As announced in an exclusive News Alert by the Courier last week, Planning Commission Chair Andy Licht is running for City Council. Three Council seats are on the ballot in June 2022, those currently held by Councilmembers Lester Friedman, John Mirisch and Mayor Robert Wunderlich.
Licht is a lifelong Beverly Hills resident and a graduate of both Hawthorne Elementary and Beverly Hills High School. He holds a BA in Economics from the University of California, Berkeley and an MFA from USC. Licht was unanimously selected by the City Council to serve on the Planning Commission in 2016 and unanimously reappointed in 2018. In addition, Licht served two terms on the Traffic and Parking Commission, totaling 11 years of work on city commissions.
