John Mirisch, a film distributor whose Blog Beverly Hills has roiled the city's political establishment, scored a narrow victory in his run for City Council, according to certified results from the March 3 election that Beverly Hills released Friday.
In an upset, Mirisch eked out a third-place finish with 2,272 votes, or 14.11%, edging out veteran Councilwoman Linda Briskman, whose consistently pro-development stance had riled many residents. Mirisch has said his top concerns are the quality of the city's schools and "overscale development within the city, which almost invariably leads to a deterioration of the unique . . . small-town character."
