Nearly a year has passed since the launch of the City Hall retrofit project and phase one is now on the brink of completion. The Courier met with City Hall staff to get an update on the ongoing improvements to the building’s construction and security.
City Hall was built in 1932, and, according to City Architect Mandana Motahari, it was constructed very well compared to the standards at the time. However, after the City of Los Angeles passed a mandatory retrofit ordinance in 2015, the City of Beverly Hills decided to perform its own analysis of City Hall. That analysis revealed that the City Hall was in need of significant improvements to its seismic capabilities, based on 3D modeling. COVID forced a delay in the plans until September of 2021.
