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{{Short description|Urban City in California, United States}}
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'''Beverly Hills''' is a city in the western part of [[Los Angeles County, California]]. Beverly Hills and the neighboring city of [[West Hollywood, California|West Hollywood]] are together entirely surrounded by the city of [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]]. The area's so-called "Golden Triangle" of wealthy neighborhoods is formed by Beverly Hills and the Los Angeles neighborhoods of [[Bel-Air, Los Angeles, California|Bel-Air]] and [[Holmby Hills, Los Angeles, California|Holmby Hills]].
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'''Beverly Hills''' is a city located in [[Los Angeles County, California]], United States. A notable and historic [[suburb]] of [[Los Angeles]], it is located just southwest of the [[Hollywood Hills]], approximately {{convert|12.2|mi|km|abbr=out}} northwest of [[downtown Los Angeles]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Downtown Los Angeles to Beverly Hills |url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Downtown+Los+Angeles,+Los+Angeles,+CA/Beverly+Hills,+California/@34.0617158,-118.3598335,13z/am=t/data=!3m1!4b1!4m15!4m14!1m5!1m1!1s0x80c2c634253dfd01:0x26fe52df19a5a920!2m2!1d-118.2517828!2d34.0487969!1m5!1m1!1s0x80c2bc04d6d147ab:0xd6c7c379fd081ed1!2m2!1d-118.4003563!2d34.0736204!3e0!5i1?shorturl=1 |access-date=December 8, 2022 |website=Downtown Los Angeles to Beverly Hills |language=en}}</ref> Beverly Hills' land area totals {{convert|5.71|sqmi}} and (together with the neighboring smaller city of [[West Hollywood, California|West Hollywood]] to the east) is entirely surrounded by the [[Los Angeles|city of Los Angeles]]. According to the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]],<ref name="Census 2020">{{cite web| url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/beverlyhillscitycalifornia| title=QuickFacts: Beverly Hills city, California| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| website=US Census| access-date=May 15, 2022}}</ref> the city has a population of 32,701, marking a decrease of 1,408 from the [[2010 United States census|2010 census]] count of 34,109.


In [[Culture of the United States|American popular culture]], Beverly Hills has been known primarily as an affluent location within Greater Los Angeles, which corresponds to higher [[Real estate appraisal|property values]] and [[Property tax in the United States|taxes]] in the area. The city is well known for its [[Rodeo Drive]] shopping district that includes many [[Designer label|designer]] brands. Throughout its history, the city has been home to many [[:Category:People from Beverly Hills, California|celebrities]]. It is noted for numerous hotels and [[resort]]s, including the [[Beverly Hilton]] and the [[The Beverly Hills Hotel|Beverly Hills Hotel]]. The city has been featured in many movies, [[Television in the United States|television series]], [[Music of the United States|music]], and [[Mass media in the United States|media]], in the United States and internationally.
Beverly Hills is bordered on the north by Bel-Air and the [[Santa Monica Mountains]], on the east by West Hollywood and the [[Fairfax District, Los Angeles, California|Fairfax District]] of Los Angeles, on the south by Los Angeles' [[Beverlywood, Los Angeles, California|Beverlywood]] neighborhood and on the west by Holmby Hills as well as [[Westwood, Los Angeles, California|Westwood Village]] and [[Century City, Los Angeles, California|Century City]], which are also Los Angeles neighborhoods and not separate cities. While Beverly Hills is a separate city, it is culturally very much a part of Los Angeles.


After its initial settlement in 1828, Beverly Hills was originally a primarily [[agricultural]] community centered around [[Rancho Rodeo de las Aguas]], a Mexican era [[Ranchos of California|rancho grant]]. Beverly Hills was first [[municipal corporation|incorporated]] as a city in September 1914 by a group of investors who had failed to find [[Petroleum|oil]] but found water instead and eventually decided to develop it into a town.


==History==
==History==
===Early years===
===Early history===
[[File:Creamery on Hammel and Denker ranch, Beverly Hills, ca.1905 (CHS-2353).jpg|thumb|left|[[Rancho Rodeo de las Aguas]] {{Circa|1905}}, when it was owned by [[Henry Hammel (California businessman)|Henry Hammel]] and [[Andrew H. Denker]].]]
The area that would one day become Beverly Hills was fertile because of the streams that met there in the rainy months. Water cascaded down from the canyons that became known as Coldwater and [[Benedict Canyon, Los Angeles, California|Benedict]], creating a ''ciénaga'' (or [[swamp]]) at the location of present day [[Sunset Boulevard]] and Beverly Drive. The foothill site had flocks of [[goose|geese]] and [[duck]]s, bands of wild [[horse]]s and herds of [[antelope]]. [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] inhabitants, the [[Tongva]] (who the [[New Spain|Spanish]] named the Gabrielino) tribe, considered it a holy site and named it "The Gathering of the Waters," which in the [[Spanish language]] is "El Rodeo de las Aguas." El Rodeo later became the name of one of the four elementary schools of Beverly Hills.
[[Gaspar de Portolá]] arrived in the area that would later become Beverly Hills on August 3, 1769, traveling along native trails which followed the present-day route of [[Wilshire Boulevard]]. The area was settled by [[Californio]] ranchera [[Maria Rita Valdez|María Rita Quinteros de Valdez]] and her husband in 1828.<ref name="cityofbeverlyhillshistory">{{cite web|title=History of Beverly Hills|url=http://www.beverlyhills.org/citygovernment/aboutbeverlyhills/historyofbeverlyhills/|publisher=City of Beverly Hills|access-date=April 25, 2012}}</ref> They called their {{convert|4500|acre|km2}} of property the ''[[Rancho Rodeo de las Aguas]]''.<ref name="Wanamaker2005">{{cite book|author=Marc Wanamaker|title=Early Beverly Hills|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gwMyg0wEdDEC|access-date=August 17, 2012|date=November 16, 2005|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|isbn=978-0-7385-3068-0}}</ref> In 1854, she sold the ranch to [[Benjamin Davis Wilson]] (1811–1878) and Henry Hancock (1822–1883).<ref name="cityofbeverlyhillshistory"/> By the 1880s, the ranch had been subdivided into parcels of {{convert|75|acre|km2}} and was being rapidly bought up by [[Anglo#United States|Anglos]] from Los Angeles and the East coast.<ref name="Wanamaker2005"/>


[[Henry Hammel and Andrew H. Denker]] acquired most of it and used it for farming lima beans.<ref name="cityofbeverlyhillshistory"/><ref name="Horowitz2007">{{cite book|author=Joy Horowitz|title=Parts Per Million: The Poisoning of Beverly Hills High School|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WjLUcoe5j00C&pg=PA42|access-date=August 17, 2012|date=July 19, 2007|publisher=Penguin|isbn=978-0-670-03798-8|page=42}}</ref> At this point, the area was known as the Hammel and Denker Ranch.<ref name="cityofbeverlyhillshistory"/> By 1888, they were planning to build a town called Morocco on their holdings.<ref name="cityofbeverlyhillshistory"/><ref name="Gross2011">{{cite book|author=Michael Gross|title=Unreal Estate: Money, Ambition, and the Lust for Land in Los Angeles|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ykMXJOD0FyAC&pg=PR15|access-date=August 17, 2012|date=November 1, 2011|publisher=Random House Digital, Inc.|isbn=978-0-7679-3265-3}}</ref>
[[Gaspar de Portolà]]'s land expedition arrived in the area on [[August 3]] [[1769]]. The group, composed of Portolà (the first [[governor]] of the province of California), some [[Franciscan]] priests and a cavalcade of leather-jacket soldiers and horses, traveled over the Indian trail, which would one day be [[Wilshire Boulevard]], across the plain toward the foothills gouged with deep canyons, and made camp in the cool of the [[sycamore]] trees at the present site of [[La Cienega Park]], near the large swamp. On [[September 27]] [[1821]], [[New Spain]] became [[Mexico]] and the province of California quietly changed flags.


===20th century===
Also in the [[1820s]], a retired Spanish soldier, who was by now an invalid on a pension, Vicente Ferrer Valdez, and his wife, Maria Rita Villa de Valdez, went to live on the 4,500 acre (18&nbsp;km²) Rancho El Rodeo de las Aguas. Rita did not care for the name, however, and chose to call it San Antonio. The Valdez [[adobe]] home was built near what is the present day intersection of Sunset Boulevard and Alpine Drive. Numerous ''vaqueros'' (or cowboys) were employed to tend the cattle and horses. Valdez died in [[1828]], leaving Rita a widow with eleven children.
[[File:The Beverly Hills Hotel, 1989 (2086903257) (cropped).jpg|thumb|left|The Beverly Hills Hotel was the first substantial building project in what developed into Beverly Hills.]]
In 1900, [[Burton E. Green]], [[Charles A. Canfield]], [[Max Whittier]], [[Frank H. Buck]], [[Henry E. Huntington]], [[William G. Kerckhoff]], [[William F. Herrin]], W.S. Porter, and Frank H. Balch formed the Amalgamated Oil Company, bought the Hammel and Denker ranch, and began looking for oil.<ref name="cityofbeverlyhillshistory"/><ref name="Garvin2002">{{cite book|author=Alexander Garvin|title=The American City|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-0h134NR1s0C&pg=PA383|access-date=August 18, 2012|date=June 19, 2002|publisher=McGraw-Hill Professional|isbn=978-0-07-137367-8|page=383}}</ref><ref name="wanamaker">[[Marc Wanamaker]], ''Early Beverly Hills'', Mount Pleasant, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing, 2005, pp. 17–18 [https://books.google.com/books?id=gwMyg0wEdDEC&dq=%22Burton+E.+Green%22&pg=PA17]</ref> They did not find enough to exploit commercially by the standards of the time, though.<ref name="wanamaker"/> In 1906, therefore, they reorganized as the Rodeo Land and Water Company, renamed the property "Beverly Hills", subdivided it, and began selling lots.<ref name="wanamaker"/><ref name="Fogelson2007">{{cite book |author=[[Robert M. Fogelson]] |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iT73NUD-3vEC&pg=PA186 |title=Bourgeois Nightmares: Suburbia, 1870–1930 |date=September 28, 2007 |publisher=Yale University Press |isbn=978-0-300-12417-0 |page=186 |access-date=August 18, 2012}}</ref> The development was named "Beverly Hills" after [[Beverly Farms]] in [[Beverly, Massachusetts]], and because of the hills in the area.<ref name="Garvin2002"/><ref name="wanamaker"/>


The ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' reported on September 2, 1906:<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/380204380/?terms=%22beverly+hills%22|title=(Source requires subscription) |date=September 2, 1906 |page= 74|newspaper= Los Angeles Times |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>
In [[1831]], the ''alcalde'' (mayor) of the ''pueblo'' (town) of Los Angeles, Vicente Sanchez, granted to Rita, jointly with her kinsman Luciano Valdez, a tract of land styled San Antonio. She began having trouble with Luciano Valdez, however, and decided the rancho was not big enough for the both of them. In [[1834]], she testified before the Los Angeles City Council that Luciano built his house within 70 feet (21 m) of hers, obstructing the view; ran her [[cattle]] off the only watering hole on the rancho, which sent them wandering over the neighbor's property, kept her from planting and dared her to complain. When she did complain, Rita found the man of bad temper, a user of indecent language and generally intolerable. The council agreed and ordered him to vacate the premises. In [[1840]], the land grant was confirmed by the governor of California, [[Juan Bautista Alvarado]]. By [[1844]], Rita had built a second home, this one on Main Street in Los Angeles, which is where she kept her title papers and grant. Before the [[United States|Americans]] commanded by [[John Stockton|Commodore Stockton]] entered the city in [[1846]], she, her children, and other [[Californio]]s, fled. When she returned, she found her papers had been stolen.
<blockquote>Percy H. Clark Company are managing the development of the foothill portion of the Hammel & Denker ranch for the Rodeo Land and Water Company (the Canfield-Huntington-Kerckhoff syndicate), to be known as Beverly Hills. No expense is being spared to make this a fine suburban district. .&nbsp;.&nbsp;. The property has been laid out on beautiful curved lines.</blockquote>
[[Image:Benedict canyon.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Benedict Canyon circa 1910]]
[[File:Tennis court on Virginia Robinson Estate (cropped).JPG|thumb|left|The [[Virginia Robinson Gardens|Virginia Robinson Estate & Gardens]], built in 1911 by the heiress of [[J. W. Robinson's]], is open to the public.]]
The first house in the subdivision was built in 1907, but sales remained slow.<ref name="Wanamaker2006">{{cite book|author=Marc Wanamaker|title=Beverly Hills: 1930–2005|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CRZ1dl-p_-4C&pg=PA69|access-date=August 18, 2012|date=October 18, 2006|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|isbn=978-0-7385-4659-9|page=69|author-link=Marc Wanamaker}}</ref>


====Restrictive covenants====
California was admitted as a U.S. state on [[September 9]] [[1850]]. The United States Board of Land Commissioners later confirmed her title. But before that happened, Rita tired of Indian raids on her livestock and sold the rancho in [[1854]] to [[Benjamin D. Wilson]] and [[Henry Hancock]]. Hancock sold out to [[William Workman]], who planned to grow wheat. But after one successful season, the [[drought]] of [[1863]]&ndash;[[1864]] put a temporary end to farming in the area. The legendary waters dried up, crops withered and cattle died.
Beverly Hills was one of many [[Covenant (law)#Exclusionary covenants|all-white]] [[planned communities]] started in the Los Angeles area around this time.<ref name="Loewen2005">{{cite book|author=James W. Loewen|title=Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension Of American Racism|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FPxJ_aG_B-8C|access-date=August 19, 2012|date=September 29, 2005|publisher=The New Press|isbn=978-1-59558-674-2|page=112}}</ref> [[Restrictive covenant#Exclusionary covenants|Restrictive covenants]] prohibited non-whites from owning or renting property, unless they were employed as servants by white residents.<ref name="Gross2011"/>{{rp|57}} It was also forbidden to sell or rent property to [[Jews]] in Beverly Hills.<ref name="Wiese2005">{{cite book|author=Andrew Wiese|title=Places of Their Own: African American Suburbanization in the Twentieth Century|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Uj-aqw8IhWcC&pg=PA42|access-date=August 19, 2012|date=December 15, 2005|publisher=University of Chicago Press|isbn=978-0-226-89625-0|page=42}}</ref>


