Some Info About Beverly Hills: Beverly Hills is an affluent city in the western part of Los Angeles County, California , United States . Beverly Hills and the neighboring city of West Hollywood are together entirely surrounded by the city of Los Angeles . The area’s “ Platinum Triangle ” of affluent neighborhoods is formed by Beverly Hills and the Los Angeles neighborhoods of Bel Air and Holmby Hills . The population was 33,784 as of the 2000 census. Beverly Hills is home to Hollywood celebrities, and many corporate executives and numerous other wealthy individuals and families. Beverly Hills is bordered on the north by Bel-Air and the Santa Monica Mountains , on the east by West Hollywood, the Carthay neighborhood of Los Angeles, and the Fairfax District of Los Angeles, and on the south by the Beverlywood . In 2007, Coldwell Banker lists Beverly Hills as the most expensive housing market (second year in a row) in the United States, with a median home price of over $2.2 million. [3] These homes range from the extravagant and luxurious in size, to the more elegant and modern homes, and then to the many small duplex rental units and detached homes with less than 2,000 sq ft (185 sq meters). Geography Beverly Hills is nearly entirely surrounded by the city of Los Angeles, sharing only a portion of its eastern border, primarily along Doheny Drive, with West Hollywood . The precise limits of Beverly Hills are complex, and therefore hard to describe; however, the city limits can be roughly described as the area surrounded by the Los Angeles Country Club and Century Park Drive to the Southwest, Whitworth Drive to the South, variously Doheny Drive/Robertson Blvd/San Vicente Blvd to the East, and the Hollywood Hills to the North. Major east-west thoroughfares in Beverly Hills include Wilshire Boulevard , Santa Monica Boulevard , and Sunset Boulevard . Shopping is prevalent along Beverly Drive and the world-famous Rodeo Drive . Coldwater Canyon Drive is the main road out of Beverly Hills to the north into the San Fernando Valley . Beverly Drive and Roberston Blvd exit to the south into the city of Los Angeles. In spite of the city’s name, most residents live in the “flats” of Beverly Hills, a relatively flat land that includes all of Beverly Hills south of Sunset Blvd. The homes in the hills north of Sunset Boulevard have a much higher value than average homes in the rest of Beverly Hills, and the most expensive homes in Beverly Hills are all in the hills. Santa Monica Boulevard divides the “flats” into two areas, locally known as “North or South of the tracks,” referring to the train tracks that were once used by the old Pacific Electric streetcar line that traversed Beverly Hills along Santa Monica Blvd. Homes south of Wilshire have more urban square and rectangular lots, generally smaller than those to the north. There are also more apartment buildings south of Wilshire Blvd than anywhere else in Beverly Hills, and the average home value south of Wilshire is the lowest in Beverly Hills. Nearly all businesses and government offices in Beverly Hills are located south of Santa Monica Boulevard, two notable exceptions being the Beverly Hills Hotel and the Beverly Hilton Hotel . Just outside the city limits to the west lies the Los Angeles Country Club . Other locations commonly associated with Beverly Hills include the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and the Beverly Center , just outside city limits to the east. Demographics As of the 2000 census , there were 33,784 people. The racial makeup of the city was 85.1% White , 7.10% Asian , 1.80% African American , 1.50% from other races , 0.10% Native American and 4.60% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. [1] Like the rest of Los Angeles County, Beverly Hills is home to a large Persian / Iranian community. According to a 2006 NPR article, Iranians represent 20% of the city’s population and 40% of the students in its schools. [17] This estimate is not immediately evident in Census Bureau data as the Census Bureau defines the “White” race category as including “people having origins in any of the original peoples of .. the Middle East ..” [18] In the city the population was spread out with 20.0% under the age of 18, 6.3% from 18 to 24, 29.3% from 25 to 44, 26.8% from 45 to 64, and 17.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age for the city was 41 years old. [1] There were 15,035 households out of which 24.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.8% were married couples living together, 8.