List of mayors of Beverly Hills, California

Beverly Hills, California was incorporated January 24, 1914. The City Council members of Beverly Hills are elected by the voters. The rotating positions of Mayor and Vice Mayor are selected by the City Council from among themselves.[1] The following is a list of the city's mayors.

The mayoral offices are located in the Beverly Hills City Hall.

Mayors of Beverly Hills
Name Image Term(s) Notes Ref(s)
Pierce E. Benedict Founder and first mayor of Beverly Hills. [2]
Silsby M. Spalding 1922–28 Wealthy oil man, stock broker, rancher [3]
Will Rogers
1928 Honorary position appointed by real-life Beverly Hills mayor Silsby M. Spalding [3]
Paul E. Schwab 1929–33 City Attorney [4]
Edward E. Spence 1933–41 Civil engineer [5]
James L. Kennedy 1941–42 Retired real estate broker, appointed upon the sudden death of Mayor Spence [6]
Arthur L. Erb 1942–45 First law office in Beverly Hills, first president of the Beverly Hills Bar Association [7]
E. P. Dentzel 1945–48 Edward Paul Dentzel, building contractor and subdivision developer. Built amusement parks at Venice Beach, Santa Monica and Ocean Park [8]
Otto A. Gerth 1948–50
F. Britton McConnell 1950–51 State insurance commissioner, military veteran of World War I [9]
C. Dean Olson 1951–52 Chairman of the Beverly Hills Planning Commission; founding partner of Sherman Oaks-based Olson Farms Inc. [10]
David Tannenbaum 1952–53
1956–57		 Attorney, philanthropist [11]
Floyd E. Fischer 1953–54
1957–58		 [12]
Harold L. George
1954–55
1959–60		 Army Air Corps lieutenant general; during his administration, Roxbury Park was renamed Roxbury Memorial Park to honor all who served in the United States military. [13]
George W. Davis 1955–56
1958–59		 [14]
Hugh W. Darling 1960–61 Founding law partner of Guthrie & Darling [15]
Jack Freeman 1961–62 Helped create the city's Planning Commission [16]
Leroy H. Watson
1962–63 Retired US Army major general who commanded 3rd Armored Division and 79th Infantry Division in World War II [17]
Eugene W. Gunther 1963–64 Owner of Gunther's Drug Store [18]
Leonard Horwin 1964–65 Helped the city acquire Greystone Mansion in 1965 [19]
Frank Clapp 1965–66
1969–70		 [20]
Jacob M. Stuchen 1966–67
1970–71		 [21]
A. Fredric Leopold 1967–68
1971–72		 Entertainment lawyer [22]
George Slaff 1968–69
1975–76		 Attorney, former president of the Southern California branch of the American Civil Liberties Union [23]
Richard A. Stone 1972–73
1977–78		 [24]
Phyllis Seaton 1973–74 First woman elected to the Beverly Hills City Council; first woman stage manager on Broadway [25]
Charles Aronberg 1974–75
1979–80		 [26]
Donna Ellman-Garber 1976–77
1981–82		 [27]
Joseph N. Tilem 1978–79 [28]
Edward I. Brown 1980–81
1985–86		 Investments management [29]
Benjamin H. Stansbury, Jr. 1982–83
1987–88		 Los Angeles Olympic Citizens Advisory Commission [30]
Benjamin Norton 1983–84 President of Norton Brothers and Morris [31]
Annabelle Heiferman 1984–85 Founding board member of Beverly Hills Meals on Wheels; Membership Chairperson of the League of Women Voters [32]
Charlotte Spadaro 1986–87 [33]
Robert K. Tanenbaum 1988–89
1992–93		 Former Manhattan Assistant District Attorney, true crime author [34]
Maxwell H. Salter 1989–90
1990–91
1993–94		 [35]
Allan Alexander 1990–91
1995–96		 Real estate attorney [36]
Vicki Reynolds 1991–92
1994–95
2000–01		 [37]
Thomas S. Levyn 1996–97
1999–2000
2003–04		 [38]
MeraLee Goldman 1997–98
2002–03
Les Bronte 1998–99 [39]
Mark Egerman 2001–02
2004–05		 [40]
Linda J. Briskman 2005–06 Chairman of the Westside Cities Council of Governments [41]
Stephen P. Webb 2006–07 [42]
Jimmy Delshad 2007–08
2010–11		 First Iranian-American to hold public office in Beverly Hills [43]
Barry Brucker 2007–08
2010–11
Nancy Krasne 2009–10
William W. Brien 2012–13 [44]
Julian Gold 2014–15 Co-Chairman of the Department of Anesthesiology at Cedars-Sinai [45]
Lili Bosse
2014–15
2017–18		 Instituted weekly "Walk with the Mayor" to promote physical fitness [46]
John A. Mirisch 2013–14
2016–17
2019–20		 Instituted the Sunshine Task Force for transparency in city government [47]
Lester Friedman
2020–21 Director and Management Chair of the California Applicant’s Attorneys Association [48]

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