John A. Mirisch

John A. Mirisch
73rd, 76th, and 79th Mayor of Beverly Hills
Former
In office
March 27, 2013 (2013-03-27) – February 25, 2014 (2014-02-25)
Preceded byWilliam W. Brien
Succeeded byLili Bosse
In office
March 2016 (2016-03) – March 28, 2017 (2017-03-28)
Preceded byJulian Gold
Succeeded byLili Bosse
In office
March 20, 2019 (2019-03-20) – March 31, 2020 (2020-03-31)
Preceded byJulian Gold
Succeeded byLester Friedman
Personal details
NationalityAmerican
PartyRepublican[1]
Relations
Children2
ProfessionPolitician

John A. Mirisch (February 15, 1963.[2] Los Angeles, California) is an American politician and former film studio executive. He is currently a city council member of Beverly Hills, California. He also served as mayor from 2013 to 2014, from 2016 to 2017, and from 2019 to 2020.

Early life

John A. Mirisch was born to a prominent family in Beverly Hills.[3][4] He has a brother and a step-sister, the daughter of his mother's second husband Leonard Goldberg.[4] His grandfather, Harold Mirisch, alongside his great-uncles Walter Mirisch (1921–2023) and Marvin Mirisch (1918–2002), founded the Mirisch Company in 1957.[3][4] He attended Hawthorne Elementary and Beverly Hills High School, graduating in 1981.[3] He graduated from Yale University magna cum laude in 1985.[3]

Career

Mirisch began his career at 20th Century Fox.[3] He later worked as managing director of the Austrian office of United International Pictures, following by the Swedish office.[3] He served on the boards of the Austrian and Swedish Film Distributors' Associations and the Swedish Academy Awards Selection Committee.[3] He worked as an executive both at IMAX and at Paramount Pictures.[4]

Mirisch was elected to the Beverly Hills City Council in 2009.[5] As councilor, he opposed plans to annex Holmby Hills, Los Angeles as part of the city of Beverly Hills.[6] He served as vice mayor of Beverly Hills in 2012, and became mayor for the first time in 2013.[4][7][8][9][10] His first term ended in March 2014, when Lili Bosse was sworn in as mayor.[11]

Mirisch served his second term as mayor from March 2016 to March 2017[12] and began his third term as mayor in March 2019.[citation needed]

In June 2019, Mirisch supported a ban on the sale of tobacco products in the city.[13][14]

Mirisch was re-elected to an unprecedented fourth term in 2022.[citation needed]

In August 2023, Mirisch asked the city council to probe Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani, the former Qatari prime minister and owner of the Maybourne Beverly Hills hotel, citing allegations of terrorism enablement.[15] In 2025, Mirisch participated in protests in front of the hotel that raised concerns of Qatari support for Hamas.[16]

In April 2025, Mirisch was sworn in as the vice mayor of Beverly Hills.[17] In August 2025, Mirisch supported an effort to fly the flag of Israel inside of all Beverly Hills public school campuses and facilities.[18][19]

Actions on housing

Mirisch opposes increases in housing supply in Beverly Hills and has criticized YIMBY activists who he says wants the "elimination of single-family neighborhoods."[20][21] He has said that Beverly Hills's character is "low-rise and human-scale" and that "Beverly Hills is not Manhattan."[22]

In 2016, he opposed the construction of a 375-foot apartment building next to the Beverly Hilton Hotel.[23] In 2021, he opposed a $2-billion project that entailed the construction of two apartment buildings next to the Beverly Hilton and Waldorf Astoria hotels, a hotel with 42 suites and 37 branded residences, and 35,000 square feet devoted to retail and restaurants, and which was estimated to contribute $1.7 billion in tax revenue.[24] In 2023, he opposed the construction of a luxury hotel on Rodeo Drive that was estimated to contribute $725 million in tax revenue to Beverly Hills.[25]

Lawsuit against Beverly Hills

In January 2026, Mirisch filed a lawsuit against the city of Beverly Hills, alleging that the city is blocking him from running for a fifth term on the city council.[26]

Personal life

Mirisch has two sons.[4] He is a member of the Geelong Football Club of the Australian Football League.[4] He is a dual Swedish-American citizen[23] and also a citizen of Canada.[4]

In 2016, the city of Beverly Hills was ordered to pay $9,357 in legal fees to a journalist who filed suit for release of police records related to alleged domestic abuse by Mirisch. The records included incident reports from police visits to Mirisch's home.[27] An affidavit filed by Magdalena Mirisch for a restraining order during divorce proceedings in 2011 claimed that Mirisch emotionally abused her and was neglectful toward their son.[28]

