Editing West Hollywood, California

{{Short description|City in California, United States}}
{{redirect|West Hollywood|the community in Florida|West Hollywood (Hollywood, Florida)}}
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| established_date   = {{start date|1984|11|29}}<ref>{{Cite web
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 |title       = California Cities by Incorporation Date
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 |access-date  = August 25, 2014
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 |archive-date = November 3, 2014
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| government_type    = [[Council–manager government|City Council/City Manager]]<ref name=plan2035>{{Cite web|url=http://www.weho.org/Home/ShowDocument?id=5397|title=West Hollywood General Plan 2035 Public Review Draft|work=City of West Hollywood|access-date=April 7, 2015|page=27|archive-date=March 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303234847/http://www.weho.org/Home/ShowDocument?id=5397|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| leader_title       = [[Mayor]]
| leader_name        = Chelsea Lee Byers
| leader_title2      = [[Mayor Pro Tem]]
| leader_name2       = [[John Heilman]]
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 |archive-date = March 15, 2015
|url-status     = dead
}}</ref>
| leader_name3       = Lauren Meister <br />Danny Hang<br />John M. Erickson
| leader_title4      = [[City manager]]
| leader_name4       = David Wilson<ref>{{Cite web
 |url          = http://www.weho.org/city-hall/city-departments/about-our-directors/david-wilson
 |title        = David Wilson
 |publisher    = City of West Hollywood
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'''West Hollywood''' is a city in [[Los Angeles County, California]], United States. Incorporated in 1984, it is home to the [[Sunset Strip]]. As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 U.S. Census]], its population was 35,757.<ref name=quick/>

==History==
Most historical writings about West Hollywood begin in the late-18th century with [[European colonization]] when the [[Portuguese people|Portuguese]] explorer [[João Rodrigues Cabrilho]] traveled to and eventually laid claim on the region for [[Spain]]. Around 5,000 of the indigenous inhabitants from the [[Tongva people|Tongva]] [[Indian tribe]] canoed out to greet the ship. The [[Tongva]] tribe was a nation of hunter-gatherers known for their reverence for dance and courage. By 1771, these native people had been severely ravaged by the diseases brought in by the Europeans from across wide oceans. The Spanish mission system referred to the Tongva tribe as "Gabrielinos", in reference to the [[Mission San Gabriel Arcángel|Mission de San Gabriel]]. Early in 1770 [[Gaspar de Portola]]'s Mexican [[expeditionary warfare|expeditionary force]] stopped just south of the [[Santa Monica Mountains]] near what would become West Hollywood. Here they collected [[pitch (resin)|pitch]] (''brea'' in Spanish) from [[tar pit]]s which they used to waterproof their belongings and to say Mass.{{Sfn|Gierach|2003|pp=11-12}} The Gabrielinos are believed to have burned the pitch for fuel.{{Sfn|Torrence|1982|p=12}}

By 1780, what became the "[[Sunset Strip]]" was the major connecting road for El [[Pueblo de Los Angeles]], and all ranches westward to the [[Pacific Ocean]]. This land passed through the hands of various owners during the next one hundred years, and it was called names such as "La Brea" and "Plummer" that are listed in historical records.{{Sfn|Gierach|2003|pp=11-12}}<ref name=plummer>{{cite book|last=Plummer|first=E.R.|title=Señor Plummer|year=1942|publisher=Plummer Committee|location=Los Angeles|pages=70–71}}</ref>  Most of this area was part of the [[Rancho La Brea]], and eventually it came to be owned by the [[Henry Hancock]] family.{{Sfn|Torrence|1982|p=12}}

[[File:Los Angeles, California, the city and county written by Harry Ellington Brook. 1912.jpg|thumb|Sherman railway station, pictured on a 1912 Los Angeles map]]
During the final decade years of the nineteenth century, the first large land reconstruction of the town of "Sherman" significantly accelerated the development of the region.<ref>{{cite web |title=History of West Hollywood |url=http://www.westhollywoodpreservationalliance.org/historic-places/history-of-west-hollywood/ |website=West Hollywood Preservation Alliance |date=February 2, 2019 |access-date=March 31, 2021}}</ref> In what would later become West Hollywood—the town of "Sherman"—was established by [[Moses Sherman]] and his partners of the [[Los Angeles Pacific Railroad]], an [[interurban]] [[railroad]] line which later became part of the [[Pacific Electric Railway]] system. Sherman became the location of the railroad's main shops, [[railroad yard]]s, and "car barns". Many working-class employees of the railroad settled in this town.{{Sfn|Gierach|2003|p=63}} It was during this time that the city began to earn its reputation as a loosely regulated, liquor-friendly (during [[Prohibition in the United States|Prohibition]]) place for eccentric people wary of government interference. Despite several annexation attempts, the town elected not to become part of the [[Los Angeles|City of Los Angeles]].<ref name="kcet.org">{{cite web|last=Masters|first=Nathan|date=December 1, 2011|url=http://www.kcet.org/updaily/socal_focus/history/la-as-subject/west-hollywood-at-27-how-the-town-of-sherman-became-weho.html|title=West Hollywood at 27: How the Town of Sherman Became WeHo|website=[[KCET]]|access-date=December 2, 2011}}</ref> In 1925 Sherman adopted "West Hollywood", "...a moniker pioneered earlier in the decade by the West Hollywood Realty Board" as its informal name, though it remained under the governance of [[Los Angeles County]].<ref name="kcet.org"/>

For many decades, the area that is now the city of West Hollywood was an unincorporated area in the midst of Los Angeles. Because gambling was illegal in the city of Los Angeles, but still legal in Los Angeles County, the 1920s saw the proliferation of many [[casino]]s, night clubs, etc., along [[Sunset Boulevard]] (which starts near downtown Los Angeles and runs westward). These businesses were immune from the sometimes heavy-handed law-enforcement of the [[L.A. Police Department]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Al |first=Stefan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Th1MDgAAQBAJ&dq=Because%20gambling%20was%20illegal%20in%20the%20city%20of%20Los%20Angeles,%20but%20still%20legal%20in%20Los%20Angeles%20County,%20the%201920s%20saw%20the%20proliferation%20of%20many%20casinos,%20night%20clubs,%20etc.,%20along%20Sunset%20Boulevard%20(which%20starts%20near%20downtown%20Los%20Angeles%20and%20runs%20westward)&pg=PP1 |title=The Strip: Las Vegas and the Architecture of the American Dream |date=March 3, 2017 |publisher=MIT Press |isbn=978-0-262-03574-3 |language=en}}</ref>

Some people connected with movie-making were attracted to this less-restricted area of the County, and a number of [[architecture|architecturally]] distinctive apartment buildings and hotels were built. Many interior designers, decorators and "to the trade" furnishing showrooms located in West Hollywood date back to the middle of the century.

Eventually, the area and its extravagant nightclubs fell out of favor. The Sunset Strip and its restaurants, saloons, and nightclubs continued to be an attraction for out-of-town tourists. During the late 1960s, the Sunset Strip was transformed again during the [[hippie]] movement which brought a thriving music publishing industry coupled with the "hippie" culture. Some young people from all over the country flocked to West Hollywood.

After the [[dissolution of the Soviet Union]], thousands of [[History of the Jews in Russia|Russian Jews]] immigrated to the city. A majority of the 5,000 to 6,000 Russian Jews settled in two major immigration waves, 1978–79 and 1988–92.<ref>{{cite web |last=Tugend |first=Tom |title=Russians & Gays & Lesbians, Oh My... |work=The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles |date=March 24, 2000 |url=http://www.jewishjournal.com/old_stories/article/russians_amp_gays_amp_lesbians_oh_my_20000324/}}</ref> Other than New York, West Hollywood's Russian-speaking community is the most concentrated single Russian-speaking region in the United States.<ref>{{cite web |title=Russian Speaking Community |work=City of West Hollywood |url=http://www.weho.org/index.aspx?page=866 |access-date=March 8, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130829194751/http://www.weho.org/index.aspx?page=866 |archive-date=August 29, 2013}}</ref>

[[Gauntlet (body piercing studio)|The Gauntlet]] was a [[body piercing]] business founded by [[Jim Ward (body piercing)|Jim Ward]] in West Hollywood that is considered the first business of its type in the United States<ref name="Advocate" /> and was the beginning of the body piercing industry.<ref name="Advocate">{{Cite news
  | author =Brandon Voss
  | title =Father Knows Best
  | newspaper =[[The Advocate (LGBT magazine)|The Advocate]]
  | date =October 9, 2007
| url = http://www.advocate.com/issue_story_ektid49068.asp
  | access-date = November 25, 2007
| author-link =Brandon Voss
 }}</ref><ref>[http://gauntletenterprises.com/BME/jimward-all.html "Running the Gauntlet"] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120709060034/http://gauntletenterprises.com/BME/jimward-all.html |date=July 9, 2012 }}, cited in "In the Flesh: Body Piercing as a Form of Commodity-Based Identity and Ritual Rite of Passage," honors thesis by Amelia Guimarin, under the direction of Prof. Teresa Caldiera, Anthropology, UC Irvine, 2005</ref><ref>{{cite journal
  | last =Ferguson
  | first =Henry
  | title =Body piercing
  | journal =BMJ (Clinical Research Ed.)
 | volume =319
 | issue =7225
 | pages =1627–9
 | publisher =[[Student BMJ]]
  |date=January 2000
  | url= | pmid =10600973
 | pmc =1127091
 | doi =10.1136/bmj.319.7225.1627
 }}</ref> The Gauntlet began in November 1975, with its original location in Ward's West Hollywood home, but on the evening of Friday, November 17, 1978, it celebrated the grand opening of its first commercial location at 8720 Santa Monica Boulevard (also in West Hollywood).

