West Hollywood's irregular shape came about as West Hollywood was formed from the unincorporated area of Los Angeles County that was not already part of the surrounding areas. The new city immediately adopted one of the strongest rent control laws in the United States. Being an area densely populated with renters, a group of the renters banded together and voted to incorporate as the City of Los Angeles. West Hollywood was incorporated in 1984, in large part, because Los Angeles County was planning to discontinue rent controls. For this same reason, the area appealed to bars catering to homosexuals, as the LAPD often raided gay bars within the City of Los Angeles. With a location outside the City of Los Angeles, these businesses were immune from the sometimes-heavy-handed law enforcement of the L.A. Gambling was illegal in the City of Los Angeles, but still legal in Los Angeles County, so the 1920s saw the proliferation of many night clubs and casinos along Sunset Boulevard on what is known as The Sunset Strip. In order to align itself with its neighbor that was garnering international recognition, Sherman, in 1925, adopted West Hollywood as its informal name, a designation pioneered by the West Hollywood Realty Board a few years earlier.įor many years, the area that is now the City of West Hollywood was an unincorporated area in the midst of the City of Los Angeles. The City of Los Angeles attempted to annex the town on several occasions, but the town declined on each occasion and remained under the governance of Los Angeles County. During this time, the community began to earn a reputation as a loosely regulated place for eccentric people wary of government interference, a reputation that was further solidified during its liquor-friendly policy during prohibition. The town of Sherman housed the railway's main yard and was became home for many of the railroad employees. The land that would later become West Hollywood was established as the town of Sherman, named for its founder Moses Sherman, a land developer and railroad magnate who ran the Los Angeles and Pacific Railway.
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West Hollywood sits within the 90069, 90046, 90048, and 90038 zip codes and is bordered by Beverly Hills to the west, the Hollywood Hills neighborhoods of Doheny Estates and Sunset Plaza, to the north, Hollywood to the east, and Beverly Grove and Miracle Mile to the south.
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