Bel Air, Los Angeles

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Bel Air is a residential neighborhood in the Westside region on the foothills of the Santa Monica Mountains of Los Angeles, California, United States.

Together with Beverly Hills and Holmby Hills, Bel Air forms the Platinum Triangle of Los Angeles neighborhoods.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Bel Air, Beverly Hills, and the Los Angeles community of Brentwood are also known as the "three Bs".<ref name=BDSp347>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

History

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The community was founded in 1923 by Alphonzo Bell. Bell owned farm property in Santa Fe Springs, California, where oil was discovered. He bought a large ranch with a home on what is now Bel Air Road. He subdivided and developed the property with large residential lots, with work on the master plan led by the landscape architect Mark Daniels.<ref name=thompson>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He also built the Bel-Air Bay Club in Pacific Palisades and the Bel-Air Country Club. His wife chose Italian names for the streets. She also founded the Bel-Air Garden Club in 1931.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Fires

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On November 6, 1961, a fire ignited and devastated the community of Bel Air, destroying 484 homes.Template:R On December 6, 2017, a fire started by a homeless encampment burned in the same area, destroying six homes.

Geography

Bel Air is about Template:Convert west of Downtown Los Angeles,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> set entirely within the Santa Monica Mountains. It lies across Sunset Boulevard from the University of California, Los Angeles's main campus. At its heart are the Bel-Air Country Club and the Hotel Bel-Air.

Climate

The region experiences warm and dry summers. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Bel Air has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csb" on climate maps.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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Demographics

The 2000 U.S. census counted 7,691 residents in the Template:Convert Bel Air neighborhood; with Template:Convert it has among the lowest population densities for the city and the county. In 2008, the city estimated that the population had increased to 8,253.

In 2000, the median age for residents was 46, which was high for city and county neighborhoods. The percentages of residents aged 50 and older was among the county's highest.<ref name=MappingLABelAir>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The median yearly household income in 2008 was $207,938, the highest figure for any neighborhood or city in Los Angeles County. Renters occupied 14.5% of the housing stock, and house- or apartment-owners held 85.5%. The average household size of 2.4 people was considered typical for Los Angeles.<ref name=MappingLABelAir/>

The 4.1% of families headed by single parents was considered low for city and county neighborhoods. The percentages of married people in Bel Air were among the county's highest—66.0% for men and 65.7% for women. There were 808 veterans, or 12.9% of the population.<ref name=MappingLABelAir/><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The neighborhood was considered "not especially diverse" ethnically<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> within Los Angeles, with a relatively high percentage of white people. The breakdown was whites, 83.0%; Asians, 8.2%; Latinos, 4.6%; African Americans, 0.9%; and others, 3.2%. Iran (26.1%) and South Africa (8.2%) were the most common places of birth for the 24.1% of the residents who were born abroad—which was an average percentage for Los Angeles as a whole.<ref name=MappingLABelAir/>

Neighborhoods

Of several entrances, there are two main ones: the East Gate at Beverly Glen and Sunset Boulevards and the West Gate at Bellagio Way and Sunset Boulevard, opposite an entrance to UCLA. Bel Air is generally subdivided into three distinct neighborhoods: East Gate Old Bel Air, West Gate Bel Air, and Upper Bel Air.Template:RTemplate:Citation needed

Bel Air Estates, the original subdivision of the Bel Air community, is generally bounded by Nimes Road to the north, Sunset Boulevard to the south, Beverly Glen Boulevard to the east and both sides of Bel Air Road to the west.<ref>SurveyLA: Bel Air - Beverly Crest Report Historic Districts, Planning Districts and Multi-Property Resources – 12/05/13</ref>

Attractions

The Hannah Carter Japanese Garden is in Bel Air. It was inspired by the gardens of Kyoto. Many structures in the garden—the main gate, garden house, bridges, and shrine—were built in Japan and reassembled on site. Antique stone carvings, water basins and lanterns, as well as the five-tiered pagoda, and key symbolic rocks are also from Japan.<ref name="LAT 20150930">Template:Cite news</ref>

