Beverly Hills Mayor Craig Corman will deliver his first State of the City address on Wednesday, Sept. 23, at Greystone Mansion in an interview-style format hosted by the Beverly Hills Chamber of Commerce.

The event, the Chamber's annual gathering, runs from 4:30 to 7 p.m. and is open to business leaders, civic officials and community partners.

Corman was elected mayor by a unanimous council vote on April 14 and sworn in by his son Kyle Corman. The full council includes Vice Mayor Mary Wells and council members John Mirisch, Lester Friedman and Sharona Nazarian.

Since taking office, Corman has outlined positions on development, public safety and the city's fiscal outlook. At a June 10 Municipal League of Beverly Hills town hall at Roxbury Park Community Center, he detailed three state laws the city is pushing back against: Senate Bill 79, which allows developers to override local zoning near transit centers; Senate Bill 9, which lets homeowners in single-family zones subdivide lots and build up to four units; and Assembly Bill 2011, which allows residential projects in commercial zones without council or planning commission approval.

"We're going to find whatever creative legal outcomes we have to protect our single-family areas and our multifamily areas," Corman said at the June town hall, as reported by the Beverly Hills Courier.

On the budget, Corman said at the same event that the city projects $10 million in deficits over two years but that a $19 million surplus from the prior fiscal year covers the gap without dipping into reserves.

The city adopted a $109 million capital improvement budget for fiscal year 2026-27 in June, according to city budget documents. That budget funds 72 projects, with a five-year total of $472.7 million. It includes $2.5 million for community security enhancements such as CCTV and license-plate readers, $2.7 million for police facility upgrades and $3.4 million for subway mitigation.

Corman organized a community ride on the Metro D Line in August, leading residents from the Wilshire/La Cienega station to Dodger Stadium as part of a new "Metro with the Mayor" initiative. The line's first section opened May 8 with stations at Wilshire/La Brea, Wilshire/Fairfax and Wilshire/La Cienega. The Wilshire/Rodeo station remains under construction.

The Sept. 23 address also comes as the council has moved on public safety measures, including citywide speed limit reductions of 5 mph on affected streets that the council advanced on Aug. 11, the Beverly Press reported. Sponsorship inquiries for the Chamber event can be directed to Melissa Case at [email protected].