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'''Beverly Hills''' is a city in [[Los Angeles County, California]], United States. A [[suburb]] of Los Angeles, it is located 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}}</ref> The city's 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 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 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.

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==

===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]]]]
[[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>

===20th century===
[[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>
<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>

[[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====
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====
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====
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}}

[[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====
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>

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>
[[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.]]

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>

In the late 1990s, [[Los Angeles Metro|Metro]] proposed to build an extension of the [[D Line (Los Angeles Metro)|Metro D Line]] along [[Wilshire Boulevard]] into Downtown Beverly Hills, but the city opposed it.<ref name="Schwieterman2004">{{Schwieterman-Leaves-Western|page=32}}</ref> Section 2 of the [[D Line Extension]] will include a [[Beverly Drive station|station at Wilshire Boulevard and Rodeo Drive]] that will open in 2026.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mandelkern |first1=India |title=D Line Subway Extension Section 1 update: Ninety-eight percent finished and counting |url=https://thesource.metro.net/d-line-subway-extension-section-1-update-ninety-eight-percent-finished-and-counting/ |access-date=July 24, 2025 |work=The Source |publisher=[[Los Angeles Metro]] |date=July 23, 2025}}</ref>

===21st century===
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 Beverly Drive 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>

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>

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>

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 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.<ref name="dupont">{{cite web|title=Beverly Hills accountable for preventing reproductive rights|date=October 31, 2024 |url=https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-bonta-holds-beverly-hills-accountable-preventing-reproductive}}</ref>

==Geography==
[[File:Beverly Gardens Park, LA, CA, jjron 21.03.2012.jpg|thumb|right|[[Beverly Gardens Park]]]]
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]].

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>

===Areas===
====The Flats====
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====
[[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>

====Downtown Beverly Hills====
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.

====West Gateway====
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=December 30, 2024 |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=February 12, 2024 |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=December 30, 2024 |website=la.urbanize.city |language=en}}</ref> This development will include the tallest tower in Beverly Hills.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Vincent |first=Roger |date=February 8, 2024 |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=December 30, 2024 |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=December 30, 2024 |title=El Rodeo Elementary School |url=https://er.bhusd.org/ |access-date=December 30, 2024 |website=er.bhusd.org |language=en}}</ref>

====South East====
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=September 13, 2019 |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=December 30, 2024 |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=September 10, 2024 |access-date=December 30, 2024 |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=April 18, 2014 |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=December 30, 2024 |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=December 30, 2024 |website=beverlyhills.org}}</ref> The area is just south of the [[Beverly Center]] and [[Cedars-Sinai Medical Center|Cedars-Sinai]].

====Beverly Hills adjacent====
[[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>

===Climate===
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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.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1920= 674
|1930= 17429
|1940= 26823
|1950= 29032
|1960= 30817
|1970= 33416
|1980= 32367
|1990= 31971
|2000= 33784
|2010= 34109
|2020= 32701
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|estimate=
|estref=
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.html|title=Decennial Census by Decade|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=}}</ref><br>1860–1870<ref name=1870CensusCA1>{{Cite web|title= 1870 Census of Population - Population of Civil Divisions less than Counties - California - Almeda County to Sutter County |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1870/population/1870a-12.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref><ref name=1870CensusCA2>{{Cite web|title= 1870 Census of Population - Population of Civil Divisions less than Counties - California - Tehama County to Yuba County  |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1870/population/1870a-13.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 1880–1890<ref name=1890CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1890 Census of Population - Population of California by Minor Civil Divisions |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1890/bulletins/demographics/134-population-of-ca.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref><br> 1900<ref name=1900CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1900 Census of Population - Population of California by Counties and Minor Civil Divisions |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1900/bulletins/demographic/10-population-ca.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 1910<ref name=1910CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1910 Census of Population - Supplement for California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1910/abstract/supplement-ca.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 1920<ref name=1920CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1920 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1920/bulletins/demographics/population-ca-number-of-inhabitants.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref><br> 1930<ref name=1930CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1930 Census of Population - Number and Distribution of Inhabitants - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1930/population-volume-1/03815512v1ch03.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 1940<ref name=1940CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1940 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1940/population-volume-1/33973538v1ch03.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 1950<ref name=1950CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1950 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1950/population-volume-1/vol-01-08.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref><br> 1960<ref name=1960CensusCA1>{{Cite web|title= 1960 Census of Population - General population Characteristics - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1960/population-volume-1/vol-01-06-d.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref><ref name=1960CensusCA2>{{Cite web|title= 1960 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1960/population-volume-1/vol-01-06-c.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 1970<ref name=1970CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1970 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1970a_ca1-01.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 1980<ref name=1980CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1980 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1980a_caAB-01.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref><br> 1990<ref name=1990CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1990 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/cen1990/cph2/cph-2-6.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
2000<ref name=2000CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 2000 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/2003/dec/phc-3-6.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 2010<ref name=2010CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 2010 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/2010/cph-2/cph-2-6.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref><br> 2020<ref name=2020CensusP2/>
}}