====Incorporation====
A brief [[petroleum|oil]] boom brought a flourish of interest in the land in [[1865]] when the Pioneer Oil Company bought the rights to drill wells. But the [[wildcatter|wildcatting]] ended when the land proved as dry underneath as on top. Then newcomers arrived and herds of [[sheep]] appeared on the land, with portions being sold. James Whitworth bought a 125 acre (0.5&nbsp;km²) parcel between what became Robertson and La Cienega Boulevards, north of what became Pico Boulevard, and Edison A. Benedict built a home in [[1868]] at the mouth of the canyon that bears his name. Benedict and his son, Pierce, bought adjoining land, planted [[walnut]] trees, beans and other vegetables and raised [[bee]]s.
Burton Green began construction on [[The Beverly Hills Hotel]] in 1911. The hotel was finished in 1912. The visitors drawn by the hotel were inclined to purchase land in Beverly Hills, and by 1914 the population had grown enough to qualify for incorporation as an independent city.<ref name="Garvin2002"/> That same year, the Rodeo Land and Water Company decided to separate its water business from its real estate business. The Beverly Hills Utility Commission was split off from the land company and incorporated in September 1914, buying all of the utilities-related assets from the Rodeo Land and Water Company.<ref name="CommissionCalifornia1919">{{cite book|author=Railroad Commission of the State of California|title=Decisions of the Railroad Commission of the State of California|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kRs4AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA897|access-date=August 18, 2012|year=1919|publisher=Superintendent of State Printing|page=897}}</ref>
[[File:REAR CORNER - Harold Lloyd Estate, Beverly Hills, Los Angeles County, CA HABS CAL,19-BEVHI,2-5 (cropped).tif|thumb|left|[[Harold Lloyd Estate|Greenacres]], a historic estate built in 1918 by silent movie star [[Harold Lloyd]].]]
In 1919, [[Douglas Fairbanks]] and [[Mary Pickford]] bought land on Summit Drive and built a mansion, finished in 1921<ref name="Fishman1989">{{cite book|author=Robert Fishman|title=Bourgeois Utopias: The Rise And Fall Of Suburbia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-0AMqfU9bzQC&pg=PA168|access-date=August 18, 2012|date=March 31, 1989|publisher=Basic Books|isbn=978-0-465-00747-9|page=168}}</ref> and nicknamed "[[Pickfair]]" by the press.<ref name="BibleWanamaker2010">{{cite book|author1=Karie Bible|author2-link=Marc Wanamaker|author2=Marc Wanamaker|author3=Harry Medved|title=Location Filming in Los Angeles|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XJTLWHephfwC&pg=PA93|access-date=August 18, 2012|date=November 29, 2010|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|isbn=978-0-7385-8132-3|page=93}}</ref> The glamour associated with Fairbanks and Pickford as well as other movie stars who built mansions in the city contributed to its growing appeal.<ref name="Fishman1989"/>


====Water supply====
The De Las Aguas Land Association was formed with headquarters in [[San Francisco, California|San Francisco]]. Nearly the whole ranch was divided into 75 acre (303,000&nbsp;m²) farming lots with the center reserved for the "Town of Santa Maria," which was to be split into five acre (20,000&nbsp;m²) lots to be sold at $10 each. The proposed main street of the town was Los Angeles Avenue, which is today Wilshire Boulevard. But another drought came, and the dream of Dr. Preuss blew away with the dust as the land reverted to sheep ranching.
By the early 1920s, the population of Beverly Hills had grown enough to make the water supply a political issue.<ref name="Pawlak2012">{{cite book|author=Debra Ann Pawlak|title=Bringing Up Oscar: The Story of the Men and Women Who Founded the Academy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4oMwz-jS3F8C&pg=PT135|access-date=August 18, 2012|date=January 10, 2012|publisher=Open Road Media|isbn=978-1-4532-2618-6|page=135}}</ref> In 1923, the usual solution, annexation to the city of Los Angeles, was proposed.<ref name="Wanamaker2005"/>{{rp|65}} There was considerable opposition to annexation among such famous residents as Pickford, Fairbanks, [[Will Rogers]]<ref name="Zager2010">{{cite book|author=Norma Zager|title=Erin Brockovich and the Beverly Hills Greenscam|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zh5pGhDb-vYC&pg=PA141|access-date=August 18, 2012|date=October 1, 2010|publisher=Pelican Publishing|isbn=978-1-58980-810-2|page=141}}</ref> and [[Rudolph Valentino]].<ref name="Lo1990">{{cite book|author=Clarence Y. H. Lo|title=Small Property versus Big Government: Social Origins of the Property Tax Revolt, Expanded and Updated edition|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FvAyqpIMHwQC&pg=PA164|access-date=August 18, 2012|date=January 23, 1990|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=978-0-520-05971-9|page=164}}</ref> The Beverly Hills Utility Commission, opposed to annexation as well, managed to force the city into a special election and the plan was defeated 337 to 507.<ref name="Wanamaker2005"/>{{rp|65}}
[[File:BEVERLY WILSHIRE HOTEL LOS ANGELES 6 - panoramio.jpg|thumb|right|[[Beverly Wilshire Hotel]], built in 1922 on [[Wilshire Boulevard]].]]
In 1928, the [[Beverly-Wilshire Hotel|Beverly Wilshire Apartment Hotel]] (now the Beverly Wilshire Hotel) opened on Wilshire Boulevard between El Camino and Rodeo drives, part of the old [[Beverly Hills Speedway]].<ref name="BauerBauer2008">{{cite book|author1=Linda Bauer|author2=Steve Bauer|title=Recipes from Historic California: A Restaurant Guide and Cookbook|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kzfEk4PfVlAC&pg=PA199|access-date=August 18, 2012|date=November 1, 2008|publisher=Taylor Trade Publications|isbn=978-1-58979-348-4|page=199}}</ref> That same year, oilman [[Edward L. Doheny]] finished construction of [[Greystone Mansion]], a 55-room mansion meant as a wedding present for his son Edward L. Doheny Jr. The house is now owned by the city of Beverly Hills and is a designated historical landmark.<ref name="MacDonaldHughes2009">{{cite book|author1=Scott B. MacDonald|author2=Jane Elizabeth Hughes|title=Separating Fools from Their Money: A History of American Financial Scandals|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pV9cGvEb3ocC&pg=PA100|access-date=August 18, 2012|date=February 28, 2009|publisher=Transaction Publishers|isbn=978-1-4128-1054-8|page=100n}}</ref>


In the early 1930s, Santa Monica Park was renamed [[Beverly Gardens Park|Beverly Gardens]] and was extended to span the entire two-mile (3-kilometer) length of Santa Monica Boulevard through the city. The [[Electric Fountain]] marks the corner of Santa Monica Blvd. and Wilshire Blvd. with a small sculpture at the top of a [[Tongva people|Tongva]] kneeling in prayer. In April 1931, the new [[Italian Renaissance]]-style [[Beverly Hills City Hall]] was opened.<ref name="Wanamaker2006"/>{{rp|9}}
Henry Hammel and Charles Denker, owners of the United States Hotel in Los Angeles, then purchased the land. [[Lima bean]]s were the only crop to flourish, along with the sheep, but their ultimate dream was to establish a subdivision called Morocco. During their ownership in the [[1880s]], there was a land boom and a steam train brought buyers from Los Angeles to [[Santa Monica, California|Santa Monica]], passing through the Hammel and Denker Ranch. A station named Morocco, with a town of the same name was shown on the map of [[1888]], but the station and the town existed only on paper. The land boom collapsed, taking their plans along with it.
[[File:Beverly Hills City Hall, 1932 (cropped).jpg|thumb|left|[[Beverly Hills City Hall]], built in 1932 in a [[California Churrigueresque]] style.]]


====1948: restrictive covenants found unenforceable====
===Creation of Beverly Hills===
In the early 1940s, black actors and businessmen had begun to move into Beverly Hills, despite the covenants allowing only whites to live in the city. A neighborhood improvement association attempted to enforce the covenants in court. The defendants included prominent artists [[Hattie McDaniel]], [[Louise Beavers]], and [[Ethel Waters]]. Among the white residents supporting the lawsuit against blacks was [[Harold Lloyd]], the silent film star. The [[NAACP]] participated in the defense, which was successful. In his decision, federal judge [[Thurmond Clarke]] said that it was time that "members of the Negro race are accorded, without reservations or evasions, the full rights guaranteed to them under the 14th amendment."<ref name="Meyer2001">{{cite book|author=Stephen Grant Meyer|title=As Long As They Don't Move Next Door: Segregation and Racial Conflict in American Neighborhoods|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FCrouSLl3pYC&pg=PA76|access-date=August 19, 2012|date=October 1, 2001|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=978-0-8476-9701-4|page=76}}</ref> The [[United States Supreme Court]] declared restrictive covenants unenforceable in 1948 in ''[[Shelley v. Kraemer]]''. A group of Jewish residents of Beverly Hills filed an [[amicus brief]] in this case.<ref name="Sheppard2007">{{cite book|author=Steve Sheppard|title=The History of Legal Education in the United States: Commentaries And Primary Sources|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XQgrjw9qiqcC&pg=PA948|access-date=August 19, 2012|date=April 1, 2007|publisher=The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.|isbn=978-1-58477-690-1|page=948n}}</ref>
[[Image:Bev hills.jpg|thumb|right|280px|Beverly Hills is famous for its lush [[landscape]], particularly its abundance of stately, swaying [[arecaceae|palm trees]].]]
In [[1900]], the land was purchased by the Amalgamated Oil Company. They drilled several wells, only to have their drill bits gather dust above and below ground. And by [[1906]], the property passed into the hands of the Rodeo Land and Water Company, with Burton E. Green as head of the development company.


In 1956, [[Paul Trousdale]] (1915–1990) purchased the Doheny Ranch and developed it into [[Trousdale Estates]], convincing the city of Beverly Hills to annex it.<ref name="latimesmyrna">Myrna Oliver, [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-06-22-mn-5617-story.html Lucy Doheny Battson, 100; Family Made Fortune in Oil], ''The Los Angeles Times'', June 22, 1993</ref><ref name="mary">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Bwdtdxpx_boC&q=%22Trousdale+Estates%22&pg=PA65|title=The Doheny Mansion: A Biography of a Home|first=Mary Ann|last=Bonino|date=October 4, 2018|publisher=MaryAnn Bonino|access-date=October 4, 2018|via=Google Books|isbn=9780981642208}}</ref><ref name="donsloper">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=16VfrrhI9uoC&q=%22Trousdale+Estates%22&pg=PA65|title=Los Angeles's Chester Place|first=Don|last=Sloper|date=October 4, 2018|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|access-date=October 4, 2018|via=Google Books|isbn=9780738546872}}</ref><ref name="nbc">Erika Riggs, [https://www.nbcnews.com/business/elvis-beverly-hills-home-goes-market-1C6856039 Elvis' Beverly Hills home goes on the market], ''[[NBC]]''</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gwMyg0wEdDEC&q=%22Paul+Trousdale%22&pg=PA51|title=Early Beverly Hills|first=Marc|last=Wanamaker|date=October 4, 2018|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|access-date=October 4, 2018|via=Google Books|isbn=9780738530680}}</ref><ref>Ann Herold, [http://www.lamag.com/features-hidden/2012/09/01/trousdale-estates Trousdale Estates] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130514134107/http://www.lamag.com/features-hidden/2012/09/01/trousdale-estates |date=May 14, 2013 }}, ''[[Los Angeles (magazine)|Los Angeles]]'', January 9, 2012</ref><ref name="homeowners">{{cite web|url=http://www.trousdaleestateshomeownersassociation.com/Trousdaleestateshomeownerassociation/Home_Page.html |title=History and Other Facts |publisher=Trousdale Estates Homeowners Association |access-date=August 24, 2014}}</ref> The neighborhood has been home to [[Elvis Presley]], [[Frank Sinatra]], [[Dean Martin]], [[Tony Curtis]], [[Ray Charles]], and President [[Richard Nixon]], as well as, in later years, [[Jennifer Aniston]], [[David Spade]], [[Vera Wang]] and [[John Rich (director)|John Rich]].<ref name="nbc"/><ref>Max Feeney, ''Nixon at the Movies: A Book about Belief'', Chicago, Illinois: University of Chicago Press, 2012, p. 38 [https://books.google.com/books?id=7pr3sfyVdQkC&dq=%22Trousdale+Estates%22&pg=PA38]</ref><ref>Lauren Beale, [https://www.latimes.com/home/la-hm-hotprop-john-rich-20110606-story.html Hot Property: TV and film director John Rich lists Trousdale Estates home at $11.9 million], ''Los Angeles Times'', June 6, 2011</ref>
Green and the new corporation hired a [[landscape architect]], Wilbur D. Cook, who designed a town with large lots for homes and wide curving streets, to be lined with palm, eucalyptus, acacia and other variety of trees. Cook also created a three block long, eighty-feet wide greensward along the north side of [[Santa Monica Boulevard]] called Santa Monica Park. When trying to decide on a name for the town they were about to build, Burton Green happened to read a newspaper article that mentioned [[Beverly Farms, Massachusetts]], and as he read, it struck him that [[Beverly, Massachusetts|Beverly]] was a pretty name. He suggested the name Beverly Hills to his associates and it was accepted.
[[File:Beverly Hills Civic Center, LA, CA, jjron 21.03.2012.jpg|thumb|right|The [[Beverly Hills Civic Center]], built 1982–90, is a mix of [[Spanish Colonial Revival|Spanish Revival]], [[Art Deco architecture|Art Deco]], and [[Postmodern architecture|Postmodern]] styles.]]
[[Image:BeverlyHills-1921.jpg|thumb|280px|left|The Beverly Hills Hotel, overlooking Beverly Hills, 1921]]
The names of the streets, Crescent, Cañon, Beverly, Rodeo, Camden, Bedford, Roxbury and Linden Drives, Carmelita, Elevado and Lomitas Avenues, and Burton Way, appeared on a map for the first time on [[January 23]] [[1907]], when the subdivision of Beverly Hills was filed at the County Recorder's Office. On [[November 15]], two lots on Crescent Drive were sold to Henry C. Clarke and he built a home. During [[1910]], after the financial panic of [[1907]]-[[1908]] had blown over, land sales were in full bloom and houses began to dot the landscape.


Following the [[1979 Islamic Revolution]] in [[Iran]], many [[Persian Jews]] settled in Beverly Hills.<ref>[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-02-13-me-543-story.html Iranian Jews Find a Beverly Hills Refuge : Immigrants: Khomeini’s revolution drove 40,000 of them into exile. At least 30,000 may live in or near the city that symbolizes wealth.]</ref><ref>[https://www.wmagazine.com/gallery/persian-beverly-hills-ss-2 A look inside the elite Iranian Jewish community of Beverly Hills.]</ref><ref>[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-12-31-ca-253-story.html A New Persian Empire : Immigrants: Thousands of Jewish Iranians settled in the Beverly Hills area during the revolution. Unlike other waves of immigrants, this was one of the richest. Although many have found success, they have had to adjust to life in the U.S.]</ref>
The [[Beverly Hills Hotel]] was built in [[1912]] and immediately became the center of social life in the area. Church was held in the hotel on Sunday; all formal social affairs were conducted in the grand ballroom; brides had to be married in the hotel; and the only [[movie theater|motion picture theater]] was located there. Mrs. Margaret Anderson, well known in Los Angeles hotel circles, was brought in from the [[Hollywood Hotel]] as manager.


In the late 1990s, the [[Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority]] (LACMTA) proposed to build an extension of the [[D Line (Los Angeles Metro)|Metro D Line]] along Wilshire Boulevard and into Downtown Beverly Hills, but the city opposed it.<ref name="Schwieterman2004">{{Schwieterman-Leaves-Western|page=32}}</ref> The [[D Line Extension]] will ultimately be completed by 2027 and will [[Wilshire/Rodeo station|include a station at Wilshire Boulevard and Rodeo Drive]].
A [[streetcar line]] ran down the middle of Sunset Boulevard from Los Angeles through [[Hollywood, Los Angeles, California|Hollywood]]. By late [[1913]], with a population of 550, there were fifty more residents than needed to incorporate.


