At the outset of the discussion, Commission Chair Lou Milkowski described the subject as "a real meat-on-the-bone type of legislation for us to look at."
"We have the One Beverly Hills project, which is a combination of the old Wanda Robinson May project and the Beverly Hilton project, which is now one combined piece of property that is going to be developed," said Friedman.
"For example, an 'unrealistically high' RHNA allocation based on market trends and lack of vacant land is not considered to be legitimate grounds for appeal," the Staff Report reads.
This year's winner is Courier Publisher John Bendheim. "John Bendheim is a staple in the community of Beverly Hills, both personally and professionally.
"It was poor," Fern Seizer, a Beverly Hills resident and former Executive Director of the Clinic, told the Courier. "It was really medically underserved because there were very few doctors, and those who were there didn't take Medi-Cal, which is Medicaid in California."