What is the name of the purple flowering tree in the Los angeles area?

Question

I was recently in the Los Angeles area and there was a tree that had a very pretty light purple flower. I asked a few people down there what it was called but noone seemed to have any idea.

Answer 1

did it look like this

http://www.gly.uga.edu/railsback/CTW/Jac...

if it does, It is a JacarandaTree

Answer 2

Empress or Paulownia?