===21st century===
On [[January 28]] [[1914]], Beverly Hills was incorporated. [[1915]] saw the first land annexation to the city. Street lights and fire equipment were purchased and the tax rate was fixed at $1.00 for each $100.00 of assessed valuation.
In 2001, LACMTA proposed a [[bus rapid transit]] route down Santa Monica Boulevard, but this was opposed by the city and never built. This stretch of road is served by less efficient [[Metro Rapid (Los Angeles County)|Metro Rapid]] buses using pre-existing roadways.<ref name="Schwieterman2004"/> By 2010, traffic in Beverly Hills and surrounding areas had deteriorated enough that the city's habitual opposition had largely turned to support for subways within the city limits.<ref name="Troy2012">{{cite book|author=Austin Troy|title=The Very Hungry City: Urban Energy Efficiency and the Economic Fate of Cities|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=veq_IKVtuZcC&pg=PA201|access-date=August 18, 2012|date=January 10, 2012|publisher=Yale University Press|isbn=978-0-300-16231-8|page=201}}</ref> As part of the [[D Line Extension]] project, the [[D Line (Los Angeles Metro)|D Line]] of the [[Los Angeles Metro Rail]] was intended in 2013 to be extended through Beverly Hills, adding two underground stations at Wilshire/La Cienega and Wilshire/Rodeo by the 2020s.<ref name="Summer2013-MetroFactSheet">{{cite web | title=Summer 2013 – General Fact Sheet – Purple Line Extension | author=L.A. Metro | url=http://media.metro.net/projects_studies/westside/images/132113_ntc_purpleline_general_factsheet_rb_c.pdf | access-date=July 25, 2013}}</ref>
[[File:Rodeo Drive, Beverly Hills, LA, CA, jjron 21.03.2012.jpg|thumb|left|Since the 1960s, [[Rodeo Drive]] has become one of the [[List of most expensive streets by city|most expensive shopping streets in the world]].]]
The city of Beverly Hills widely opposed [[Proposition 8]], the 2008 ballot measure which repealed legal recognition of same-sex marriages. The proposition narrowly passed statewide, but in Beverly Hills, only 34% voted in favor, and 66% voted against it.<ref>{{cite news|title=Gay marriage ban: How cities in Los Angeles County voted|url=http://projects.latimes.com/elections/la-county-prop-8-results-by-city/|url-status=dead|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130405030936/http://projects.latimes.com/elections/la-county-prop-8-results-by-city/|archive-date=April 5, 2013|author-last1=Welsh|author-first1=Ben}}</ref>


In the midst of the [[Droughts in California|2015 drought]], Beverly Hills was found to be one of the largest water consumers in California. As a result, it was asked by the state to reduce consumption by 36%, prompting many residents to replace their lawns with [[List of California native plants|native plants]]. Meanwhile, the city government replaced the grass in front of the [[Beverly Hills City Hall|City Hall]] with [[Salvia leucantha|Mexican sage]].<ref name="wsjdrought">{{cite news|last1=Carlton|first1=Jim|date=May 5, 2015|title=Nowhere Is Safe From California Drought—Not Even Beverly Hills|work=The Wall Street Journal|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/nowhere-is-safe-from-california-droughtnot-even-beverly-hills-1430839422|access-date=January 8, 2017}}</ref>
===Middle years===
[[Image:Pickfair-1920.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Aeriel view of Pickfair, 1920]]
In [[1919]], [[Douglas Fairbanks]] and [[Mary Pickford]] bought land on Summit Drive and built ''[[Pickfair]]'', the house that would remain Pickford's home after she and Fairbanks divorced and for the rest of her life. Other wealthy movie people followed them and settled in Beverly Hills. [[Will Rogers]], a wisecracking political humorist, wrote of the land boom in [[1923]], "Lotsnfnx,mmnnncmvncmcn are sold so quickly and often out here that they put through escrow made out to the 12th owner... They couldn't possibly make out a separate deed for each purchaser; besides, he wouldn't have time to read it in the 10 minutes' time he owned the land." The movie colony was well entrenched by [[1928]] when [[Harold Lloyd]] built his mansion in Benedict Canyon, followed by [[John Barrymore]], [[Robert Montgomery (actor)|Robert Montgomery]] and [[Miriam Hopkins]]. Thus, Beverly Hills became famous for being home to the rich and for the large, stylish mansions of famous [[movie star]]s.


In September 2015, the City of Beverly Hills signed an agreement with Israel to work together on water use as well as "cybersecurity, public health, emergency services, disaster preparedness, public safety, counterterrorism and art and culture".<ref name="jjlacountytorokdiscuss">{{cite news|last1=Torok|first1=Ryan|title=L.A. County, Beverly Hills discuss their own water deals with Israel|url=http://www.jewishjournal.com/los_angeles/article/l.a._county_beverly_hills_discuss_their_own_water_deals_with_israel|access-date=August 17, 2016|work=The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles|date=September 8, 2015}}</ref>
The population in [[1920]] was 672; in [[1924]], it was 5,000; by [[1930]], it was 17,429. The issuance of building permits in [[1918]] totaled $35,200; in [[1919]], $304,900; in [[1921]], $787,729; [[1922]], $1,838,994.


In July 2016, the City of Beverly Hills received the Livability Award from the [[United States Conference of Mayors]] for its Ambassador Program, which takes care of the city's homeless population.<ref name="talbotlivabilityaward">{{cite news|last1=Talbot|first1=Victoria|title=Beverly Hills Receives Livability Award From USCM for Second Time|url=http://www.beverlyhills.org/cbhfiles/storage/files/6725673131164734314/USConferenceofMayorsAwardsCityofBeverlyHillsLivabilityAward.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170712225932/http://beverlyhills.org/cbhfiles/storage/files/6725673131164734314/USConferenceofMayorsAwardsCityofBeverlyHillsLivabilityAward.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 12, 2017|access-date=July 1, 2016|work=The Beverly Hills Courier|page=17|volume=L1|number=27|date=July 1, 2016}}</ref>
[[Image:BHspeedway-1912.jpg|thumb|left|250px|The track that would become the Beverly Hills Speedway, 1912]]
In early [[1920]], the [[Beverly Hills Speedway]], a 1.25 mile wood oval track with turns banked 35 degrees, which was built at a cost of $500,000 on the south side of Wilshire Boulevard between Beverly Drive on the east and Lasky Drive on the west in Beverly Hills, was opened. Joe Boyer ran his race car 110 mph during the exhibition run. The races drew huge crowds and [[Radio programming|radio]] broadcasts were on a par with today's [[Indianapolis 500]]. There were also some [[aviation]] shows, another national craze. The speedway was closed in [[1924]] and the site was later subdivided for housing and businesses.


The Beverly Hills Community Dog Park was dedicated on September 6, 2016.<ref name="bhdogpark">{{cite news|last1=Talbot|first1=Victoria|title=Beverly Hills Community Dog Park Opens Today|url=http://bhcourier.com/beverly-hills-news-city-gears-up-for-highly-anticipated-opening-of-off-leash-dog-park/|access-date=August 22, 2016|work=The Beverly Hills Courier|date=September 6, 2016|archive-date=September 24, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160924083353/http://bhcourier.com/beverly-hills-news-city-gears-up-for-highly-anticipated-opening-of-off-leash-dog-park/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="dogparkgrandopening">{{cite web|title=Dog Park: Events- Grand Opening Ceremony|url=http://www.beverlyhills.org/living/dogpark/?NFR=1|website=City of Beverly Hills|access-date=September 6, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160909193840/http://www.beverlyhills.org/living/dogpark/?NFR=1|archive-date=September 9, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
In [[1923]], annexation to the City of Los Angeles was proposed, but faced opposition. Residents Mary Pickford, Will Rogers and others mobilized local voters against the plan. Those for annexation argued that Los Angeles would provide an adequate supply of better quality water for growth. Workers left bottles of sulfur-smelling water on the doorsteps of every home in Beverly Hills with a label that read: "Warning. Drink sparingly of this water as it has laxative qualities." Despite the campaign tactics, annexation was defeated 507 to 337. The following year, the city voted $400,000 in bonds to purchase the water system from the Beverly Hills Utilities Company and drill additional wells.


==Geography==
This fight for an independent city was arguably the first union of show business and politics in the United States. When Will Rogers became involved in local city government the community received international advertising. In [[1925]], long before [[Ronald Reagan]] became governor or [[Clint Eastwood]] became mayor of [[Carmel-by-the-Sea, California|Carmel]], Rogers was given the title "Honorary Mayor of Beverly Hills," which was the first and only time anyone has been so honored. That same year, the citizens of the city voted a $100,000 bond issue to purchase with Los Angeles, Santa Monica and [[Venice, Los Angeles, California|Venice]] 385 acres (1.6&nbsp;km²) for the building of [[University of California, Los Angeles|UCLA]]. There were ninety-six miles (154 km) of paved streets in the city limits by [[1927]]. In [[1928]], the [[Beverly-Wilshire Hotel]] on Wilshire Boulevard between El Camino and Rodeo Drives, part of the old Beverly Hills Speedway, was completed. That same year, [[Greystone Mansion]] was completed by Edward L. Doheny, Jr., the only son and heir of wealthy oil man [[Edward L. Doheny]]. And in [[1930]], horses were banned in the City of Beverly Hills.
[[File:Beverly Gardens Park, LA, CA, jjron 21.03.2012.jpg|thumb|right|[[Beverly Gardens Park]].]]
[[Image:Postcard-beverly-hills-electric-fountain.jpg|right|thumb|Fountain with colored lights at intersection of Wilshire and Santa Monica Boulevards in Beverly Hills]]
Beverly Hills and the neighboring city of [[West Hollywood, California|West Hollywood]] are together entirely surrounded by the city of Los Angeles. Beverly Hills is bordered on the northwest by the Los Angeles neighborhood of [[Bel Air, Los Angeles|Bel-Air]] and the [[Santa Monica Mountains]], on the east by West Hollywood, the [[Carthay]] neighborhood of Los Angeles, and the [[Fairfax District, Los Angeles, California|Fairfax District]] of Los Angeles, and on the south by the [[Beverlywood, Los Angeles, California|Beverlywood]] neighborhood of Los Angeles.<ref>Google map</ref> The area's "[[Platinum Triangle, Los Angeles|Platinum Triangle]]" is formed by the city of Beverly Hills and the Los Angeles neighborhoods of Bel Air and [[Holmby Hills, Los Angeles, California|Holmby Hills]].
Beverly Hills continued to grow. Promotional materials from the period touted the young metropolis as the "center of the next million." Fortunately, human-scale public improvements helped soften the effects of growth. In the early [[1930s]], Santa Monica Park was renamed [[Beverly Gardens Park|Beverly Gardens]] and was extended to span the entire two mile length of Santa Monica Boulevard through the city. At its Santa Monica and Wilshire corner, the [[Electric Fountain]], a constant symphony of form and color at night, was installed, with a small sculpture at the top of a Tongva kneeling in prayer, homage to the heritage of Beverly Hills as a wellspring of fertility and abundance.
[[Image:City hall model.jpg|left|thumb|Will Rogers standing with a model of plans for constructing City Hall]]
The following year, [[1932]], a new [[Italian Renaissance]]-style City Hall was opened. By [[1933]], however, the [[Great Depression|Depression]] hit Beverly Hills. The city and school board cut salaries to save funds. In February, some 161 parcels of land were advertised for sale for delinquent lighting assessments. The Chamber of Commerce established an employment bureau and the mayor requested a branch welfare office from the County of Los Angeles.


The ZIP codes for Beverly Hills are 90209 (P.O. boxes only), 90210, 90211, 90212, and 90213 (P.O. boxes only).<ref name="usps">{{cite web|url=http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/citytown.jsp |title=USPS – ZIP Code Lookup – Search By City |publisher=United States Postal Service |access-date=June 18, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070903025217/http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/citytown.jsp |archive-date=September 3, 2007 }}</ref>
Despite these problems, in April [[1934]] there was a huge celebration over the dedication of the city's new United States [[Post Office]]. The civic festival that followed was called Beverly Hills on Parade. By [[1937]], the city had weathered the storm of the Depression and was riding the crest of a wave of retail sales that reached more than $20,000,000 and bank deposits topped the $25,000,000 figure. Property values of that year showed a 30% increase over the previous year and new buildings were being opened regularly.


===Areas===
In the years after [[World War II]], energies were again turned toward the building of the city; businesses and residential areas began to flourish.
====The Flats====
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Most residents live in the "flats" of Beverly Hills, which is a relatively flat area that slopes away from the hills, and includes all of Beverly Hills south of [[Sunset Boulevard]] and north of [[Santa Monica Boulevard]]. This area includes [[Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts]].
[[Image:Via Rodeo Dr.JPG|thumb|250px|Via Rodeo Drive]]


===Contemporary Beverly Hills===
====Trousdale Estates====
[[Trousdale Estates]] is a 410-acre neighborhood of large, luxurious homes in Beverly Hills. It was primarily developed in the 1950s and early 1960s by [[Paul Trousdale]], who petitioned the city to incorporate the land into Beverly Hills soon after purchasing it from the [[Edward L. Doheny|Doheny family]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Price |first=Steven M. |title=Trousdale Estates: Midcentury to Modern in Beverly Hills |date=January 17, 2017 |publisher=Regan Arts |others=Dunning, Brad; Schmidt, Stephen |isbn=9781941393376 |location=New York, NY |oclc=961859428}}</ref> [[Greystone Mansion]], which is listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]], is in Trousdale Estates.<ref>{{Cite web |title=History of Greystone |url=http://www.beverlyhills.org/departments/communityservices/cityparks/ed/historyofgreystone/?NFR=1 |access-date=September 5, 2019 |website=beverlyhills.org}}{{dead link|date=February 2024}}</ref> The average sale price of homes in Trousdale is over $10 million.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Trousdale Estates, Los Angeles Housing Market: House Prices & Trends |url=https://www.redfin.com/neighborhood/14688/CA/Los-Angeles/Trousdale-Estates/housing-market |access-date=September 3, 2019 |website=Redfin |language=en}}</ref>
By the [[1950s]], few vacant lots remained and developers cropped whole mountains to ease the housing shortage. The Trousdale Estates area was eventually annexed and an expensive housing development began to take shape in the hills above the city. Beverly Hills marketed itself as one of the most glamorous places in the world to shop. The Golden Triangle, with [[Rodeo Drive]] at its center, was marketed as the apex of chic shopping and fashion.


====Downtown Beverly Hills====
The Via Rodeo, the first new street in Beverly Hills in seventy-six years, was completed in [[1990]]. The Spanish [[cobblestone]] street leads to 2 Rodeo, a "mini-mall". In [[1992]], the Beverly Hills Civic Center was opened. Designed by architect [[Charles Willard Moore|Charles Moore]], it links the new public library, fire and police departments with the historic City Hall. The exterior of the old public library, which had featured a mosaic resembling books on a shelf, appeared in stock shots in ''[[The Brady Bunch]]'' as Mike Brady's office building.
In a triangle surrounded by Santa Monica Boulevard, Wilshire Boulevard and Crescent Drive is '''Downtown Beverly Hills''', also known as the '''Golden Triangle''', a retail and dining hub attracting locals, and in some sections attracting visitors from across the region and around the world.
*Linden, Roxbury, Bedford and Camden drives, short streets catering to residents' needs, lined with medical offices, bank branches, delicatessens, etc.
*[[Rodeo Drive]], known for high-end boutiques.
*[[Beverly Drive]], lined with upscale chain retailers commonly found in malls. Some restaurants line Beverly Drive as well.<ref name=goop>{{Cite web|url=https://goop.com/destination/california/los-angeles/beverly-hills-restaurants/|title=Restaurants in Beverly Hills}}</ref>
*Cañon and Crescent drives, attracting local and regional shoppers and diners to restaurants such as [[Spago]] as well as local favorites, particularly along Cañon.<ref name=goop/>
*Wilshire Boulevard is home to the two department stores remaining in the city: [[9600 Wilshire Boulevard|Saks Fifth Avenue]], and [[Neiman Marcus]].
South Beverly Drive, i.e. south of Wilshire Boulevard, is another dining and shopping hub.<ref>[https://www.lovebeverlyhills.com/articles/view/south-beverly-drive-highlights "The Best Dining, Shopping, & Things To Do on South Beverly Drive", Beverly Hills Conference & Visitors Bureau]</ref>


Houses south of Wilshire Boulevard have more urban square and rectangular lots, in general smaller than those to the north. There are also more apartment buildings south of Wilshire Boulevard than anywhere else in Beverly Hills.
[[Image:Rodeodrive1a.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Rodeo Drive]]
A little known fact about the center divider that runs from North Santa Monica to Sunset in the middle of Rodeo Drive is a trolley once ran from downtown Beverly Hills to the Beverly Hills Hotel along that route.


