List of mayors of 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. The following is a list of the city's mayors.
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Mayors of Beverly Hills

NameImageTermNotes
Founder and first mayor of Beverly Hills.
1922–28Wealthy oil man, stock broker, rancher
1928Honorary position appointed by real-life Beverly Hills mayor Silsby M. Spalding
1929–33City Attorney
1933–41Civil engineer
1941–42Retired real estate broker, appointed upon the sudden death of Mayor Spence
1942–45First law office in Beverly Hills, first president of the Beverly Hills Bar Association
1945–48Edward Paul Dentzel, building contractor and subdivision developer. Built amusement parks at Venice Beach, Santa Monica and Ocean Park
1948–50
1950–51State insurance commissioner, military veteran of World War I
1951–52Chairman of the Beverly Hills Planning Commission; founding partner of Sherman Oaks-based Olson Farms Inc.
1952–53
1956–57
Attorney, philanthropist
1953–54
1957–58
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.
1955–56
1958–59
1960–61Founding law partner of Guthrie & Darling
1961–62Helped create the city's Planning Commission
1962–63Retired US Army major general who commanded 3rd Armored Division and 79th Infantry Division in World War II
1963–64Owner of Gunther's Drug Store
1964–65Helped the city acquire Greystone Mansion in 1965
1965–66
1969–70
1966–67
1970–71
1967–68
1971–72
Entertainment lawyer
1968–69
1975–76
Attorney, former president of the Southern California branch of the American Civil Liberties Union
1972–73
1977–78
1973–74First woman elected to the Beverly Hills City Council; first woman stage manager on Broadway
1974–75
1979–80
1976–77
1981–82
1978–79
1980–81
1985–86
Investments management
1982–83
1987–88
Los Angeles Olympic Citizens Advisory Commission
1983–84President of Norton Brothers and Morris
1984–85Founding board member of Beverly Hills Meals on Wheels; Membership Chairperson of the League of Women Voters
1986–87
1988–89
1992–93
Former Manhattan Assistant District Attorney, true crime author
1989–90
1990–91
1993–94
1990–91
1995–96
Real estate attorney
1991–92
1994–95
2000–01
1996–97
1999–2000
2003–04
1997–98
2002–03
1998–99
2001–02
2004–05
2005–06Chairman of the Westside Cities Council of Governments
2006–07
2007–08
2010–11
First Iranian-American to hold public office in Beverly Hills
2007–08
2010–11
2009–10
2012–13
2014–15Co-Chairman of the Department of Anesthesiology at Cedars-Sinai
2014–15
2017–18
Instituted weekly "Walk with the Mayor" to promote physical fitness
2013–14
2016–17
2019–20
Instituted the Sunshine Task Force for transparency in city government
2020–21Director and Management Chair of the California Applicant’s Attorneys Association