[[File:La Fontaine (building) 1982 West Hollywood.jpg|thumb|La Fontaine Building (apartments) in 1982]]
Due to the expiration of rent control protections in LA County, a coalition of gay men, Russian Jews, and the elderly successfully held a vote to officially incorporate the City of West Hollywood in 1984. Voters elected a city council with an openly gay majority and it immediately passed a series of rent control measures to protect its longtime citizens.<ref>{{cite web |title=WeHo's Infamous Past & Colorful History |url=https://www.visitwesthollywood.com/history-of-west-hollywood/ |website=visitwesthollywood.com |access-date=March 13, 2023 |language=en}}</ref> West Hollywood then immediately adopted one of the strongest rent control laws in the nation.<ref>The vacancy-control part of this ordinance has since been rendered null by an act of the state legislature in the early 1990s called Costa-Hawkins that effectively ended "strong" rent control measures in California.</ref>

The city of West Hollywood gave the keys to the city to [[Stormy Daniels]] on "Stormy Daniels Day", May 23, 2018.<ref name="bbcnewsstormeydanielsgivenkey">{{cite news|title=Stormy Daniels given key to the city of West Hollywood|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-44234250|access-date=May 24, 2018|work=BBC News|date=May 24, 2018}}</ref>

==Geography==
West Hollywood is bounded by the city of [[Beverly Hills, California|Beverly Hills]] on the west,<ref>{{cite book |title=Fodor's California 2007 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sdCf9_-RHPoC&q=%22west%20hollywood%22%20%22beverly%20hills%22&pg=PA163 |date=2007 |location=New York |publisher=Random House |isbn=978-1-4000-1732-4 |page=163}}</ref> and by neighborhoods of the city of [[Los Angeles]]: [[Hollywood Hills]] on the north,<ref>{{cite web |title=East of Campus |url=http://map.ais.ucla.edu/portal/site/UCLA/menuitem.789d0eb6c76e7ef0d66b02ddf848344a/?vgnextoid=33ec064a9a7d1010VgnVCM1000008f8443a4RCRD |date=2008 |work=University of California, Los Angeles |access-date=December 8, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140411080400/http://map.ais.ucla.edu/portal/site/UCLA/menuitem.789d0eb6c76e7ef0d66b02ddf848344a/?vgnextoid=33ec064a9a7d1010VgnVCM1000008f8443a4RCRD |archive-date=April 11, 2014}}</ref> [[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood]] on the east,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://visitwesthollywood.com/visitor-info/about-the-city/#facts |title=West Hollywood Marketing and Visitors Bureau |work=Hollywood Info |access-date=December 8, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111205030653/http://visitwesthollywood.com/visitor%2Dinfo/about%2Dthe%2Dcity/#facts |archive-date=December 5, 2011 }}</ref> the [[Fairfax District, Los Angeles|Fairfax District]] on the southeast, and [[Beverly Grove, Los Angeles|Beverly Grove]] on the southwest.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://maps.latimes.com/neighborhoods/region/central-la/ |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |title=Central L.A.}}</ref> The city's irregular boundary is featured in its logo; it was largely formed from the unincorporated Los Angeles County area which had not become part of the surrounding cities.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://navigatela.lacity.org/common/mapgallery/pdf/annex34x44.pdf |title=Annexation and Detachment Map – City of Los Angeles |work=Navigate L.A. |access-date=April 2, 2009 |archive-date=March 1, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170301193923/http://navigatela.lacity.org/common/mapgallery/pdf/annex34x44.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>

West Hollywood benefits from a very dense, compact urban form with small lots, mixed land use, and a walkable street grid. According to Walkscore, a website that ranks cities based on walkability, West Hollywood is the most walkable city in California with a [[Walkscore]] of 89.<ref>{{cite web |title=Cities in California |work=[[walkscore.com]] |url=http://www.walkscore.com/CA |access-date=March 3, 2013}}</ref> Commercial corridors include the nightlife and dining focused on the [[Sunset Strip]], along [[Santa Monica Boulevard]], and the Avenues of Art and Design along [[Robertson Boulevard]], [[Melrose Avenue]], and [[Beverly Boulevard]].

Residential neighborhoods in West Hollywood include the [[Norma Triangle]], West Hollywood North, [[West Hollywood West]], West Hollywood East, and West Hollywood Heights, all of which are only a few blocks long or wide. Major intersecting streets typically provide amenities within walking distance of adjacent neighborhoods.

===Climate===
West Hollywood has a [[Subtropical climate|subtropical]]-[[semi-arid climate]] with year-round warm weather, although winter nights are cool. The record high temperature of 111&nbsp;°F was recorded on September 26, 1963, while the record low of 24&nbsp;°F was recorded on January 4, 1949.  [[Rainfall]] is sparse (only 13 inches annually), and falls mainly during the winter months. [[Snowfall|Snow]] is extraordinarily rare in West Hollywood, with the last accumulation occurring in 1949.
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==Demographics==
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|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/>
}}

West Hollywood first appeared as an unincorporated place in the [[1960 U.S. Census]] as part of the Los Angeles census county division;<ref name=1960CensusCA2/> and then as a [[census designated place]] in the [[1980 U.S. Census]]<ref name=1980CensusCA/> and as a city in the [[1990 U.S. Census]]<ref name=1990CensusCA/>

===2020===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''West Hollywood 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 – West Hollywood city, California |url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=160XX00US0684410&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) – West Hollywood city, California |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US0684410&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) – West Hollywood city, California |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US0684410&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|28,913
|26,793
|style='background: #ffffe6; |25,397
|85.41%
|77.89%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |71.03%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|206
|1,052
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,302
|0.61%
|3.06%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3.64%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|46
|46
|style='background: #ffffe6; |49
|0.14%
|0.13%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.14%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|2,031
|1,826
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2,273
|6.00%
|5.31%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |6.36%
|-
|[[Native Hawaiian]] or [[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|37
|30
|style='background: #ffffe6; |41
|0.11%
|0.09%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.11%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Other race]] alone (NH)
|79
|90
|style='background: #ffffe6; |309
|0.23%
|0.26%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.86%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed race or Multiracial]] (NH)
|784
|949
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,889
|2.32%
|2.76%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |5.28%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|1,756
|3,613
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4,497
|5.19%
|10.50%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |12.58%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''33,852'''
|'''34,399'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''35,757'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}

{{Update|date=October 2023|reason=Needs 2020 data}}

===2010===
The [[2010 United States census]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0684410|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140715033843/http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0684410|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 15, 2014|title=2010 Census Interactive Population Search: CA - West Hollywood city|work=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=July 12, 2014}}</ref> reported that West Hollywood had a population of 34,399. The population density was {{convert|18,225.6|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of West Hollywood was 28,979 (84.2%) [[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (77.9% Non-Hispanic White),<ref name="quickfacts">{{cite web |url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/06/0684410.html |title=West Hollywood (city) QuickFacts |work=U.S. Census Bureau |year=2014 |access-date=November 12, 2014 |archive-date=September 21, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120921233146/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/06/0684410.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> 1,115 (3.2%) [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 103 (0.3%) [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 1,874 (5.4%) [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 34 (0.1%) [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 1,049 (3.0%) from [[Race (United States census)|other races]], and 1,245 (3.6%) from two or more races. There were 3,613 residents of [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] ancestry, of any race (10.5%).

The census reported that 34,290 people (99.7% of the population) lived in households, 109 (0.3%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 0 (0%) were institutionalized.

There were 22,511 households, out of which 1,141 (5.1%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 3,060 (13.6%) were [[marriage|opposite-sex married couples]] living together, 852 (3.8%) had a female householder with no husband present, 431 (1.9%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 1,094 (4.9%) [[POSSLQ|unmarried opposite-sex partnerships]], and 1,321 (5.9%) [[same-sex partnerships|same-sex married couples or partnerships]]. 13,434 households (59.7%) were made up of individuals, and 2,606 (11.6%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 1.52. There were 4,343 [[family (U.S. Census)|families]] (19.3% of all households); the average family size was 2.42.

There were 1,578 residents (4.6%) under the age of 18, 2,407 people (7.0%) aged 18 to 24, 16,228 (47.2%) aged 25 to 44, 9,061  (26.3%) aged 45 to 64, and 5,125 (14.9%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40.4 years. For every 100 females, there were 128.4 males. For every 100 females aged 18 and over, there were 129.9 males.

There were 24,588 housing units at an average density of {{convert|13,027.4|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|}}, of which 4,976 (22.1%) were owner-occupied, and 17,535 (77.9%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 3.6%; the rental vacancy rate was 5.9%. 7,874 people (22.9% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 26,416 people (76.8%) lived in rental housing units.

During 2009–2013, West Hollywood had a median household income of $52,649, with 15.8% of the population living below the federal poverty line.<ref name="quickfacts"/>

{{As of|2019}}, gay men were 33% of the city's population; a 2013 survey had estimated the gay male population at 39%.<ref name = CS2019>{{cite web|url = https://app.box.com/s/6fq6k67hafaoxrf2xsby0jazetfotoxn|title = 2019 City of West Hollywood Community Study|website = City of West Hollywood|accessdate = February 7, 2022|page = 10|type = pdf}}</ref><ref name=Dem>{{cite web |url=http://www.weho.org/home/showdocument?id=13188 |title=West Hollywood Community Study |work=City of West Hollywood |access-date=January 26, 2015 |type=pdf}}</ref>

===2000===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |work=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=January 31, 2008 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref> of 2000, there were 35,716 people, 23,120 households, and 5,202 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|18,992.7|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 24,110 housing units at an average density of {{convert|12,821.0|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|}}, making West Hollywood one of the most densely populated cities in the US. The racial makeup of the city was 86.4% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 6.4% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 3.8% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.4% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.1% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 2.9% from [[Race (United States census)|other races]], and 3.4% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] residents of any race were 8.8% of the population.

