Hermosa Beach councilman Hany Fangary resigns, following contentious relationship with colleagues
Councilman Hany Fangary in 2014, when he joined fellow councilmembers in opposing oil drilling in Hermosa Beach. Easy Reader file photo [Updated Jan. 4, 2020] Hany Fangary, an outspoken, two-term Hermosa Beach city council member, announced his resignation from the council in a Christmas Eve letter to fellow council members. The letter explains he and his family are moving from the Hermosa Beach Strand to neighboring Manhattan Beach. State law requires council members to live in the city they represent. In a lengthy email to Easy Reader and subsequent interviews Fangary said his former council colleagues “have become essentially useless” and compared them to “the ashtrays on an airplane.” He faulted the council’s “willingness” to allow city staff to make decisions he believes elected leaders should be making. Fangary said rulings by City Attorney Michael Jenkins are making this possible: “It appears that council taking input from staff and from our community and making the right decisions for our stakeholders is now in our rear-view mirror,” he wrote. “Apparently, according to our city attorney, that is not our job anymore. Our job is to receive a verbal update from staff, provide…
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