Redondo Beach Election Guide 2025: What’s On The Ballot, What To Know

REDONDO BEACH, CA — Redondo Beach's 2025 General Municipal Election will take place on Tuesday, March 4, and residents will weigh in on a variety of races and measures.

This year, Redondo Beach became the first city in Los Angeles County to adopt ranked choice voting. In 2023, Redondo Beach Voters passed a measure to adopt instant runoff voting and the City Council chose to use ranked choice voting for the 2025 election.

Ranked choice voting will be used to elect the Mayor, City Council members and City Attorney. Ranked choice voting will not be used in the elections for the Board of Education.

Instead of choosing just one candidate in each race, voters will be able to rank up to six candidates. To count votes, officials only look at voters' first choices and if a candidate has enough votes, they win.

If no candidate has enough votes to win, the candidate with the fewest votes is eliminated. Voters who ranked the eliminated candidate first would have their votes go to their next choice. The process continues until a candidate has more than half of the votes.

Citywide Races

Mayor

There are five candidates running for Mayor of Redondo Beach, including current Mayor Jim Light. Light was appointed Mayor by the Redondo Beach City Council on Feb. 20, 2024 to serve the remainder of Mayor Bill Brand's term after he died.

Light's challengers include current District 1 council member Nils Nehrenheim, small business owners Joan Irvine and Jeff Ginsburg and writer/artist Georgette Gantner.

To read each candidate's statement or qualifications, visit the city's website.

See also:

• Meet Jim Light: Candidate For Redondo Beach Mayor
  
• Meet Joan Irvine: Candidate For Redondo Beach Mayor
  
• Meet Georgette Gantner: Candidate For Redondo Beach Mayor

City Council District 1

Redondo Beach residents living in the first City Council district, currently represented by Nils Nehrenheim, will choose between three candidates: Darin King, Rolf Curtis Strutzenberg and Brad Waller.

To read each candidate's statement or qualifications, visit the city's website.

City Council District 2

Redondo Beach residents living in the second City Council district, currently represented by Todd Loewenstein, will choose between two candidates: Chadwick Castle and Louis Burke.

To read each candidate's statement or qualifications, visit the city's website.

City Council District 4

In Redondo Beach's fourth City Council district, voters will choose between incumbent candidate Zein Obagi, Jr. and resident Terri Hunt.

To read each candidate's statement or qualifications, visit the city's website.

City Attorney

In the Redondo Beach City Attorney race, voters will choose between Senior Deputy City Prosecutor Joy Ford and Senior Trial Attorney Steve Colin.

To read each candidate's statement or qualifications, visit the city's website.

Board of Education

There are three open seats on the Redondo Beach Unified School District Board of Education with three candidates running. Hanh Archer, Dan Elder and Rachel Nemeth are all candidates in the School Board race.

City Measures

Measure CCD

Here is the official language of Measure RB as it appears on the ballot for the March 4 general election:

Shall Section 11 (a)-(f) of Article XI, 12.3 of Article XII, and 20.1 of Article XX regarding the City Clerk's Powers and Duties be amended pertaining to overseeing all City elections, reviewing expenditures, having access to the City's financial system, approving payments, and having the authority to contest within 45-days of final disposition; and to also update appropriate language pertaining to the City Clerk's approval on demands and on the City Manager's duties for consistency be adopted?

Measure CCQ

Here is the official language of Measure RB as it appears on the ballot for the March 4 general election:

Shall the final paragraph of Section 11 regarding the qualifications related to eligibility for office of City Clerk be expanded to include four (4) years of experience as a County of City Clerk; or Registrar in the State of California; or a Bachelor's degree and five (5) years of experience in accounting?

Measure CTD

Here is the official language of Measure RB as it appears on the ballot for the March 4 general election:

Shall Section 11.1 regarding the City Treasurer's duties be amended to delete the duty to receive and be custodian of all public funds and instead add the duty maintain an autonomous role of oversight for monitoring, auditing, and serving as the Tax Administrator?

Measure CTQ

Here is the official language of Measure RB as it appears on the ballot for the March 4 general election:

Shall Section 11.1.01 be added to establish further qualifications for eligibility for the office of City Treasurer to include a Bachelor's or Associate's Degree and two or more years of work experience in financial markets, financial analysis, portfolio management, investments, or governmental accounting; or a Bachelor's or Master's degree in specific degrees; or four or more years of work experience in financial markets, financial analysis, portfolio management, investments, or governmental accounting?

Measure CAP

Here is the official language of Measure RB as it appears on the ballot for the March 4 general election:

Shall the publication options for matters solely pertaining to the municipal affairs of the City be expanded to provide for alternatives to publication in the official newspaper of the City such as posting in three public places and on the City's online website?

Measure CAR

Here is the official language of Measure RB as it appears on the ballot for the March 4 general election:

Shall Sections 6.5 of Article VI, and 10.2 of Article X be amended and Section 8.6 added to Article VIII to define the residency requirements for every Elected Official of the City and apply them to each position throughout their term of office?

How To Vote

The Redondo Beach General Municipal Election is a vote by mail only election. Residents should
have received their vote by mail packets and ballots and must drop them into ballot boxes at various locations throughout the city by 8 p.m. on election day.

Redondo Beach residents can find 24-hour access vote-by-mail ballot boxes at the following locations:

• Riviera Triangle Parking- Corner of Ave del Norte & S. Elena)
• Redondo Beach Main Library- 303 N. Pacific Coast Hwy
• North Branch Library- 2000 Artesia Blvd
• Dominguez Park- 200 Flagler Ln
• Anderson Park Senior Center- 3007 Vail Ave

Ballots may be dropped into the ballot box at the City Clerk's Office at 415 Diamond St., Door 1, during regular business hours.

Registering To Vote

Not sure if you’re registered to vote, or need to change your address? You can find out here and make any changes you may need, as well. Redondo Beach residents need to register to vote by Feb. 18 to vote in the March 4 election.