Editing Beverly Hills, California (section)

==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, the [[Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority]] (LACMTA) proposed to build an extension of the [[D Line (Los Angeles Metro)|Metro D Line]] along Wilshire Boulevard and into Downtown Beverly Hills, but the city opposed it.<ref name="Schwieterman2004">{{Schwieterman-Leaves-Western|page=32}}</ref> The [[D Line Extension]] will ultimately be completed by 2027 and will [[Wilshire/Rodeo station|include a station at Wilshire Boulevard and Rodeo Drive]].

===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 Wilshire/Rodeo by the 2020s.<ref name="Summer2013-MetroFactSheet">{{cite web | title=Summer 2013 – General Fact Sheet – Purple Line Extension | author=L.A. Metro | url=http://media.metro.net/projects_studies/westside/images/132113_ntc_purpleline_general_factsheet_rb_c.pdf | access-date=July 25, 2013}}</ref>
[[File:Rodeo Drive, Beverly Hills, LA, CA, jjron 21.03.2012.jpg|thumb|left|Since the 1960s, [[Rodeo Drive]] has become one of the [[List of most expensive streets by city|most expensive shopping streets in the world]].]]
The city of Beverly Hills widely opposed [[Proposition 8]], the 2008 ballot measure which repealed legal recognition of same-sex marriages. The proposition narrowly passed statewide, but in Beverly Hills, only 34% voted in favor, and 66% voted against it.<ref>{{cite news|title=Gay marriage ban: How cities in Los Angeles County voted|url=http://projects.latimes.com/elections/la-county-prop-8-results-by-city/|url-status=dead|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130405030936/http://projects.latimes.com/elections/la-county-prop-8-results-by-city/|archive-date=April 5, 2013|author-last1=Welsh|author-first1=Ben}}</ref>

In the midst of the [[Droughts in California|2015 drought]], Beverly Hills was found to be one of the largest water consumers in California. As a result, it was asked by the state to reduce consumption by 36%, prompting many residents to replace their lawns with [[List of California native plants|native plants]]. Meanwhile, the city government replaced the grass in front of the [[Beverly Hills City Hall|City Hall]] with [[Salvia leucantha|Mexican sage]].<ref name="wsjdrought">{{cite news|last1=Carlton|first1=Jim|date=May 5, 2015|title=Nowhere Is Safe From California Drought—Not Even Beverly Hills|work=The Wall Street Journal|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/nowhere-is-safe-from-california-droughtnot-even-beverly-hills-1430839422|access-date=January 8, 2017}}</ref>

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|url=https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-bonta-holds-beverly-hills-accountable-preventing-reproductive}}</ref>