Government and infrastructure

The Los Angeles County Department of Health Services SPA 5 West Area Health Office serves Bel Air.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Bel Air is in the 5th city council district, represented by Katy Yaroslavsky. It is in the 90077 (Bel Air Estates & Beverly Glen) ZIP code, which is part of the city of Los Angeles. Stone Canyon Reservoir lies in the northeastern part of Bel Air. Established in 1994, it serves around 500,000 people. The Bel Air Association, operational since 1942, is dedicated to preserving the residential community's aesthetic appearance. It is at the East Gate, at 100 Bel Air Road.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Emergency services

Fire services

Los Angeles Fire Department Station 71 is in the area.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Police services

The Los Angeles Police Department operates the West Los Angeles Community Police Station at 1663 Butler Avenue, 90025, serving the neighborhood.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Security services

CSI Security, at 11400 W. Olympic Blvd., serves the neighborhood.

Education

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The American Jewish University, located in the Bel Air Casiano neighborhood

Almost two-thirds (66.1%) of Bel Air residents over 24 had earned a four-year degree by 2000, a high percentage for the city and the county. The percentages of residents in that age range with a bachelor's degree were high for the county.<ref name=MappingLABelAir/> The community is in the Los Angeles Unified School District. The area is in Board District 4.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> As of 2009, Steve Zimmer represented the district.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Schools

Schools in Bel Air are as follows:<ref name=MappingLABelairSchools>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Public

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Community Magnet Charter School
  • Roscomare Road Elementary School, 2425 Roscomare Road<ref name=Savage>Template:Cite news</ref>
  • Community Magnet Charter Elementary School, 11301 Bellagio Road. Template:As of, because the school's points-based admissions system does not favor area residents, children living in Bel Air generally do not attend the school.<ref name="Guzman">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Roscomare Road and Warner Avenue Elementary School in Westwood are the zoned elementary schools serving Bel Air.<ref name=Savage/><ref name="LAT 2005/mar/06">Template:Cite news</ref> Bel Air is within the attendance boundaries of Emerson Middle School in Westwood and University High School, West Los Angeles.Template:R

In April 1983, an advisory committee of the LAUSD recommended closing eight LAUSD schools, including Bellagio Road School. The committee did not target Fairburn Avenue School in Westwood, as a way of allowing it to preserve its ethnic balance, and so it could take children from Bellagio Road in case it closed.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In August 1983, the board publicly considered closing Bellagio, which had 240 students at the time.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The school's enrollment had been decreasing, but the board had voted in May to keep the school open. In February 1984, after the composition of the board had changed, it voted to close the school.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Bel Air formerly housed the Bellagio Road Newcomer School, a 3rd–8th grade school for newly arrived immigrants. In 2002, it had 390 students from Armenia, China, El Salvador, Guatemala, Korea, Russia, and other countries.<ref name="Helfand2">Template:Cite news</ref> This program was housed in the former Bellagio Road school.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Private

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University

Bel Air is home to the American Jewish University.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Additionally, Bel Air borders the University of California, Los Angeles on the south.

Television shows and films have been filmed in Bel Air, or are said to take place in the community. Exterior shots for the Beverly Hillbillies were shot in and around 750 Bel Air Road,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> built by Lynn Atkinson (and later sold to hotelier Arnold Kirkeby after Atkinson's wife refused to move into a house she thought too ostentatious).

Several scenes in the 2015 film "Get Hard" were set in Bel Air. Exterior scenes from films such as Get Shorty (1995) have also been filmed in the area.Template:Citation needed

Several episodes of the television show The Rockford Files were filmed in Bel Air.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, starring actor and rapper Will Smith, was set in the neighborhood, although exterior shots were filmed in Brentwood.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The Bel Air house featured in the 1960 film Strangers When We Meet was built and completed during filming, and still stands today as a private residence.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The Bel Air Film Festival, first held in 2008,<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> is an annual international film festival held in Bel Air and the Los Angeles area.

Bel Air is also represented in music, such as in the song "Bel Air" by Lana Del Rey.

The Chevrolet Bel Air was a full-size car produced by Chevrolet for the 1950–1975 model years.

Notable people

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  • The Weeknd, singer-songwriter, actor<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
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See also

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Explanatory footnotes

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