City Of West Hollywood And West Hollywood Chamber Of Commerce To Host West Hollywood City Council Candidate Forum

Press release from the City of West Hollywood:

October 5, 2020

Updated Information: City Of West Hollywood And West Hollywood Chamber Of Commerce To Host A West Hollywood City Council Candidate Forum On Tuesday, October 6

The City of West Hollywood and the West Hollywood Chamber of Commerce will host a West Hollywood City Council Candidate Forum on Tuesday, October 6, 2020 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. in a virtual teleconference format.

The City of West Hollywood will be unable to broadcast this event live due to broadcast equipment technical difficulties. However, community members will be able to take part virtually in the West Hollywood City Council Candidate Forum through the Zoom platform by registering in advance through the following link: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_xpEDdpc7Seaq5ojeyFu46w.

Community members will be able to later view the forum via replay on WeHoTV by visiting the City’s YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/wehotv.

Candidate questions will be coordinated by the independent and non-partisan organization League of Women Voters of Los Angeles and the forum will feature an independent and impartial moderator, NBC4 Anchor and Reporter, Robert Kovacik. Community members wishing to submit questions may do so by typing a question into the “chat” option available on the Zoom platform. A representative from the League of Women Voters of Los Angeles will sort these questions to eliminate any redundancy and will ask questions directly to the candidates. During the Forum, candidates and the moderator will be visible on the screen, along with representatives from the League of Women Voters of Los Angeles who will use paddles to keep the candidate and moderator aware of time, but these will not be seen on screen.

There will be two City Council seats to be filled for four-year terms in the November 3, 2020 General Municipal Election. Each qualified candidate for a seat on the City of West Hollywood City Council was invited to participate.

For additional information about voting in this year’s General Municipal Election, please visit www.weho.org/elections or review the City’s election-related news release at www.weho.org/Home/Components/News/News/9454/23.

For more information about the election, please call the City of West Hollywood’s City Clerk’s Office at (323) 848-6409, visit the City’s Elections page at www.weho.org/elections, or call the California Secretary of State’s Voter Hotline toll-free at (800) 345-VOTE (8683). For people who are Deaf or hard of hearing, please call TTY (323) 848-6496.

The City of West Hollywood has declared a local emergency in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. When in public, community members should maintain your space with social (physical) distancing of at least six feet, and cover your face to adhere to City, County, and State requirements for the use of face coverings. Face coverings are not required for young children under two-years-old; children between two- and eight-years-old should only wear face coverings with adult supervision; and people with certain medical conditions are exempt from this requirement. Public Health officials recommend that everyone must continue to follow physical distancing and infection control directives and wear a clean cloth face covering that securely covers both your nose and mouth when in contact with other people not in your household.

The City of West Hollywood coronavirus updates are available at www.weho.org/coronavirus and the City encourages community members to follow @wehocity on Twitter and Facebook and Instagram and turn on notifications for up-to-date information regarding details in the City of West Hollywood.

For up-to-date news and events, follow the City of West Hollywood on social media @WeHoCity, sign up for news updates at www.weho.org/email, and visit the City’s calendar of meetings and events at www.weho.org/calendar.

For reporters and members of the media seeking additional information about the City of West Hollywood, please contact the City of West Hollywood’s Public Information Officer, Sheri A. Lunn, at (323) 848-6391 or slunn@weho.org.

This press release was produced by the City of West Hollywood. The views expressed here are the author’s own.