Beverly Hills first appeared as a city in the [[1920 U.S. census]] as part of the now defunct Cahuenga Township.<ref name=1920CensusCA/>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''Beverly Hills city, California – Racial and ethnic composition'''<br><small>{{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}}</small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small>
!Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>{{Cite web|title=P004: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Beverly Hills city, California |url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=160XX00US0606308&tid=DECENNIALSF12000.P004|website=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Beverly Hills city, California |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US0606308&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!{{partial|Pop 2020}}<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Beverly Hills city, California |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US0606308&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|27,717
|26,794
|style='background: #ffffe6; |24,894
|82.04%
|78.55%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |76.13%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|584
|725
|style='background: #ffffe6; |662
|1.73%
|2.13%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2.02%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|32
|29
|style='background: #ffffe6; |13
|0.09%
|0.09%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.04%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|2,366
|3,009
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2,865
|7.00%
|8.82%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |8.76%
|-
|[[Native Hawaiian]] or [[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|8
|10
|style='background: #ffffe6; |11
|0.02%
|0.03%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.03%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Other race]] alone (NH)
|105
|87
|style='background: #ffffe6; |261
|0.31%
|0.26%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.80%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed race or Multiracial]] (NH)
|1,407
|1,514
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,777
|4.16%
|4.44%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |5.43%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|1,565
|1,941
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2,218
|4.63%
|5.69%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |6.78%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''33,784'''
|'''34,109'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''32,701'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}
{| class="wikitable collapsible" style="text-align:center;"
!Race <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small>
!% 1990<ref>{{cite book |title=California: 1990, Part 1 |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |pages=39 |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1990/cp-1/cp-1-6-1.pdf}}</ref>
!% 1980<ref>{{cite book |title=General Social and Economic Characteristics: California |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |pages=61 |url=https://usa.ipums.org/usa/resources/voliii/pubdocs/1980/1980a_caCs1-01.pdf}}</ref>
!Pop 1990
!Pop 1980
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|87.4%
|91%
|27,937
|29,461
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black]] alone (NH)
|1.7%
|1.3%
|528
|406
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|American Indian]] alone (NH)
|0.1%
|0.1%
|42
|47
|-
|[[Asian Pacific Americans|Asian or Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|5.3%
|2.4%
|1,708
|784
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Other race]] alone (NH)
|0.1%
|0.5%
|31
|178
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic/Latino]] (any race)
|5.4%
|4.6%
|1,725
|1,491
|}
As of [[2020 United States census|2020]], 25.7% of the population reported Middle Eastern or North African ancestry. The most reported ancestries were:<ref>{{cite web |title=TOTAL POPULATION |url=https://data.census.gov/table?t=-06:-1000E:-3000F:-4000G:-5000K:-7000E:-8000B&g=160XX00US0606308&d=DEC+Detailed+Demographic+and+Housing+Characteristics+File+A |website=data.census.gov |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau}}</ref>
* [[Iranian diaspora|Iranian]] (20.1%)
* [[English people|English]] (6.5%)
* [[Germans|German]] (5.9%)
* [[Russians|Russian]] (5%)
* [[Irish people|Irish]] (4.7%)
* [[Italians|Italian]] (3.7%)
* [[Koreans|Korean]] (2.9%)
* [[Polish people|Polish]] (2.9%)
* [[Mexicans|Mexican]] (2.9%)
* [[French people|French]] (2.8%)

