1769Infrastructure
=== Early history ===
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-da...
1828Culture
After its initial settlement in 1828, Beverly Hills was originally a primarily agricultural community centered around Rancho Rodeo de las Aguas, a Mexican-era rancho grant.
1854History
In 1854, she sold the ranch to Benjamin Davis Wilson (1811–1878) and Henry Hancock (1822–1883).
1882History
Measurable snowfall has been recorded only in 1882, 1922, 1932, 1949 and 1958.
1888History
By 1888, they were planning to build a town called Morocco on their holdings.
1900History
=== 20th century ===
In 1900, Burton E.
1906Economy
In 1906, therefore, they reorganized as the Rodeo Land and Water Company, renamed the property "Beverly Hills", subdivided it, and began selling lots.
1907Architecture
The first house in the subdivision was built in 1907, but sales remained slow.
1911Government
==== Incorporation ====
Burton Green began construction on The Beverly Hills Hotel in 1911.
1912History
The hotel was finished in 1912.
1914Government
Beverly Hills was first incorporated as a city in September 1914 by a group of investors who had failed to find oil but found water instead, and eventually decided to develop it...
1919Architecture
In 1919, Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford bought land on Summit Drive and built a mansion, finished in 1921 and nicknamed "Pickfair" by the press.
1920History
== Demographics ==
Beverly Hills first appeared as a city in the 1920 U.S.
1923Government
In 1923, the usual solution, annexation to the city of Los Angeles, was proposed.
1928Architecture
In 1928, the 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 Spe...
1931Architecture
In April 1931, the new Italian Renaissance-style Beverly Hills City Hall was opened.
1948History
==== 1948: restrictive covenants found unenforceable ====
In the early 1940s, black actors and businessmen had begun to move into Beverly Hills, despite the covenants allowing o...
1956Government
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.
1960History
In television, the scene in the opening credits of The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968), in which Sheriff Taylor and Opie carry fishing poles past a pond, was shot at the Franklin...
1962History
The CBS sitcom The Beverly Hillbillies (1962–1971) followed a hillbilly family who relocate to Beverly Hills from the Ozarks.
1979Government
Following the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran, many Persian Jews settled in Beverly Hills.
1985History
The former Beverly Hills Post Office was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 11, 1985.
2001Architecture
=== 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.
2003Education
One drilling island occasioned a 2003 lawsuit representing former attendees of Beverly Hills High School, approximately 280 of which having suffered from cancers allegedly tied ...
2005History
Beverly Hills appears in the 2005 video game Tony Hawk's American Wasteland.
2008History
The city of Beverly Hills widely opposed Proposition 8, the 2008 ballot measure which repealed legal recognition of same-sex marriages.
2009History
During 2009–2013, Beverly Hills had a median household income of $86,141, with 8.8% of the population living below the federal poverty line.
2010Infrastructure
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 lim...
2011Government
Since August 22, 2011, the headquarters of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer have been located in Beverly Hills after a significant film history established close by on the main original stud...
2013Culture
As part of the D Line Extension project, the D Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail was intended in 2013 to be extended through Beverly Hills, adding two underground stations at W...
2014History
== Sister cities ==
Acapulco, Mexico
Cannes, France
Herzliya, Israel
Pudong, China
== See also ==
List of largest houses in the Los Angeles metropolitan area
== Referen...
2015Disaster
In the midst of the 2015 drought, Beverly Hills was found to be one of the largest water consumers in California.
2016Military
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 home...
2017Government
Until 2017, every odd-numbered year, either two or three members were elected for four-year terms.
2019History
During 2019–2023, Beverly Hills had a median household income of $127,979, with 9.0% of the population living below the federal poverty line.
2020Infrastructure
As of 2020, 25.7% of the population reported Middle Eastern or North African ancestry.
2021History
The city council enacted the law in June 2021.
2022History
=== New and existing laws ===
On January 1, 2022, Beverly Hills became the first city in America to ban the sale of all tobacco products.
2024History
In 2024, the California Attorney General held Beverly Hills accountable for preventing reproductive health clinic from opening, failing to protect California's Constitutional Ri...
2025History
South East Beverly Hills is the site of one of the two Metro D Line stations in the city, the Wilshire/La Cienega station, expected to open in 2025.
2026History
Section 2 of the D Line Extension will include a station at Wilshire Boulevard and Rodeo Drive that will open in 2026.