The community was founded in by Alphonzo Bell. Bell owned farm property in Santa Fe Springs, California , where oil was discovered. He bought a large ranch with a home on what is now Bel Air Road. He subdivided and developed the property with large residential lots, with work on the master plan led by the landscape architect Mark Daniels. His wife chose Italian names for the streets. She also founded the Bel-Air Garden Club in On November 6, , a fire ignited and devastated the community of Bel Air, destroying homes in the area.
It lies across Sunset Boulevard from the northern edge of the main campus of the University of California, Los Angeles. This region experiences warm and dry summers. The U. In , the city estimated that the population had increased to 8, In , the median age for residents was 46, which was high for city and county neighborhoods. The percentages of residents aged 50 and older was among the county's highest. Renters occupied The average household size of 2.
The 4. The percentages of married people in Bel Air were among the county's highest— There were veterans, or The neighborhood was considered "not especially diverse" ethnically [ 16 ] within Los Angeles, with a relatively high percentage of white people. The breakdown was whites , Iran 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 on site. Antique stone carvings, water basins and lanterns, as well as the five-tiered pagoda , and key symbolic rocks are also from Japan.
It lies within the 5th city council district, represented by Katy Young Yaroslavsky. Stone Canyon Reservoir lies in the northeastern part of Bel Air. Established in , it serves around , people. The Bel Air Association has been operational since , dedicated to preserving the aesthetic appearance of the residential community. Los Angeles Fire Department Station 71 is in the area. Almost two-thirds The percentages of residents in that age range with a bachelor's degree or greater were high for the county.
