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Lili Bosse
Official portrait, 2013
73rd, 76th, & 82nd Mayor of Beverly Hills
Incumbent
Assumed office
April 5, 2022
Preceded byRobert Wunderlich
In office
2014–2015
Preceded byJohn A. Mirisch
Succeeded byJulian Gold
In office
2017–2018
Preceded byJulian Gold
Succeeded byJulian Gold
Personal details
Born
Lili Toren
NationalityAmerican
SpouseJon Bosse
Children2
Alma materUniversity of Southern California
ProfessionPolitician, philanthropist

Lili Bosse (née Toren) is an American politician serving as the 82nd and current mayor of Beverly Hills, California.

The daughter of Holocaust survivors, she has supported many Jewish causes in the United States and Israel. Before her current term, she also served as the mayor of Beverly Hills from March 2014 to March 2015 and March 2017 to March 2018.

Early life

Lili Bosse (née Toren) grew up in Rego Park, Queens, New York City, until age nine, when she moved into a house on South Maple Drive in Beverly Hills.[1][2][3] She is the only child of Holocaust survivors.[3][4][5] Her parents met in Israel shortly after World War II and decided to immigrate to the United States[6] when Bosse was nine years old.[7] At first they settled in Queens, and made a modest living as proprietors of a private gasoline station they called the "Gaseteria." The whimsically named filling station became something of a neighborhood landmark and for a while hosted poetry readings every other Friday. The Gaseteria brought the family prosperity and they were able to move to Beverly Hills.[8] Her father, Jack Toren, died in 1993.[9] Her mother, Rosalia (Orenstein) Toren, born in Poland, escaped from the Auschwitz concentration camp and wrote two books about her experiences: Destiny in 1991 and A New Beginning in 1997; she died in February 2015.[9][6][10]

Bosse was educated at the Beverly Vista School and Beverly Hills High School.[2][3][11] She went on to graduate from the University of Southern California.[2][3][12]

Political career

Bosse served on the Beverly Hills Traffic and Parking Commission from 1997 to 2002, and on the Beverly Hills Planning Commission from 2007 to 2011.[2][3][12] She was elected to a four-year term on the five-member Beverly Hills City Council in 2011.[2][12][13] She was appointed by the City Council to serve a one-year term as vice mayor in 2013, and then for a succeeding one-year term as mayor in 2014.[13][14][15]

Bosse was sworn in as mayor on March 25, 2014, by actor Sidney Poitier in a ceremony at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts.[15] Poitier had also sworn her in as vice mayor in 2013.[14] One of her first actions as Mayor was to announce a "Healthy City Initiative", which aimed to make Beverly Hills "the healthiest city in the world".[15]

During her first term as mayor, Bosse started a "Walk With the Mayor" program: every Monday at 8:30 a.m., Beverly Hills residents are invited to meet on Crescent Drive and walk with her for 90 minutes to hear more about the history of local businesses and talk about city issues.[16][15][17][18] Walkers are encouraged to wear an orange t-shirt with the "Healthy City" slogan on it.[19] In August 2014, Bosse celebrated her birthday during the walk, stopping at Beverly Cañon Gardens, alongside 400 walkers.[19] The last walk was on March 23, 2015.[20]

Bosse also announced her plan to create a dog park in Beverly Hills, on the corner of Foothill Road and Alden Drive.[15][21] With her husband, she donated US$100,000 for the construction of the Beverly Hills Dog Park while serving on the city council in February 2016.[22]

In early May 2014, Bosse welcomed a resolution passed by the Beverly Hills City Council to urge the Sultan of Brunei, Hassanal Bolkiah, to sell the Beverly Hills Hotel after he had passed legislation in Brunei to impose Islamic Sharia law there, including the death penalty for adultery and gay sex.[23][24][25] She added that she had made a "personal decision" not to return to the hotel until the situation had been solved.[23][26] The decision was lauded by Rabbi Laura Geller of the Temple Emanuel, where Bosse is a congregant,[27] and covered in the national[28] and international[29] news.

From May 25 to June 3, 2014, Bosse visited China as part of a mayoral delegation trip.[30] She met officials in Beijing, Wuhan, Hongan, Guangzhou, and Jieyang to promote trade between China and Beverly Hills, especially its luxury industry.[30]

In March 2017, Bosse began her second term as the mayor of Beverly Hills.[31] She announced the renewal of her weekly "Walk With the Mayor" program and a new partnership between the City of Beverly Hills and author Deepak Chopra.[31] By August 2017, Bosse introduced Beverly Hills Open Later Days (BOLD) which encouraged local businesses to stay open later into the evening,[1][32] especially on Rodeo Drive.[33] In 2019 she spoke on Beverly Hills' ban on tobacco sales which dovetailed with her focus on the health of the people living in Beverly Hills.[34]