===2020===
[[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 [[2020 United States census]] reported that Beverly Hills had a population of 32,701. The population density was {{convert|5,729.0|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of Beverly Hills was 77.9% [[White Americans|White]], 2.1% [[African Americans|African American]], 0.1% [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]], 8.8% [[Asian Americans|Asian]], 0.0% [[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]], 2.3% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 8.7% from two or more races. [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] of any race were 6.8% of the population.<ref name=DP1>{{cite web |title=Beverly Hills city, California; DP1: Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics - 2020 Census of Population and Housing |url=https://data.census.gov/table/DECENNIALDP2020.DP1?g=1600000US0606308 |website=US Census Bureau |access-date=June 8, 2025}}</ref>

The census reported that 99.7% of the population lived in households, 0.2% lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 0.2% were institutionalized.<ref name=DP1/>

There were 14,564 households, out of which 22.2% included children under the age of 18, 41.5% were married-couple households, 4.4% were [[cohabitation|cohabiting]] couple households, 35.7% had a female householder with no partner present, and 18.4% had a male householder with no partner present. 37.2% of households were one person, and 14.3% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.24.<ref name=DP1/> There were 8,046 [[family (U.S. Census)|families]] (55.2% of all households).<ref>{{cite web |title=Beverly Hills city, California; P16: Household Type - 2020 Census of Population and Housing |url=https://data.census.gov/table/DECENNIALDHC2020.P16?g=1600000US0606308 |website=US Census Bureau |access-date=June 8, 2025}}</ref>

The age distribution was 16.9% under the age of 18, 8.0% aged 18 to 24, 24.5% aged 25 to 44, 27.1% aged 45 to 64, and 23.5% who were 65{{nbsp}}years of age or older. The median age was 45.5{{nbsp}}years. For every 100 females, there were 85.0 males.<ref name=DP1/>

There were 16,242 housing units at an average density of {{convert|2,845.5|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|}}, of which 14,564 (89.7%) were occupied. Of these, 42.0% were owner-occupied, and 58.0% were occupied by renters.<ref name=DP1/>

During 2019–2023, Beverly Hills had a median household income of $127,979, with 9.0% of the population living below the federal poverty line.<ref>{{cite web |title=Beverly Hills city, California; DP03: Selected Economic Characteristics - 2023 ACS 5-Year Estimates Comparison Profiles |url=https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDP5Y2023.DP03?g=1600000US0606308 |website=US Census Bureau |access-date=June 8, 2025}}</ref>

===2010===
[[File:All Saints Episcopal Church 2015.jpg|thumb|left|[[All Saints' Episcopal Church (Beverly Hills, California)|All Saints' Episcopal Church]]]]
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. There were 1,941 residents of [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|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 [[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.
[[File:Good Shepherd Catholic Church, Beverly Hills.JPG|thumb|right|[[Church of the Good Shepherd (Beverly Hills, California)|Church of the Good Shepherd]]]]
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&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.