There were 23,120 households, out of which 5.8% had children under the age of eighteen, 16.4% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 4.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 77.5% were non-families. 60.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.0% included someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 1.53, and the average family size was 2.50.

In the city, 5.7% of the population was under the age of 18, 6.3% was from 18 to 24, 48.6% from 25 to 44, 22.3% from 45 to 64, and 17.0% was 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 123.4 males. For every 100 females aged eighteen and older, there were 125.2 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $38,914, and the median income for a family was $41,463. Males had a median income of $45,598 versus $35,750 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $38,302. About 7.3% of families and 11.5% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 10.0% of those under age 18 and 10.5% of those age 65 or over.

==Economy==

===Top employers===
According to the City's 2021 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.weho.org/home/showpublisheddocument/51880/637778717082200000 |title=Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2021 |work=City of West Hollywood |access-date=March 20, 2022|page=175}}</ref> the top employers in the city were:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! No.
! Employer
! No. of employees
|-
| 1
|[[Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority]]
|559
|-
|2
|[[Target Corporation|Target]]
|289
|-
|3
|CityGrid Media / [[IAC (company)|InterActive Corp]]
|288
|-
|4
|City of West Hollywood
|240
|-
|5
|1 OAK
|200
|-
|6
|Laz Parking
|200
|-
|7
|[[Pavilions (supermarket)|Pavilions]]
|180
|-
|8
|Argyle Hotel
|165
|-
|9
|[[Andaz West Hollywood]]
|161
|-
|10
|[[Whole Foods Market]]
|153
|}

===Cannabis===
{{further|Cannabis in California}}
Under the legalization of the sale and distribution of cannabis, the city plans to issue 40 licenses to either operate a dispensary, consumption lounge or delivery service. Eight licenses are planned in each of the following categories:

*Adult-use retail business licenses
*Consumption lounge (smoking, vaping, edibles) business licenses
*Consumption lounge (edibles only) business licenses
*Medical-use dispensary business licenses
*Business licenses for cannabis delivery services located in West Hollywood<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.weho.org/Home/Components/News/News/8194/23 |title=City Announces Top-Scoring Cannabis Business License Applicants |date=December 18, 2018 |website=www.weho.org |access-date=August 16, 2019}}</ref>

State law does not allow local governments to regulate adults in growing, using, or transporting marijuana for personal use but commercial activities, such as growing, testing, and selling cannabis within their jurisdiction may be regulated by each city by licensing none or only some of these activities.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-west-hollywood-original-dispensaries-20190616-story.html|title=West Hollywood's original marijuana dispensaries fear the city will leave them behind|last=Queally|first=James|date=June 16, 2019|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=June 17, 2019}}</ref> West Hollywood's first four dispensaries, Alternative Herbal Health Services, Los Angeles Patients and Caregivers Group, Zen Healing and [[MedMen]] WeHo, were granted temporary extensions in June 2019 to operate as retail businesses through the remainder of the year.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-west-hollywood-original-dispensaries-vote-20190618-story.html |title=Dispensaries that launched cannabis in West Hollywood can continue to sell recreational pot — for now |last=Queally |first=James |date=June 18, 2019 |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |language=en-US |access-date=August 16, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://mjbizdaily.com/medmen-three-other-west-hollywood-marijuana-shops-licenses-extend/ |title=MedMen, three other West Hollywood marijuana shops get stay of execution |date=February 21, 2019 |website=Marijuana Business Daily |language=en-US |access-date=August 16, 2019}}</ref>

In July 2019, the West Hollywood Business License Commission approved a cannabis consumption license for [[Lowell Herb Co]]. In September 2019, [[Lowell Farms: A Cannabis Cafe]] opened with a menu of [[Cannabis (drug)|cannabis]] for consumption, THC-infused drinks and meals for cannabis-enhanced sense of taste and smell.<ref>{{Cite web|title='Burgers and a Blunt To Go': Cannabis Café Reopens With Drive-Through Service|url=https://variety.com/2020/music/news/cannabis-cafe-open-to-go-takeout-drive-through-1234596220/|last=Trakin|first=Roy|date=May 2, 2020|website=Variety|language=en|access-date=May 3, 2020}}</ref> It is the first cannabis cafe in the United States and will include the expertise of cannabis [[sommelier]]s, known as "[[budtender]]s" on site.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-07-17/first-cannabis-cafe-west-hollywood|title=First cannabis cafe approved by West Hollywood, but local rabbi isn't happy|last=Reyes-Velarde|first=Alejandra|date=July 17, 2019|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|language=en-US|access-date=July 18, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/america-s-first-cannabis-caf-open-la-1223835 |title=America's First Cannabis Café Featuring 'Budtenders' to Open in L.A. |last=Schmidt |first=Ingrid |date=July 11, 2019 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en |access-date=August 16, 2019}}</ref>

On August 20, 2020, the [[Original Cannabis Cafe]] (previously known as The Lowell Cafe in West Hollywood) became America's first restaurant allowed to serve legal marijuana to open in California. It became one of eight establishments granted a cannabis consumption license in West Hollywood. There were reportedly over 300 applicants, and the Original Cannabis Cafe states it was granted the first license.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Hollan|first=Michael|date=August 20, 2019|title=America's first restaurant to serve legal marijuana to open in California|url=https://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/americas-first-legal-marijuana-restaurant-california|access-date=August 24, 2020|website=Fox News|language=en-US}}</ref>

==Arts and culture==

The West Hollywood Halloween Carnaval is an event that takes place annually on October 31. The largest [[Halloween]] street party in the United States (spanning over {{convert|1|mi}} of Santa Monica Boulevard from [[La Cienega Boulevard]] on the East to Doheny and the Beverly Hills border on the West), it is estimated that as many as 500,000 people attend the Halloween Carnaval each year.<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 26, 2015 |title=WEHOville.com - Fun Facts about West Hollywood's Halloween Carnaval - West Hollywood Crime Politics Breaking News |url=https://wehoville.com/2015/10/26/fun-facts-about-west-hollywoods-halloween-carnaval/ |access-date=October 24, 2023 |website=WEHOville.com |language=en-US}}</ref>

[[Christopher Street West]] is an LGBT pride parade and festival that was first held in June 1970 in [[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood]] to commemorate the first anniversary of the [[Stonewall Riots]] in New York. After incorporation, the event moved to West Hollywood for many years and was typically held the second weekend in June until it relocated to the City of Los Angeles in 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |title=WeHo Pride 2024 |url=https://www.wehopride.com/ |access-date=February 8, 2024 |website=www.wehopride.com |language=en}}</ref>

The annual One City One Pride event was an LGBTQ Arts Festival held over a 40-day period from Harvey Milk Day, May 22 through the end of Pride Month, June 30.<ref>{{cite web |title=One City One Pride Arts Festival |work=City of West Hollywood |url=http://www.weho.org/index.aspx?page=1016 |access-date=February 10, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130829225425/http://www.weho.org/index.aspx?page=1016 |archive-date=August 29, 2013}}</ref> In 2023, the "One City One Pride LGBTQ Arts Festival" became the "WeHo Pride Arts Festival" to align with the new WeHo Pride brand. In 2024, the WeHo Pride Arts Festival is shifting from 40-days of programming to a unified weekend of programming from June 14 through June 16.<ref name="About">{{Cite web |title=Log In—Confluence |url=https://confluence.ucop.edu/login.action?os_destination=%2Fpages%2Fviewpage.action%3FspaceKey%3DUC101%26title%3DAbout%2Bthe%2BUniversity%2Bof%2BCalifornia&permissionViolation=true |website=confluence.ucop.edu}}</ref>

Since 1993, the City of West Hollywood and its LGBTQ+ Advisory Board have presented over 173 Rainbow Key Awards to those who have made outstanding contributions to West Hollywood’s LGBTQ+ community. These contributions, by an individual or a group, maybe in many forms, including the arts, community action, humanitarian action, sports, medicine, armed services, leadership potential, benefit to the global LGBTQ+ community, or other ways. Past honorees have included [[Bruce Vilanch]], Abbe Land, Kenneth Hahn, [[Tom of Finland]], [[Sheila Kuehl]], David Cooley, [[Chaz Bono]], West Hollywood Community Housing Corporation, Project Angel Food, [[Jazzmun]],<ref>{{Citation | vauthors=((Watson, R.)) | year=2021 | title=City of West Hollywood's 2021 Rainbow Key Award honorees | url=https://www.losangelesblade.com/2021/08/11/city-of-west-hollywoods-2021-rainbow-key-award-honorees/ | access-date=October 23, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Citation | year=2022 | title=View 2022 Rainbow Key Awards on WeHoTV YouTube Channel - WEHO TIMES West Hollywood News, Nightlife and Events | url=https://wehotimes.com/view-2022-rainbow-key-awards-on-wehotv-youtube-channel/ | access-date=October 23, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Citation | year=2022 | title=WEHOville.com - TONIGHT 6PM: Rainbow Key Awards - West Hollywood Crime Politics Breaking News | url=https://wehoville.com/2022/06/29/rainbow-key-awards-set-for-june-29/ | access-date=October 23, 2023}}</ref> and [[Nahshon Dion]].{{CN|date=July 2024}}

