At its Sept. 14 Special Study Session, the Beverly Hills City Council reviewed The Beverly Hills Experience mobile app, the rebrand of the “My Beverly Hills” shop local program and approved two purchase orders totaling $541,276 for the 2021 Holiday Lighting Celebration, giving staff direction to move forward. The meeting took place the day before the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (Public Health) announced new guidance, requiring vaccination verification or a negative test within 72 hours prior to attending outdoor mega events, quantified as event with 10,000 people or more. The order will go into effect on Oct. 7, 2021.
“We have hit that threshold in the past,” Magdalena Davis, the city’s Special Events and Filming Coordinator, said. “It’s hard to say at any one point how many people might be on the street. But over this period of time, between staff and guests, which is what the county currently counts towards 10,000, we have had that before.”