References

  1. ^ "Beverly Hills mayor John Mirisch booted from 26th Senate District ballot, may appeal". Daily Breeze. March 24, 2014. Archived from the original on May 30, 2019. Retrieved May 30, 2019.
  2. ^ "Mirisch family". Retrieved May 31, 2024.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g Campaign website Archived 2013-04-16 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h "The City of Beverly Hills Mayor and Council Members". Archived from the original on May 6, 2013. Retrieved April 16, 2013.
  5. ^ Martha Groves, Mirisch elected to Beverly Hills City Council Archived July 16, 2024, at the Wayback Machine, The Los Angeles Times, March 14, 2009
  6. ^ Martha Groves, Holmby Hills seeks annexation by Beverly Hills over potholes Archived February 12, 2025, at the Wayback Machine, The Los Angeles Times, July 28, 2012
  7. ^ Matt Lopez, Vice Mayor John Mirisch Officially Files Papers for Beverly Hills City Council Re-Election Archived April 13, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, The Beverly Hills Courier, November 6, 2012
  8. ^ Matt Lopez, John Mirisch Installed As Beverly Hills Mayor At 2013 City Council Installation Ceremony Archived 2013-11-11 at the Wayback Machine, The Beverly Hills Courier, March 27, 2013
  9. ^ Marla Schevker, Matt Lopez and Laura Coleman, John Mirisch Wins Top Spot In Beverly Hills City Council Race Archived 2014-03-20 at the Wayback Machine, The Beverly Hills Courier, March 7, 2013
  10. ^ Matt Lopez, John Mirisch Ready to Lead As Mayor of Beverly Hills Archived 2014-04-13 at the Wayback Machine, The Beverly Hills Courier, March 21, 2013
  11. ^ Laura Coleman, Beverly Hills News – John Mirisch Reflects On His Term As City’s Mayor Archived 2014-05-28 at the Wayback Machine, The Beverly Hills Courier, March 20, 2014
  12. ^ Talbot, Victoria (March 31, 2017). "John Mirisch Looks Back On His Year As Mayor" (PDF). The Beverly Hills Courier. Vol. LI, no. 13. pp. 4, 27. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 24, 2018. Retrieved March 31, 2017.
  13. ^ Limitone, Julia (June 10, 2019). "Beverly Hills Mayor explains the real reason for banning all tobacco sales". FOXBusiness. Archived from the original on November 8, 2025. Retrieved February 14, 2026.
  14. ^ Daniels, Jeff (June 5, 2019). "Beverly Hills votes to outlaw tobacco sales in ordinance believed to be first of its kind in US". CNBC. Retrieved February 14, 2026.
  15. ^ Weinthal, Benjamin (August 18, 2023). "Beverly Hills Lawmaker Asks City Council to Probe Antisemitic Qatari 'Terrorist Enabler'". Jewish Journal. Archived from the original on September 15, 2025. Retrieved February 14, 2026.
  16. ^ Or-El, Ayala (March 6, 2025). "Rabbi Pini Dunner Leads Protest Against Qatari Influence at Maybourne Hotel in Beverly Hills". Jewish Journal. Archived from the original on October 30, 2025. Retrieved February 14, 2026.
  17. ^ Brewster, Tabor (May 1, 2025). "Mirisch positions himself as mayor's right hand man". Beverly Press & Park Labrea News. Archived from the original on July 23, 2025. Retrieved February 14, 2026.
  18. ^ Insignares, Gio (August 27, 2025). "Beverly Hills Unified School District board members vote to fly Israeli flags inside schools". CBS Los Angeles. Archived from the original on December 30, 2025. Retrieved February 14, 2026.
  19. ^ "Beverly Hills school district votes to display Israeli flag". NBC Los Angeles. August 27, 2025. Archived from the original on September 3, 2025. Retrieved February 14, 2026.
  20. ^ Winck, Ben. "A former Beverly Hills mayor is so committed to keeping home prices high that he said the freedom to block dense housing deserves to be protected like gay marriage". Business Insider. Archived from the original on August 25, 2024. Retrieved August 25, 2024.
  21. ^ Mirisch, John (September 15, 2021). "The one element missing from the discussion of housing: Tolerance". CalMatters. Archived from the original on April 28, 2022. Retrieved April 28, 2022.
  22. ^ "Beverly Hills mayor, developers tangle over Hilton high-rise plan". Los Angeles Times. September 2, 2016. Archived from the original on August 25, 2024. Retrieved August 25, 2024.
  23. ^ a b Clarke, Katherine (November 30, 2016). "Beverly Hills Mayor John Mirisch will run for office again". The Real Deal. Archived from the original on August 25, 2024. Retrieved August 25, 2024.
  24. ^ Sharp, Steven (June 11, 2021). "Beverly Hills City Council approves $2-billion hotel-condo complex". Urbanize LA. Archived from the original on August 25, 2024. Retrieved August 25, 2024.
  25. ^ "Beverly Hills voters appear to reject world's richest man's Rodeo Drive hotel project". Los Angeles Times. May 27, 2023.
  26. ^ Brewster, Tabor (January 22, 2026). "John Mirisch sues Beverly Hills to run for reelection". Beverly Press & Park Labrea News. Retrieved February 14, 2026.
  27. ^ "Home". Archived from the original on October 3, 2016.
  28. ^ "Mayor Sam's Sister City - Home of Los Angeles Politics: The Politics of Subways gets nasty in Beverly Hills". Archived from the original on July 4, 2018. Retrieved July 4, 2018.
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