Fourth Runner-Up In November Election Is Now a Crescent City Councilor
Ray Altman, the fourth runner up in the November 2020 Crescent City Council race, will have a seat on that governing body starting Monday.
Altman, who lost to Beau Smith by a narrow margin in the Nov. 3, 2020 election, will take the seat vacated by Alex Campbell. Campbell, who lives outside Crescent City limits, resigned from the Council after pleading guilty to one count of election fraud on March 2.
The four remaining Councilors voted unanimously Tuesday in favor appointing Altman to the empty seat. Three other candidates included Holly Green, Altman’s colleague on the Crescent City Planning Commission, Michelle Radison, who works for the Crescent City-Del Norte County Chamber of Commerce, and Bay Area businessman James Belardi.