Which U.S. Vice-President had a Tie to Studio City

 Colfax Meadows. 
Where did the name come from?  Answer: From Schuyler Colfax, the Vice President of the United States under President Ulysses Grant.
But there’s more to it than one sentence.  As the Speaker of the House, in 1865, Colfax [nicknamed The Smiler] embarked on a stagecoach tour beginning in Topeka and traveling through California.  His companion and publisher joined him on this adventure and officially documented the travels and lecture tour. In his Introduction to the collection of lectures, his publisher wrote, “I could hardly realize… that there was in our literature no connect and complete account of the great Western Half of our Continent.”  I’m dying to find out if Colfax actually set foot in Studio City.  Help me out here. 
After serving one term as VP, Colfax was accused of having accepted bribes from the Union Pacific Railroad in exchange for a no-bid contract to build the transcontinental railroad. The scandal broke during the Presidential re-election campaign in 1872 and Colfax was peeled off the ticket.
Politics and scandal apparently have a long and distinguished marriage.