Noah Blom named mayor, Will O’Neill as mayor pro tem for upcoming year in Newport Beach
LA TimesOutgoing Newport Beach City Council members gave teary goodbyes to colleagues, staff and city residents as they stepped down Tuesday during the council’s annual reorganization, making room for the newest class of council members fresh off the heels of this year’s midterm elections. New council members Joe Stapleton, Erik Weigand, Robyn Grant and Lauren Kleiman were sworn into office on Tuesday and, in a unanimous vote, Noah Blom and Will O’Neill were named the mayor and mayor pro tem, respectively, for the coming year. She joked meetings have been efficient and fast under Muldoon’s guidance, describing them as the “shortest that I can ever remember.” Steve Rosansky, center, hugs his sister Robyn Grant as her husband David Grant, left, looks on during the Newport Beach City Council meeting on Tuesday. Newly appointed Mayor Pro Tem Will O’Neill, left, and Mayor Noah Blom sit on the dais during the Newport Beach City Council meeting.