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.0% were non-families. The average household size was 2.24 and the average family size was 3.02. Local government The Beverly Hills City Hall, built in 1932, was featured prominently in the Beverly Hills Cop films Beverly Hills Civic Center Beverly Hills Police being inspected in the late 1930s Of the 21,426 registered voters in Beverly Hills; approximately 50.3% are Democrats and 25.9% are Republicans . The remaining 23.8% are Independents or are registered with one of the many smaller political parties, like the Green Party or the Libertarian Party . The heavy Democratic advantage makes Beverly Hills one of the more liberal cities in Southern California. In 2004, John Kerry won 62% of the vote compared to 37% for George W. Bush . In the 2006 state governor election, Arnold Schwarzenegger got nearly 45% of the vote but won a second term by a state-wide majority, while Democratic opponent Phil Angelides had just over 54%. Beverly Hills is a general law city governed by a five-member City Council including the mayor and vice mayor. City Council hires a city manager to carry out policies and serve as executive officer. Every odd-numbered year either two or three members are elected by the people to serve a four-year term. Each March the City Council meets and chooses one of its members as mayor and one as vice-mayor. Jimmy Delshad is mayor and Barry Brucker is vice mayor. Jeff Kolin is city manager. The other three city council members are Nancy Krasne, Dr. William Brien and John Mirisch. In city council meetings, a few celebrities have shown up to speak on local political issues. The Beverly Hills Police Department and the Beverly Hills Fire Department serve as emergency response for the city. BHFD has the privilege of being distinguished as “Class 1″ in fire protection by an insurance industry rating service. See also: Mayor of Beverly Hills County, state, and federal representation Beverly Hills Post Office The Los Angeles County Department of Health Services SPA 5 West Area Health Office serves Beverly Hills. [19] The department operates the Simms/Mann Health and Wellness Center in Santa Monica , serving Beverly Hills. [20] In the state legislature Beverly Hills is located in the 23rd Senate District, represented by Democrat Fran Pavley , and in the 42nd Assembly District, represented by Democrat Mike Feuer . Federally, Beverly Hills is located in California’s 30th congressional district , which has a Cook PVI of D +20 [21] and is represented by Democrat Henry Waxman . The United States Postal Service operates the Beverly Hills Post Office at 325 North Maple Drive, [22] the Crescent Post Office at 323 North Crescent Drive, [23] the Beverly Post Office at 312 South Beverly Drive, [24] and the Eastgate Post Office at 8383 Wilshire Boulevard. [25] [26] The Beverly Hills Post Office received listing in the National Register of Historic Places on January 11, 1985. [27] Economy The former Hilton Hotels Corporation headquarters in Beverly Hills Beverly Hills is home to one Fortune 500 company, Live Nation Entertainment , as well as the private equity firm Platinum Equity . The Los Angeles-area offices of Aeroflot and El Al are in Beverly Hills. [28] [29] At one point Hilton Hotels Corporation had its corporate headquarters in Beverly Hills. Originally GeoCities (at first Beverly Hills Internet) was headquartered at 9401 Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills. [30] Underneath the city is the large and still-productive Beverly Hills Oil Field , serviced by four urban drilling islands which drill diagonally into the earth underneath the city. The most notorious of these drilling islands occasioned a 2003 lawsuit representing former attendees of Beverly Hills High School, approximately 280 of which had suffered from cancers allegedly tied to the drilling operations. [31] Top Employers According to the City’s 2009 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, [32] the top employers in the city are: # Employer # of Employees 1 Beverly Hilton Hotel 1,093 2 City of Beverly Hills 1,080 3 Beverly Wilshire Hotel 750 4 Endeavor Talent Agency 750 5 William Morris Agency 711 6 Beverly Hills Unified School District 600 7 Beverly Hills Hotel 520 8 The Peninsula Hotel 460 9 Saks & Co. 340 10 Nelson Shelton & Associates 300 Diplomatic missions Beverly Hills has three consulates ( Brazil , [33] Colombia , [34] and Ecuador .) [26] [35] Education Public schools Beverly Hills High School Gymnasium Beverly Hills is served by Beverly Hills Unified School District ; which includes four K-8 schools (Hawthorne, El