Editing Redondo Beach, California (section)

==Government==
===Local government===
Redondo Beach's City Council elections are held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in March of odd-numbered years after the City Attorney notified California's Secretary of State of not moving both its City Council and Board of Education elections to a statewide primary or general election starting in 2018. The elections are all-mail instead of in-person.

The current mayor and council members are:<ref>{{cite web |publisher=City of Redondo Beach |title=Mayor and City Council |url=https://www.redondo.org/government/mayor_and_city_council/index.php |access-date=February 28, 2024 |website=redondo.org}}</ref>

* Mayor: James "Jim" Light<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mayor - Jim Light |url=https://www.redondo.org/government/mayor_and_city_council/mayor.php |access-date=February 28, 2024 |website=www.redondo.org |language=en}}</ref>
* Council Members: 
** District 1: Brad Waller<ref>{{Cite web |title=District 1 - Brad Waller |url=https://www.redondo.org/government/mayor_and_city_council/council_1.php |access-date=April 2, 2025 |website=www.redondo.org |language=en}}</ref>
** District 2: Chadwick Castle,<ref>{{Cite web |title=District 2 - Chadwick Castle |url=https://www.redondo.org/government/mayor_and_city_council/council_2.php |access-date=April 2, 2025 |website=www.redondo.org |language=en}}</ref> 
** District 3: Paige Kaluderovic,<ref>{{Cite web |title=District 3 - Paige Kaluderovic |url=https://www.redondo.org/government/mayor_and_city_council/council_3.php |access-date=April 2, 2025 |website=www.redondo.org |language=en}}</ref> 
** District 4: Zein Obagi Jr.<ref>{{Cite web |title=District 4 - Zein Obagi Jr. |url=https://www.redondo.org/government/mayor_and_city_council/council_4.php |access-date=April 2, 2025 |website=www.redondo.org |language=en}}</ref>, 
** District 5: Scott Behrendt<ref>{{Cite web |title=District 5 - Scott Behrendt |url=https://www.redondo.org/government/mayor_and_city_council/council_5.php |access-date=April 2, 2025 |website=www.redondo.org |language=en}}</ref>.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.dailybreeze.com/2023/03/16/election-results-paige-kaluderovic-will-be-redondos-next-district-3-councilmember/ | title=Election results: Paige Kaluderovic will be Redondo's next District 3 councilmember | date=March 16, 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.dailybreeze.com/2025/03/13/redondo-beach-election-heres-who-won-the-races-for-districts-1-2-and-4/ | title=Redondo Beach election: Here’s who won the races for Districts 1, 2 and 4 | date=March 13, 2025 }}</ref>

The City of Redondo Beach is a [[charter city]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cacities.org/Resources-Documents/Resources-Section/Charter-Cities/Charter_Cities-List |title=Archived copy |access-date=August 10, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180216115656/http://www.cacities.org/Resources-Documents/Resources-Section/Charter-Cities/Charter_Cities-List |archive-date=February 16, 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Almost two thirds of the residents in Los Angeles County, the majority in Southern California, and a plurality of Californians live in charter cities according to the 2010 US Census.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.2010.html|title=Decennial Census by Decades|website=www.census.gov}}</ref> As a charter city, Redondo Beach can adopt amendments to its city charter.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displayText.xhtml?lawCode=CONS&article=XI|title=Codes Display Text|website=leginfo.legislature.ca.gov}}</ref>

===State and federal representation===
In the [[California State Legislature]], Redondo Beach is in {{Representative|casd|24|fmt=sdistrict}}, and in {{Representative|caad|66|fmt=adistrict}}.<ref name=swd>{{cite web
| url = http://statewidedatabase.org/gis/gis2011/index_2011.html
| title = Statewide Database
| publisher = UC Regents
| access-date = December 16, 2014
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150201113744/http://statewidedatabase.org/gis/gis2011/index_2011.html
| archive-date = February 1, 2015
| url-status = dead
}}</ref>

In the [[United States House of Representatives]], Redondo Beach is in {{Representative|cacd|36|fmt=district}}.<ref>{{Cite GovTrack|CA|36}}</ref>

===Politics===
In the [[2008 United States presidential election|2008 presidential election]] [[Barack Obama]] won 59% of the vote and [[John McCain]] won 37% of the vote.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lavote.net/VOTER/PDFS/STATEMENT_VOTES_CAST/11042008_COM.pdf|title=Vote Cast By Community and Council District|access-date=June 13, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120708200726/http://www.lavote.net/VOTER/PDFS/STATEMENT_VOTES_CAST/11042008_COM.pdf|archive-date=July 8, 2012}}</ref>