The West Hollywood Book Fair has been held in the fall since 2001. Past participants have included Andrew McCarthy, Deepak Chopra, and Rocco DiSpirito.<ref>{{cite news |last=Kellogg |first=Carolyn |title=Coming up Sunday: The West Hollywood Book Fair |url=https://www.latimes.com/books/la-xpm-2012-sep-27-la-jc-west-hollywood-book-fair-20120927-story.html |date=September 27, 2012 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |access-date=February 10, 2013}}</ref>

The Oscars is a major event in the city, with a majority of the large [[Academy Award]] party venues being located in the city. Many streets are closed, and traffic swells on this day each year.{{Citation needed|date=October 2023}}

[[Frontrunners]] [[LGBT]] Pride Run is a 5&nbsp;km/10&nbsp;km run/walk held on the Sunday morning of [[LGBT]] Pride.{{Citation needed|date=October 2023}}

The City of West Hollywood sponsors an animal walk and pet appreciation days throughout the year, which have in the past featured pet psychics and dog activities. During Halloween, the week before October 31, animals can participate in a costume contest in West Hollywood Park. West Hollywood is near [[Runyon Canyon Park]]'s hiking trail and dog park in Hollywood.{{Citation needed|date=October 2023}}

The [[Elton John AIDS Foundation]] Academy Awards Party has traditionally been held at the [[Pacific Design Center]]. It is a multimillion-dollar fundraiser for the foundation.<ref name="ejaf">{{cite web |title=EJAF Fundraising |work=Elton John AIDS Foundation |url=http://www.ejaf.org/pages/about/fundraising.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061224042910/http://www.ejaf.org/pages/about/fundraising.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 24, 2006 |access-date=February 26, 2008 }}</ref>

West Hollywood has many ongoing programs to celebrate the vibrant arts and unique culture of the city. The literary community is acknowledged with the year-round author series WeHo Reads, featuring new and noteworthy authors at the West Hollywood Library with a full-day literary event each fall.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://weho.org/residents/arts-and-culture/about/projects-by-year/2014-projects/weho-reads-2015 |title=WeHo Reads 2015 |website=City of West Hollywood |access-date=May 15, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170523090339/http://www.weho.org/residents/arts-and-culture/about/projects-by-year/2014-projects/weho-reads-2015 |archive-date=May 23, 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> An annual PowPow is presented by AIDS Project Los Angeles Red Circle Project and the City of West Hollywood. This event, held at [[Plummer Park]] promotes HIV awareness and prevention among the Native communities and features dance, music, food, and educational resources.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.weho.org/Home/Components/Calendar/Event/8238/15 |title=Calendar |website=City of West Hollywood |access-date=May 15, 2017}}</ref>

West Hollywood inaugurated the first City Poet, [[Steven Reigns]], during the regular City Council meeting on October 6, 2014.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.weho.org/residents/arts-and-culture/literary-arts/city-poet |title=City Poet - Kim Dower / National Poetry Month |website=City of West Hollywood |access-date=May 15, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160629093118/http://www.weho.org/residents/arts-and-culture/literary-arts/city-poet |archive-date=June 29, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Pickle Drag Queen became West Hollywood's first [[Drag (entertainment)|drag]] laureate on International Drag Day, July 16, 2023.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wehotimes.com/pickle-drag-queen-is-officially-sashed-as-first-west-hollywood-drag-laureate/|title=Pickle Drag Queen is Officially Installed as First West Hollywood Drag Laureate - WEHO TIMES West Hollywood News, Nightlife and Events|date=19 July 2023}}</ref>

===LGBT community===
{{see also|LGBT culture in Los Angeles}}

Approximately forty percent of the population identifies as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender.<ref>{{cite web |title=LGBTQ+ West Hollywood |url=https://www.visitcalifornia.com/experience/lgbtq-west-hollywood/ |website=Visit California |date=June 3, 2015 |access-date=March 31, 2021}}</ref> West Hollywood has become one of the world's top gay vacation spots for LGBT travelers and is at the center of gay California nightlife, including spas, shopping, and dining.<ref>{{cite web |title=LGBT |url=http://www.visitwesthollywood.com/explore/lgbt/ |website=The Official Guide to West Hollywood |access-date=December 11, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141213201057/http://www.visitwesthollywood.com/explore/lgbt/ |archive-date=December 13, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The city maintains expansive historical records of the LGBT community. The West Hollywood Library has an extensive collection of LGBT records, literature, and history, including the [[June L. Mazer Lesbian Archives]], and the Ron Shipton HIV Information Center.<ref>{{cite web|title=Insider Tips & Fun Facts|url=http://www.visitwesthollywood.com/explore/lgbt/insider-tips-fun-facts/|website=The Official Guide to West Hollywood|access-date=December 11, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141213201542/http://www.visitwesthollywood.com/explore/lgbt/insider-tips-fun-facts/|archive-date=December 13, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> According to an ''[[LA Times]]'' article, the ONE Archives Gallery and Museum is the first museum in Southern California exclusively dedicated to gay history.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ng|first1=David |title=Taking a Look At Gay History |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-oct-14-me-gaymuseum14-story.html |access-date=December 11, 2014 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=October 14, 2008}}</ref>

In 2018, America's first city-wide [[Bi pride|Bi Pride]] event was held in West Hollywood.<ref name="southfloridagaynews1">{{cite web|url=http://southfloridagaynews.com/National/america-s-first-bi-pride-held-in-west-hollywood.html |title=America's First Bi Pride Held in West Hollywood &#124; National &#124; News &#124; SFGN Articles |publisher=Southfloridagaynews.com |access-date=September 28, 2018}}</ref>

==Government==

===Local===
[[File:WeHo City Hall 2024 Feb.jpg|thumb|West Hollywood City Hall (2024)]]
The city government is headed by a five-member city council, including a Mayor and a Vice Mayor who serve one-year terms. The positions of Mayor and Vice Mayor are largely ceremonial positions which rotate between the councilmembers, and both positions are largely not re-elected in concurrent terms. However, councilmembers serve multiple non-concurrent terms in both offices. The five councilmembers are Mayor John M. Erickson, Vice Mayor Chelsea Lee Byers, [[John Heilman]], [[Sepi Shyne]], and Lauren Meister.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.weho.org/city-government/city-council|title = City Council &#124; City of West Hollywood}}</ref>

West Hollywood was the first city in the country to have a city council with a majority of gay members.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://gaytoday.badpuppy.com/garchive/people/032000pe.htm |title=The Folks Who Rule in Wilton Manors |first=Jesse |last=Monteagudo |work=Gay Today |access-date=May 28, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=Jonathan |last=Van Dyke |title=WeHo Remains a Coalition, 30 years After Cityhood |work=Park LaBrea News Beverly Press |url=http://beverlypress.com/2014/11/weho-remains-a-coalition-30-years-after-cityhood/ |date=November 27, 2014 |access-date=November 27, 2014}}</ref>

On February 19, 2001, West Hollywood became the second city in the United States (after [[Boulder, Colorado]]) to change the term pet "owner" to pet "guardian" in their municipal codes.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nabrlaw.org/portals/10/PDF%20Files/LSOFNHA2002.pdf |title=NABR Animal Law Section – Ownership v. Guardianship |website=nabrlaw.org |access-date=May 15, 2017 }}{{Dead link|date=July 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

With West Hollywood being one of the most prominent gay-friendly cities in the United States, [[Proposition 8]] had a higher rate of rejection than it did in any other city in Los Angeles County: 86% of the city voted against the amendment, which restricted marriage to heterosexual couples.<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/ |newspaper=Los Angeles Times}}</ref>

===State and federal representation===
In the [[California State Legislature]], West Hollywood is in {{Representative|casd|24|fmt=sdistrict}}, and in {{Representative|caad|51|fmt=adistrict}}.<ref>{{Cite web
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On December 20, 2021, the&nbsp;California Citizens Redistricting Commission&nbsp;voted 14-0 in favor of a new state Assembly and Senate district maps and delivered those maps to the&nbsp;secretary of state&nbsp;on December 27, 2021. These maps take effect for California's 2022 state legislative elections, changing West Hollywood's Assembly District to AD 51 and Senate District to SD 24.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://ballotpedia.org/Redistricting_in_California_after_the_2020_census#Enactment | title=Redistricting in California after the 2020 census }}</ref>

In the [[United States House of Representatives]], West Hollywood is in {{Representative|cacd|30|fmt=district}}.<ref>{{Cite GovTrack|CA|30}}</ref>

==Education==

===Primary and secondary schools===
[[File:2014.03.29.west.hollywood.elementary.school.970.n.hammond.st.90069.jpg|thumb|West Hollywood Elementary School]]
All of West Hollywood is part of the [[Los Angeles Unified School District]].<ref name=LACountycensusSDmap2020>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st06_ca/schooldistrict_maps/c06037_los_angeles/DC20SD_C06037.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Los Angeles County, CA|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|page=10 (PDF p. 11/19)|access-date=November 23, 2023}}</ref> The area is within Board District 4.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lausd.k12.ca.us/lausd/board/secretary/BoardDistrictMaps/2007-08%20Board%20District%204.pdf |title=Board District 4 Map |work=[[Los Angeles Unified School District]] |access-date=November 24, 2008}}</ref>