Rodeo, Beverly Vista, and Horace Mann), Moreno High School, and the Beverly Hills High School . [ edit ] Private schools Beverly Hills also has several private schools. Good Shepherd School , a PreK-8 school in Beverly Hills, is a part of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles . Other Beverly Hills private schools include Harkham Hillel Hebrew Academy, Emanuel Academy of Beverly Hills, and Page Private School. Marymount High School in nearby Westwood , across from the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), is in close proximity to Beverly Hills. Climate Beverly Hills has a warm and moderate Mediterranean climate , with an average high of 85 degrees in August, and an average high of 64 degrees in January. Beverly Hills also receives on average 18 inches of rain. Summers are marked by warm to hot temperatures with very little wind, while winters are moderate to cool with occasional rain alternating with periods of Santa Ana winds. During Santa Ana events, gusts up to 40 mph are common. [ citation needed ] Snow has been witnessed only in 1882,1922,1932 and 1949. Landmarks Sign marking the Beverly Hills city limits Beverly Gardens Park Beverly Hills High School Beverly Hills Hotel Beverly Wilshire Hotel Electric Fountain Greystone Mansion Greystone Park La Cienega Park Pickfair Virginia Robinson Gardens Greenacres Beverly Hills Police Department Roxbury Park Will Rogers Memorial Park Beverly Hills City Hall Walden Drive Rodeo Drive Via Rodeo and Spanish Steps The Peninsula Hotel Beverly Hills Beverly Hills Public Library Derivative nicknames The name Beverly Hills has often been employed as a nickname for a fashionable, affluent area. For example, View Park , an unincorporated area in southwestern Los Angeles County, has been dubbed the “Black Beverly Hills”. [36] Similarly, the city of Scottsdale has been given the nickname “Beverly Hills of Arizona ” for its stately homes, high end shops, the extensive Fashion square mall, Fashion week, resorts and high household income. [ citation needed ] Calabasas , California located in the San Fernando Valley is considered the Beverly Hills of the valley. Beverly Hills, Michigan is known for its large affluent office buildings and nice homes all located in the affluent areas of Metro Detroit . Respectively, Buckhead , the uptown district of Atlanta , has been dubbed “The Beverly Hills of the South” due to the large number (as well as the highest concentration) of upscale shops, elaborate homes, and high average income. [ citation needed ] Beverly Hills in popular culture Beverly Hills has been featured in a number of television shows and movies set in Beverly Hills, including The Jack Benny Program (1950 to 1954) (and on his radio program from 1932–1955), The Beverly Hillbillies (1962 to 1971), the Beverly Hills Cop movies, Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990 to 2000), and 90210 (2008 – ). 90210 90210 is one of five ZIP codes for Beverly Hills, [2] and perhaps its most-famous, gaining popularity with the 1990s television series Beverly Hills, 90210 and its 2008 spin-off 90210 (TV Series) . Other series to feature it in its title are Dr. 90210 , a reality show featuring Beverly Hills plastic surgeons. and High Maintenance 90210 , also a reality show. The other four, less-celebrated ZIP codes for Beverly Hills are: 90209, 90211, 90212 and 90213. [2] Other pop culture Replica Beverly Hills sign in Universal Studios Florida theme park The animated series Totally Spies is set in Beverly Hills. Another animated series “ Beverly Hills Teens ” is about young teens who live in Beverly Hills in the 80′s The opening scene of The Andy Griffith Show showing Sheriff Taylor and Opie carrying fishing poles was shot at the Franklin Canyon Reservoir at the north end of town just west of Coldwater Canyon. In Walt Disney’s movie, Beverly Hills Chihuahua , The main character, Chloe, lives in Beverly Hills, 90210. In the 2009 Simpsons episode, Waverly Hills 9-0-2-1-D’oh , there exists a spoof version of Beverly Hills, nicknamed “Waverly Hills”. Ted’s of Beverly Hills is a fictional steak restaurant on the Phil Hendrie radio show. The first track on Weezer’s Make Believe album is entitled “Beverly Hills” and is one of their most popular songs. The 1965 Beverly Hills Public Library building facade was featured regularly on the Brady Bunch as Mr. Brady’s office building. The 1995 Film, Clueless (film) is set in Beverly Hills same with its 1996 TV Spin-off Clueless (TV series) The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills is currently airing on Bravo.
