CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS
Council Chamber
455 North Rexford Drive
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
MINUTES
CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING
January 13, 2026
7:00 p.m.*
Members of the public may participate in the meeting by attending in-person or telephonically, and may view the meeting through live webcast or BHTV Channel 10 on Spectrum Cable.
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The City Council may act on any item listed on the agenda.
The City Council Meeting was called to order by Mayor Nazarian at 7:05 p.m.
A. ROLL CALL
Present: Councilmember Wells, Councilmember Friedman Councilmember Mirisch, Vice Mayor Corman, Mayor Nazarian
Absent: None
B. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
1. TELEPHONE CALL-IN: (310) 288-2288 Members of the public are invited to listen to the meeting telephonically or share oral communications on this phone line.
2. AUDIENCE COMMENTS: Any person wishing to address the City Council on any matter may do so in writing, through email or in-person. However, the State openmeetings law (Government Code Section 54950 et seq.) prohibits the City Council fromproviding a detailed response or acting upon any item not contained on the agendaposted 72 hours before a regular meeting and 24 hours before a special meeting. If you wish to address the City Council at this time, please email or provide an in-person speaker card to the City Clerk prior to or during the meeting. The City Clerk will readonly the first three minutes (approximately 350 words) of a written comment. In the event of a large number of written comments on one item, written comments may be summarized by the City Clerk’s Office. The entire written comment shall be archived in full as part of the record. Public comment via video conference or in-person will be no longer than three (3) minutes per each individual comment, subject to City Council discretion based on the anticipated length in the meeting.
City Council Special Meeting
January 13, 2026
C. CITY COUNCIL CONTINUED AND NEW BUSINESS
RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS EXPRESSING
SOLIDARITY WITH THE IRANIAN PEOPLE IN THEIR PURSUIT FOR FREEDOM, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE.
Comment: It is recommended the City Council adopt a resolution of the Council of theCity Beverly Hills expressing solidarity with the Iranian people in their pursuit for freedom, human rights, and economic justice.
Senior Management Analyst Mandy Jiang presented information related to this item.
Speakers:
1. Sherwin Shamoeil, Office of Assemblymember Rick Zbur
2. Shervin Natan, United Jewish Coalition
3. Jimmy Sedghi
4. Reza Asgari
5. Shahab Amini
Zoom Public Comments:
1. Susan Azizzadeh
2. Zohreh Mizrahi3. Austin Shaheri
4. Simon L.
Written Public Comments:
1. Ramtin Soltani
Council discussed updates to the language regarding the number of civilian deaths.
Council provided their comments.
MOVED by Councilmember Wells, seconded by Mayor Nazarian to approve item C1 as follows:
THAT THE RESOLUTION ENTITLED, “RESOLUTION OF THE
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS EXPRESSINGSOLIDARITY WITH THE IRANIAN PEOPLE IN THEIR PURSUIT FOR FREEDOM, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE”, BE
ADOPTED AS AMENDED
Ayes: Councilmember Wells, Councilmember Friedman, Councilmernber Mirisch, Vice Mayor Corman, Mayor Nazarian
Noes: None
ITEM C-I: ADOPTED AS AMENDEDMayor Nazarian asked for a moment of silence for the victims who passed away during the protests in Iran.
City Council Special Meeting
January 13, 2026
D. ADJOURNMENT
The next City Council meeting is scheduled for January 21, 2026.
There being no further business, Mayor Nazarian, with the consent of the City Council, concluded the Special Meeting and transitioned to the Formal Meeting.
PASSED, Approved and Adopted
this 4th day of February, 2026
HUMA AHMED, City Clerk
SHARONA R. NAZARIAN, PSk1 MAYOR
This meeting was broadcast on live television, on City of Beverly Hills municipal government television access Channel BHTVIO Spectrum Cable.