Elementary schools that serve sections of West Hollywood include:
* West Hollywood Elementary School<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.westhollywoodelementary.org/ |title=West Hollywood Elementary School |work=West Hollywood Elementary |access-date=May 28, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://westhollywoodes.com/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170101162853/http://westhollywoodes.com/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=January 1, 2017|title=West Hollywood Elementary School - A California Distinguished School|date=January 1, 2017|access-date=February 16, 2019}}</ref> K–6
* Rosewood Avenue Elementary School<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lausd.k12.ca.us/Rosewood_EL/ |title=Rosewood Avenue Elementary School |work=Los Angeles Unified School District |access-date=May 28, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030605042530/http://www.lausd.k12.ca.us/Rosewood_EL/ |archive-date=June 5, 2003 }}</ref> K–5
* Laurel Elementary School<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.greatschools.org/california/los-angeles/2186-Laurel-School/ |title=Laurel Elementary School |work=Great Schools |date=September 7, 2010 |access-date=May 28, 2011}}</ref> K–8
* Melrose Elementary School<ref>{{cite web |url=http://westhollywood.patch.com/listings/melrose-elementary-school |title=Melrose Elementary School |work=West Hollywood Patch |access-date=May 28, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715051645/http://westhollywood.patch.com/listings/melrose-elementary-school |archive-date=July 15, 2011 }}</ref> K–6
* Gardner Street Elementary School<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lausd.k12.ca.us/Gardner_EL/Site/Welcome.html |title=LAUSD: Gardner Street Elementary School |work=Los Angeles Unified School District |date=May 20, 2011 |access-date=May 28, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110516013421/http://www.lausd.k12.ca.us/Gardner_EL/Site/Welcome.html |archive-date=May 16, 2011 }}</ref> K–5
(Some areas jointly zoned to Rosewood and West Hollywood)

Most{{citation needed|date=November 2023}}<!--Need a map to show how much--> of West Hollywood is zoned to [[Bancroft Middle School (Los Angeles)|Bancroft Middle School]].<ref name=Wedner>{{cite news|url=http://www.latimes.com/classified/realestate/news/la-re-guide13nov13,0,3312745.story?page=2 |title=Mixing it up in the WeHo melting pot |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=November 13, 2005 |access-date=May 28, 2011 |first=Diane |last=Wedner}}</ref> Some portions in the south{{citation needed|date=November 2023}}<!--Need a map that shows this--> are zoned to [[John Burroughs Middle School]].<ref name=Wedner/> Students living in the Los Angeles area known as [[Beverly Hills Post Office]],{{citation needed|date=November 2023}} usually attend West Hollywood Elementary but then go to [[Emerson Middle School (Los Angeles, California)|Emerson Middle School]].<ref name=Wedner/>

In 2005 the zoned high school was [[Fairfax High School (Los Angeles)|Fairfax High School]].<ref name=Wedner/>

Private Schools in West Hollywood:
* West Hollywood College Preparatory School (WHCP) K–12<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.westhollywoodschool.com/ |title=West Hollywood College Preparatory School |work=West Hollywood School.com |access-date=March 6, 2015}}</ref>
* [[The Center for Early Education]]
* [[Pacific Hills School]]

All of West Hollywood is zoned to [[Fairfax High School (Los Angeles)|Fairfax High School]]; some areas are jointly zoned to Fairfax High School and [[Hollywood High School]].

[[The Center for Early Education]] and [[Pacific Hills School]] are private schools in West Hollywood.

==Media==
* West Hollywood News<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wehonews.com/|title=WeHo News Community news and information for West Hollywood|date=July 5, 2008|access-date=February 16, 2019|archive-date=July 5, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080705204737/http://www.wehonews.com/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* WEHOville Blog:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wehoville.com/|title=West Hollywood Blog - WEHOville.com|website=WEHOville|access-date=February 16, 2019}}</ref>
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20230117181845/https://www.mtv.com/shows/the-real-friends-of-weho The Real Friends of WeHo]

==Infrastructure==

===Transportation===
[[Traffic congestion]], [[public transport]] and parking are critical issues in the city due to its location between access to areas such as [[Greater Hollywood, Los Angeles|Greater Hollywood]] to the east and the [[San Fernando Valley]] to the north and the area of the Los Angeles West Side, with the [[Hollywood Hills]] creating a natural impediment to the north. [[Santa Monica Boulevard]] and [[Sunset Boulevard]] are critical east-west arteries in the metropolitan area, and [[Laurel Canyon Boulevard]] is a popular shortcut through the hills. Nearly 600 employees and 260 buses in the District 7 [[fleet of the LACMTA]] are based in a large facility on prime real estate near [[San Vicente Boulevard]] and [[Santa Monica Boulevard]]. The [[K Line (Los Angeles Metro)|K Line]] extension to the [[Hollywood/Highland station]] is likely to pass through, or along, the edge of West Hollywood.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hymon |first1=Steve |title=Feasibility study looks at possible routes for Crenshaw North Extension |url=https://thesource.metro.net/2018/07/22/feasibility-study-looks-at-possible-routes-for-crenshaw-north-extension/ |website=The Source |date=July 22, 2018 |publisher=Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority |access-date=August 11, 2018}}</ref>

====The PickUp====
{{Main article|The PickUp}}
In August 2013, the City of West Hollywood launched a free Friday and Saturday night shuttle, the PickUp, connecting the eastern and western parts of the city. The goal of The PickUp is to provide an alternative to the automobile and bring an energetic and playful transit option to one of West Hollywood's busiest nighttime districts.<ref>{{cite web |title=WeHo Pickup |url=http://www.weho.org/business/weho-pickup |website=City of West Hollywood |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905090310/http://www.weho.org/business/weho-pickup |archive-date=September 5, 2015}}</ref> The Public Relations Society of America Los Angeles Chapter (PRSA-LA) has recognized the City of West Hollywood with a PRism Award of Excellence in the category of New Product/Service Launch for the city's kick-off campaign for the PickUp.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wehoville.com/2014/11/20/weho-gets-top-pr-award-pickup-shuttle-product-launch/ |title=WeHo Gets Top PR Award for Pickup Shuttle Product Launch |date=November 20, 2014 |website=wehoville.com |access-date=May 15, 2017}}</ref>

====The Sunset Trip shuttle service====
[[File:Sunset Trip Route Map.jpg|alt=Sunset Trip Route Map|thumb|Sunset Trip route map]]
In June 2018, the City of West Hollywood launched a new free shuttle service called The Sunset Trip.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wehosunsettrip.com/|title=WeHo Sunset Trip|website=WeHoSunsetTrip.com|access-date=February 16, 2019}}</ref> This service focuses on shuttling riders on Sunset Boulevard, but also crosses the PickUp shuttle route to allow transfers.

===Public health and safety===
The [[Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department]] operates the West Hollywood Station.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lasd.org/stations/for2/westh-ucity/index.html |title=West Hollywood Station |work=[[Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department]] |access-date=January 21, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100125075225/http://www.lasd.org/stations/for2/westh-ucity/index.html |archive-date=January 25, 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lasd.org/stations/for2/westh-ucity/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100125075225/http://www.lasd.org/stations/for2/westh-ucity/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 25, 2010|title=Los Angeles County Sheriff's Dept. - West Hollywood Station|date=January 25, 2010|access-date=February 16, 2019}}</ref>

The [[Los Angeles County Department of Health Services]] operates the Hollywood-Wilshire Health Center in [[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood]], serving West Hollywood.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://publichealth.lacounty.gov/phn/docs/HealthCenter/hollywoodwilshire.pdf |title=Hollywood-Wilshire Health Center |work=[[Los Angeles County Department of Health Services]] |access-date=March 18, 2010}}</ref>

Fire protection in West Hollywood is provided by the [[Los Angeles County Fire Department]]. LACoFD operates Station 7, the battalion headquarters, and Station 8, both in West Hollywood, as a part of Battalion 1.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://fire.lacounty.gov/HometownFireStations/HometownFireStations.asp |title=Hometown Fire Stations |work=[[Los Angeles County Fire Department]] |access-date=December 6, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070913190430/http://fire.lacounty.gov/HometownFireStations/HometownFireStations.asp |archive-date=September 13, 2007 }}</ref>

Emergency Medical Services are provided by LACoFD and McCormick Ambulance.

===Social services===
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West Hollywood, with a gay male population of about 39%,<ref name="Dem" /> has been disproportionately affected by the HIV/AIDS epidemic which has ravaged its gay male population since the early 1980s. The city funds or subsidizes an array of services for those living with [[HIV]] or [[AIDS]]. The [[AIDS Healthcare Foundation]] parks a Mobile HIV/STD testing van outside of the city's busiest nightclubs on Friday and Saturday nights, and again on Sunday afternoons. This outreach attempts to intervene with those young people most at-risk for HIV infection. [[Project Angel Food]] receives city funding to deliver hundreds of fresh lunches and dinners daily which are prepared under the supervision of a registered dietitian who tailors the meals to meet individual client's nutritional needs. [[AIDS Project Los Angeles]] (APLA) is a national leader for AIDS policy and advocacy issues and provides assistance to clients navigating the maze of available public benefits. APLA also provides free dental, psychotherapy and pharmaceutical services. Aid for AIDS provides direct financial support by assisting clients with rent, utility and pharmacy expenses. The city also subsidizes agencies that help clients train for a return to the workforce. The city permits all residents living with HIV/AIDS to have up to two pets in his or her home regardless of a landlord's specifications in the property's lease.{{Citation needed|date=October 2023}}

West Hollywood subsidizes programs for its growing population of children through a partnership with the [[USDA]] and local schools.  "Healthy Start West Hollywood" is a program of the city's Social Services division that introduces pre-Kindergarten through High School age kids to the benefits of good nutrition through such activities as collective vegetable gardens and yoga.{{Citation needed|date=October 2023}}

The special needs of senior citizens are addressed through a variety of programs. West Hollywood either funds or subsidizes agencies that offer adult day care, a roommate matching service, and nutritious meals. The West Hollywood Senior Center provides recreational programs, excursions, and socializing as well as counseling and case management.{{Citation needed|date=October 2023}}

