We Support Rebecca Pynoos for Beverly Hills City Council

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  • “I’m proudly supporting Rebecca for City Council because she combines a passion for the city, both its past and its future, a fresh outlook informed by experience, and a distinctive new voice Beverly Hills needs”

    — Bob Wunderlich, Former Beverly Hills Mayor

  • "Rebecca Pynoos is an exemplary leader whose analytical approach and extensive commission experience make her the right choice for Beverly Hills. We are in need of her younger perspective, at 42, and thoughtful leadership to move our City Council forward."

    — Howard S. Fisher, Beverly Hills City Treasurer

  • "Rebecca is my choice for Beverly Hills City Council. She brings a fresh, forward-thinking perspective as a millennial and a truly citywide understanding, having grown up in the Flats and now living in the Southwest. With a strong background in urban planning and service on two city commissions, she approaches complex issues with insight and creativity—seeing opportunities where others see liabilities. She is exactly the kind of leader Beverly Hills needs at this moment."

    — Myra Demeter, Ph.D. , Former Chair BH Planning Commission, Former Chair BH Health and Safety Commission, Former President BHUSD Board of Ed

  • “Rebecca Pynoos is exactly the kind of leader Beverly Hills needs right now—smart, prepared, and deeply knowledgeable on the issues shaping our city, region and state. She brings a fresh perspective, strong judgment, and a genuine commitment to representing residents with warmth, thoughtfulness, and integrity."

    Mike Feuer, Former Los Angeles City Attorney, California State Assembly Member  and Los Angeles City Council Member

Beverly Press

LA County Democratic Party

West Hollywood/Beverly Hills Democratic Club

Democrats for Israel - Los Angeles

League of Conservation Voters

National Women’s Political Caucus

Endorsements (partial list)

Congressman Ted Lieu, U.S. House CD-36

Mike Feuer, Former Los Angeles City Attorney, California State Assemblymember, and Los Angeles City Councilmember

State Senate Candidate Brian Goldsmith

Bob Wunderlich, Former Beverly Hills Mayor

Barry Brucker, Former Beverly Hills Mayor

Howard S. Fisher, Beverly Hills City Treasurer

Eliot Finkel, Former Beverly Hills City Treasurer

Alissa Roston, Former Beverly Hills Commissioner and School Board President

Debbie and Rick Powell, Former President Hillcrest Country Club and Former President, Wilshire Blvd Temple

Jeff Wolfe, Chair of the Beverly Hills Planning Commission

Myra Demeter, Ph.D., Beverly Hills Planning Commissioner

Terri Kaplan, Beverly Hills Planning Commissioner

Susie and David Gersh, Former Fine Arts Commissioner and Co-Chair, Gersh Agency

Lori Greene Gordon, Chair of the Beverly Hills Cultural Heritage Commission, Former Chair of the Beverly Hills Planning Commission

Terri Smooke, Vice Chair of the Beverly Hills Architectural and Design Review Commission

Michael Karric, Beverly Hills Traffic and Parking Commission

Dorsa Karric, Horace Mann Parent

Shana and Don Passman, Board Member, Temple Emanuel and Entertainment Attorney

Billy Ray, Screenwriter

Lucy Stutz and Jared Levine, Literary Agent and Entertainment Attorney

Noah Furie, Former Chair of Beverly Hills Planning Commission, Former Chair of the Beverly Hills Cultural Heritage Commission

Sandra Aronberg, MD

Jill Collins, Former Cultural Heritage Commission Chair

Rochelle Ginsburg, Former Commissioner and Educator

Tara Riceberg, Vice Chair. Recreation and Parks Commission

Ashley and Alexandre Anu, El Rodeo School Parents

Hon. Virginia Maas, former Beverly Hills School Board Member

Dawn Matthews, Community Member and Parent

Clio Bitboul, Community Member and Parent

Rich Waldow, Former Chair, Cultural Heritage Commission

Helen and Richard Weston, Board Member Sinai Temple

Gordon Gelfond, Former President, Beverly Hills Rotary

Marilyn Gallup, long time Community Leader

Jon Gluck and Ariana Escalante

Jim and Ada Horwich, Community and Civic Leaders

Ladan Bral and Laleh Bral

David and Pamela Bennett, Former Traffic and Parking Commissioner

Alan and Lynn Iezman

Sara and David Aftergood, Former Board President, Sinai

Larry Larson

Barbara Lazaroff

Greg and Teresa Nathanson

Dena and Irv Schechter, Community Leaders

Kimberly Vinokur, Beverly Hills Heritage and Former Commissioner

Richard Waldow and Ann Markowitz

Mitch Waldow and Ellen Lutwak

Larry Ziff, Beverly Hills Historical Society

Jesse Zwick, Mayor Pro Tem, Santa Monica

Sheryl Fleischer and David Wiener

Experience

Current Chair of the Beverly Hills Architecture and Design Review Commission at 42

Youngest appointee to the inaugural Beverly Hills Cultural Heritage Commission at 28

Education: University of Southern California, Master’s in Social Work, Policy and Planning, Brandeis University. Marlborough School. Continuing Education in Urban Planning at UC Berkeley, UCLA, USC School of Architecture

Fellowships focused on addressing pressing local and regional issues: Jewish Federation’s Rautenberg New Leaders Program; CORO LA Lead Fellowship; Urban Land Institute’s GROW Mentorship Program; Emerge California; Team Beverly Hills

Professional: City and Federal grant and program management at Jewish Family Service of Los Angeles, and Wise and Healthy Aging, Public Affairs and Community Planning work, most major project at West LA Civic Center, West LA Commons on redevelopment issues