Three newly elected City Council members took the oath of office on July 7 at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Samuel Goldwyn Theater. Incumbent councilmembers Sharona Nazarian and Lester Friedman, and Architectural and Design Review Commission Chair Rebecca Pynoos received the highest number of votes in the crowded field of 11 candidates in the June 2 municipal election.
Nazarian received a commanding 6,590 votes, Friedman received 3,607 votes and Pynoos received 3,506, City Clerk Huma Ahmed confirmed during the ceremony. Ahmed also said that 50% of eligible voters in Beverly Hills voted, an increase from 40% in the 2024 municipal election.
