During its Feb. 16 Study Session, the Beverly Hills City Council reviewed a new draft of the city’s Economic Sustainability Plan, which lays out the blueprint for the city’s economic recovery from COVID-19. The report found that pandemic has exacerbated existing downward trends in key sectors of the city’s economic base. The Council also reviewed changes to the state eviction moratorium and received a report with updates on its COVID-19 rental assistance. Later, during its Regular Session, the Council bid a tearful adieu to Director of Community Development Susan Healy Keene.
The Economic Sustainability Plan was presented by David Bergman, director of the urban planning and economics firm Lisa Wise Consulting. “Sustainability, to our mind, really was the ability to react to unknown changes in the environment [and] to be able to absorb shocks,” said Bergman.
