The Beverly Hills City Council voted to approve a five-year increase of solid waste rates. While an earlier proposal scheduled the rate hike to begin in July 2021, the Council opted instead to delay the implementation until January 2022 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Council voted 4-1, with Councilmember John Mirisch dissenting.
While the City’s General Fund receives money from taxes (like the sales tax and transient occupancy tax), the City’s solid waste disposal is supported by an enterprise fund. This is a self-sufficient coffer maintained by service charges. For solid waste disposal, the service charges paid by residents and businesses goes toward refuse and recycling collection, yard waste and organic waste collection, and for material sorting and processing.
