CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
December 29, 1988
Hoping to streamline an often acrimonious process, Beverly Hills has decided to eliminate its Hillside Review Board and look for other ways to deal with neighborhood disputes about overbuilding in the high-priced residential area north of Sunset Boulevard. Members of the city's Planning Commission believe strongly that regulations are needed to control overdevelopment, but the current procedure "just didn't work," commission Chairwoman Meralee Goldman told the City Council.