CITY COUNCIL Steve Napolitano becomes mayor for sixth time
by Mark McDermott Steve Napolitano became mayor at Tuesday night’s City Council meeting for a record sixth time. His colleagues voted unanimously for Napolitano to take his turn in the mayoral rotation. “This is where I announce my Sarcasm Initiative,” Napolitano said, moments after taking the gavel from Councilperson Hildy Stern, who served as mayor the previous nine months and led a Kindness Initiative recognizing acts of kindness within the community. Napolitano was 26 when he was first elected in 1992 and remains the youngest person to ever serve on the council. He initially served three terms, left in 2005 to become a deputy for Supervisor Don Knabe, and then after an unsuccessful run to succeed Knabe was reelected to the council in 2017 and again last year. Napolitano is an education law attorney and lifelong Manhattan Beach resident. His reason for running for council 30 years ago was to have a say in his hometown, which he saw changing from the sleepy little beach town he’d grown up in. “I wanted to make sure I had input in the town I grew up in and loved,” Napolitano said after rejoining the council in 2018. “I saw little homes being torn down and big homes being put up…
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