In a twist of irony, the Beverly Hills City Council returned to City Hall for its first in-person meetings in almost a year and a half the same day that Los Angeles County reinstated its indoor mask requirement, even for vaccinated individuals, effective July 17 at 11:59 p.m. Since Beverly Hills is required to adhere to all requirements from L.A. County Department of Public Health, the ruling is now in effect in Beverly Hills.
In light of this massive about-face and a surge in Delta variant cases, all five Councilmembers voted to table discussion of the repeal of a number of measures of the urgency ordinance in place since March 2020.
