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Los Angeles is the second-most populous city in the United States with 3.87 million residents within city limits as of 2025, and serves as the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Southern California within a metropolitan area of 12.9 million people. Located in the Los Angeles Basin adjacent to the Pacific Ocean and covering approximately 469 square miles, it is the county seat of Los Angeles County, the nation's most populous county with 9.86 million residents, and attracts over 3.6 million visitors annually as the third-most visited U.S. city. Originally inhabited by the Tongva people, Los Angeles was founded on September 4, 1781, by Spanish governor Felipe de Neve, became part of Mexico in 1821, and was incorporated as a U.S. municipality on April 4, 1850, following the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. The city experienced rapid growth after the discovery of oil in the 1890s and the completion of the Los Angeles Aqueduct in 1913, establishing it as a major economic center. Los Angeles maintains a diverse economy anchored by film and television production, features one of the Americas' busiest container ports, boasts the world's largest collection of Frank Gehry-designed architecture, and generated a gross metropolitan product exceeding $1.295 trillion in 2024, ranking third globally behind New York and Tokyo, while hosting the Summer Olympics in 1932, 1984, and 2028. Gardena is a city in the South Bay region of Los Angeles County, California, with a population of 61,027 at the 2020 census, up from 58,829 in 2010. Until 2014, it held the distinction of having the highest percentage of Japanese Americans in California, contributing significantly to the South Bay's status as home to the highest density of Japanese companies in mainland United States. The city was founded in 1887 when real estate developers Pomeroy & Harrison subdivided the 650-acre Amestoy Ranch in anticipation of the Los Angeles and Redondo Railway, with Civil War veteran Spencer Roane Thorpe credited as the first settler. Originally known as "Berryland" for its abundant berry crops and later incorporated on September 11, 1930, Gardena generated nearly one-third of its annual budget from legal cardroom taxes between 1936 and 1980. The city's 5.9 square miles include the Gardena Willows Wetland Preserve, a naturally occurring 9.4-acre marshland at its southeast corner. Beverly Hills is an affluent city in Los Angeles County, California, located approximately 12.2 miles northwest of downtown Los Angeles and surrounding the neighboring city of West Hollywood, with a 2020 population of 32,701 across 5.71 square miles. Originally settled in 1828 as the Mexican-era Rancho Rodeo de las Aguas, the city was incorporated in September 1914 by investors led by Burton E. Green who purchased the land in 1900 through the Amalgamated Oil Company, failed to find commercially viable oil, reorganized as the Rodeo Land and Water Company in 1906, and developed the property named after Beverly Farms in Massachusetts. Beverly Hills is internationally renowned as an affluent suburb known for its luxury Rodeo Drive shopping district featuring designer brands, iconic hotels including the Beverly Hilton and Beverly Hills Hotel, and its status as a celebrity residence destination featured extensively in American and international films, television, and media. The city's economy is characterized by high property values and taxes, sustained by upscale retail, hospitality, and residential real estate catering to wealthy residents and tourists seeking luxury shopping and accommodation.