Bosse was reelected mayor of Beverly Hills in April 2022.[35] She announced the launch of BHPD alert which will provide more timely information to the Beverly Hills community; a Real Time Watch Center to monitor the City's surveillance network; Live 911 which will allow police officers in the field to hear calls immediately without waiting for information from dispatch; and the 30X30 initiative with a goal of 30% sworn women personnel by the year 2030. 'Business with Bosse' will highlight businesses across Beverly Hills by inviting community members to join Bosse at various locations throughout the city. She will be hosting public events focused on wellness with Deepak Chopra and Edith Eger and live town-hall style meetings known as LIVE WITH LILI to hear directly from the community on their suggestions and ideas.[36] In October 2022, Mayor Bosse led the Beverly Hills City Council in the adoption of a resolution calling on President Biden, Secretary of State Blinken and Members of Congress to Increase Sanctions Against the Iranian Regime and for the United Nations to expel Iran from its Women’s Rights Commission. The action follows the physical beating and deaths of Mahsa Amini, Sarina Esmaeilzadeh, Nika Shakarami, and others by Iran's morality police. [37]

Philanthropy

Bosse served as President of the Beverly Hills Education Foundation, from which she received the Spirit of Philanthropy Award.[2][3][12] During her tenure, she organized the first Apple Ball and Walk for Schools.[2][3] Together with her husband, she endowed the Bosse Leadership Academy for public school employees and provided funding to upgrade the facilities of KBEV, the student television station in Beverly Hills.[2][3] They also made the largest donation to the Beverly Hills school system in 2011 in an effort to prevent staff layoffs.[11] Additionally, they have donated to the Maple Counseling Center in Beverly Hills.[38]

Additionally, Bosse has been a member of the Friends of the Beverly Hills Public Library and the Rotary Club of Beverly Hills.[2][3][12] Together with her husband, she is one of the largest donors to the Beverly Hills 9/11 Memorial Garden.[39] She is also a founding member of the Police And Community Together organization.[3]

Bosse formerly served on the Board of Trustees of the Wilshire Boulevard Temple.[2][12] Additionally, she served on the Leadership Program of the Wexner Foundation, a charitable organization designed to enhance Jewish leadership.[3] She also served as chair of the Women's Venture Fund and the Lion of Judah Division of the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles.[3][4] Moreover, she has served on the Board of Directors of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion.[3] She has received the Edgar F. Magnin Community Service Award from the Hillcrest Country Club, a Jewish country club in Los Angeles.[3] Additionally, she received the Women of Achievement Award from the Sheba Medical Center, a hospital in Ramat Gan in Israel.[3][4]

Together with her husband Jon, she donated US$100,000 to the Moriah Films division of the Simon Wiesenthal Center in honor of her mother's 90th birthday in 2013—the name "Rose Orenstein Toren" will appear in the film credits of all documentaries subsequently produced by the center.[6] In 2013, the two also served on the Southern California Regional Council of Birthright Israel.[40]

Bosse is co-founder and serves on the executive board of Visionary Women, a nonprofit organization that promotes women in leadership positions.[41] She is also a fellow of Vital Voices, a global women's leadership organization. [42]

Personal life

Bosse is married to Jon Bosse, the co-president and chief investment officer of NWQ, an affiliate of Nuveen Investments.[3][43] They have two sons, Andrew and Adam.[2][3] They reside in Beverly Hills, California.[3]

In May 2022, Bosse tested positive for COVID.[44]

