:en:Beverly Hills, California

File:Creamery on Hammel and Denker ranch, Beverly Hills, ca.1905 (CHS-2353).jpg {{Circa|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.{{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}} They called their {{convert|4500|acre|km2}} of property the Rancho Rodeo de las Aguas.{{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}} In 1854, she sold the ranch to Benjamin Davis Wilson (1811–1878) and Henry Hancock (1822–1883). By the 1880s, the ranch had been subdivided into parcels of {{convert|75|acre|km2}} and was being rapidly bought up by Anglos from Los Angeles and the East coast.

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

File:The Beverly Hills Hotel, 1989 (2086903257) (cropped).jpg

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.{{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}}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] They did not find enough to exploit commercially by the standards of the time, though. In 1906, therefore, they reorganized as the Rodeo Land and Water Company, renamed the property "Beverly Hills", subdivided it, and began selling lots.{{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}} The development was named "Beverly Hills" after Beverly Farms in Beverly, Massachusetts, and because of the hills in the area.

The Los Angeles Times reported on September 2, 1906:{{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}}

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.

File:Tennis court on Virginia Robinson Estate (cropped).JPG, 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.{{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}}

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

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. 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.{{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}}

File:REAR CORNER - Harold Lloyd Estate, Beverly Hills, Los Angeles County, CA HABS CAL,19-BEVHI,2-5 (cropped).tif, 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{{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}} and nicknamed "Pickfair" by the press.{{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}} The glamour associated with Fairbanks and Pickford as well as other movie stars who built mansions in the city contributed to its growing appeal.

By the early 1920s, the population of Beverly Hills had grown enough to make the water supply a political issue.{{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}} In 1923, the usual solution, annexation to the city of Los Angeles, was proposed.{{rp|65}} There was considerable opposition to annexation among such famous residents as Pickford, Fairbanks, Will Rogers{{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}} and Rudolph Valentino.{{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}} 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.{{rp|65}}

File:BEVERLY WILSHIRE HOTEL LOS ANGELES 6 - panoramio.jpg, 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.{{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}} 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.{{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}}

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.{{rp|9}}

File:Beverly Hills City Hall, 1932 (cropped).jpg, built in 1932 in a California Churrigueresque style]]

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."{{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}} 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.{{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}}

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.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{{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}}{{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}}Erika Riggs, [https://www.nbcnews.com/business/elvis-beverly-hills-home-goes-market-1C6856039 Elvis' Beverly Hills home goes on the market], NBC{{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}}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, January 9, 2012{{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}} 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.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]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

File:Beverly Hills Civic Center, LA, CA, jjron 21.03.2012.jpg, 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.[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.][https://www.wmagazine.com/gallery/persian-beverly-hills-ss-2 A look inside the elite Iranian Jewish community of Beverly Hills.][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.]

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.{{Schwieterman-Leaves-Western|page=32}} The D Line Extension will ultimately be completed by 2027 and will include a station at Wilshire Boulevard and Rodeo Drive.

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. 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.{{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}} 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.{{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}}

File:Rodeo Drive, Beverly Hills, LA, CA, jjron 21.03.2012.jpg 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.{{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}}

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.{{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}}

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".{{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}}

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.{{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}}

The Beverly Hills Community Dog Park was dedicated on September 6, 2016.{{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}}{{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}}

In 2024, the California Attorney General held Beverly Hills accountable for preventing reproductive health clinic from opening, failing to protect California's Constitutional Right to Abortion. {{cite web|title=Beverly Hills accountable for preventing reproductive rights|url=https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-bonta-holds-beverly-hills-accountable-preventing-reproductive}}

File:Beverly Gardens Park, LA, CA, jjron 21.03.2012.jpg]]

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.Google map 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).{{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 }}

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 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.{{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}} Greystone Mansion, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is in Trousdale Estates.{{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}} The average sale price of homes in Trousdale is over $10 million.{{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}}

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.{{Cite web|url=https://goop.com/destination/california/los-angeles/beverly-hills-restaurants/|title=Restaurants in Beverly Hills}}
• Cañon and Crescent drives, attracting local and regional shoppers and diners to restaurants such as Spago as well as local favorites, particularly along Cañon.
• 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.[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]

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.

The city’s West Gateway on Wilshire Blvd. borders the Los Angeles Country Club.{{Cite web |title=Home - Los Angeles Country Club |url=https://www.thelacc.org/ |access-date=2024-12-30 |website=www.thelacc.org}} The gateway features a hospitality complex consisting of The Beverly Hilton, Waldorf Astoria Beverly Hills, and the currently under-construction One Beverly Hills.{{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}} This development will include the tallest tower in Beverly Hills.{{Cite web |last=Vincent |first=Roger |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}} Across from this complex is one of the city’s elementary schools, El Rodeo.{{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}}

The South East is anchored by La Cienega Park, a large park that includes city tennis court complex, baseball field, and soccer fields.{{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}} The region includes the historic Saban Theater as well as the “Restaurant Row” corridor of La Cienega, including Lawry's, Stinking Rose, and Matsuhisa.{{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}} 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.{{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}} 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.{{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}} The area is just south of the Beverly Center and Cedars-Sinai.

