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Beverly Hills is known in pop culture (Clueless, Real Housewives) as being a haven for the rich, famous, and influential. How did it get that way? Is it harder to plan a city full of gated homes?

Resources on this topic:

http://www.beverlyhills.org/citymanager/aboutbeverlyhills/historyofbeverlyhills/?NFR=1
https://www.beverlyhillshistoricalsociety.org/history
https://www.kcet.org/shows/lost-la/view-park-black-beverly-hills
https://laist.com/news/criminal-justice/black-people-comprised-nearly-90-percent-arrests-by-beverly-hills-police-rodeo-drive-team-crump-racial-profiling
https://newspress.com/beverly-hills-the-city-with-the-worst-income-inequality-in-california/
https://www.kcet.org/shows/lost-la/why-isnt-there-a-freeway-to-beverly-hills
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/swimming-pools-la-los-angeles_n_4386306
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/14/us/water-conservation-california.html
https://la.curbed.com/2015/4/2/9974370/drought-shaaaaame
https://la.curbed.com/2015/10/30/9905272/beverly-hills-water-conservation
https://la.curbed.com/2015/1/9/10003760/inside-the-nightmarish-dystopia-of-las-richest-neighborhood-1
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/housing-group-announces-lawsuit-against-beverly-hills-over-inadequate-planning-for-housing-301726399.html
https://therealdeal.com/la/2023/02/02/builders-remedy-test-case-heats-up-in-beverly-hills
https://opr.ca.gov/ceqa/ceqa-housing.html

Produced by Dave Amos, Hannah Woolsey, and the fine folks at Nebula Studios.
Written by Dave Amos and Hannah Woolsey
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