City Employees Get Another Holiday…and We Get a Break from Construction Noise

Last year Beverly Hills reached agreement with city labor unions to bump-up pay and benefits. Pay will rise much faster than inflation and employees can now cash-out a full two to four weeks of unused vacation time for pension-padding compensation under the new agreement. These changes, and more, will add $12 million in new employee costs over three years. But this new perk caught our eye: a new paid city holiday added to the existing ten city holidays. ‘Juneteenth’ falls on June 19th. If city council could, by the stroke of the pen, create a new paid holiday….can’t could make Juneteenth a construction holiday too?

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Holiday Construction is a No-No in Beverly Hills

Is this story familiar? You wake up on a holiday like Presidents Day. Pour a cup of coffee and enjoy the peace & quiet. Two guys hop out of an unmarked junk van with a contractor’s saw and a stack of plywood and set up shop on the front lawn. With loud banging they begin to remodel an apartment in the building. Who do you call on a weekend or holiday when city hall is closed?

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Which Holidays Give Us a Break from Construction? [Updated]

City holidays should bring that rarest of qualities to our multifamily neighborhoods: peace & quiet from construction noise and impacts. We hear it day-in-and-day-out but holidays should be different. And indeed they are: the city suspends construction for which a permit is required on twelve days each year. Construction on any of these holidays should be reported to the police. Here’s what you need to know about Beverly Hills construction holidays.

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