Beverly Hills is an city in Los Angeles County in the state of California. Surrounded by the metropolis of Los Angeles and the city of West Hollywood. Started as an Mexican ranch in 1838 named Rancho Rodeo de las Aguas (Ranch of the Gathering Waters), the beginning was agriculture. When California was added to the United States the grant to land was honored until 1854 when it was sold with an intention to build an city. But dry weather put a stop to it and land became sheep territory. Around 1880 the area became an vast field of lima beans and in 1900 an oil company purchased the land, there was not enough oil to make any profit but there still an small oilfield active. 1906 the are selling lots and named the land Beverly Hills after Beverly, Massachusetts because then president William Howard Taft has rented an holiday house there. The connection with Taft and Beverly was to attracted people to settle and the place grow big enough to be become an city, nowadays it's have an population of around 34 thousand. Over time Beverly Hills get's more and more famous residents like Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Tony Curtis, Ray Charles, President Richard Nixon, Jennifer Aniston and David Spade. Also the high-end shopping area of Rodeo Drive is in Beverly Hills, the city is shown in many movies and television shows and the place is quite rich. So let's take an look at the flag.
The flag has an blue background and like many American cities an seal in the center. In front we see the Italian Renaissance inspired city hall of Beverly Hills represented the seat of government. Clockwise left we see an eagle with an serpent represented when California was part of Mexico. Next one is easy with the shield with stars and stripes, that represented that Beverly Hills is an American city. Then we get the Bear Flag of the very short lived California Republic of 1846. The last one is the lion of Leon and castle of Castile which represented Spain who rules from 1542 to 1821 over California. In the center is an star which represented the 5-member city council. Around the seal the typical use of letters and the year when Beverly Hills became an city, the big no for vexillologists. The flag is ugly with that photo of the city hall and poor drawn historical reference, find an good artist to make the flag beautiful.
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