The Beverly Hills City Council indicated support for ending the city’s moratorium on evictions and rent increases by April at its Oct. 26 meeting. Other issues tackled by the Council included signing on to a letter opposing the construction of a convention center in Lithuania on a 500-year-old Jewish cemetery. The Council also extended the city’s medical use ordinance for another year.
The Council first adopted eviction protections for renters in March 2020 near the start of the pandemic. At the time, analysts and policymakers worried that economic lockdowns could lead to a tidal wave of evictions. Since then, the Council has adopted newer versions of the protections, passing a moratorium on evictions and rent increases most recently in September 2020.
