AGENDA REPORT
Meeting Date: December 9, 2025
Item Number:
To: Honorable Mayor & City Council
From: Huma Ahmed, City Clerk, CMC
Subject: CITY COUNCIL APPOINTMENTS FOR THE FOLLOWING
COMMISSION AND FOUNDATION: CULTURAL HERITAGE
COMMISSION (SANDRA PRESSMAN AND MICHAEL J. LIBOW) AND
COMMUNITY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION (ATOOSA NEHORAI)
Attachments: None
RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the City Council appoint Sandra Pressman and Michael J. Libow to the Cultural Heritage Commission to fill scheduled vacancies on the commission. It is also recommended that the City Council appoint Atoosa Nehorai to the Community Charitable Foundation to fill one resident board vacancy.
Cultural Heritage Commission
• Sandra Pressman (Term: January 1, 2026 – December 31, 2027) Outgoing Commissioner Marc Teren (Term ends: December 31, 2025) • Michael J. Libow (Term: July 1, 2026 – June 30, 2028) Outgoing Vice Chair Josh Flagg (Term ends June 30, 2026) Community Charitable Foundation
• Atoosa Nehorai (Term: January 1, 2026 – December 31, 2027) Former Resident Board Member: Mark Schwartz (Term ended: June 30, 2024) E-7
Meeting Date: December 9, 2025
If approved, all three will be appointed for an initial two-year term based on the terms provided.
They will also be eligible for reappointment to a second term of four years per Beverly Hills Municipal Code Section 2-2-105.
INTRODUCTION
This report presents a formal request to the City Council to appoint the following: Sandra Pressman and Michael J. Libow to the Cultural Heritage Commission, and Atoosa Nehorai to the Community Charitable Foundation.
DISCUSSION
Staff presented the Cultural Heritage Commission and Community Charitable Foundation Interview Panel report to the City Council at the Study Session on December 9, 2025.
The three candidates will begin serving their respective terms based on the information provided above. This action will approve the appointment presented to the City Council at this meeting.
FISCAL IMPACT
None
Huma Ahmed,
City Clerk
Approved By