====West Gateway====
While the city derives its unique personality from being favored by show business people; and it is true that many actors, writers, directors and producers live in the city and take part in civic life; many professionals, doctors and lawyers, have homes and offices in the city also. The [[Beverly Hills Unified School District]], with its four K-8 schools and the [[Beverly Hills High School]], boasts particularly high academic achievement.
The city’s West Gateway on [[Wilshire Boulevard|Wilshire Blvd.]] borders the [[Los Angeles Country Club]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Home - Los Angeles Country Club |url=https://www.thelacc.org/ |access-date=2024-12-30 |website=www.thelacc.org}}</ref> The gateway features a hospitality complex consisting of [[The Beverly Hilton]], Waldorf Astoria Beverly Hills, and the currently under-construction One Beverly Hills.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sharp |first=Steven |date=2024-02-12 |title=Construction begins for skyline-altering One Beverly Hills development {{!}} Urbanize LA |url=https://la.urbanize.city/post/construction-begins-skyline-altering-one-beverly-hills-development |access-date=2024-12-30 |website=la.urbanize.city |language=en}}</ref> This development will include the tallest tower in Beverly Hills.<ref>{{Cite web |last=X |last2=Instagram |last3=Email |last4=Facebook |date=2024-02-08 |title=Work begins on transformative condo and hotel development in Beverly Hills |url=https://www.latimes.com/business/real-estate/story/2024-02-08/work-begins-on-transformative-condo-and-hotel-development-in-beverly-hills |access-date=2024-12-30 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> Across from this complex is one of the city’s elementary schools, [[Beverly Hills Unified School District|El Rodeo]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-12-30 |title=El Rodeo Elementary School |url=https://er.bhusd.org/ |access-date=2024-12-30 |website=er.bhusd.org |language=en}}</ref>


====South East====
The city's image has been enhanced by being featured in [[television]] shows and movies set in Beverly Hills, including the ''[[The Jack Benny Program]]'' ([[1950 in television|1950]] to [[1965 in television|1954]]), ''[[The Beverly Hillbillies]]'' ([[1962 in television|1962]] to [[1971 in television|1971]]), the ''[[Beverly Hills Cop]]'' movies, and ''[[Beverly Hills 90210]]'' ([[1990 in television|1990]] to [[2000 in television|2000]]). There's a worldwide hit animation series ''[[Totally Spies]]'' based in Beverly Hills, as three teen girls attend fictional Beverly High School are part-time undercover spies.
The South East is anchored by [[La Cienega Park]], a large park that includes city tennis court complex, baseball field, and soccer fields.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Coleman |first=Laura |date=2019-09-13 |title=City Makes Moves to Enliven Southeast Part of Beverly Hills |url=https://beverlyhillscourier.com/2019/09/13/city-makes-moves-to-enliven-southeast-part-of-beverly-hills/ |access-date=2024-12-30 |website=Beverly Hills Courier |language=en-US}}</ref> The region includes the historic [[Saban Theatre|Saban Theater]] as well as the “[[Restaurant Row (Beverly Hills)|Restaurant Row]]” corridor of La Cienega, including [[Lawry's The Prime Rib|Lawry's]], Stinking Rose, and Matsuhisa.<ref>{{Cite web |last=[info@mindgruve.com] |first=Mindgruve, Inc. [mindgruve.com] |title=Restaurant Row on La Cienega Boulevard |url=https://lovebeverlyhills.com/articles/view/restaurant-row-on-la-cienega-boulevard |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240910020846/https://lovebeverlyhills.com/articles/view/restaurant-row-on-la-cienega-boulevard |archive-date=2024-09-10 |access-date=2024-12-30 |website=lovebeverlyhills.com |language=en}}</ref> It also includes a corridor of medical buildings and office tower, including the Flynt Building, the 99 La Cienega Medical building, and the 240 Medical building.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Baum |first=Merle Ginsberg & Gary |date=2014-04-18 |title=Why Larry Flynt’s Name Was Replaced on Hustler’s Headquarters |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/larry-flynts-name-replaced-hustlers-697391/ |access-date=2024-12-30 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref> South East Beverly Hills is the site of one of the two [[D Line (Los Angeles Metro)|Metro D Line]] stations in the city, the [[Wilshire/La Cienega station]], expected to open in 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |title=FAQs • When will the Wilshire/La Cienega Station open for su |url=https://beverlyhills.org/FAQ.aspx?QID=403 |access-date=2024-12-30 |website=beverlyhills.org}}</ref> The area is just south of the [[Beverly Center]] and [[Cedars-Sinai Medical Center|Cedars-Sinai]].


====Beverly Hills adjacent====
Rodeo, Beverly, and Canon Drives all recently underwent construction to widen the sidewalks and beautify the streets. New construction has also just been completed that added more parking for visitors to the famed shopping area.
[[File:View of the fountain in the Will Rogers Memorial Park in Beverly Hills, California.JPG|thumb|right|[[Will Rogers Memorial Park]].]]
[[Beverly Hills Post Office]] (BHPO) is the name given to a section directly north of the Beverly Hills city limits that lies within the 90210 ZIP code, assigned to the Beverly Hills Post Office, but is part of the City of Los Angeles.


Along with the Los Angeles communities of [[Bel-Air, Los Angeles|Bel-Air]] and [[Brentwood, Los Angeles|Brentwood]], Beverly Hills is one of the "Three Bs",<ref name=BDSp347>Bozorgmehr, Mehdi, Claudia Der-Martirosian, and Georges Sabagh. "Middle Easterners: A New Kind of Immigrant" (Chapter 12). In: Waldinger, Roger and Mehdi Bozorgmehr (editors). ''Ethnic Los Angeles''. [[Russell Sage Foundation]], December 5, 1996. Start page [https://books.google.com/books?id=zwwXAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA345 345]. {{ISBN|1610445473}}, {{ISBN|9781610445474}}. Cited: p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=zwwXAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA347 347]. "[...]in Beverly Hills, Bel Air, and Brentwood, known in local parlance as "the three Bs.""</ref><ref>Melton, Mary. "[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-08-25-tm-37374-story.html The Stars of Star Maps]." ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''. August 25, 1996. "Each map tends to cover the "three Bs": Brentwood, Bel-Air and Beverly Hills. A few toss in a Malibu sidebar."</ref> a wealthy area in the [[Los Angeles Westside]].<ref>Myers, David W. "[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-05-28-fi-40878-story.html A Sad Westside Story : Home Prices Have Declined as Much as 50% Since the 1980s]." ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''. May 28, 1993. Retrieved on July 4, 2014. "But, as Meyer's case suggests, nowhere have those losses been as dramatic as the high-priced area on the Westside known as the "three Bs"--Brentwood, Bel-Air and Beverly Hills."</ref>
[[Image:Rodeo Drive at Night.jpg|thumb|left|Rodeo Drive at night]]
[[Image:Spanish Steps Rodeo Drive Beverly Hills.jpg|thumb|right|200px|2 Rodeo and its Spanish Steps is at the heart of the exclusive shopping district on Rodeo Drive.]]


===90210===
===Climate===
Beverly Hills has a warm [[Mediterranean climate]] and receives an average {{convert|15|in|mm}} of rain per year. Summers are marked by warm to hot temperatures with very little wind, while winters are mild to moderate, with occasional rain alternating with periods of [[Santa Ana winds]]. Measurable snowfall has been recorded only in 1882, 1922, 1932, 1949 and 1958.
[[90210]] is a [[ZIP code]] in Beverly Hills, made one of the most famous [[postal code]]s in the world by the television series ''[[Beverly Hills 90210]]''. ([[Beverly Hills High School|West Beverly Hills High School]] is a fictional high school.) The real Beverly Hills High School is actually located in 90212. Beverly Hills also has two additional ZIP codes based on the general area. These ZIP codes are 90211 and 90212. In 1983, the local weekly magazine "Beverly Hills 213" debuted as the city's first color ultra-luxury magazine. The population of 90210 is 21,396.


==Geography==
==Demographics==
{{US Census population
Beverly Hills is located at {{coor dms|34|4|23|N|118|23|58|W|city}} (34.073109, -118.399460).{{GR|1}}
|1920= 674
|1930= 17429
|1940= 26823
|1950= 29032
|1960= 30817
|1970= 33416
|1980= 32646
|1990= 31971
|2000= 33784
|2010= 34109
|2020= 32701
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}


===2010===
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of 14.7 [[square kilometre|km²]] (5.7 [[square mile|mi²]]), all land.
[[File:Waterworks Building, Beverly Hills, California LCCN2011633789.tif|thumb|left|The [[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]]' Fairbanks Center for Motion Picture Study, built in 1928 in a [[Spanish Colonial Revival]] style.]]
The [[2010 United States Census]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0606308|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140715121835/http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0606308|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 15, 2014|title=2010 Census Interactive Population Search: CA – Beverly Hills city|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=July 12, 2014}}</ref> reported that Beverly Hills had a population of 34,109. The population density was {{convert|5,973.1|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of Beverly Hills was 28,112 (82.4%) [[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (78.6% Non-Hispanic White),<ref name=quif>{{Cite web|title=Beverly Hills (city) QuickFacts|url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/06/0606308.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=February 9, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120819084146/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/06/0606308.html|archive-date=August 19, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> 746 (2.2%) [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 48 (0.1%) [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 3,032 (8.9%) [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 12 (0.0%) [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 485 (1.4%) from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1,674 (4.9%) from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1,941 persons (5.7%).


The Census reported that 33,988 people (99.6% of the population) lived in households, 121 (0.4%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 0 (0%) were institutionalized.
Beverly Hills is surrounded by the city of Los Angeles, except the small Northeast corner shares the boundary for [[West Hollywood, California|West Hollywood]], another city known for the ''Sunset strip'' that includes Beverly Hills on the famous Sunset Boulevard.


There were 14,869 households, out of which 3,759 (25.3%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 6,613 (44.5%) were [[marriage|opposite-sex married couples]] living together, 1,354 (9.1%) had a female householder with no husband present, 494 (3.3%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 460 (3.1%) [[POSSLQ|unmarried opposite-sex partnerships]], and 131 (0.9%) [[same-sex partnerships|same-sex married couples or partnerships]]. 5,400 households (36.3%) were made up of individuals, and 1,834 (12.3%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.29. There were 8,461 [[family (U.S. Census)|families]] (56.9% of all households); the average family size was 3.05.
Main thoroughfares include [[Wilshire Boulevard]], [[Santa Monica Boulevard]], and [[Sunset Boulevard]]. Shopping streets include Beverly Drive and [[Rodeo Drive]]. Coldwater Canyon Drive is the main road through Beverly Hills into the [[San Fernando Valley]].
[[File:Good Shepherd Catholic Church, Beverly Hills.JPG|thumb|right|[[Church of the Good Shepherd (Beverly Hills, California)|Church of the Good Shepherd]].]]
The population was spread out, with 6,623 people (19.4%) under the age of 18, 2,526 people (7.4%) aged 18 to 24, 8,540 people (25.0%) aged 25 to 44, 9,904 people (29.0%) aged 45 to 64, and 6,516 people (19.1%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43.6 years. For every 100 females, there were 84.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 80.3 males.


There were 16,394 housing units at an average density of {{convert|2,870.9|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|}}, of which 6,561 (44.1%) were owner-occupied, and 8,308 (55.9%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 2.2%; the rental vacancy rate was 8.0%. 17,740 people (52.0% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 16,248 people (47.6%) lived in rental housing units.
In spite of the city's name, most residents live in the "flats" of Beverly Hills. This relatively flat land includes all of Beverly Hills south of Sunset Blvd. The homes in the hills north of Sunset have a much higher than average value than the rest of Beverly Hills, and the most expensive homes in Beverly Hills are all in the hills. Wilshire Boulevard divides the flats into two areas, locally know as "(North or South) of the tracks," referring to the train tracks that were once used by the old Redline stockcar that went traversed Beverly Hills along Wilshire Blvd. Homes south of Wilshire have more urban square and retangular lots, generally smaller than those to the north. There are also more apartment buildings south of Wilshire than anywhere else in Beverly Hills, and the average home value south of Wilshire is the lowest in Beverly Hills.


During 2009–2013, Beverly Hills had a median household income of $86,141, with 8.8% of the population living below the federal poverty line.<ref name=quif/>
[[Beverly Hills Post Office]] or BHPO, is a part of Los Angeles that lies in the hills just north of the City of Beverly Hills. This area, as the name might indicate, shares the 90210 zip code with Beverly Hills proper. The very hilly terrain makes BHPO seem more like the [[Hollywood Hills]] in character, with many homes overlooking dramatic views of the city.


===2000===
Except for the [[Beverly Hills Hotel]] and the [[Beverly Hilton Hotel]], all businesses and government offices in Beverly Hills are located south of Santa Monica Blvd. Nearby the Beverly Hills city limits is the famous Los Angeles [[Country Club]], where [[golf]]ers tee up aside celebrities into the game.
[[File:All Saints Episcopal Church 2015.jpg|thumb|left|[[All Saints' Episcopal Church (Beverly Hills, California)|All Saints' Episcopal Church]].]]
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=January 31, 2008 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref> of 2000, there were 33,784 people, 15,035 households, and 8,269 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|5,954.0|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 15,856 housing units at an average density of 2,794.4/mi (1,079.7/km<sup>2</sup>). The racial makeup of the city was 85.06% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 1.77% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.13% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 7.05% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.03% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 1.50% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 4.46% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 4.63% of the population.


There were 15,035 households, out of which 24.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 43.8% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 8.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 45.0% were non-families. 38.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.24 and the average family size was 3.02.
==Population figures==
As of the [[census]]{{GR|2}} of 2000, there were 33,784 people, 15,035 households, and 8,269 families residing in the city. The [[population density]] was 2,300.5/km² (5,954.0/mi²). There were 15,856 housing units at an average density of 1,079.7/km² (2,794.4/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 85.06% [[White American]], 1.77% [[African American]] , 0.13% [[Native Americans in the United States|American Indian and Alaskan Native]], 7.05% [[Asian American]], 0.03% [[Pacific Islander American]], 1.50% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 4.46% from mixed two, or more, races. 4.63% of the population were [[Hispanic American]] or [[Race (United States Census)|Latino]] of any race. 20.8% were of [[iranian people|Iranian]], 8.3% [[russian people|Russian]], 7.0% [[United States]] or American and 5.5% [[polish people|Polish]] ancestry according to [[Census 2000]]. 57.0% spoke [[english language|English]], 19.7% [[persian language|Persian]], 6.2% [[spanish language|Spanish]], 3.2% [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]], 2.6% [[korean language|Korean]], 2.4% [[russian language|Russian]] and 2.2% [[french language|French]] as their first language. Beverly Hills has a larger percentage of foreign-born persons than the national average, but the majority of residents are born in the United States.


