's comedy Honey, I Blew Up the Kid was filmed in and around 676 Coldbrook Pl.
• In the 1992 film Forever Young starring Mel Gibson the test airstrip scenes and the highway chase scene were filmed on the west end of Simi Valley bordering Moorpark.
• Parts of Viva Rock Vegas, the sequel to the original Flintstones movie, was filmed at Rocky Peak.
• The video for "Hexagram," by The Deftones was filmed with fans watching the band play the song in an indoor skatepark in Simi Valley.
• Nu-metal band Limp Bizkit filmed the music video for the single "Break Stuff" at Skatelab, a skate park in Simi Valley.
• G4's American Ninja Warrior competitions hold their "boot camp" in the mountains of Simi Valley.
• Southern California radio station, KROQ, began hosting a "Punk Rock Prom" contest in early 2000 – two of which Simi Valley high schools won back to back. In 2000, Santa Susana High School won with Blink 182 performing at the school. In 2001, co-winners Santa Susana High School and Simi Valley High School won the contest, which was held at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Santa Clarita, CA, with Weezer and The Offspring headlining the event.

According to the City's 2012–13 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers in the city are:

A extensive list of Ventura County employers is available here.