John A. Mirisch

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John A. Mirisch
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73rd, 76th, and 79th Mayor of Beverly Hills
Former
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March 27, 2013 (2013-03-27) –February 25, 2014 (2014-02-25)
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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.

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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]

During his tenure as mayor, Mirisch established the Sunshine Task Force to improve local governmental transparency and public participation. [4] He has also spearheaded the Beverly Hills Cultural Heritage Commission to honor the city's rich history and architectural legacy. [4] His first term ended in March 2014, when Lili Bosse was sworn in as mayor. [11]

Mirisch is a vocal opponent of degrading local government authority to determine residential zoning, leading to conflict with YIMBY activists. [12]

Mirisch served his second term as mayor from March 2016 to March 2017 [13] and began his third term as mayor in March 2019.

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 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. [14] 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. [15]

In the next election for Beverly Hills City Council on March 5, 2017, Mirisch was re-elected, placing first in a field of eight candidates. Mirisch was re-elected to an unprecedented fourth term in 2022.

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References

  1. ↑ "Beverly Hills mayor John Mirisch booted from 26th Senate District ballot, may appeal". Daily Breeze. 24 March 2014. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  2. ↑ "Mirisch family" . Retrieved May 31, 2024.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Campaign website Archived 2013-04-16 at the Wayback Machine
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 The City of Beverly Hills Mayor and Council Members
  5. ↑ Martha Groves, Mirisch elected to Beverly Hills City Council, The Los Angeles Times , March 14, 2009
  6. ↑ Martha Groves, Holmby Hills seeks annexation by Beverly Hills over potholes, The Los Angeles Times, July 28, 2012
  7. ↑ Matt Lopez, Vice Mayor John Mirisch Officially Files Papers for Beverly Hills City Council Re-Election, 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. ↑ Mirisch, John (September 15, 2021). "The one element missing from the discussion of housing: Tolerance". CalMatters. Retrieved April 28, 2022.
  13. ↑ 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. Retrieved March 31, 2017.
  14. ↑ "Home". Archived from the original on 2016-10-03.
  15. ↑ "Mayor Sam's Sister City - Home of Los Angeles Politics: The Politics of Subways gets nasty in Beverly Hills".
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Preceded by Mayor of Beverly Hills, California
2013–2014		Succeeded by
Preceded by
Julian Gold
 Mayor of Beverly Hills, California
2016–2017		Succeeded by
Lili Bosse
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