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/>

==Economy==
[[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>

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>

===Top employers in 2015===
[[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"
|-
! #
! 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==
===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 2025, Sharona R. Nazarian is mayor, [[John Mirisch]] is vice mayor, and Lester Friedman, 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"/>

===County, state and federal representation===
[[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 {{As of|2025|pre=as of|bare=yes}} by [[Lindsey Horvath]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Get to Know Third District |url=https://lindseyhorvath.lacounty.gov/get-to-know-third-district/ |access-date=November 16, 2025 |website=Los Angeles County Supervisor Lindsey Horvath, Third District}}</ref>

In the upper house of the [[California State Legislature]], Beverly Hills is in {{Representative|casd|24|fmt=sdistrict}}.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Senate District 24 |url=https://sd24.senate.ca.gov/district |access-date=November 16, 2025 |website=Ben Allen, Representing Senate District 24}}</ref> In the lower house, it is in {{Representative|caad|51|fmt=adistrict}}.<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 14, 2025 |title=Assemblymember Rick Chavez Zbur Honors Local Leaders, First Responders, and Community Advocates at the 2025 AD51 Community Excellence Awards |url=https://a51.asmdc.org/press-releases/20251014-assemblymember-rick-chavez-zbur-honors-local-leaders-first-responders-and |access-date=November 16, 2025 |website=Rick Chavez Zbur, Assembly Democratic Caucus Chair, 51st District}}</ref>

In the [[United States House of Representatives]], Beverly Hills is in {{Representative|cacd|36|fmt=district}}.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Our District: About California's 36th District |url=https://lieu.house.gov/about/our-district |access-date=November 16, 2025 |website=Representing the 36th District of California}}</ref>



===New and existing laws===
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 enacted 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===
{| 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 }}</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 }}</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 }}</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 }}</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 }}</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}}|
|}

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 }}</ref>

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==
[[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 (El Rodeo 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==
[[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>

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>

===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>

==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 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==
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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]]
* [[Harold Lloyd Estate|Greenacres]]
* [[La Cienega Park]]
* [[Misty Mountain]]
* [[Pickfair]]
* [[Rodeo Drive]]
* [[Roxbury Memorial Park]]
* [[Virginia Robinson Gardens]]
* [[Will Rogers Memorial Park]]
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==Notable people==
{{main category|People from Beverly Hills, California}}

==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}}
The [[Will Rogers Memorial Park]] was a filming location for the 1921 [[Charlie Chaplin]] film [[The Idle Class]] in addition to the 1932 [[Laurel and Hardy]] movie [[Pack Up Your Troubles (1932 film)|Pack Up Your Troubles]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Now |first=Chris Bungo Studios Filming Locations Then and |title=Chris Bungo Studios Filming Locations Then and Now |url=https://chrisbungostudios.com/photo-gallery-sampler |access-date=July 17, 2025 |website=Chris Bungo Studios Filming Locations Then and Now |language=en-US}}</ref>

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.

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]]'' (1962–1971) 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 }}</ref>

Beverly Hills appears in the 2005 video game ''[[Tony Hawk's American Wasteland]]''. It is where the player's skatepark is located, also being featured as an area the player can steal items for the skatepark.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gamepressure.com/tonyhawksamericanwasteland/beverly-hills-1/ze4a9|title=Tony Hawk's American Wasteland: Beverly Hills #1|date=May 11, 2016|access-date=July 17, 2025|publisher=[[Gry-Online]]|website=gamepressure.com}}</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==
{{Portal|Greater Los Angeles}}
* [[List of largest houses in the Los Angeles metropolitan area]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}
* {{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}}

==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==
{{Commons category|Beverly Hills, California}}
{{Wikivoyage|Beverly Hills}}
* {{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, Los Angeles|Beverly Park]] – [[Franklin Canyon Park]] – [[Coldwater Canyon]]
 | Northeast = [[Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles|Laurel Canyon]]
 | East      = [[Fairfax District, Los Angeles|Fairfax District]] – [[West Hollywood, California|West Hollywood]]
 | Southeast = [[Pico-Robertson]] – [[Carthay, Los Angeles|Carthay]] – [[Mid-City, Los Angeles|Mid-City]]
 | 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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