{"id":270481,"date":"2026-04-16T08:36:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T08:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/270481\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T08:36:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T08:36:09","slug":"long-beach-council-to-consider-modifying-caps-on-food-delivery-fees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/270481\/","title":{"rendered":"Long Beach Council To Consider Modifying Caps On Food Delivery Fees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LONG BEACH, CA \u2014 At its April 21 meeting, the Long Beach City Council will consider making changes to the 15% cap on third-party food delivery fees that it instituted five years ago.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/longbeach.primegov.com\/viewer\/preview?id=91749&amp;type=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">proposed ordinance<\/a> under consideration would allow food delivery platforms to potentially charge restaurants more than 15% if they offer services beyond basic delivery.<\/p>\n<p>The city originally placed a 15% cap on fees in 2021 during the COVID-19 pandemic, when food deliveries skyrocketed. Now, the legislation under consideration would:<\/p>\n<p>Repeal the existing emergency ordinance adopted in January 2021.Regulate third-party food delivery services by continuing to cap fees for basic delivery and listing services at 15% of the purchase price.Allow businesses to opt into additional services from delivery platforms for additional fees. <\/p>\n<p>However, delivery companies would be required to provide clear definitions for core delivery services, delivery fees, and allowable charges for additional services.<\/p>\n<p>If enacted, residents could see increased delivery fees or service charges on their food orders, depending on the ordinance&#8217;s specifics and restaurant choices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LONG BEACH, CA \u2014 At its April 21 meeting, the Long Beach City Council will consider making changes&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":270482,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[131,133,132],"class_list":["post-270481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270481","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=270481"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270481\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/270482"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=270481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=270481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=270481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}