BEVERLY HILLS, a luxurious residential city of Los Angeles county, Calif., U.S.A., adjoining Los Angeles, and 9m. from the ocean. It was incorporated in 1914 as a city of the sixth class, and is governed by a board of trustees. The area is 4.87 square miles. The city was laid out in advance, with wide parkways and curving boulevards planted with palms and other trees, and its entire development is under control. Business is restricted to a limited central district. In 1920 the population was 674. At the end of 1927 it was estimated at 1I,000; there were 2,500 registered voters; and the assessed valuation of prop erty was over $5o,000,000; in 1930 the population was 17,429.