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Bel Air (or Bel-Air) is a residential neighborhood upon the Westside Los Angeles, in the foothills of the Santa Monica Mountains. Founded in 1923, it is the house of the Hannah Carter Japanese Garden and the American Jewish University.

History

The community was founded in 1923 by Alphonzo Bell. Bell owned farm property in Santa Fe Springs, California, where oil was discovered. He bought a large ranch in the same way as a house on what is now Bel Air Road. He subdivided and developed the property similar to large residential lots, with work upon the master seek led by the landscape architect Mark Daniels. He with built the Bel-Air Bay Club in Pacific Palisades and the Bel-Air Country Club. His wife chose Italian names for the streets. She along with founded the Bel-Air Garden Club in 1931.

Together next Beverly Hills and Holmby Hills, Bel Air forms the Platinum Triangle of Los Angeles neighborhoods.

Fires

On November 6, 1961, a blaze ignited and devastated the community of Bel Air, destroying 484 homes in the area. On December 6, 2017, a fire started by a homeless encampment burned in the same area, destroying six homes.

Geography

Bel Air is situated practically 12 miles (19 km) west of Downtown Los Angeles, set certainly within the Santa Monica Mountains. It lies across Sunset Boulevard from the northern edge of the main campus of the University of California, Los Angeles. At the heart of the community sits the Bel-Air Country Club and the Hotel Bel-Air.^{[citation needed]}

Along like Beverly Hills and the Los Angeles community of Brentwood, Bel Air is part of a high-priced Place on the Westside known as the “three Bs.”

Climate

This region experiences hot and sober summers. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Bel Air has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated “Csb” on climate maps.

Demographics

The 2000 U.S. census counted 7,691 residents in the 6.37-square-mile (16.5 km) Bel Air neighborhood; with 1,207 per square mile (466/km²) it has in the middle of the lowest population densities for the city and the county. In 2008, the city estimated that the population had increased to 8,253.

In 2000, the median age for residents was 46, which was tall for city and county neighborhoods. The percentages of residents aged 50 and older was among the county’s highest.

The median twelve-monthly household allowance in 2008 was $207,938, the highest figure for any neighborhood or city in Los Angeles County. Renters occupied 14.5% of the housing stock, and house- or apartment-owners held 85.5%. The average household size of 2.4 people was considered typical for Los Angeles.

The 4.1% of families headed by single parents was considered low for city and county neighborhoods. The percentages of married people in Bel Air were in the midst of the county’s highest—66.0% for men and 65.7% for women. There were 808 veterans, or 12.9% of the population.

The neighborhood was considered “not especially diverse” ethnically within Los Angeles, with a relatively high percentage of white people. The investigation was whites, 83.0%; Asians, 8.2%; Latinos, 4.6%; African Americans, 0.9%; and others, 3.2%. Iran (26.1%) and South Africa (8.2%) were the most common places of birth for the 24.1% of the residents who were born abroad—which was an average percentage for Los Angeles as a whole.

Neighborhoods

Of several entrances, there are two main ones: (1) the East Gate at Beverly Glen and Sunset Boulevards and (2) the West Gate at Bellagio Way and Sunset Boulevard, opposite an entry to UCLA. Bel Air is generally subdivided into three Definite neighborhoods: East Gate Old Bel Air, West Gate Bel Air, and Upper Bel Air.^{[citation needed]}

Bel Air Estates, the original subdivision of the Bel Air community, is generally bounded by Nimes Road to the north, Sunset Boulevard to the south, Beverly Glen Boulevard to the east and both sides of Bel Air Road to the west.

Attractions

The Hannah Carter Japanese Garden is located in Bel Air. It was inspired by the gardens of Kyoto. Many structures in the garden—the main gate, garden house, bridges, and shrine—were built in Japan and reassembled upon site. Antique stone carvings, water basins and lanterns, as capably as the five-tiered pagoda, and key figurative rocks are also from Japan.

Government and infrastructure

The Los Angeles County Department of Health Services SPA 5 West Area Health Office serves Bel Air.

It lies within the 5th city council district, represented by Paul Koretz. It is located in the 90077 (Bel Air Estates & Beverly Glen) ZIP code, which is portion of the city of Los Angeles. Stone Canyon Reservoir lies in the northeastern ration of Bel Air. Established in 1994, it serves roughly speaking 500,000 people. The Bel Air Association has been full of life since 1942, dedicated to preserving the aesthetic spread of the residential community. The Bel Air Association is located at the admission of the East Gate of Bel Air at 100 Bel Air Road.

Emergency services

Fire services

Los Angeles Fire Department Station 71 is in the area.

Police services

The Los Angeles Police Department operates the West Los Angeles Community Police Station at 1663 Butler Avenue, 90025, serving the neighborhood.

Education

Almost two-thirds (66.1%) of Bel Air residents aged 25 and older had earned a four-year degree by 2000, a tall percentage for the city and the county. The percentages of residents in that age range taking into account a bachelor’s degree or greater were high for the county. The community is within the Los Angeles Unified School District. The area is within Board District 4. As of 2009, Steve Zimmer represented the district.

Schools

The schools within Bel Air are as follows:

Public

Roscomare Road and Warner Avenue Elementary School in Westwood are the zoned elementary schools serving Bel Air. Bel Air is within the attendance boundaries of Emerson Middle School in Westwood and University High School, West Los Angeles.

In April 1983, an warning committee of the LAUSD recommended closing eight LAUSD schools, including Bellagio Road School. The committee did not try Fairburn Avenue School in Westwood, as a exaggeration of allowing it to preserve its ethnic balance, and therefore it can take children from Bellagio Road in battle it closed. In August 1983, the board publicly considered closing Bellagio, which had 240 students at the time. The school’s enrollment had been decreasing. In May 1983 the board voted to save the college open. In February 1984, after the composition of the board had changed, the board voted to near the Bellagio Road School.

Bel Air previously housed the Bellagio Road Newcomer School, a 3rd–8th grade instructor for newly arrived immigrants. In 2002, it had 390 students from Armenia, China, El Salvador, Guatemala, Korea, Russia, and further countries. This program was housed in the former Bellagio Road school.

Private

University

Bel Air is house to the American Jewish University. Additionally, Bel Air borders the University of California, Los Angeles upon the south.

In popular culture

Television shows and films have been filmed in Bel Air, or are said to accept place in the community. Exterior shots for the Beverly Hillbillies were shot in and as regards 750 Bel Air Road, built by Lynn Atkinson (and unconventional sold to hotelier Arnold Kirkeby after Atkinson’s wife refused to distress into a home she thought too ostentatious).
Several scenes in the film “Get Hard” (2015) were set in Bel Air.
Exterior scenes from films such as Get Shorty (1995) have moreover been filmed in the area.^{[citation needed]} Several episodes of the television show The Rockford Files were filmed in Bel Air.

The television sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, starring actor and rapper Will Smith, was set in the neighborhood, although the exterior shots used were filmed in available Brentwood.

The Bel Air house featured in the film Strangers When We Meet (1960) was built and completed during filming, and nevertheless stands today as a private residence.

The Bel Air Film Festival, first held in 2008, is an annual international film festival held in Bel Air and the Los Angeles area.

Bel Air is as a consequence represented in music, such as in the song “Bel Air” by Lana Del Rey.

The Chevrolet Bel Air was a full-size car produced by Chevrolet for the 1950–1975 model years.

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Coordinates: 34°05′00″N 118°26′52″W / 34.08333°N 118.44778°W / 34.08333; -118.44778