Key Takeaways
- Beverly Hills declined at an Aug. 11 study session to create any Olympics rental exception
- The city’s rental ban, effective since September 2025, carries fines up to $5,000 daily
- Los Angeles separately weighs allowing temporary second-home rentals through 2028 for Olympic demand
Beverly Hills homeowners hoping to cash in on the 2028 Olympics just got their answer. The short-term rental ban will stay in place, and the city has no plans to budge on it.
At an Aug. 11 study session, the Beverly Hills City Council declined to move forward with any temporary carve-out to its rental restrictions for the Games, according to the Beverly Hills Courier.
The decision leaves the city’s existing STR rules in tact even as neighboring Los Angeles debates loosening its own rules to handle Olympic crowds.
Beverly Hills has barred short-term stays citywide since an ordinance took effect in September 2025, requiring a minimum initial lease term of 12 months for every single-family home, multifamily unit and accessory dwelling in the city. Violators face administrative fines of up to $5,000 a day, among the steepest penalties in California.
Meanwhile, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has pushed a separate proposal to temporarily allow second-home rentals through the end of 2028 to absorb Olympic visitor demand.
That plan followed projections from Airbnb-commissioned research warning of a lodging shortfall once the Games arrive if an exception wasn’t considered.
Beverly Hills has moved in the opposite direction for more than a year.
The council voted 4-1 in July 2025 to draft the citywide ban, reversing a brief window during the January 2025 wildfires when it suspended STR rules to house displaced residents.
City officials cited noise, party complaints and housing supply as reasons for tightening rules rather than loosening them. The Planning Commission also rejected a proposed exemption for historic landmark properties in September 2025, closing off the one carve-out path that had been under discussion.
The ordinance leaves no permit pathway for short stays. Long-term leasing or licensed hospitality development remain the only routes for owners.
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