References

  1. ^ a b Velten, Elspeth (January 22, 2018). "In the World's Most Famous ZIP Code, Don't Settle for Just Any Tour Guide". Vogue. Retrieved January 23, 2018. Lili Bosse grew up in the Rego Park section of Queens, New York, until the age of 9, when her family moved west to Beverly Hills.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Lili Bosse". www.beverlyhills.org.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r "Elect Lili Bosse: Biography". Archived from the original on July 7, 2014.
  4. ^ a b c Michael Aushenker, L.A. Women's Circuit, The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles, October 4, 2001
  5. ^ 1939 Club, Holocaust commemorative: in memory of the six million, The Club, 1978, pp. 15; 112 [1]
  6. ^ a b c Lopez, Matt (April 12, 2013). "Beverly Hills Resident, Holocaust Survivor Rose Toren Turns 90" (PDF). Beverly Hills Courier. pp. 4, 7. Retrieved June 22, 2014.[permanent dead link‍]
  7. ^ Sommer, Ariane (May 25, 2014). "Die Bossin von Beverly Hills". Welt am Sonntag; Berlin [Berlin] (in German). p. 13 – via Proquest.
  8. ^ "Jewish Philanthropist Lili Bosse, the Mayor of Beverly Hills." Outlook Vol. 64, No. 2, 21-23.
  9. ^ a b Al Martinez, Her Name Is Rose, The Los Angeles Times, February 4, 1995
  10. ^ Auschwitz Survivor Rose Toren Passed Away Today, The Beverly Hills Courier
  11. ^ a b Howard Blume, Raise $1 million in a week to save school jobs? Not even in Beverly Hills, The Los Angeles Times, May 12, 2011
  12. ^ a b c d e f Meet the Mayors: Lili Bosse of Beverly Hills, LA Tech Digest
  13. ^ a b "About the City Council". City of Beverly Hills. Retrieved June 22, 2014.
  14. ^ a b Lopez, Matt (March 29, 2013). "Antonovich, Poitier, Pregerson, Yaroslavsky Swear In Beverly Hills City Councilmembers" (PDF). pp. 1, 3. Retrieved June 22, 2014.[permanent dead link‍]
  15. ^ a b c d e New Mayor Lili Bosse Wants Beverly Hills to be the Healthiest City in the World Archived June 26, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, Beverly Hills Courier, March 26, 2014
  16. ^ Groves, Martha (December 14, 2014). "Making strides with constituents; Beverly Hills residents join the mayor on her weekly walks on the way to fitness". Los Angeles Times; Los Angeles, Calif. [Los Angeles, Calif]. pp. [2], [3] – via Proquest.
  17. ^ "Walk With the Mayor to Visit Newly Remodeled Rite Aid". Beverly Hills Courier. June 21, 2014. Archived from the original on June 26, 2014. Retrieved June 22, 2014.
  18. ^ Corina Mun, Beverly Hills Mayor Lili Bosse encourages unity, healthy lifestyles with weekly walks, Westside Today, July 25, 2014
  19. ^ a b Victoria Talbot, 'Walking the Walk', The Beverly Hills Courier, Volume XXXXIX, Number 51, pp. 1; 18 [4]
  20. ^ Victoria Talbot, Final Walk with the Mayor Event is a Party for Bosse, The Beverly Hills Courier, March 21, 2015
  21. ^ Jacqueline Maddison, Beverly Hills Dog Park, Beverly Hills Magazine, May 8, 2014
  22. ^ Talbot, Victoria (March 3, 2016). "Lead Dogs: Lili, Jon Bosse Kickstart Beverly Hills Dog Park Fundraising With $100,000 Gift". The Beverly Hills Courier. Retrieved March 4, 2016.
  23. ^ a b Ted Johnson, City Council Passes Resolution Urging Brunei to Sell Beverly Hills Hotel, Variety, May 6, 2014
  24. ^ Michael Cieply, Hotel Boycott Grows Over Brunei Penal Code, The New York Times, May 5, 2014
  25. ^ Reuters, Beverly Hills Confronts Brunei Over Sharia Law, Voice of America, May 7, 2014
  26. ^ Ben Child, Hollywood councillors ask sultan of Brunei to sell hotel over anti-gay stance, The Guardian, May 7, 2014
  27. ^ Laura Geller, A moral path out of the wilderness, The Times of Israel, May 20, 2014
  28. ^ Cieply, Michael (May 5, 2014). "Hotel Boycott Grows Over Brunei Penal Code". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved October 29, 2022.
  29. ^ Pfannkuch, Katharina (May 11, 2014). "Sultan der Steinzeit". Welt am Sonntag; Berlin [Berlin]. p. 15 – via Proquest.
  30. ^ a b Victoria Talbot, Beverly Hills News – Mayor Traveling to China on Trade Mission Archived May 28, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, Beverly Hills Courier, May 21, 2014
  31. ^ a b "Bosse Announces Beverly Hills Partnership With Deepak Chopra". The Beverly Hills Courier. March 28, 2017. Retrieved March 29, 2017.
  32. ^ Halberg, Morgan (December 19, 2017). "Why Beverly Hills Is a Holiday Vacation Destination". The New York Observer; New York, N.Y. [New York, N.Y]. – via Proquest.
  33. ^ Talbot, Victoria (March 31, 2017). "Who's the Bosse" (PDF). The Beverly Hills Courier. Vol. LI, no. 13. pp. 1, 19. Retrieved March 31, 2017.
  34. ^ Ravikumar, Vandana (June 5, 2019). "Smokers, beware: Beverly Hills says it is the first US city to ban tobacco sales". USA Today (Online); Arlington [Arlington] – via Proquest.
  35. ^ "Lili Bosse Elected As Mayor Of Beverly Hills". Canyon News. April 6, 2022.
  36. ^ "Bosse Launches New Initiatives for City". Beverly Hills Courier. April 7, 2022.
  37. ^ REYES-BENÍTEZ, OMAR (October 14, 2022). "City Council Denounces Iranian Government and Issues Resolution". Beverly Hills Courier. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
  38. ^ "Our Donors". Maple Counseling. Archived from the original on May 5, 2016.
  39. ^ "Beverly Hills 9/11 Memorial Garden website: Donors". Archived from the original on March 3, 2016.
  40. ^ "Birthright Israel: Annual Report, 2013" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on May 13, 2015. Retrieved June 22, 2014.
  41. ^ "Lili Bosse | Leadership | Visionary Women". www.visionarywomen.com.
  42. ^ "Lili Bosse 2021 Fellow; Visionary Women". www.vitalvoices.org.
  43. ^ "NWQ: Jon D. Bosse". nuveen.com.
  44. ^ Rodriguez, Matthew (May 21, 2022). "Beverly Hills Mayor Lili Bosse tests positive for COVID". www.cbsnews.com. Retrieved October 21, 2022.
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