Other Candidates

There are other good candidates whom we are not as well acquainted with because they have not been very involved in city community work, but they had some good ideas. We hope they will stay involved to help improve our city, and if they do not win this time, perhaps they will run for City Council again.

The following is just a short summary of our takeaways.

Andrew Kole

First, a shout out to Andrew Kole whose candid, entertaining remarks made our election forums much more fun. He is a pickleball enthusiast and had an idea that our Farmer’s Market should be moved to South Beverly Drive to liven up some of the businesses there and make the event more of a community happening. Some people believe that our Farmer’s Market is in a safer place at present where there is no through traffic and there is ample parking, but maybe there is interest in trying out his idea.

Roger Tanenbaum

Many see Roger as a very nice, kind, gentle young man, who has a good deal of legal knowledge. He took care of his father’s literary business and also took care of his father in his last years. Roger’s late father, Robert Tanenbaum, was our mayor twice and was an exceptional, dynamic speaker. Many feel that because Roger grew up along side his father, Roger would be a natural to walk-in his father’s footsteps, and maybe he will.

Barry Axelrod

Barry Axelrod is a successful entrepreneur who wants to make it easier for business to operate in Beverly Hills. He owns Beverly Hills Cookies on South Beverly Drive—a lovely well patronized shop which carries dozens of cookie varieties.

Jonathan Mariande

Jonathan initially was in favor of making our city a charter city as opposed to a general law city. Then he changed to a better plan of studying whether we should. One of his pet peeves is that our city spends a good deal of resources to honor public record requests and he believe that if we became a charter city, we could possibly change that. However public records requests are an important tool which not only promote transparency but such requests are necessary to obtain building project documentation so residents can respond to developers’ project plans. Also, public record requirements are based on state law, and becoming a charter city does not entitle a city to disregard state law. Nevertheless, his idea may have merit.

Clayton Moshe Saunders

As documented on page 3 of the May 21, 2026 edition of the Beverly Press/Park Labrea News, City Council candidate Clayton Moshe Saunders, who has lived in our city for 3 years, wants our Beverly Hills Police Department to assist federal ICE with immigration raids and arrests. He has no feeling or concern over the cruel, often violent and grossly negligent conduct of poorly trained ICE agents or the fact that detainees are locked away without due process in overcrowded, filthy, unhealthy, understaffed, and under supplied detention centers, filled with crying babies and children.

He probably also has not given a thought to the fact that we have many good, intelligent residents who would feel compelled to protest the cruel, unfair, unconstitutional treatment of others by ICE agents, which could result in further violence, injuries, and even death.

Last, he has not even considered the effects of diverting our precious police resources from protecting our residents from crime.

Saunders continued that he would talk to other council members and get their opinions before he makes "a final decision” as if his intentions were not clear.

Because of his lack of compassion and lack of consideration for other human beings, we think that he should not be considered for a leadership position in our city.

(May 24, 2026)