West Hollywood also seeks to address the health needs of residents who do not have adequate insurance by subsidizing the LA Free Clinic and The [[Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center]]. Residents can access free medical, dental, legal and mental health services between these two sites.{{Citation needed|date=October 2023}}

The West Hollywood's Public Safety Division publishes guides on sexual assault prevention, nightclub safety, and how to access rape services.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.weho.org/index.aspx?page=339 |title=Public Safety Education Campaign |work=City of West Hollywood |access-date=March 4, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130119050653/http://www.weho.org/index.aspx?page=339 |archive-date=January 19, 2013}}</ref>

===Public library===
[[File:West Hollywood Library.jpg|thumb|The West Hollywood Library viewed from across the street in front of the [[Pacific Design Center]].]]
[[County of Los Angeles Public Library]] operates the West Hollywood Library at 625 North San Vicente Boulevard.<ref>"[http://www.colapublib.org/libs/whollywood/ West Hollywood Library] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101214170449/http://colapublib.org/libs/whollywood/ |date=December 14, 2010 }}." [[County of Los Angeles Public Library]]. Retrieved on December 2, 2011.</ref>

Until early September 2011, the library was based at 715 North San Vicente Boulevard in a building designed by architect [[Edward H. Fickett]]. On September 6, 2011, the City demolished that building, which aroused controversy among some community members, including the architect's wife.<ref>{{cite news |last=Stukin |first=Stacie |date=September 26, 2011 |url=http://www.archpaper.com/news/articles.asp?id=5651 |title=WEHO NO |newspaper=The Architect's Newspaper |access-date=December 2, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120102000537/http://archpaper.com/news/articles.asp?id=5651 |archive-date=January 2, 2012 |url-status=dead  }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://wehonews.com/z/wehonews/Pages.php?choice=6534 |date=September 29, 2011 |title=WeHo's Fickett library demolished |work=WeHo News |access-date=December 2, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426012842/http://wehonews.com/z/wehonews/Pages.php?choice=6534 |archive-date=April 26, 2012 }}</ref><ref>Rapaport (2014), 149-153 for details on the Fickett-designed library.</ref>

The current library building officially opened to the public on October 1, 2011.<ref>{{cite news |last=Branson-Potts |first=Hailey |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/la-xpm-2011-oct-01-la-me-weho-library-20111001-story.html |title=West Hollywood Library's new edition |date=October 1, 2011 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |access-date=December 2, 2011}}</ref> The building, which was designed by architects Steve Johnson and James Favaro, received a favorable review in the ''Los Angeles Times'' that ended by calling it "...a tremendously encouraging achievement".<ref>{{cite news |last=Hawthorne |first=Christopher |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-xpm-2011-sep-28-la-et-weho-library-review-20110928-story.html |title=Architecture Review: West Hollywood Library among top works |date=September 28, 2011 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |access-date=December 2, 2011}}</ref> Exterior surfaces of the library building and adjacent parking structure are decorated with murals by [[Shepard Fairey]], [[Kenny Scharf]] and [[Marquis Lewis]] (aka Retna), and the interior incorporates design work by Fairey and [[David Wiseman]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Ng |first=David |url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2011/07/shepard-fairey-unveils-new-mural-for-west-hollywood-public-library.html |title=Entertainment: Shepard Fairey, street artists brighten West Hollywood library |date=July 27, 2011 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |access-date=May 15, 2012}}</ref>

==Notable people==
The issue of [[Paparazzi]] chasing celebrities is raised regularly and the city participates in meetings with other nearby municipalities such as [[Beverly Hills]] and Los Angeles to discuss the problem and possible actions to better control the activity. The epicenter of the [[Thirty Mile Zone]] lies just blocks to the south of the city, and is the basis for the name of [[TMZ on TV]], a paparazzi footage-based program. TMZ moved their operations from Sunset and Crescent Heights Boulevards to Los Angeles.<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/thirtymilezone/ TMZ]. Instagram account.</ref>

On May 28, 2018, Mayor John Duran announced that [[Stormy Daniels]] would receive the "Key to the City" alongside her attorney, [[Michael Avenatti]]. “In these politically tumultuous times, Stormy Daniels has proven herself to be a profile in courage by speaking truth to power even under threats to her safety and extreme intimidation from the current Administration”, said the mayor.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/reliable-source/wp/2018/05/24/stormy-daniels-receives-the-key-to-the-city-of-west-hollywood/|title=Stormy Daniels receives the key to the city of West Hollywood|last=Polus|first=Sarah|date=May 24, 2018|newspaper=[[Washington Post]]|language=en|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180525022259/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/reliable-source/wp/2018/05/24/stormy-daniels-receives-the-key-to-the-city-of-west-hollywood/|archive-date=May 25, 2018|access-date=October 1, 2019}}</ref>

Actress [[Drew Barrymore]] grew up on Poinsettia Place until the age of 7, when she moved to Sherman Oaks; she moved back to West Hollywood at the age of 14.<ref name="wildflower27">{{cite book |last1=Barrymore |first1=Drew |title=Wildflower |date=2015 |publisher=Dutton |location=New York |isbn=978-1-10198-379-9 |oclc=904421431 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/wildflower0000barr/page/2 2, 7] |quote=We lived on Poinsettia Place in a tiny duplex[...]. As an adult, I was determined to get back to headquarters, and I moved back to West Hollywood. |url=https://archive.org/details/wildflower0000barr/page/2 }}</ref>

===Mayors of West Hollywood===
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* [[Valerie Terrigno]] (1984–1985)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-nov-29-me-a2anniversary29-story.html |title=West Hollywood seats first council |date=November 29, 2006 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |access-date=May 15, 2017}}</ref>
* [[John Heilman]] (1985–1986)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-04-17-we-208-story.html |title=Successor Needs Time to Look for Work : W. Hollywood Extends Mayor's Term |first=Stephen |last=Braun  |date=April 17, 1986 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |access-date=May 15, 2017}}</ref>
* [[Stephen Shulte]] (1986–1987)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-06-12-we-10398-story.html |title=West Hollywood : Council Picks Schulte as Mayor |date=June 12, 1986 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |access-date=May 15, 2017}}</ref>
* [[Alan Viterbi]] (1987–1988)
* [[Helen Albert]] (1988–1989)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-05-12-we-4173-story.html |title=West Hollywood : Albert Becomes Mayor at 77 |date=May 12, 1988 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |access-date=May 15, 2017}}</ref>
* [[Abbe Land]] (1989–1990)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.weho.org/city-hall/download-documents/-folder-516 |title=City Hall, Download Documents |work=City of West Hollywood |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170429190230/http://www.weho.org/city-hall/download-documents/-folder-516
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* [[John Heilman]] (1990–1991)
* [[Paul Koretz]] (1991–1992)
* [[Babette Lang]] (1992–1993)
* [[Sal Guarriello]] (1993–1994)
* [[Abbe Land]] (1994–1995)
* [[John Heilman]] (1995–1996)
* [[Paul Koretz]] (1996–1997)
* [[Sal Guarriello]] (1997–1998)
* Steve Martin (1998–1999)
* [[John Heilman]] (1999–2000)
* [[Jeff Prang]] (2000–2001)
* [[John Heilman]] (2001–2002)
* [[Sal Guarriello]] (2002–2003)
* [[Jeff Prang]] (2003–2004)
* [[John Duran]] (2004–2005)
* [[Abbe Land]] (2005–2006)
* [[John Heilman]] (2006–2007)
* [[John Duran]] (2007–2008)
* [[Jeff Prang]] (2008–2009)
* [[Abbe Land]] (2009–2010)
* [[John Heilman]] (2010–2011)
* [[John Duran]] (2011–2012)
* [[Jeff Prang]] (2012–2013)
* [[Abbe Land]] (2013–2014)
* [[John D'Amico (politician)|John D'Amico]] (2014–2015)
* [[Lindsey P. Horvath]] (2015–2016)
* [[Lauren Meister]] (2016–2017)
* [[John Heilman]] (2017–2018)
* [[John Duran]] (2018–2019)
* [[John D'Amico (politician)|John D'Amico]] (2019–2020)
* [[Lindsey P. Horvath]] (2020–2021)
* [[Lauren Meister]] (2021–2023)
* [[Sepi Shyne]] (2023–2024)
* [[John M. Erickson]] (2024–Present)
{{div col end}}

==Landmarks and distinctive places==
Alta Loma Road is home to the [[Sunset Marquis Hotel]] with its 45-person [[Sunset Marquis Hotel#Whisky Bar|Whisky Bar]] and NightBird Recording Studios, an underground music production facility. Alta Loma Road was one of the main locations for the film ''[[Perfect (1985 film)|Perfect]]''. Actor [[Sal Mineo]] lived on Holloway Drive in the 1970s; he was murdered in his carport just around the corner from Alta Loma.<ref>{{cite book | last1 = Lawson | first1 = Kritstan | first2 = Anneli | last2 = Rufus | title = [[California Babylon: A Guide to Site of Scandal, Mayhem, and Celluloid in the Golden State]] | location = New York | publisher = [[St. Martin's Griffin]] | pages = 60 | date = October 2000 | isbn = 978-0312263850}}</ref>

The western stretch of [[Melrose Avenue]], between [[Fairfax Avenue]] and [[Doheny Drive]], is notable for its trendy clothing boutiques, interior design shops, restaurants and antique stores. The west end of Melrose Avenue, near the [[Pacific Design Center]], is especially known for its exclusive furniture.{{Citation needed|date=October 2023}}

