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Huntington Beach council elects Casey McKeon as mayor and Butch Twining as mayor pro tem after disputed procedure
Summary
At a ceremonial meeting, the Huntington Beach City Council unanimously elected Casey McKeon mayor and, after a contested process that prompted a Brown Act objection, voted 6–1 to install Butch Twining as mayor pro tem. The meeting featured prolonged public comment urging the council to appoint Councilmember Chad Williams.
Casey McKeon was sworn in as mayor of Huntington Beach after a unanimous 7–0 roll-call vote at a ceremonial council meeting. The council later set aside a standing policy on mayor-pro-tem succession and, after heated deliberation and a formal Brown Act allegation from a councilmember, elected Butch Twining mayor pro tem on a 6–1 vote.
The meeting opened with roll call and a ceremonial invocation before moving through many public comments. Dozens of residents urged the council to follow legislative policy resolution 63-20, which the public and several speakers said directs the mayor pro tem role to the councilmember with the longest consecutive service (or, in ties, the…
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