The Beverly Hills City Council met for its first in-person hearing in nearly nine months on March 15, giving the at-times grinding work of municipal governance an air of excitement and novelty. Utilizing a hybrid model where people could participate either in person or remotely, the Council heard an update on the city’s housing element and voted to reexamine the potential historic status of a sprawling home north of Santa Monica Boulevard.
The hearing began with an expression of solidarity with Ukraine as it continues to undergo a full-scale invasion by Russian forces. Mayor Robert Wunderlich, for whom this will be his first and last in-person hearing as Mayor, announced that the city would place banners in Ukrainian blue and yellow on the bridge that stretches across Rexford Drive to the east of City Hall.