The area around Fountain Avenue, Harper Avenue and Havenhurst Drive contains a high concentration of landmark 1920s [[Spanish Revival]] and [[Art Deco]] apartment buildings by such noted architects as Leland Bryant. This historic district has been home to many celebrities and at one time the [[Sunset Tower]] at 8358 Sunset Boulevard was home to [[Frank Sinatra]], [[Errol Flynn]], the [[Gabor sisters]], [[John Wayne]] and [[Howard Hughes]].{{Citation needed|date=October 2023}}

[[File:Marquee outside Whiskey a Go Go on the Sunset Strip, June 2, 2009.JPG|thumb|Whisky a Go-Go on the [[Sunset Strip]]]]

Notable business and attractions in West Hollywood include:
* The [[Sunset Strip]]
* Hotels such as [[Andaz West Hollywood]], [[Chamberlain West Hollywood Hotel]], The Charlie, [[Mondrian Hotel|Mondrian]], Montrose West Hollywood and the [[Standard Hotel|Standard]]
* The [[Pacific Design Center]]
* Architecture such as [[Kings Road House|The Schindler House]] by architect [[Rudolph Schindler (architect)|Rudolf Schindler]]
* Buildings such as [[9200 Sunset]] by architect [[Charles Luckman]] and the old [[Hacienda Arms Apartments|Coronet Building (Piazza del Sol)]]
* Music venues such as [[House of Blues]] (Closed), [[Whisky a Go Go]], [[The Troubadour (Los Angeles)|The Troubadour]], [[The Roxy Theatre]] and [[Viper Room]]
* [[Westlake Recording Studios]], where [[Michael Jackson]] recorded the albums ''[[Thriller (Michael Jackson album)|Thriller]]'' and ''[[Bad (album)|Bad]]'' in 1982 and 1987, respectively
* Celebrity hangouts such as [[Soho House (club)|Soho House]], [[Formosa Cafe]] (reopened 2019), [[Sunset Marquis Hotel#Whisky Bar|Whisky Bar]], [[Rainbow Bar and Grill]], Palm Restaurant (now located in Beverly Hills): West Hollywood (not to be confused with the chain by the same name,) Dan Tana's, [[The Abbey Food & Bar]] and Villa Nightclub
* Film, television and music production including [[Samuel Goldwyn Studio]] (now known as The Lot), home to [[Oprah Winfrey Network]], [[Funny or Die]], and [[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]]<ref>{{Cite web| title = Showtime Moves Into New West Hollywood Headquarters| work = The Hollywood Reporter| date = January 9, 2019| access-date = February 16, 2019| url = https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/showtime-moves-new-west-hollywood-headquarters-1174521}}</ref>
* Several parks including historic [[Plummer Park]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ohp.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=21387 |title=California Historical Landmarks by County |website=California Office of Historic Preservation |access-date=May 15, 2017}}</ref>
* [[Comedy Store]]
* [[Sierra Towers]], the tallest residential building in the greater Los Angeles area
* [[Saint Victor Catholic Church]]
* [[West Hollywood Gateway Project]], the city's largest shopping center that is home to Los Angeles' largest public art piece using projection technology.
*[[Bodhi Tree Bookstore]], an independent bookstore founded in 1970 that was located on Melrose Avenue.

==Controversies==
===Discrimination issues===
Sometime in the 1940s, a sign appeared over the bar at [[Barney's Beanery]] that said "FAGOTS {{sic}} – STAY OUT." The message so offended locals that ''[[Life (magazine)|Life]]'' magazine did an article on opposition to the sign in 1964, which included a photograph of the owner steadfastly holding on to it.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jmu.edu/safezone/wm_library/Timeline%20Fact%20Sheet.pdf |title=LGBT Timeline (from the 60's to the 90's) from James Sears' LGBT Timeline |work=[[James Madison University]] |access-date=September 21, 2013 |archive-date=September 26, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130926121958/http://www.jmu.edu/safezone/wm_library/Timeline%20Fact%20Sheet.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> The owner died in 1968, and efforts continued to have the sign removed. The [[Gay Liberation Front]] organized a [[Zap (action)|zap]] of the restaurant on February 7, 1970, to push for its removal. The sign disappeared that day.<ref>Teal, pp. 255–57</ref> The sign was put up and taken down several times over the next 14 years, but the practice ended in December 1984, days after the city voted itself into existence. The then-mayor, [[Valerie Terrigno]], the entire city council and gay-rights activists marched into Barney's and relieved the wall of the offending sign.<ref>Kenney, p. 50</ref> It was held by [[Morris Kight]] for many years and now rests in the [[ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives]].{{Citation needed|date=February 2019}}

Jewel-Thais Williams, who owned the bar Jewel's Catch One, originally opened the bar in 1973 because she experienced discrimination in both heterosexual bars and gay bars because she was both black and a woman.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/great-reads/la-et-c1-black-gay-clubs-20150316-story.html |title=Jewel's Catch One disco's demise marks era's end for L.A.'s gay blacks |last=Anderson |first=Tre'vell |date=March 16, 2015 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |access-date=May 15, 2017}}</ref>

A resident drew national attention during the [[2008 United States presidential election|2008 presidential campaign]] by including a [[Sarah Palin]] [[mannequin]] hung in effigy in a [[Halloween]] display. The home's decorations also featured a doll of [[John McCain]] surrounded by decorative flames in the chimney. Some residents complained about the display as a [[hate crime]], but the [[Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department]] concluded the display did not violate any laws.<ref name="latimesPalin">{{cite news |last=Kim |first=Victoria |title=Effigy of Sarah Palin hanging by a noose creates uproar in West Hollywood |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=October 28, 2008 |url=http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-palineffigy28-2008oct28,0,541630.story |access-date=October 31, 2008}}</ref>

In March 2006, agents from [[Immigration and Customs Enforcement]] and the [[U.S. Secret Service]] seized 250 [[fake denomination]] notes, each bearing a denomination of $1 billion, from a West Hollywood apartment.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://communitydispatch.com/Department_of_Homeland__Security_63/HOMELAND_SECURITY_AGENTS_SEIZE__BILLION_DOLLAR__BO_4175.shtml |title=Homeland Security Agents Seize "Billion Dollar" Bogus Federal Reserve Notes |work=Community Dispatch.com |access-date=May 28, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130118002632/http://communitydispatch.com/Department_of_Homeland__Security_63/HOMELAND_SECURITY_AGENTS_SEIZE__BILLION_DOLLAR__BO_4175.shtml |archive-date=January 18, 2013 }}</ref>

===Celebrity incidents===
[[File:ChateauMarmont 01.jpg|thumb|[[Chateau Marmont]] in West Hollywood]]

In 1982, [[John Belushi]] died of a drug overdose at the [[Chateau Marmont]] hotel in Hollywood, adjacent to WeHo. On the night of his death, he was visited separately by friends [[Robin Williams]] (at the height of his own drug exploits)<ref>''Robin Williams'', television biography from the ''Biography Channel'', July 7, 2006.</ref> and [[Robert De Niro]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.franksreelreviews.com/shorttakes/morbid.htm#belushi |url-status=dead|title=John Belushi Dies at the Chateau Marmont |work=Frank's Reel Reviews |access-date=May 28, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110304005426/http://www.franksreelreviews.com/shorttakes/morbid.htm|archive-date=4 March 2011}}</ref> each of whom left the premises, leaving Belushi in the company of assorted others, including [[Cathy Smith]].{{Citation needed|date=October 2023}}

[[File:River Phoenix - hi res scan.jpg|thumb|upright|[[River Phoenix]]]]
On Halloween night in 1993, actor [[River Phoenix]] died at age 23 of a drug overdose at [[The Viper Room]], a club that was opened that year and was partly owned by actor [[Johnny Depp]] until 2004.<ref>{{cite news |last=Mydans |first=Seth |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/11/13/us/death-of-river-phoenix-is-linked-to-use-of-cocaine-and-morphine.html |title=Death of River Phoenix Is Linked To Use of Cocaine and Morphine |newspaper=The New York Times |date=November 13, 1993 |access-date=August 31, 2013}}</ref>

On January 8, 2006, New Zealand film director [[Lee Tamahori]], dressed as a woman, was arrested for allegedly offering an undercover police officer oral sex on the corner of Santa Monica Boulevard and Lodi Place.<ref>{{cite news |title=Tamahori's double life |url=http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2006/02/04/1138958948432.html |first=Eric |last=Munn |date=February 5, 2006 |newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald |publisher=Fairfax |access-date=December 13, 2007}}</ref> He was convicted only of criminal trespass, having pleaded no contest in exchange for other charges being dropped.<ref>{{cite web |title=007 director makes sex case deal |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4746004.stm |date=February 24, 2006 |work=BBC News |location=UK |access-date=December 13, 2007}}</ref>

On November 17, 2006, during a performance at the [[Laugh Factory]], a [[Mobile phone|cell phone]] video captured [[Michael Richards]]<ref name="TMZ-2006">{{cite web |url=http://www.tmz.com/2006/11/20/kramers-racist-tirade-caught-on-tape |title="Kramer's" Racist Tirade – Caught on Tape |access-date=November 20, 2006 |work=TMZ.com |year=2006 |author=TMZ Staff}}</ref><ref name="Vibe">{{cite web |url=http://www.vibe.com/news/news_headlines/2006/11/comedian_michael_kramer_richards_goes_into_racial_tirade |title=Comedian Michael "Kramer" Richards Goes Into Racial Tirade, Banned From Laugh Factory |access-date=November 21, 2006 |publisher=[[VIBE|Vibe.com]] |year=2006 |first=Mariel |last=Concepción |work=NewsWire |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061208090628/http://www.vibe.com/news/news_headlines/2006/11/comedian_michael_kramer_richards_goes_into_racial_tirade/ |archive-date=December 8, 2006 }}</ref> shouting "Shut up" to a heckler in the audience, followed by repeated shouts of "He's a [[nigger]]!" to the rest of the audience<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/21/AR2006112100242.html |title="Seinfeld" Comic Richards Apologizes for Racial Rant |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=November 21, 2006 |access-date=May 28, 2011 |first=Paul |last=Farhi}}</ref> (using the word six times altogether), and also making a reference to [[lynching]].<ref name="Canadian Broadcasting Corporation">{{cite news |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/richards-deeply-deeply-sorry-for-racial-slurs-1.618610 |title=Richards 'deeply, deeply sorry' for racial slurs|access-date=November 20, 2006 |publisher=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]] |website=CBC Arts |date=November 20, 2006}}</ref>

==Legislation==
In 1985, West Hollywood was the first city to create a same-gender [[domestic partnership]] registration for its residents, as well as to offer same-gender [[Domestic partnership|domestic partner]] benefits for city employees. West Hollywood's Domestic Partnerships are open to any two adults, regardless of gender, sexual orientation, place of residence, or length of relationship.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://weho.org/city-government/city-clerk/domestic-partnerships/domestic-partnership-registration |title=Domestic Partnership Registration|work=City of West Hollywood |access-date=March 19, 2025 }}</ref> These unions are treated on an equal basis with legal marriages with respect to city-level benefits and services.

