Is this an inground concrete pool, or what?

Bambusa olhammii is not a running variety of bamboo. It's a clumper. It grows quite tall and should make an excellent screen. The culms get to around four inches in ideal circumstances. Bamboo will drop leaves but not too badly. That shouldn't be too much of an issue.

This is an in-ground, concrete pool surrounded by a lot of cement. The bamboo would be located quite close to the water. We don't want to have to be constantly cleaning out leaves... Thank you for the input!

I'm also in Los Angeles with an in-gound pool and was giving serious consideration to Oldhamii as well. How did things turn out? My largest concern is leaf droppage as it will be about 15 feet away from the pool in a 4' wide by 30' long raised planter box.

The leaf dropping is seasonal. It drops leaves as new ones grow, usually at the beginning of the growing year.

Other than that, there should be no problem other than height. Mine grows to over 40 feet...you may want a shorter variety.

Kt

I have a number of bamboos about 10ft away from a large in ground goldfish pond. I do get some leaves in the pond year round, more in winter, and more on breezy days.