In the city, the population was spread out, with 20.0% under the age of 18, 6.3% from 18 to 24, 29.3% from 25 to 44, 26.8% from 45 to 64, and 17.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females, there were 83.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 79.4 males.
===Local diversity===
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Beverly Hills isn't a [[homogeneous]] community, like the mass media made most people believe the city is "populated by whites" or "WASPs". Beverly Hills is portrayed with a large percentage of [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrats]], a common trait among urban areas, the traditional rich (i.e., [[Liberal elite]]) and celebrities hold more [[liberal]] opinions. The city has a small [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] minority.


The median income for a household in the city was $70,945, and the median income for a family was $102,611. Males had a median income of $72,004 versus $46,217 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $65,507. About 7.9% of families and 9.1% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 9.5% of those under the age of 18 and 7.9% ages 65 or older.
Some estimates put the [[Persian people|Persian]] community in Beverly Hills as high as 20%, while some claim it to be even higher, close to half or more. The large majority of the [[Persians]] living in Beverly Hills adhere to [[Judaism]] [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5459468], making them [[Persian Jews]]. A 2007 article stated that: "...about 8,000 of Beverly Hill's approximately 35,000 residents are of Iranian descent" [http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1173173960825&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull].


==Economy==
Beverly Hills has one of California's largest [[American Jew]]ish populations and there are four [[synagogues]] within the city (although there are many others adjacent). Nessah Synagogue on Rexford Dr., a Persian congregation, may be the largest of them and also has its own [[preschool]]. During the Jewish [[high holy days]], an additional number of "temporary" synagogues host services in locations like the El Rodeo School or the Beverly Hilton hotel. Other religious groups are represented, such as the [[LDS]] ([[Mormon]]) community which has several chapels for Sunday worship as well as a nearby temple for special rites (on Santa Monica Blvd. in Century City.)
[[File:Rodeo & Rodeo Dr. Beberly Hills, CA (Sebastian Stepper).JPG|thumb|right|[[Rodeo Drive]] is one of the [[List of most expensive streets by city|most expensive streets in the world]].<ref>[https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/beverly-hills-streets-named-2nd-and-3rd-most-expensive-in-america/ CBS - Beverly Hills Streets Named 2nd And 3rd Most Expensive In America]</ref>]]
Beverly Hills is home to one [[Fortune 500]] company, [[Live Nation Entertainment]]. Since August 22, 2011, the headquarters of [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] have been located in Beverly Hills after a significant film history established close by on the main original studio lots in [[Culver City, California|Culver City]]. The talent agencies [[William Morris Endeavor]], [[Paradigm Talent Agency]], [[The Gersh Agency]], [[United Talent Agency]], and [[Agency for the Performing Arts]] are based in Beverly Hills.


[[Hilton Hotels Corporation]] formerly had its corporate headquarters in Beverly Hills. The original headquarters of [[GeoCities]] (at first Beverly Hills Internet) was at 9401 Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills.<ref>[http://www.allbusiness.com/marketing-advertising/marketing-advertising/7191644-1.html Beverly Hills Internet, Builder of Web Communities, Changes Name to GeoCities; Monthly Page.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081211170054/http://www.allbusiness.com/marketing-advertising/marketing-advertising/7191644-1.html |date=December 11, 2008 }} ''Business Wire''. Thursday December 14, 1995. Retrieved April 29, 2010.</ref>
Beverly Hills has multiple ethnic communities: [[Russian American]], [[Polish American]], [[Arab American]], and [[Armenians]] are well known (same goes for nearby [[West Hollywood, California|West Hollywood]], a large percentage are second or third-generation whose families are immigrants or [[refugees]] arrived after world war II, another wave came after the fall of the [[Soviet Union]] (1990s) like [[Russia]] and the [[Ukraine]] are well documented.


The large [[Beverly Hills Oil Field]] has four urban drilling islands, which drill diagonally into the earth underneath the city. One drilling island occasioned a 2003 lawsuit representing former attendees of Beverly Hills High School, approximately 280 of which having suffered from cancers allegedly tied to the drilling operations.<ref>Horowitz, Joy. ''Parts per million: the poisoning of Beverly Hills High School''. p. 8. Viking, 2007. {{ISBN|0-670-03798-2}}.</ref> The oil site on the high school grounds is in the process of being shut down.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://kbev6.com/oilwell|title=BHHS Oil Well|website=KBEV – Beverly Hills|language=en-US|access-date=September 5, 2019|archive-date=September 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190905055126/https://kbev6.com/oilwell|url-status=dead}}</ref>
In the 1980s and 1990s, [[Western Europe]]ans, [[Australians]], [[Canadian people|Canadians]] and [[Asians]] purchased properties for investment or to move in as permanent residences. Thousands of political refugees happen to live in Beverly Hills, usually are wealthy, or upper-classes fleeing from economic turmoil to the US, for example: from [[Iran]], [[Serbia]], [[Hungary]], [[India]], [[Pakistan]], [[South Korea]], [[Taiwan]], [[Ethiopia]], [[Chile]], and [[Argentina]].


===Top employers in 2015===
Beverly Hills and the nearby Fairfax District of Los Angeles has became an enclave of [[African people|African]] immigrants who are [[socioeconomic]]ally successful, [[Asian Americans]] often of [[Chinese people|Chinese]], [[Korean people|Korean]] and [[Japanese American]] descent, [[Latino]] millionaires (like [[Cuban Americans]] via [[Florida]] and wealthy [[Mexican people|Mexicans]] live part-time in rich sections of [[Mexico City]]), and [[Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]], some have legal residence in [[Oklahoma]] from the [[oil industry]] that gave foundation to both that state and Beverly Hills.
[[File:Greystone Mansion (cropped).JPG|thumb|right|[[Greystone Mansion]] is often used as locations for film and television shows.]]
According to the city's 2015 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers in the city were:


{| class="wikitable"
===Demographic facts===
|-
Of the 15,035 households, 24.4% had children under the age of 18, 43.8% were [[Marriage|married couples]], 8.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 45.0% were non-families. 38.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.24 and the average family size was 3.02.
! #
! Employer
! # of Employees
|-
| 1
|City of Beverly Hills
|1,042
|-
|2
|[[Beverly Hills Unified School District]]
|642
|-
|3
|[[Beverly Wilshire Hotel]]
|620
|-
|4
|[[The Beverly Hilton]]
|599
|-
|5
|[[The Beverly Hills Hotel]]
|500
|-
|6
|[[William Morris Agency]]
|500
|-
|7
|[[Saks Fifth Avenue]]
|460
|-
|8
|[[Neiman Marcus|Neiman Marcus Group]]
|430
|-
|9
|[[Creative Artists Agency]]
|425
|-
|10
|[[The Peninsula Beverly Hills]]
|400
|}


==Government==
In the city the population was spread out with 20.0% under the age of 18, 6.3% from 18 to 24, 29.3% from 25 to 44, 26.8% from 45 to 64, and 17.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 83.5 males. For every 100 adult females, there were 79.4 adult males. Beverly Hills has two large age groupings: [[senior citizen]]s with large retirement incomes, and single young adults (some live together), including the city's large [[gay]] and [[lesbian]] community.
===Municipal government===
{{See also|Mayor of Beverly Hills|l1=List of Mayors of Beverly Hills}}
[[File:Central tower of Beverly Hills City Hall (Californian Churrigueresque style).jpg|thumb|[[Beverly Hills City Hall]], built in 1931 in a [[California Churrigueresque]] style.]]


Beverly Hills is a [[general law city]] governed by a five-member [[city council]], including the [[mayor]] and vice mayor. The city council hires a [[city manager]] to carry out policies and serve as executive officer. Until 2017, every odd-numbered year, either two or three members were elected for four-year terms. However, in 2017, the council changed its cycle to conform with statewide elections; the first such election was held in March 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://beverlypress.com/2017/10/beverly-hills-city-council-changing-election-cycles/|title=Beverly Hills City Council changing election cycles|date=October 5, 2017|website=Park Labrea News/ Beverly Press}}</ref> Each April, the city council meets and chooses one of its members as mayor and one as vice-mayor. As of April 2024, Lester Friedman is mayor, Sharona Nazarian is vice mayor, and [[John Mirisch]], Craig Corman, and Mary Wells are councilmembers.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.beverlyhills.org/citymanager/mayorandcouncilmembers/web.jsp|title=Mayor and Councilmembers|website=www.beverlyhills.org}}</ref> Nancy Hunt-Coffey serves as city manager.<ref name="city manager"/>
Renters, not homeowners, are the majority. Renter-occupied housing units comprise 56.6 percent of the city's housing stock. The median household income for renter-occupied housing units in the city is $48,179, which is just slightly above average for the entire United States. The overall median household income is $70,945, while the median income for a family is $102,611. About 7.9% of families and 9.1% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 9.5% of those under age 18 and 7.9% of those age 65 or over.


===County, state and federal representation===
Despite its reputation, 90210 is not the wealthiest ZIP code in the United States or even California. The wealthiest ZIP code in California is 94027, generally in [[Atherton, California|Atherton]], [[California]], while the wealthiest ZIP code in the United States is 33139, in [[Miami Beach, Florida|Miami Beach]], [[Florida]]). However, it's been said if Beverly Hills was a country, it would be as wealthy as [[Monaco]] or [[Liechtenstein]].
[[File:El Rodeo School.jpg|thumb|left|[[Beverly Hills Unified School District|BHUSD]]'s El Rodeo School.]]
On the [[Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors]], Beverly Hills is in the Third District, represented by [[Lindsey Horvath]].<ref>{{cite web |title=The 3rd District |url=https://supervisorkuehl.com/3rd-district/ |access-date=January 16, 2022 |archive-date=May 31, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220531155100/https://supervisorkuehl.com/3rd-district/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>


In the upper house of the [[California State Legislature]], Beverly Hills is in {{Representative|casd|24|fmt=sdistrict}}. In the lower house, it is in {{Representative|caad|51|fmt=adistrict}}.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://statewidedatabase.org/gis/gis2011/index_2011.html |title=Statewide Database |publisher=UC Regents |access-date=November 23, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150201113744/http://statewidedatabase.org/gis/gis2011/index_2011.html |archive-date=February 1, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
In fact, Beverly Hills has the [[Places in the United States with notable demographic characteristics#Population in excess of 10,000|lowest median household income]] of cities with a population of over 10,000 where the average home value is above $1 million. The highest concentration of millionaires goes to [[Indian Wells, California|Indian Wells]], a desert community of 4,300 residents, but couldn't match up with Beverly Hills' larger population of millionaires and billionaires alike.


In the [[United States House of Representatives]], Beverly Hills is in {{Representative|cacd|36|fmt=district}}.
==Government and politics==
[[Image:CityHall BeverlyHillsCA - CarolHighsmith.jpg|thumb|Beverly Hills City Hall]]
[[Image:Highsmithbeverlyhillscityhall.jpg|thumb|The Beverly Hills civic building was featured prominently in the ''Beverly Hills Cop'' films]]
''See also: [[Mayor of Beverly Hills]]''


===New and existing laws===
Of the 21,426 registered voters in [[Beverly Hills]]; approximately 50.3% are [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrats]] and 25.9% are [[Republican Party (United States)|Republicans]]. The remaining 23.8% either declined to state [[political affiliation]] or are registered with one of the many minor political parties, like the [[Green Party (United States)|Green Party]] and the [[Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarian Party]].
On January 1, 2022, Beverly Hills became the first city in America to ban the sale of all tobacco products. Smoking lounges and hotels are exempt from the new law. The city council passed the law in June 2021. Flavored tobacco was already banned.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://halfwheel.com/beverly-hills-calif-s-tobacco-sales-ban-now-in-effect-cigar-lounges-remain-exempt/385671/|title=Beverly Hills, Calif.'s Tobacco Sales Ban Now in Effect, Cigar Lounges Remain Exempt|date=January 2021}}</ref>


=== Politics===
The heavy Democratic advantage makes Beverly Hills one of the more liberal cities in Southern California. In 2004, [[John Kerry]] won 62% of the vote compared to 37% for [[George W. Bush]]. In the 2006 state governor election, [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]] got nearly 40% of the vote but won a second term by a state-wide majority, while Democratic opponent [[Phil Angelides]] only had over 60%. {{Fact|date=February 2007}}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Beverly Hills city vote by party in presidential elections.
!Year
!Democratic
!Republican
!Third Parties
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|
[[2024 United States presidential election|2024]]
<ref>{{cite web |last1=Wolcott |first1=Holly |title=Statement of Votes Cast by District. |url=https://content.lavote.gov/docs/rrcc/svc/4324_final_svc_district_v3.pdf |access-date=November 5, 2024}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|
45.43% ''8,123''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|
'''50.06%''' ''8,968''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|
1.9% ''342''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|
[[2020 United States presidential election|2020]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Padilla |first=Alex |date=November 3, 2020 |title=Supplement to Statement of Vote. |url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2020-general/ssov/pres-by-political-districts.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|
'''55.07%''' ''10,453''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|
43.85% ''8,325''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|
1.06% ''203''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|
[[2016 United States presidential election|2016]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Padilla |first=Alex |date=November 8, 2016 |title=Supplement to Statement of Vote. |url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2016-general/ssov/pres-by-political-districts.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|
'''63.81%''' ''9,743''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|
32.63% ''4,982''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|
3.55% ''543''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|
[[2012 United States presidential election|2012]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bowen |first=Debra |date=November 6, 2012 |title=Supplement to Statement of Vote. |url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2012-general/ssov/pres-by-political-districts.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|
'''54.27%''' ''8,263''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|
43.85% ''6,676''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|
1.86% ''284''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|
[[2008 United States presidential election|2008]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bowen |first=Debra |date=November 4, 2008 |title=Supplement to the Statement of Vote. |url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2008-general/ssov/5-pres-by-political-districts.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|
'''59.54%''' ''10,331''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|
39.2% ''6,801''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|
1.25% ''217''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|
[[2004 United States presidential election|2004]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shelley |first=Kevin |date=November 2, 2004 |title=Supplement to the Statement of Vote |url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2004-general/ssov/pres_general_ssov_all.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|
'''62%''' ''13,691''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|
37.04% ''8,168''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|
0.86% ''190''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|
[[2000 United States presidential election|2000]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Bill |date=November 7, 2000 |title=Supplement to the Statement of vote |url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2000-general/ssov/pol-dis.pdf}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|
'''76.51%''' ''8,399''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|
20.47% ''2,247''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|
3% ''331''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|
[[1996 United States presidential election|1996]]<ref>{{Cite book |last=California. Secretary of State |url=https://archive.org/details/statementofvote51996cali/page/12/mode/2up?q=beverly+hills |title=Statement of vote |date=1968 |publisher=Sacramento, Calif. : The Secretary |others=San Francisco Public Library}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|
'''68.33%''' ''7,188''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|
24.69% ''2,598''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|
6.96% ''733''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|
[[1992 United States presidential election|1992]]<ref>{{Cite book |last=California. Secretary of State |url=https://archive.org/details/statementofvote31992cali/page/8/mode/2up?q=beverly+hills |title=Statement of vote |date=1968 |publisher=Sacramento, Calif. : The Secretary |others=San Francisco Public Library}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|
'''65.69%''' ''8,810''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|
20.8% ''2,790''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|
13.5% ''1,811''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|
[[1988 United States presidential election|1988]]<ref>{{Cite book |last=California. Secretary of State |url=https://archive.org/details/statementofvote81988cali/page/30/mode/2up?q=beverly+hills |title=Statement of vote |date=1968 |publisher=Sacramento, Calif. : The Secretary |others=San Francisco Public Library}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|
'''60.1%''' ''9,702''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|
39.3% ''6,345''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|
0.5% ''95''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|
[[1984 United States presidential election|1984]]<ref>{{Cite book |last=California. Secretary of State |url=https://archive.org/details/statementofvote61984cali/page/19/mode/2up?q=beverly+hills |title=Statement of vote |date=1968 |publisher=Sacramento, Calif. : The Secretary |others=San Francisco Public Library}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|
'''52.71%''' ''7,343''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|
46.48% ''6,475''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|
0.7% ''111''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|
[[1980 United States presidential election|1980]]<ref>{{Cite book |last=California. Secretary of State |url=https://archive.org/details/statementofvote41980cali/page/18/mode/2up?q=beverly+hills |title=Statement of vote |date=1968 |publisher=Sacramento, Calif. : The Secretary |others=San Francisco Public Library}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|
39.65% ''6,111''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|
'''47.65%''' ''7,344''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|
12.69% ''1,957''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|
[[1976 United States presidential election|1976]]<ref>{{Cite book |last=California. Secretary of State |url=https://archive.org/details/statementofvote1976cali/page/24/mode/2up?q=beverly+hills |title=Statement of vote |date=1968 |publisher=Sacramento, Calif. : The Secretary |others=San Francisco Public Library}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|
'''52.05%''' ''8,974''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|
46.95% ''8,094''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|
0.9% ''171''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|
[[1972 United States presidential election|1972]]<ref>{{Cite book |last=California. Secretary of State |url=https://archive.org/details/statementofvote197072cali/page/60/mode/2up?q=beverly+hills |title=Statement of vote |date=1968 |publisher=Sacramento, Calif. : The Secretary |others=San Francisco Public Library}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|
'''49.40%''' ''9,199''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|
49.07% ''9,135''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|
1.5% ''282''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|
[[1968 United States presidential election|1968]]<ref>{{Cite book |last=California. Secretary of State |url=https://archive.org/details/californiastate196668cali/page/82/mode/2up?q=beverly+hills |title=California statement of vote |date=1962 |publisher=[Sacramento, Calif.] : Secretary of State |others=San Francisco Public Library}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|
'''61.5%''' ''11,138''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|
36.9% ''6,693''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|
1.4% ''267''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|
[[1964 United States presidential election|1964]]<ref>{{Cite book |last=California. Secretary of State |url=https://archive.org/details/castatem196264cali/page/52/mode/2up?q=beverly+ |title=California statement of vote |date=1962 |publisher=[Sacramento, Calif.] : Secretary of State |others=San Francisco Public Library}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|
'''64.9%''' ''11,832''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|
35% 6,399
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|
|
|}