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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",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.""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." a wealthy area in the Los Angeles Westside.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."

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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.

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Beverly Hills first appeared as a city in the 1920 U.S. Census as part of the now defunct Cahuenga Township.

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The 2010 United States census{{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}} 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 (78.6% Non-Hispanic White),{{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}} 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. There were 1,941 residents of Hispanic or Latino ancestry, of any race (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.

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There were 6,623 residents (19.4%) under the age of 18, 2,526 (7.4%) aged 18 to 24, 8,540 (25.0%) aged 25 to 44, 9,904 (29.0%) aged 45 to 64, and 6,516 (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 |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.

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.

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As of the census{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=January 31, 2008 |title=U.S. Census website }} 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/km²). The ethnic 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 ethnic group. Hispanic or Latino residents 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, 20.0% of the population was under the age of 18, 6.3% was from 18 to 24, 29.3% from 25 to 44, 26.8% from 45 to 64, and 17.6% was 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.

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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.[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.

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.Horowitz, Joy. Parts per million: the poisoning of Beverly Hills High School. p. 8. Viking, 2007. {{ISBN|0-670-03798-2}}. The oil site on the high school grounds is in the process of being shut down.{{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}}

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

{{See also|Mayor of Beverly Hills|l1=List of Mayors of Beverly Hills}}

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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.{{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}} 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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.beverlyhills.org/citymanager/mayorandcouncilmembers/web.jsp|title=Mayor and Councilmembers|website=www.beverlyhills.org}} Nancy Hunt-Coffey serves as city manager.

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

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}}.{{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 }}

In the United States House of Representatives, Beverly Hills is in {{Representative|cacd|36|fmt=district}}.

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.{{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}}

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.{{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 }}

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.{{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}}

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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.

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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."[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. The department operates the Simms/Mann Health and Wellness Center in Santa Monica, serving Beverly Hills."[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.

The United States Postal Service operates the Beverly Hills Post Office at 325 North Maple Drive,{{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 }} the Crescent Post Office at 323 North Crescent Drive,{{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 }} the Beverly Post Office at 312 South Beverly Drive,{{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 }} and the Eastgate Post Office at 8383 Wilshire Boulevard.{{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 }}{{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}} The former Beverly Hills Post Office was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 11, 1985.{{NRISref|version=2010a}}

In April 2016,{{Cite web|url=http://www.beverlyhills.org/citygovernment/departmentsanddivisions/informationtechnology/itcorner/autonomousvehicles/|title=Autonomous Vehicles|website=Beverlyhills.org|access-date=April 24, 2016}} the Beverly Hills City Council passed a resolution{{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}} to create autonomous vehicles for public transportation within the next decade.{{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}} 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."{{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}}

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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.{{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 }}

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• Beverly Gardens Park
• Beverly Hills 9/11 Memorial Garden
• Beverly Hills City Hall
• Beverly Hills High School
• Beverly Hills Hotel
• Beverly Hills Police Department
• Beverly Hills Public Library
• Beverly Hills Women's Club
• Beverly Wilshire Hotel
• Electric Fountain
• Greystone Mansion
• Greenacres
• La Cienega Park
• Misty Mountain
• Pickfair
• Rodeo Drive
• Roxbury Memorial Park
• Virginia Robinson Gardens
• Will Rogers Memorial Park

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{{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.{{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}} 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.{{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}} 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.{{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}}{{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}}

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills is a reality television franchise.{{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 }}

• {{flagicon|MEX}} Acapulco, Mexico
• {{flagicon|FRA}} Cannes, France{{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}}
• {{flagdeco|Israel}} Herzliya, Israel{{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}}
• {{flagdeco|China}} Pudong, China

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• {{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}}
• {{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}}

• 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.

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• {{Official website}}
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20200222191203/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

{{Geographic Location

| Center = Beverly Hills

| North = Beverly Park – Franklin Canyon Park – Coldwater Canyon

| Northeast = Laurel Canyon

| East = Fairfax District – West Hollywood

| Southeast = Pico-Robertson – Carthay – Mid-City

| Southwest = Hillcrest Country Club – Rancho Park – Rancho Park Golf Course

| South = Beverlywood, Los Angeles

| West = Los Angeles Country Club – Westwood

| Northwest =Holmby Hills – Beverly Glen

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