Huntington Beach City Council to consider extending Main Street closure through Labor Day
Mike Morgan, a server at Killarneys Irish Pub, attends to customers in November. The Huntington Beach City Council on Tuesday night will consider extending the closure of the second block of Main Street through Labor Day.
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The Huntington Beach City Council on Tuesday night will consider extending the closure of the second block of Main Street through Labor Day.
The second block downtown has been closed since last summer to encourage outdoor dining, and Tuesday’s agenda item would extend that closure through Sept. 6. It is currently closed through the end of February.
Tito Ortiz, Huntington Beach councilman who has refused to wear a mask, will keep mayor pro tem title
The Huntington Beach City Council decided Monday night to table a motion that would take away the mayor pro tem title from Tito Ortiz.
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Monday night’s Huntington Beach City Council meeting turned into an airing of dirty laundry against Mayor Pro Tem Tito Ortiz.
As the clock moved past midnight, however, it became clear that Ortiz would keep that title.
In the end, the council agreed to table an agenda item that would have stripped Ortiz of his mayor pro tem position. The item under consideration claimed he had “failed to perform at a level expected for this position and demonstrated little commitment to serving in the role with honor and dignity.”
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The Huntington Beach City Council will consider removing Tito Ortiz as the city’s mayor pro tem during Monday night’s meeting.
An agenda item brought forward by Mayor Kim Carr and councilmen Mike Posey and Dan Kalmick asks that the panel consider a “no confidence” vote in Ortiz, remove him from the position and identify another council member to serve as mayor pro tem for the remainder of 2021.
Ortiz, a lifelong Huntington Beach resident and former professional UFC fighter, was elected to the City Council in November with the most votes in city history. But he has drawn controversy with his refusal to wear a mask during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Huntington Beach City Council to vote on removing Tito Ortiz as mayor pro tem
Huntington Beach Mayor Pro Tem Tito Ortiz is approached from all sides with cellphones and a megaphone during a food giveaway in the Oak View neighborhood of Huntington Beach on Dec. 23.
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The Huntington Beach City Council will consider removing Tito Ortiz as the city’s mayor pro tem during Monday night’s City Council meeting.
An agenda item brought forward by Mayor Kim Carr, Councilman Mike Posey and Councilman Dan Kalmick asks that the panel do three things: Consider a “No Confidence” vote in Ortiz, remove him from the position and identify another council member to serve as mayor pro tem for the remainder of 2021.