Beverly Hills is a general law city governed by a five-member [[City Council]] including the [[mayor]] and vice mayor. City Council hires a [[city manager]] to carry out policies and serve as executive officer. Every odd-numbered year either two or three members are elected by the people to serve a four-year term. Each March the City Council meets and chooses one of its members as mayor and one as vice-mayor.


In the 2024 Los Angeles County District Attorney election, a significant majority of Beverly Hills voters, 73.51% (13,126 votes), voted for [[Nathan Hochman]], whereas only 17.17% (3,077 votes) backed [[George Gascón]]. <ref>{{Cite web |last=Wolcott |first=Holly |date=November 5, 2024 |title=Statement of Votes Cast by District. |url=https://content.lavote.gov/docs/rrcc/svc/4324_final_svc_district_v3.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref>
[[Stephen P. Webb]] serves as mayor, Jimmy Delshad as vice mayor, and Roderick J. Wood as city manager. The other three city council members are Barry Brucker, [[Linda J. Briskman]], and Frank M. Fenton. In city council meetings, a few celebrities showed up to speak on local political issues.
The Beverly Hills Police Department has its stake to claim in serving the city in law enforcement, included run-ins with celebrities in its history. The police department was featured on the 1983 comedy movie ''[[Down and Out in Beverly Hills]]'' and another comedy, ''[[Beverly Hills Cop]]''.


In the 2024 Election for California's 36th congressional district, 44.67% (7,978 voters) of Beverly Hills backed Melissa Toomim, whereas 43.71% (7,806 voters) of the city voted for the incumbent, [[Ted Lieu]]. <ref>{{Cite web |last=Wolcott |first=Holly |date=November 5, 2024 |title=Supplement to the statement of vote. |url=https://content.lavote.gov/docs/rrcc/svc/4324_final_svc_district_v3.pdf}}</ref>
== Education ==
=== Public schools ===
[[Image:BHHSSwimGym.JPG|thumb|[[Beverly Hills High School]] Gymnasium]]
Beverly Hills is served by [[Beverly Hills Unified School District]]; the district's sole high school is [[Beverly Hills High School]].


==Education==
Los Angeles neighborhoods near Beverly Hills are served by [[Los Angeles Unified School District]].
[[File:Beverly Hills High School 2015 (cropped).jpg|thumb|[[Beverly Hills High School]]]]
Beverly Hills is served by [[Beverly Hills Unified School District]], which includes two kindergarten-through-fifth-grade schools (Hawthorne and Horace Mann), one middle school (Beverly Vista) and [[Beverly Hills High School]]. One alternative school, Moreno High School, shares its campus with the aforementioned Beverly Hills High School.


Beverly Hills also has several private schools. Good Shepherd School, a PreK-8 school, is a part of the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles]]. Other private schools include Harkham Hillel Hebrew Academy.
=== Private schools ===
Beverly Hills also has several private schools.


==Infrastructure==
[http://www.goodshepherdbeverlyhills.com/ Good Shepherd School], a PreK-8 school in Beverly Hills, is a part of the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles]].
[[File:BeverlyHillsPostOffice03.jpg|thumb|left|Former Beverly Hills Post Office]]
The [[Beverly Hills Police Department]] and the Beverly Hills Fire Department serve as emergency response agencies for the city.


The [[Los Angeles County Department of Health Services]] SPA 5 West Area Health Office serves Beverly Hills.<ref>"[http://publichealth.lacounty.gov/phcommon/public/aboutus/aboutdisplay.cfm?ou=ph&prog=chs&unit=spa5 SPA5 – West Area Health Office]." [[Los Angeles County Department of Health Services]]. Retrieved April 29, 2010.</ref> The department operates the Simms/Mann Health and Wellness Center in [[Santa Monica, California|Santa Monica]], serving Beverly Hills.<ref>"[http://publichealth.lacounty.gov/phn/docs/HealthCenter/santamonica.pdf Simms/Mann Health and Wellness Center]." [[Los Angeles County Department of Health Services]]. Retrieved April 29, 2010.</ref>
Other Beverly Hills private schools include Harkham Hillel Hebrew Academy, Emanuel Academy of Beverly Hills, and Page Private School.


The [[United States Postal Service]] operates the Beverly Hills Post Office at 325 North Maple Drive,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://usps.whitepages.com/service/post_office/60799?p=1&s=CA&service_name=post_office&z=Beverly+Hills |title=Post Office Location – BEVERLY HILLS |publisher=[[United States Postal Service]] |access-date=April 29, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081224195441/http://usps.whitepages.com/service/post_office/60799?p=1&s=CA&service_name=post_office&z=Beverly+Hills |archive-date=December 24, 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> the Crescent Post Office at 323 North Crescent Drive,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://usps.whitepages.com/service/post_office/25071?p=1&s=CA&service_name=post_office&z=Beverly+Hills |title=Post Office Location – CRESCENT |publisher=[[United States Postal Service]] |access-date=April 29, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081224201229/http://usps.whitepages.com/service/post_office/25071?p=1&s=CA&service_name=post_office&z=Beverly+Hills |archive-date=December 24, 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> the Beverly Post Office at 312 South Beverly Drive,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://usps.whitepages.com/service/post_office/12986?p=1&s=CA&service_name=post_office&z=Beverly+Hills |title=Post Office Location – BEVERLY |publisher=[[United States Postal Service]] |access-date=April 29, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081224195426/http://usps.whitepages.com/service/post_office/12986?p=1&s=CA&service_name=post_office&z=Beverly+Hills |archive-date=December 24, 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and the Eastgate Post Office at 8383 Wilshire Boulevard.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://usps.whitepages.com/service/post_office/25488?p=2&s=CA&service_name=post_office&z=Beverly+Hills |title=Post Office Location – EASTGATE |publisher=[[United States Postal Service]] |access-date=April 29, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081224191733/http://usps.whitepages.com/service/post_office/25488?p=2&s=CA&service_name=post_office&z=Beverly+Hills |archive-date=December 24, 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Zoning">{{cite map |url=http://www.beverlyhills.org/civica/filebank/blobdload.asp?BlobID=3041 |title=Official Zoning Map |publisher=City of Beverly Hills |access-date=April 29, 2010}}</ref> The former Beverly Hills Post Office was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] on January 11, 1985.<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>
[[Marymount High School]] in nearby [[Westwood, California|Westwood]], across from the [[University of California Los Angeles]] (UCLA), is in close proximity to Beverly Hills.


=== Public libraries ===
===Autonomous vehicles===
In April 2016,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.beverlyhills.org/citygovernment/departmentsanddivisions/informationtechnology/itcorner/autonomousvehicles/|title=Autonomous Vehicles|website=Beverlyhills.org|access-date=April 24, 2016}}</ref> the Beverly Hills City Council passed a resolution<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.beverlyhills.org/cbhfiles/storage/files/6992913121237323912/AutonomousVehiclesPressRelease.pdf|title=City Council Passes Resolution Creating Autonomous Vehicle Program : A.V. Summit to Be Held in Beverly Hills This Fall|website=Beverlyhills.org|access-date=October 4, 2018}}</ref> to create autonomous vehicles for public transportation within the next decade.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.brulteco.com/about/grayson-brulte/|title=Grayson Brulte {{!}} Brulte & Company|website=Brulte & Company|language=en-US|access-date=April 24, 2016}}</ref> Mayor John Mirisch said this was one of his top priorities during his tenure as mayor. "This is a game-changer for Beverly Hills and, we hope, for the region," said Mirisch in the press release. "Beverly Hills is the perfect community to take the lead to make this technology a reality. It is now both feasible and safe for autonomous cars to be on the road."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theverge.com/2016/4/18/11449750/self-driving-cars-public-transport-beverly-hills|title=Beverly Hills wants to upgrade its public transportation with self-driving cars|last=Vincent|first=James|website=The Verge|access-date=April 24, 2016|date=April 18, 2016}}</ref>
Beverly Hills Public Library is in Beverly Hills.


== Media ==
==Media==
[[File:Beverly Hills Sign, LA, CA, jjron 21.03.2012.jpg|upright|thumb|Sign marking the Beverly Hills city limit]]
Beverly Hills is served by the following newspapers: the ''[[Beverly Hills Courier]]'', ''[[Beverly Hills Weekly]]'', and ''[[Beverly Hills 213 Magazine]]''. The ''[[Beverly Hills Post]]'' used to be one of the main newspapers, but it went out of business. Due to its location, it is also served by all Los Angeles TV, radio, and newspaper media.


Beverly Hills also has its own [[Television]] channel, [[KBEV]]. Run by the students of [[Beverly Hills High School]], it airs on channel 6 (on cable) to the residents of Beverly Hills.
Beverly Hills is served by free weekly newspapers ''[[The Beverly Hills Courier]]'' and ''[[Beverly Hills Weekly]]''.

The [[Beverly Hills Unified School District|BHUSD]] has a [[public-access television]] station called KBEV, which is run by the students of [[Beverly Hills High School]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kbev6.com/|title=KBEV Live!|publisher=kbev6.com |access-date=August 19, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205191137/http://www.kbev6.com/ |archive-date= February 5, 2012 }}</ref>


==Landmarks==
==Landmarks==
{{Div col|colwidth=15em}}
[[Image:BeverlyHillsCityLimits.jpg|right|thumb|100px|Sign marking the Beverly Hills city limits]]
*[[Beverly Gardens Park]]
* [[Beverly Gardens Park]]
*[[Beverly Hills High School]]
* [[Beverly Hills 9/11 Memorial Garden]]
*[[Beverly Hills Hotel]]
* [[Beverly Hills City Hall]]
*[[Beverly-Wilshire Hotel]]
* [[Beverly Hills High School]]
* [[Beverly Hills Hotel]]
*[[Burton Way]] - named for Richard Burton, city co-founder.
* [[Beverly Hills Police Department]]
*[[Electric Fountain]]
* [[Beverly Hills Public Library]]
*[[Greystone Mansion]]
* [[Beverly Hills Women's Club]]
*[[Greystone Park]]
*[[La Cienega Park]]
* [[Beverly Wilshire Hotel]]
*[[Pickfair]]
* [[Electric Fountain]]
* [[Greystone Mansion]]
* Beverly Hills Police department.
* [[Harold Lloyd Estate|Greenacres]]
*[[Roxbury Park]]
*[[Will Rogers Memorial Park]]
* [[La Cienega Park]]
* [[Misty Mountain]]
* [[Pickfair]]
* [[Rodeo Drive]]
* [[Roxbury Memorial Park]]
* [[Virginia Robinson Gardens]]
* [[Will Rogers Memorial Park]]
{{Div col end}}


==Notable people==
== Name monikers ==
{{main category|People from Beverly Hills, California}}
Some areas are dubbed "Beverly Hills of" as comparisons to the actual Beverly Hills. For example, [[Ladera Heights, California|Ladera Heights]], an [[unincorporated area]] in southwestern Los Angeles County, is dubbed the "Black Beverly Hills" [http://www.latimes.com/classified/realestate/printedition/la-re-guide12mar12,1,5642123.story].

Scottsdale, AZ has become known by many Arizona residents as the "Beverly Hills of Arizona" for its upscale shops, stately homes, and high household income.
==In popular culture==
[[File:Beverly hills 90210.svg|150px|alt=Beverly Hills 90210 logo|thumb|[[Beverly Hills, 90210|Beverly Hills 90210]] logo]]
{{Category see also|Beverly Hills, California in fiction}}
Beverly Hills frequently appears in popular culture as a place of conspicuous wealth or luxury, although the actual demographics of the city are more complex.<ref name="ferrell">{{citation|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-01-28-mn-1225-story.html|title=Town That Tells Time on a Rolex : Beverly Hills is a small place really. It's money and glitz that make it different and, for most, irresistible|newspaper=The Los Angeles Times|first=David|last=Ferrell|date=January 28, 1990|access-date=October 15, 2020}}</ref> In some films, such as 1990's ''[[Pretty Woman]]'', substantial filming took place in the city; in many others, however, such as ''[[Beverly Hills Cop]]'' (1984), little is shown besides establishing shots of landmarks such as the Beverly Hills Hotel and Rodeo Drive.

Beverly Hills is also featured in the song "Beverly Hills" by the rock band [[Weezer]].

