Amy Howorth — wife, mother and Manhattan Beach’s new mayor — leans in with cause, candor
Manhattan Beach Mayor Amy Howorth outside her Sand Section residence. Photo The new mayor of Manhattan Beach will be the first to tell you that she doesn’t take herself very seriously. “That’s always been my mantra,” Mayor Amy Thomas Howorth said on a recent afternoon inside her Sand Section home over a bowl of homemade rivel soup, her grandmother’s recipe. “‘Take any job seriously but don’t take yourself too seriously.” Howorth — who turns 50 this year — would never describe herself as such, but she’s actually proven to be a savvy political player, repeatedly breaking the mold in her adopted hometown of Manhattan Beach. Last month, she became the ninth female mayor in the city’s 100-plus-year history. When voters first elected her onto the City Council in March 2011, she was finishing out her second term on the school board. It’s not a common trajectory, jumping across the two disparate worlds. “This is really bland,” she noted after a few spoonfuls of soup. Gesturing to the salt and pepper, she suggested adding as much as needed. On this particular day, the Ohio native is dressed for comfort — leggings, sneakers and a loose gray cardigan. She had just been at a morning meeting…
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