Los Angeles Times reports. He’s director of public affairs for Planned Parenthood Los Angeles and a member of the West Hollywood Planning Commission.Elections to the council are held on an at-large basis rather than through districts, meaning voters citywide cast ballots for members.
Shyne received the most votes in last week’s election, 7,850, while Erickson was second place with 7,118, so they won the two seats that were up for a vote this year.They bested two incumbents, both gay men: John Heilman, who’d been on the council, except for a three-month hiatus, ever since West Hollywood incorporated as a city in 1984, and John Duran, a council member since 2001, who had been accused of sexual harassment.