In television, the scene in the opening credits of ''[[The Andy Griffith Show]]'' (1960–1968), in which Sheriff Taylor and Opie carry fishing poles past a pond, was shot at the [[Franklin Canyon Reservoir]] north of the city, just west of Coldwater Canyon.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/07/andy-griffith-mayberry-franklin-canyon.html|title=Take a walk to Andy Griffith's Mayberry in Franklin Canyon|date=July 7, 2012|website=LA Times Blogs|language=en-US|access-date=January 27, 2017}}</ref> The CBS sitcom ''[[The Beverly Hillbillies]]'' (1962–71) followed a hillbilly family who relocate to Beverly Hills from the [[Ozarks]]. The city also features in the name of the 1990s soap opera ''[[Beverly Hills, 90210]]'', revolving around the lives of teenagers attending the fictional West Beverly Hills High School.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Itzkoff |first1=Dave |title=When Teenage Angst Had Its Own ZIP Code |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/31/arts/television/31itzk.html |access-date=February 15, 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=August 29, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Herbert |first1=Steven |title=A Post-Graduate Commentary |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-07-07-tv-2798-story.html |access-date=February 15, 2020 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=July 7, 1991}}</ref>

''[[The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills]]'' is a reality television franchise.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2010/03/10/bravo-adds-fifth-night-of-programming-boosting-original-hours-by-20/44532/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104033830/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2010/03/10/bravo-adds-fifth-night-of-programming-boosting-original-hours-by-20/44532/ | archive-date=November 4, 2012 | title=Bravo Adds Fifth Night of Programming, Boosting Original Hours by 20% - Ratings &#124; TVbytheNumbers }}</ref>

==Sister cities==
*{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Acapulco]], Mexico<ref name=sisters/>
*{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Cannes]], France<ref name=sisters>{{cite web|url=http://www.globalschoolnet.org/gsnabout/PR/BHSisterCityFTE.htm|title= Beverly Hills Sister City Relationships Renewed with Focus on Education and Commerce|publisher=Sister Cities International|date=March 7, 2002|access-date=August 17, 2012}}</ref>
*{{flagdeco|Israel}} [[Herzliya]], Israel<ref name="Pudong">{{cite web |url=http://beverlyhills.org/citymanager/committees/sistercitiescommittee/ |title=Sister Cities Committee |date=July 1, 2019 |publisher=City of Beverly Hills |access-date=July 1, 2019}}</ref>
*{{flagdeco|China}} [[Pudong]], China<ref name="Pudong"/>
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==See also==
==See also==
{{Portal|Greater Los Angeles}}
*[[Hollywood, California]]
*[[Los Angeles, California]]<blockquote>
* [[List of largest houses in the Los Angeles metropolitan area]]

*[[Rodeo Drive]]
==References==
*[[Tehrangeles]] - largest ethnic Iranian community outside of Iran
{{Reflist}}
*[[Iranians]] / [[Persians]] - 25% of Beverly Hills, 40% of Beverly Hills high school
* {{cite book|last1=Edwards|first1=Nick|last2=Hodgkins|first2=Charles|last3=Keeling|first3=Stephen|title=The Rough Guide to California|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cy8xAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT136|date=May 1, 2014|publisher=Rough Guides Limited|isbn=978-0-241-00764-8}}
**[[Persian Jews|Persian-American Jews]] - a well represented ethno-religious group in Beverly Hills
* {{cite book|last=Fleming|first=E. J.|title=Hollywood Death and Scandal Sites: Sixteen Driving Tours with Directions and the Full Story, from Tallulah Bankhead to River Phoenix|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ARsypwKAn1UC|date=January 1, 2000|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-0160-4}}

==Bibliography==
*Beverly Hills: 1930–2005 By Marc Wanamaker {{ISBN|9780738546599}}
*Beverly Hills: An Illustrated History by Genevieve Davis {{ISBN|978-0-89781-238-2}}
*Beverly Hills: Inside the Golden Ghetto By Walter Wagner Published 1976
*"History of Beverly Hills." By Pierce E. Benedict. Published 1934.


==External links==
==External links==
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*[http://www.beverlyhills.org/presence/connect/CoBH/Homepage Official Website of Beverly Hills]
{{Wikivoyage|Beverly Hills}}
*[http://www.beverlyhillsbehere.com/index.asp Beverly Hills Conference & Visitors Bureau]
*{{Official website}}
{{Mapit-US-cityscale|34.073109|-118.39946}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20200222191203/http://www.beverlyhillsphoto.net/ Beverly Hills City photographs]
*[http://stars.laphoto.one.revver.com/collection/14507#_show_video_67691] Travel video from Beverly Hills
*[http://www.beverlyhillsphoto.net Beverly Hills City Photographs]
*[https://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/63704/Beverly-Hills Beverly Hills article at ''Encyclopaedia Britannica'']
*[https://www.latimes.com/classified/realestate/news/communities/la-re-guide8jan08,1,3089698.story?page=2 Beverly Hills profile] from the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''
*[http://www.beverlyhillsphotos.com Beverly Hills Photos]
*[http://www.latimes.com/classified/realestate/news/communities/la-re-guide8jan08,1,3089698.story?page=2] [[Los Angeles Times]] profile
*[http://www.beverlyhills.org/presence/connect/CoBH/Homepage/For+Visitors/Facts+and+Figures/History+of+Beverly+Hills/ History of Beverly Hills]
*[http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1173173960825&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Iranian Jew poised to become mayor of Beverly Hills]
*[http://www.travelkosher.org/nessahsynagoguebeverlyhillsca.htm/ Nessah Synagogue]


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| Southwest = [[Hillcrest Country Club (Los Angeles)|Hillcrest Country Club]] – [[Rancho Park, Los Angeles|Rancho Park]] – [[Rancho Park Golf Course]]
| South = [[Beverlywood, Los Angeles]]
| West = [[Los Angeles Country Club]] – [[Westwood, Los Angeles|Westwood]]
| Northwest =[[Holmby Hills, Los Angeles|Holmby Hills]] – [[Beverly Glen, Los Angeles|Beverly Glen]]
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Beverly Hills, California
City
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Nicknames: 
"Garden Spot of the World," "B.H.," "Bev Hills," "90210,"
Location within Los Angeles County, California.
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Beverly Hills is located in the Los Angeles metropolitan area
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Location within the United States
Coordinates: 34°4′23″N 118°23′58″W / 34.07306°N 118.39944°W / 34.07306; -118.39944
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
CountyLos Angeles
IncorporatedJanuary 28, 1914[1]
Named forBeverly Farms in Beverly, Massachusetts
Government
 • TypeCouncil–manager
 • MayorLester Friedman [2]
 • Vice mayorSharona Nazarian [2]
 • City councilJohn Mirisch[2]
Craig Corman
Mary Wells
 • City managerNancy Hunt-Coffey[3]
Area
[4]
 • Total
5.71 sq mi (14.79 km2)
 • Land5.71 sq mi (14.78 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)  0.04%
Elevation
[5]
259 ft (79 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total
32,701
 • Density5,728.98/sq mi (2,212.00/km2)
Time zoneUTC−8 (Pacific)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−7 (PDT)
ZIP codes
90209–90213[6]
Area codes310/424, 323
FIPS code06-06308
GNIS feature IDs1652672, 2409840
Websitebeverlyhills.org

Beverly Hills is a city located in Los Angeles County, California, United States. A notable and historic suburb of Los Angeles, it is located just southwest of the Hollywood Hills, approximately 12.2 miles (19.6 km) northwest of downtown Los Angeles.[7] Beverly Hills' land area totals 5.71 square miles (14.8 km2) and (together with the neighboring smaller city of West Hollywood to the east) is entirely surrounded by the city of Los Angeles. According to the 2020 census,[8] the city has a population of 32,701, marking a decrease of 1,408 from the 2010 census count of 34,109.

In American popular culture, Beverly Hills has been known primarily as an affluent location within Greater Los Angeles, which corresponds to higher property values and taxes in the area. The city is well known for its Rodeo Drive shopping district that includes many designer brands. Throughout its history, the city has been home to many celebrities. It is noted for numerous hotels and resorts, including the Beverly Hilton and the Beverly Hills Hotel. The city has been featured in many movies, television series, music, and media, in the United States and internationally.

After its initial settlement in 1828, Beverly Hills was originally a primarily agricultural community centered around Rancho Rodeo de las Aguas, a Mexican era rancho grant. Beverly Hills was first incorporated as a city in September 1914 by a group of investors who had failed to find oil but found water instead and eventually decided to develop it into a town.

History

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Early history

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Rancho Rodeo de las Aguas c. 1905, when it was owned by Henry Hammel and Andrew H. Denker.

Gaspar de Portolá arrived in the area that would later become Beverly Hills on August 3, 1769, traveling along native trails which followed the present-day route of Wilshire Boulevard. The area was settled by Californio ranchera María Rita Quinteros de Valdez and her husband in 1828.[9] They called their 4,500 acres (18 km2) of property the Rancho Rodeo de las Aguas.[10] In 1854, she sold the ranch to Benjamin Davis Wilson (1811–1878) and Henry Hancock (1822–1883).[9] By the 1880s, the ranch had been subdivided into parcels of 75 acres (0.30 km2) and was being rapidly bought up by Anglos from Los Angeles and the East coast.[10]

Henry Hammel and Andrew H. Denker acquired most of it and used it for farming lima beans.[9][11] At this point, the area was known as the Hammel and Denker Ranch.[9] By 1888, they were planning to build a town called Morocco on their holdings.[9][12]

20th century

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The Beverly Hills Hotel was the first substantial building project in what developed into Beverly Hills.

In 1900, Burton E. Green, Charles A. Canfield, Max Whittier, Frank H. Buck, Henry E. Huntington, William G. Kerckhoff, William F. Herrin, W.S. Porter, and Frank H. Balch formed the Amalgamated Oil Company, bought the Hammel and Denker ranch, and began looking for oil.[9][13][14] They did not find enough to exploit commercially by the standards of the time, though.[14] In 1906, therefore, they reorganized as the Rodeo Land and Water Company, renamed the property "Beverly Hills", subdivided it, and began selling lots.[14][15] The development was named "Beverly Hills" after Beverly Farms in Beverly, Massachusetts, and because of the hills in the area.[13][14]

The Los Angeles Times reported on September 2, 1906:[16]

Percy H. Clark Company are managing the development of the foothill portion of the Hammel & Denker ranch for the Rodeo Land and Water Company (the Canfield-Huntington-Kerckhoff syndicate), to be known as Beverly Hills. No expense is being spared to make this a fine suburban district. . . . The property has been laid out on beautiful curved lines.

The Virginia Robinson Estate & Gardens, built in 1911 by the heiress of J. W. Robinson's, is open to the public.

The first house in the subdivision was built in 1907, but sales remained slow.[17]

Restrictive covenants

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Beverly Hills was one of many all-white planned communities started in the Los Angeles area around this time.[18] Restrictive covenants prohibited non-whites from owning or renting property, unless they were employed as servants by white residents.[12]: 57  It was also forbidden to sell or rent property to Jews in Beverly Hills.[19]

Incorporation

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Burton Green began construction on The Beverly Hills Hotel in 1911. The hotel was finished in 1912. The visitors drawn by the hotel were inclined to purchase land in Beverly Hills, and by 1914 the population had grown enough to qualify for incorporation as an independent city.[13] That same year, the Rodeo Land and Water Company decided to separate its water business from its real estate business. The Beverly Hills Utility Commission was split off from the land company and incorporated in September 1914, buying all of the utilities-related assets from the Rodeo Land and Water Company.[20]

Greenacres, a historic estate built in 1918 by silent movie star Harold Lloyd.

In 1919, Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford bought land on Summit Drive and built a mansion, finished in 1921[21] and nicknamed "Pickfair" by the press.[22] The glamour associated with Fairbanks and Pickford as well as other movie stars who built mansions in the city contributed to its growing appeal.[21]

Water supply

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By the early 1920s, the population of Beverly Hills had grown enough to make the water supply a political issue.[23] In 1923, the usual solution, annexation to the city of Los Angeles, was proposed.[10]: 65  There was considerable opposition to annexation among such famous residents as Pickford, Fairbanks, Will Rogers[24] and Rudolph Valentino.[25] The Beverly Hills Utility Commission, opposed to annexation as well, managed to force the city into a special election and the plan was defeated 337 to 507.[10]: 65 

Beverly Wilshire Hotel, built in 1922 on Wilshire Boulevard.

In 1928, the Beverly Wilshire Apartment Hotel (now the Beverly Wilshire Hotel) opened on Wilshire Boulevard between El Camino and Rodeo drives, part of the old Beverly Hills Speedway.[26] That same year, oilman Edward L. Doheny finished construction of Greystone Mansion, a 55-room mansion meant as a wedding present for his son Edward L. Doheny Jr. The house is now owned by the city of Beverly Hills and is a designated historical landmark.[27]

In the early 1930s, Santa Monica Park was renamed Beverly Gardens and was extended to span the entire two-mile (3-kilometer) length of Santa Monica Boulevard through the city. The Electric Fountain marks the corner of Santa Monica Blvd. and Wilshire Blvd. with a small sculpture at the top of a Tongva kneeling in prayer. In April 1931, the new Italian Renaissance-style Beverly Hills City Hall was opened.[17]: 9 

Beverly Hills City Hall, built in 1932 in a California Churrigueresque style.

1948: restrictive covenants found unenforceable

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In the early 1940s, black actors and businessmen had begun to move into Beverly Hills, despite the covenants allowing only whites to live in the city. A neighborhood improvement association attempted to enforce the covenants in court. The defendants included prominent artists Hattie McDaniel, Louise Beavers, and Ethel Waters. Among the white residents supporting the lawsuit against blacks was Harold Lloyd, the silent film star. The NAACP participated in the defense, which was successful. In his decision, federal judge Thurmond Clarke said that it was time that "members of the Negro race are accorded, without reservations or evasions, the full rights guaranteed to them under the 14th amendment."[28] The United States Supreme Court declared restrictive covenants unenforceable in 1948 in Shelley v. Kraemer. A group of Jewish residents of Beverly Hills filed an amicus brief in this case.[29]

In 1956, Paul Trousdale (1915–1990) purchased the Doheny Ranch and developed it into Trousdale Estates, convincing the city of Beverly Hills to annex it.[30][31][32][33][34][35][36] The neighborhood has been home to Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Tony Curtis, Ray Charles, and President Richard Nixon, as well as, in later years, Jennifer Aniston, David Spade, Vera Wang and John Rich.[33][37][38]

The Beverly Hills Civic Center, built 1982–90, is a mix of Spanish Revival, Art Deco, and Postmodern styles.

Following the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran, many Persian Jews settled in Beverly Hills.[39][40][41]

In the late 1990s, the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA) proposed to build an extension of the Metro D Line along Wilshire Boulevard and into Downtown Beverly Hills, but the city opposed it.[42] The D Line Extension will ultimately be completed by 2027 and will include a station at Wilshire Boulevard and Rodeo Drive.

21st century

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In 2001, LACMTA proposed a bus rapid transit route down Santa Monica Boulevard, but this was opposed by the city and never built. This stretch of road is served by less efficient Metro Rapid buses using pre-existing roadways.[42] By 2010, traffic in Beverly Hills and surrounding areas had deteriorated enough that the city's habitual opposition had largely turned to support for subways within the city limits.[43] As part of the D Line Extension project, the D Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail was intended in 2013 to be extended through Beverly Hills, adding two underground stations at Wilshire/La Cienega and Wilshire/Rodeo by the 2020s.[44]

Since the 1960s, Rodeo Drive has become one of the most expensive shopping streets in the world.

The city of Beverly Hills widely opposed Proposition 8, the 2008 ballot measure which repealed legal recognition of same-sex marriages. The proposition narrowly passed statewide, but in Beverly Hills, only 34% voted in favor, and 66% voted against it.[45]

In the midst of the 2015 drought, Beverly Hills was found to be one of the largest water consumers in California. As a result, it was asked by the state to reduce consumption by 36%, prompting many residents to replace their lawns with native plants. Meanwhile, the city government replaced the grass in front of the City Hall with Mexican sage.[46]

In September 2015, the City of Beverly Hills signed an agreement with Israel to work together on water use as well as "cybersecurity, public health, emergency services, disaster preparedness, public safety, counterterrorism and art and culture".[47]

In July 2016, the City of Beverly Hills received the Livability Award from the United States Conference of Mayors for its Ambassador Program, which takes care of the city's homeless population.[48]

The Beverly Hills Community Dog Park was dedicated on September 6, 2016.[49][50]

Geography

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Beverly Gardens Park.