West Hollywood has [[inclusionary zoning]] laws governing development. The city established the Affordable Housing Trust Fund in 1986<ref name="Affordable Housing Trust">{{cite web |url=http://www.ci.west-hollywood.ca.us/index.aspx?page=514 |title=Affordable Housing Trust Fund |work=City of West Hollywood |access-date=May 28, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021045335/http://www.ci.west-hollywood.ca.us/index.aspx?page=514 |archive-date=October 21, 2012}}</ref> requiring developers to either provide affordable housing in new projects or pay a fee in-lieu to the city which it directs towards other affordable housing projects.<ref name="Affordable Housing Trust" />

[[File:WeHoCityHall.jpg|thumb|West Hollywood City Hall on Santa Monica Boulevard]]

In 1993 the West Hollywood City Council voted for West Hollywood to become the first official pro-choice city in America.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.weho.org/index.aspx?page=114 |title=Mayor Abbe Land |work=City of West Hollywood |date=May 14, 2013 |access-date=September 21, 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130616144128/http://www.weho.org/index.aspx?page=114 |archive-date=June 16, 2013 |url-status=dead  }}</ref>

In 2006, the City Council passed a [[medicinal marijuana]] resolution, by a vote of 4–0, making it the first city in [[Southern California]] to adopt a lowest law enforcement priority law for cannabis offenses. The resolution stated, "it is not the policy of the City or its law enforcement agency to target possession of small amounts of cannabis and the consumption of non-medical cannabis in private by adults".<ref name=weho1>{{cite web |work=City of West Hollywood |title=Council Considers Formal Position Regarding Marijuana Consumption and Possession |date=June 16, 2006 |url=http://www.weho.org/news/index.cfm/fuseaction/story/ID/1378/ |access-date=September 6, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060624143159/http://www.weho.org/news/index.cfm/fuseaction/story/ID/1378/ |archive-date=June 24, 2006 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=City Council, City of West Hollywood, Minutes, Monday, June 19, 2006 |url=http://www.weho.org/download/index.cfm/fuseaction/download/cid/4461/ |access-date=September 6, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060820024137/http://www.weho.org/download/index.cfm/fuseaction/download/cid/4461/ |archive-date=August 20, 2006 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

West Hollywood adopted one of the nation's first mandatory [[green building]] ordinances on October 1, 2007.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://qcode.us/codes/westhollywood/view.php?topic=13--13_24_010&highlightWords=green+building&frames=on |title=West Hollywood Municipal Code Adoption of Green Building Standards Code |work=Qcode.us |access-date=May 28, 2011}}</ref>

The city designed a law that pets are to be called "companions" and their owners "guardians" and was the first city in the country to outlaw the de-clawing of cats.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-may-05-me-declaw5-story.html |title=Cats Gain Right to Keep and Bare Claws in W. Hollywood |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=May 5, 2003 |access-date=May 28, 2011 |first=Carla |last=Hall}}</ref> In 2011, West Hollywood became the first city in the United States to ban the sale of clothing with real animal fur; the ban took effect on September 21, 2013.<ref>{{cite web |last=Mills |first=James F. |title=Council Passes Fur Ban on Split Vote |url=http://westhollywood.patch.com/articles/city-concil-again-votes-to-ban-fur |newspaper=West Hollywood Patch |date=November 8, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Fur Ban Information |work=City of West Hollywood |url=http://www.weho.org/city-hall/city-departments/public-works/code-compliance/fur-ban |access-date=November 27, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141122194617/http://www.weho.org/city-hall/city-departments/public-works/code-compliance/fur-ban |archive-date=November 22, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In May 2014, the ordinance was upheld by the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, after a local business had challenged the prohibition as unconstitutional.<ref>{{cite web |title=Fur Flies and West Hollywood ("WeHo") Fur Ban Is Upheld By Federal Court  |work=Sheppard Mullin Fashion Apparel Law Blog |url=http://www.fashionapparellawblog.com/2014/07/articles/changes-in-law/fur-flies-and-west-hollywood-weho-fur-ban-is-upheld-by-federal-court/ |date=July 3, 2014 |access-date=November 27, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Edvard |last=Pettersson |title=Ban on Fur Sales in West Hollywood, California, Upheld |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-05-07/ban-on-fur-sales-in-west-hollywood-california-upheld.html |work=[[Business Week]] |date=May 6, 2014 |access-date=November 27, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=Andrew |last=Ash |title=West Hollywood's Fur Ban to Be Changed |url=http://www.apparelnews.net/news/2014/sep/11/west-hollywoods-fur-ban-be-changed/ |work=California Apparel News |date=September 11, 2014 |access-date=November 27, 2014}}</ref>

Legislation prohibiting discrimination in the workplace on the basis of sexual orientation is widely recognized as the toughest in the nation.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://humanrights.gov.au/our-work/employers/sexual-orientation-gender-identity-and-intersex-status-discrimination |title=TLPI: Sexual orientation, gender identity and intersex status discrimination |work=humanrights.gov.au|access-date=March 23, 2022}}</ref> The city is one of 225 jurisdictions in the country where it is illegal to discriminate on the basis of gender identity or expression.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.transgenderlaw.org/ndlaws/index.htm |title=TLPI: U.S. Jurisdictions that include transgender people in human rights laws |work=Transgenderlaw.org |access-date=May 28, 2011 |archive-date=August 13, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180813010654/http://www.transgenderlaw.org/ndlaws/index.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hrc.org/resources/cities-and-counties-with-non-discrimination-ordinances-that-include-gender |title=Cities and Counties with Non-Discrimination Ordinances that Include Gender Identity |work=Human Rights Campaign |access-date=February 21, 2021}}</ref>

City legislation bans the sale of handguns, prohibits smoking in public places, and restricts the city from doing business directly or indirectly (via vendors) with any country known to violate human rights. The city has banned the use of gas-powered [[leaf blower]]s.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nonoise.org/quietnet/cqs/other.htm |title=NPC Quietnet: CQS – Other California Cities |work=Nonoise.org |date=March 1, 1991 |access-date=May 28, 2011}}</ref>

As of July 2023, West Hollywood has the country's highest minimum wage, at $19.08 per hour.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Campa |first=Andrew |date=July 1, 2023 |title=West Hollywood will have the nation's highest minimum wage. Business owners are not happy |url=https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-07-01/west-hollywoods-minimum-wage-tops-19-an-hour-highest-in-nation |website=Los Angeles Times}}</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|Greater Los Angeles|California|United States|Geography}}
* [[D Line (Los Angeles Metro)]]
* [[ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives]]
* [[Harold A. Henry#Positions|Harold A. Henry]], assured Los Angeles City Council would remain neutral in West Hollywood incorporation, 1957
* [[Thomas Bones]] (1842–1929), farmer and land developer in this area

==Notes==
{{Reflist}}

==References==
* {{cite book|last=Gierach|first=Ryan|title=Images of America: West Hollywood|year=2003|publisher=Arcadia|location=San Francisco|isbn=978-0-7385-2850-2}}
* Kenney, Moira (2001). ''Mapping Gay L.A.: The Intersection of Place and Politics''. Temple University Press. {{ISBN|1-56639-884-3}}.
* {{cite book|last=Rapaport|first=Richard|title=California Moderne and the Mid-Century Dream: The Architecture of Edward H. Fickett|year=2014|publisher=Rizzoli|location=New York|isbn=978-0-8478-4248-3}}
* Teal, Donn (1971, reissued 1995). ''The Gay Militants: How Gay Liberation Began in America, 1969–1971''. New York, St. Martin's Press. {{ISBN|0-312-11279-3}} (1995 edition).
* {{cite book|last=Torrence|first=Bruce|title=Hollywood: The first Hundred Years|year=1982|publisher=New York Zoetrope|location=New York|isbn=978-0-918432-44-5|page=12}}

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* {{Official website}}

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 | North     = [[Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles|Laurel Canyon]]
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 | East      = [[Hollywood, California|Hollywood]]
 | Southeast = [[Hancock Park, Los Angeles|Hancock Park]]
 | Southwest = [[Beverly Hills, California|Beverly Hills]]
 | South     = [[Melrose District, Los Angeles|Melrose]]
 | West      = [[Beverly Hills, California|Beverly Hills]]
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