Huntington Beach City Council 2020 Roundup

Created on August 9, 2020 by Richard Kelly

Three Open At-Large Seats

The Los Angeles Times has reported that Lyn Semeta and Patrick Brenden have declined to re-run in 2020. Jill Hardy is now termed out. So there will be three open at-large City Council seats this November.

Four Council Members Continuing

The following incumbents will continue serving until 2022:

Kim Carr
Barbara Delgleize
Erik Peterson
Mike Posey

Challengers

In various articles, I’ve seen 19 challengers mentioned so far. Here they are ordered by last name. Where I could find some personal details, or their HB 2020 webpage, I’ve included that.

Note that one webpage mentioned Matt Harper running, however he’s currently in the state assembly. Since I’m not sure, I’ve put an asterisk on his name for now.

R. Allen Baylis

Traffic Defense Attorney
Residence Neighborhood: business located at Magnolia/Garfield

John F. Briscoe

Ocean View School District Trustee, Senior Food Industry Marketing and Sales Manager, Licensed Broker; Small-Business Owner; Cal State Long Beach Marketing Professor
Residence Neighborhood: Goldenwest

Brian Burley

Past City Council Candidate, Business Owner, IT Analyst
https://www.brianburley.com/
Residence Neighborhood: Bolsa Chica

Xiomara Galindo

Residence Neighborhood: Sunset Beach

Sonya Green

Small Business Owner
https://sonyagreen.org/
Residence Neighborhood: Goldenwest

Amory Hanson

Historic Resources Board Member, Past City Council Candidate
https://amoryhanson2020.blogspot.com/
Residence Neighborhood: Beach Blvd - Heil

Matthew Harper*

Past City Council Member, Past HBUHSD Trustee, Businessman

Dan Kalmick

Planning Commissioner, Past City Council Candidate, Business Owner
https://dankalmick.com/
Residence Neighborhood: Beach Blvd - Warner

Ron Kupferstein

~~Past Task Force on Homelessness Police Sub-Committee Member~~
~~Residence Neighborhood:~~

Thomas LaParne

Community Volunteer, Businessman, Eagle Scout
https://www.facebook.com/LaParne4HBCityCouncil2020/
Residence Neighborhood: Goldenwest/Garfield

Casey McKeon

President McKeon Development Company, Inc., Finance Commissioner
Residence Neighborhood: Southeast

Jeff Morin

Retired AT&T Public Affairs Director, Emergency Mgmt. Services, Commissioner
https://www.facebook.com/Jeff-Morin-for-Huntington-Beach-City-Council-2020-113303153756807/
https://www.morin4hb.com/
Residence Neighborhood: between Central Park and Meadowlark

Natalie Moser

Human Relations Task Force Member, Small Business Owner
https://www.facebook.com/pg/Natalie4HB/
https://www.nataliemoser4hb.com/
Residence Neighborhood: Goldenwest

William “Billy” O’Connell

Chamber of Commerce Member, Past Law Enforcement
https://www.billyforhb.com/
Residence Neighborhood: Goldenwest

Tito Ortiz

UFC Hall of Famer and former light heavyweight champion, Entrepreneur, Businessman
https://titoforhbcc.com/
Residence Neighborhood: business located at Springdale/W. McFadden

Oscar D. Rodriguez

Asset Manager
https://www.oscarforhb.com/
Residence Neighborhood: Beach Blvd - Slater

Eric Silkenson

Teacher
Residence Neighborhood: Beach Blvd - Yorktown

Kurt Smetana

Residence Neighborhood: Bolsa Chica

Gracey Van Der Mark

Past Ocean View School District Citizens Oversight Committee for Measure R (removed), HB City School District Measure Q Citizens’ Bond Oversight Committee (removed)
http://graceyforhb.com/ (not working)
Residence Neighborhood: business in Bolsa Chica - Warner

Webpage mentioning Matt Harper: https://orangecountytribune.com/2020/07/30/candidates-seeking-local-offices/