Beverly Hills and the neighboring city of West Hollywood are together entirely surrounded by the city of Los Angeles. Beverly Hills is bordered on the northwest by the Los Angeles neighborhood of Bel-Air and the Santa Monica Mountains, on the east by West Hollywood, the Carthay neighborhood of Los Angeles, and the Fairfax District of Los Angeles, and on the south by the Beverlywood neighborhood of Los Angeles.[51] The area's "Platinum Triangle" is formed by the city of Beverly Hills and the Los Angeles neighborhoods of Bel Air and Holmby Hills.

The ZIP codes for Beverly Hills are 90209 (P.O. boxes only), 90210, 90211, 90212, and 90213 (P.O. boxes only).[6]

Areas

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The Flats

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Most residents live in the "flats" of Beverly Hills, which is a relatively flat area that slopes away from the hills, and includes all of Beverly Hills south of Sunset Boulevard and north of Santa Monica Boulevard. This area includes Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts.

Trousdale Estates

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Trousdale Estates is a 410-acre neighborhood of large, luxurious homes in Beverly Hills. It was primarily developed in the 1950s and early 1960s by Paul Trousdale, who petitioned the city to incorporate the land into Beverly Hills soon after purchasing it from the Doheny family.[52] Greystone Mansion, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is in Trousdale Estates.[53] The average sale price of homes in Trousdale is over $10 million.[54]

Downtown Beverly Hills

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In a triangle surrounded by Santa Monica Boulevard, Wilshire Boulevard and Crescent Drive is Downtown Beverly Hills, also known as the Golden Triangle, a retail and dining hub attracting locals, and in some sections attracting visitors from across the region and around the world.

  • Linden, Roxbury, Bedford and Camden drives, short streets catering to residents' needs, lined with medical offices, bank branches, delicatessens, etc.
  • Rodeo Drive, known for high-end boutiques.
  • Beverly Drive, lined with upscale chain retailers commonly found in malls. Some restaurants line Beverly Drive as well.[55]
  • Cañon and Crescent drives, attracting local and regional shoppers and diners to restaurants such as Spago as well as local favorites, particularly along Cañon.[55]
  • Wilshire Boulevard is home to the two department stores remaining in the city: Saks Fifth Avenue, and Neiman Marcus.

South Beverly Drive, i.e. south of Wilshire Boulevard, is another dining and shopping hub.[56]

Houses south of Wilshire Boulevard have more urban square and rectangular lots, in general smaller than those to the north. There are also more apartment buildings south of Wilshire Boulevard than anywhere else in Beverly Hills.

West Gateway

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The city’s West Gateway on Wilshire Blvd. borders the Los Angeles Country Club.[57] The gateway features a hospitality complex consisting of The Beverly Hilton, Waldorf Astoria Beverly Hills, and the currently under-construction One Beverly Hills.[58] This development will include the tallest tower in Beverly Hills.[59] Across from this complex is one of the city’s elementary schools, El Rodeo.[60]

South East

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The South East is anchored by La Cienega Park, a large park that includes city tennis court complex, baseball field, and soccer fields.[61] The region includes the historic Saban Theater as well as the “Restaurant Row” corridor of La Cienega, including Lawry's, Stinking Rose, and Matsuhisa.[62] It also includes a corridor of medical buildings and office tower, including the Flynt Building, the 99 La Cienega Medical building, and the 240 Medical building.[63] South East Beverly Hills is the site of one of the two Metro D Line stations in the city, the Wilshire/La Cienega station, expected to open in 2025.[64] The area is just south of the Beverly Center and Cedars-Sinai.

Beverly Hills adjacent

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Will Rogers Memorial Park.

Beverly Hills Post Office (BHPO) is the name given to a section directly north of the Beverly Hills city limits that lies within the 90210 ZIP code, assigned to the Beverly Hills Post Office, but is part of the City of Los Angeles.

Along with the Los Angeles communities of Bel-Air and Brentwood, Beverly Hills is one of the "Three Bs",[65][66] a wealthy area in the Los Angeles Westside.[67]

Climate

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Beverly Hills has a warm Mediterranean climate and receives an average 15 inches (380 mm) of rain per year. Summers are marked by warm to hot temperatures with very little wind, while winters are mild to moderate, with occasional rain alternating with periods of Santa Ana winds. Measurable snowfall has been recorded only in 1882, 1922, 1932, 1949 and 1958.

Demographics

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Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
1920674—
193017,4292,485.9%
194026,82353.9%
195029,0328.2%
196030,8176.1%
197033,4168.4%
198032,646−2.3%
199031,971−2.1%
200033,7845.7%
201034,1091.0%
202032,701−4.1%
U.S. Decennial Census[68]

2010

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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Fairbanks Center for Motion Picture Study, built in 1928 in a Spanish Colonial Revival style.

The 2010 United States Census[69] reported that Beverly Hills had a population of 34,109. The population density was 5,973.1 inhabitants per square mile (2,306.2/km2). The racial makeup of Beverly Hills was 28,112 (82.4%) White (78.6% Non-Hispanic White),[70] 746 (2.2%) African American, 48 (0.1%) Native American, 3,032 (8.9%) Asian, 12 (0.0%) Pacific Islander, 485 (1.4%) from other races, and 1,674 (4.9%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1,941 persons (5.7%).

The Census reported that 33,988 people (99.6% of the population) lived in households, 121 (0.4%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 0 (0%) were institutionalized.

There were 14,869 households, out of which 3,759 (25.3%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 6,613 (44.5%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 1,354 (9.1%) had a female householder with no husband present, 494 (3.3%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 460 (3.1%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 131 (0.9%) same-sex married couples or partnerships. 5,400 households (36.3%) were made up of individuals, and 1,834 (12.3%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.29. There were 8,461 families (56.9% of all households); the average family size was 3.05.

Church of the Good Shepherd.

The population was spread out, with 6,623 people (19.4%) under the age of 18, 2,526 people (7.4%) aged 18 to 24, 8,540 people (25.0%) aged 25 to 44, 9,904 people (29.0%) aged 45 to 64, and 6,516 people (19.1%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43.6 years. For every 100 females, there were 84.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 80.3 males.

There were 16,394 housing units at an average density of 2,870.9 units per square mile (1,108.5 units/km2), of which 6,561 (44.1%) were owner-occupied, and 8,308 (55.9%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 2.2%; the rental vacancy rate was 8.0%. 17,740 people (52.0% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 16,248 people (47.6%) lived in rental housing units.

During 2009–2013, Beverly Hills had a median household income of $86,141, with 8.8% of the population living below the federal poverty line.[70]

2000

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All Saints' Episcopal Church.

As of the census[71] of 2000, there were 33,784 people, 15,035 households, and 8,269 families residing in the city. The population density was 5,954.0 inhabitants per square mile (2,298.9/km2). There were 15,856 housing units at an average density of 2,794.4/mi (1,079.7/km2). The racial makeup of the city was 85.06% White, 1.77% African American, 0.13% Native American, 7.05% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 1.50% from other races, and 4.46% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.63% of the population.

There were 15,035 households, out of which 24.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 43.8% were married couples living together, 8.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 45.0% were non-families. 38.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.24 and the average family size was 3.02.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 20.0% under the age of 18, 6.3% from 18 to 24, 29.3% from 25 to 44, 26.8% from 45 to 64, and 17.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females, there were 83.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 79.4 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $70,945, and the median income for a family was $102,611. Males had a median income of $72,004 versus $46,217 for females. The per capita income for the city was $65,507. About 7.9% of families and 9.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 9.5% of those under the age of 18 and 7.9% ages 65 or older.

Economy

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Rodeo Drive is one of the most expensive streets in the world.[72]

Beverly Hills is home to one Fortune 500 company, Live Nation Entertainment. Since August 22, 2011, the headquarters of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer have been located in Beverly Hills after a significant film history established close by on the main original studio lots in Culver City. The talent agencies William Morris Endeavor, Paradigm Talent Agency, The Gersh Agency, United Talent Agency, and Agency for the Performing Arts are based in Beverly Hills.

Hilton Hotels Corporation formerly had its corporate headquarters in Beverly Hills. The original headquarters of GeoCities (at first Beverly Hills Internet) was at 9401 Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills.[73]

The large Beverly Hills Oil Field has four urban drilling islands, which drill diagonally into the earth underneath the city. One drilling island occasioned a 2003 lawsuit representing former attendees of Beverly Hills High School, approximately 280 of which having suffered from cancers allegedly tied to the drilling operations.[74] The oil site on the high school grounds is in the process of being shut down.[75]

Top employers in 2015

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Greystone Mansion is often used as locations for film and television shows.

According to the city's 2015 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers in the city were:

# Employer # of Employees
1 City of Beverly Hills 1,042
2 Beverly Hills Unified School District 642
3 Beverly Wilshire Hotel 620
4 The Beverly Hilton 599
5 The Beverly Hills Hotel 500
6 William Morris Agency 500
7 Saks Fifth Avenue 460
8 Neiman Marcus Group 430
9 Creative Artists Agency 425
10 The Peninsula Beverly Hills 400

Government

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Municipal government

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See also: List of Mayors of Beverly Hills
Beverly Hills City Hall, built in 1931 in a California Churrigueresque style.

Beverly Hills is a general law city governed by a five-member city council, including the mayor and vice mayor. The city council hires a city manager to carry out policies and serve as executive officer. Until 2017, every odd-numbered year, either two or three members were elected for four-year terms. However, in 2017, the council changed its cycle to conform with statewide elections; the first such election was held in March 2020.[76] Each April, the city council meets and chooses one of its members as mayor and one as vice-mayor. As of April 2024, Lester Friedman is mayor, Sharona Nazarian is vice mayor, and John Mirisch, Craig Corman, and Mary Wells are councilmembers.[77] Nancy Hunt-Coffey serves as city manager.[3]

County, state and federal representation

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BHUSD's El Rodeo School.

On the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, Beverly Hills is in the Third District, represented by Lindsey Horvath.[78]

In the upper house of the California State Legislature, Beverly Hills is in the 24th Senate District, represented by Democrat Ben Allen. In the lower house, it is in the 51st Assembly District, represented by Democrat Rick Zbur.[79]

In the United States House of Representatives, Beverly Hills is in California's 36th congressional district, represented by Democrat Ted Lieu.

New and existing laws

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On January 1, 2022, Beverly Hills became the first city in America to ban the sale of all tobacco products. Smoking lounges and hotels are exempt from the new law. The city council passed the law in June 2021. Flavored tobacco was already banned.[80]

Politics

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Beverly Hills city vote by party in presidential elections.
Year Democratic Republican Third Parties

2024 [81]

45.43% 8,123

50.06% 8,968

1.9% 342

2020[82]

55.07% 10,453

43.85% 8,325

1.06% 203

2016[83]

63.81% 9,743

32.63% 4,982

3.55% 543

2012[84]

54.27% 8,263

43.85% 6,676

1.86% 284

2008[85]

59.54% 10,331

39.2% 6,801

1.25% 217

2004[86]

62% 13,691

37.04% 8,168

0.86% 190

2000[87]

76.51% 8,399

20.47% 2,247

3% 331

1996[88]

68.33% 7,188

24.69% 2,598

6.96% 733

1992[89]

65.69% 8,810

20.8% 2,790

13.5% 1,811

1988[90]

60.1% 9,702

39.3% 6,345

0.5% 95

1984[91]

52.71% 7,343

46.48% 6,475

0.7% 111

1980[92]

39.65% 6,111

47.65% 7,344

12.69% 1,957

1976[93]

52.05% 8,974

46.95% 8,094

0.9% 171

1972[94]

49.40% 9,199

49.07% 9,135

1.5% 282

1968[95]

61.5% 11,138

36.9% 6,693

1.4% 267

1964[96]

64.9% 11,832

35% 6,399


In the 2024 Los Angeles County District Attorney election, a significant majority of Beverly Hills voters, 73.51% (13,126 votes), voted for Nathan Hochman, whereas only 17.17% (3,077 votes) backed George Gascón. [97]

In the 2024 Election for California's 36th congressional district, 44.67% (7,978 voters) of Beverly Hills backed Melissa Toomim, whereas 43.71% (7,806 voters) of the city voted for the incumbent, Ted Lieu. [98]

Education

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Beverly Hills High School

Beverly Hills is served by Beverly Hills Unified School District, which includes two kindergarten-through-fifth-grade schools (Hawthorne and Horace Mann), one middle school (Beverly Vista) and Beverly Hills High School. One alternative school, Moreno High School, shares its campus with the aforementioned Beverly Hills High School.

Beverly Hills also has several private schools. Good Shepherd School, a PreK-8 school, is a part of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles. Other private schools include Harkham Hillel Hebrew Academy.

Infrastructure

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Former Beverly Hills Post Office

The Beverly Hills Police Department and the Beverly Hills Fire Department serve as emergency response agencies for the city.

The Los Angeles County Department of Health Services SPA 5 West Area Health Office serves Beverly Hills.[99] The department operates the Simms/Mann Health and Wellness Center in Santa Monica, serving Beverly Hills.[100]

The United States Postal Service operates the Beverly Hills Post Office at 325 North Maple Drive,[101] the Crescent Post Office at 323 North Crescent Drive,[102] the Beverly Post Office at 312 South Beverly Drive,[103] and the Eastgate Post Office at 8383 Wilshire Boulevard.[104][105] The former Beverly Hills Post Office was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 11, 1985.[106]

Autonomous vehicles

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In April 2016,[107] the Beverly Hills City Council passed a resolution[108] to create autonomous vehicles for public transportation within the next decade.[109] Mayor John Mirisch said this was one of his top priorities during his tenure as mayor. "This is a game-changer for Beverly Hills and, we hope, for the region," said Mirisch in the press release. "Beverly Hills is the perfect community to take the lead to make this technology a reality. It is now both feasible and safe for autonomous cars to be on the road."[110]

Media

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Sign marking the Beverly Hills city limit

Beverly Hills is served by free weekly newspapers The Beverly Hills Courier and Beverly Hills Weekly.

The BHUSD has a public-access television station called KBEV, which is run by the students of Beverly Hills High School.[111]

Landmarks

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Notable people

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Main category: People from Beverly Hills, California
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Beverly Hills 90210 logo
Beverly Hills 90210 logo
See also: Category:Beverly Hills, California in fiction

Beverly Hills frequently appears in popular culture as a place of conspicuous wealth or luxury, although the actual demographics of the city are more complex.[112] In some films, such as 1990's Pretty Woman, substantial filming took place in the city; in many others, however, such as Beverly Hills Cop (1984), little is shown besides establishing shots of landmarks such as the Beverly Hills Hotel and Rodeo Drive.

Beverly Hills is also featured in the song "Beverly Hills" by the rock band Weezer.

In television, the scene in the opening credits of The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968), in which Sheriff Taylor and Opie carry fishing poles past a pond, was shot at the Franklin Canyon Reservoir north of the city, just west of Coldwater Canyon.[113] The CBS sitcom The Beverly Hillbillies (1962–71) followed a hillbilly family who relocate to Beverly Hills from the Ozarks. The city also features in the name of the 1990s soap opera Beverly Hills, 90210, revolving around the lives of teenagers attending the fictional West Beverly Hills High School.[114][115]

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills is a reality television franchise.[116]

Sister cities

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See also

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