Bell, California

Bell is an incorporated city in Los Angeles County, California, in the United States, on the west bank of the Los Angeles River and a suburb of the city of Los Angeles. It lies near the center of the former San Antonio Township, which was abolished after 1960. The 2020 census counted 33,559 residents, down from 35,477 at the 2010 census. At about 2.5 square miles it is the thirteenth-smallest city in the United States with a population of at least 25,000. Residents voted to become a charter city in a special election on November 29, 2005, in which fewer than 400 voters turned out, and the change exempted city officials from state salary caps. A scandal followed in which several officials were indicted for fraud and sentenced to prison after giving themselves extraordinarily high salaries.