Los Angeles officials have moved forward with plans to extend an emergency ordinance limiting fees that third-party delivery services such as Postmates, Grubhub and UberEats are allowed to charge restaurants during the COVID-19 crisis.on May 20 and caps delivery fees at 15% of the order price and all other fees at 5%, was designed to end 90 days after L.A. lifted its ban on-premise dining, which meant the cap would expire next week on Aug. 31.
“Our emergency order has helped level the playing field [for restaurants], and this needs to continue,” Councilman Mitch O’Farrell said.by chief legislative analyst Sharon Tso, which found that nearly 95% of restaurants surveyed would like the ordinance to continue, with 72% saying the cap had been beneficial during the COVID-19 pandemic.