Tag: mayor pro tem

Newport Beach Appoints New Mayor, Mayor Pro Tem

The City of Newport Beach appointed a new mayor and mayor pro tem during its Dec. 14 council meeting. Kevin Muldoon, who was serving as the city’s mayor pro tem, was appointed as mayor following then-mayor Brad Avery’s finishing his one-year term as a leader on the dais. This will be Muldoon’s second term as…


Mask Disagreement Stops Huntington Beach Council From Resuming In-Person Meetings

Huntington Beach city council will continue to meet virtually rather than convening in chambers due to Mayor Pro Tem Tito Ortiz’s refusal to wear a mask. It moved to do so during a March 29 meeting, where the five councilmembers in attendances voted to stick with Zoom meetings. Ortiz was absent during the vote, after…


Tito Ortiz Will Remain Huntington Beach’s Mayor Pro Tem  

Huntington Beach Mayor Pro Tem Tito Ortiz won the first fight of his political career Feb. 1 when a no confidence vote aimed at the rookie politician failed. During a heated debate, Huntington Beach councilmembers discussed whether to strip Ortiz—a mixed martial arts champion—of his mayoral title. Those who spearheaded an agenda item accused proposing…


Supporters Protest as Huntington Beach Council Mulls Removing Tito Ortiz’ Title

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif.—Supporters of Mayor Pro Tem Tito Ortiz gathered at the city’s civic center Feb. 1 as council prepared to discuss stripping him of his title. Councilmembers were set to respond to a vote of no confidence motion—authored by Mayor Kim Carr and councilmembers Dan Kalmick and Michael Posey—which, if passed, would result in Ortiz’ removal from the…


Supporters Protest as Huntington Beach Council Mulls Removing Tito Ortiz’s Title

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif.—Supporters of Mayor Pro Tem Tito Ortiz gathered at the city’s civic center Feb. 1 as council prepared to discuss stripping him of his title. Councilmembers were set to respond to a motion of no confidence—authored by Mayor Kim Carr and councilmembers Dan Kalmick and Michael Posey—which, if passed, would result in Ortiz’s removal from the mayor…


Huntington Beach Councilor Tito Ortiz Could Lose Mayoral Status

Huntington Beach city council will discuss stripping Mayor Pro Tem Tito Ortiz of his title during a Feb. 1 meeting. Mayor Kim Carr and councilmembers Dan Kalmyk and Michael Posey authored an agenda item to bring forward a vote of no confidence on Ortiz, and remove him from his leadership role. In an email to The Epoch Times Jan. 28, Carr said the…