Mayor of Beverly Hills
Seal of Beverly Hills
Flag of Beverly Hills
Incumbent
Lili Bosse
since April 5, 2022
Term length1 year
FormationApril 17, 1922
First holderSilsby Spalding

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.

Mayors of Beverly Hills

Ex-officio mayors

No. Portrait Officeholder Tenure start Tenure end Ref.
1 William Todd Gould January 28, 1914 April 24, 1916
2 Pierce E. Benedict April 24, 1916 April 17, 1922 [2]
The mayoral offices are located in the Beverly Hills City Hall.

Mayor

No. Portrait Officeholder Tenure start Tenure end Ref.
1 Silsby Spalding April 17, 1922 July 23, 1929 [3]
– Will Rogers December 21, 1926 December 23, 1926 [4]
2 Paul E. Schwab July 23, 1929 March 21, 1933 [5]
3 Edward E. Spence March 28, 1933 May 18, 1941 [6]
4 James L. Kennedy June 3, 1941 April 21, 1942 [7]
5 Arthur L. Erb April 21,1942 August 28, 1945 [8]
6 E. P. Dentzel September 25, 1945 April 20, 1948 [9]
7 Otto A. Gerth April 20, 1948 April 18, 1950
8 F. Britton McConnell April 18, 1950 May 1, 1951 [10]
9 C. Dean Olson May 1, 1951 April 5, 1952 [11]
10 David Tannenbaum April 15, 1952 March 31, 1953 [12]
11 Floyd E. Fischer March 31, 1953 May 4, 1954 [13]
12 Harold L. George May 4, 1954 March 29, 1955 [14]
13 George W. Davis March 29, 1955 June 6, 1956 [15]
14 David Tannenbaum June 7, 1956 July 30, 1957 [16]
15 Floyd E. Fischer July 30, 1957 April 15, 1958
16 George W. Davis April 15, 1958 September 15, 1959
17 Harold L. George September 15, 1959 January 19, 1960 [17]
18 Hugh W. Darling January 19, 1960 April 18, 1961 [18]
19 Jack Freeman April 18, 1961 April 17, 1962 [19]
20 Leroy H. Watson April 17, 1962 April 16, 1963 [20]
21 Eugene W. Gunther April 16, 1963 1964 [21]
22 Leonard Horwin 1964 1965 [22]
23 Frank Clapp 1965 1966 [23]
24 Jacob M. Stuchen 1966 1967 [24]
25 A. Fredric Leopold 1967 1968 [25]
26 George Slaff 1968 1969 [26]
27 Frank Clapp 1969 1970 [23]
28 Jacob M. Stuchen 1970 1971 [24]
29 A. Fredric Leopold 1971 1972 [25]
30 Richard A. Stone 1972 1973 [27]
31 Phyllis Seaton 1973 1974 [28]
32 Charles Aronberg 1974 1975 [29]
33 George Slaff 1975 1976 [26]
34 Donna Ellman-Garber 1976 1977 [30]
35 Richard A. Stone 1977 1978 [27]
36 Joseph N. Tilem 1978 1979 [31]
37 Charles Aronberg 1979 1980 [29]
38 Edward I. Brown 1980 1981 [32]
39 Donna Ellman-Garber 1981 1982 [30]
40 Benjamin H. Stansbury Jr. 1982 1983 [33]
41 Benjamin Norton 1983 1984 [34]
42 Annabelle Heiferman 1984 1985 [35]
43 Edward I. Brown 1985 April 15, 1986 [32]
44 Charlotte Spadaro April 15, 1986 April 5, 1987 [36]
45 Benjamin H. Stansbury Jr. April 5, 1987 April 19, 1988 [33]
46 Robert K. Tanenbaum April 19, 1988 1989 [37]
47 Maxwell H. Salter 1989 1990 [38]
48 Allan Alexander 1990 1991 [39]
49 Vicki Reynolds 1991 1992 [40]
50 Robert K. Tanenbaum 1992 1993 [37]
51 Maxwell H. Salter 1993 1994 [38]
52 Vicki Reynolds 1994 1995 [40]
53 Allan Alexander 1995 1996 [39]
54 Thomas S. Levyn 1996 1997 [41]
55 MeraLee Goldman 1997 1998
56 Les Bronte 1998 1999 [42]
57 Thomas S. Levyn 1999 2000 [41]
58 Vicki Reynolds 2000 2001 [40]
59 Mark Egerman 2001 2002 [43]
60 MeraLee Goldman 2002 2003
61 Thomas S. Levyn 2003 2004 [41]
62 Mark Egerman 2004 2005 [43]
63 Linda J. Briskman 2005 March 21, 2006 [44]
64 Stephen P. Webb March 21, 2006 March 27, 2007 [45]
65 Jimmy Delshad March 27, 2007 March 22, 2008 [46]
66 Barry Brucker March 22, 2008 March 11, 2009 [47]
67 Frank Fenton March 11, 2009 March 25, 2009 [48]
68 Nancy Krasne March 25, 2009 March 16, 2010 [49]
70 Jimmy Delshad March 16, 2010 March 22, 2011 [50]
71 Barry Brucker March 22, 2011 March 20, 2012 [51]
72 William W. Brien March 20, 2012 March 27, 2013 [52]
73 John A. Mirisch March 27, 2013 March 25, 2014 [53]
74 Lili Bosse March 25, 2014 March 24, 2015 [54]
75 Julian Gold March 24, 2015 March 2016 [55]
76 John A. Mirisch March 2016 March 28, 2017 [56]
77 Lili Bosse March 28, 2017 March 20, 2018 [57]
78 Julian Gold March 20, 2018 March 20, 2019 [55]
79 John A. Mirisch March 20, 2019 March 31, 2020
80 Lester Friedman March 31, 2020 April 6, 2021 [58]
81 Robert Wunderlich April 6, 2021 April 5, 2022 [59]
82 Lili Bosse April 5, 2022 Incumbent [60]

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