Georgette Gantner (Mayor of Redondo Beach, California, candidate 2025)

Georgette Gantner

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Nonpartisan

Candidate, Mayor of Redondo Beach

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Last election

March 4, 2025

Education

Bachelor's

Long Beach State University, 1984

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Artist

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Georgette Gantner ran for election to the Mayor of Redondo Beach in California. She was on the ballot in the general election on March 4, 2025.^[source]

Gantner completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Georgette Gantner provided the following biographical information via Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey on February 3, 2025:

• Birth place: Hollywood, CA, California
• High school: U.S. Grant, Van Nuys, CA
• Bachelor's: Long Beach State University, 1984
• Gender: Female
• Religion: Spiritual
• Profession: Artist
• Incumbent officeholder: No
• Campaign website

Elections

General election

General election for Mayor of Redondo Beach

Georgette Gantner, Jeff Ginsburg, Joan Irvine, James A. Light, and Nils Nehrenheim ran in the general election for Mayor of Redondo Beach on March 4, 2025.

		Candidate
	Submit photo	Georgette Gantner (Nonpartisan)
	Submit photo	Jeff Ginsburg (Nonpartisan)
		Joan Irvine (Nonpartisan)
	Submit photo	James A. Light (Nonpartisan)
	Submit photo	Nils Nehrenheim (Nonpartisan)

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

I am an artist and writer who has lived in Redondo Beach for 44 years. I've earned a BA in Art, owned a payroll business for 25 years, served two terms as a Public Art Commissioner, voted president of an local art group and produced its premier art event for three years. I am organized, a good communicator, and love to collaborate with people. I am driven to solve problems with original and creative methods.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

• Guide capital improvements in a timely manner.
• Preserve the character of our community and beautify by incorporating public art.
• Support a more vibrant business environment that serves the needs and interests of residents.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

VITALIZING COMMERCIAL AREAS OF THE CITY

The city of Redondo Beach and its Cultural Arts Commission have budgeted $450,000 for public art and to beautify Artesia Boulevard. The city will encourage relevant and eclectic businesses. The Cultural Arts Commission will work with an advisory group to strategize and hire artists. This could include murals, mobiles, aesthetic or utilitarian sculpture, and whatever is needed to enhance this rustic area.
INVEST IN THE AREA'S INFRASTRUCTURE

This past November, 2024, Measure FP was passed, providing $93 million to construct and renovate aging police and fire facilities, giving much needed space, while upgrading outdated technology.

Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow, and why?

My mother and father. They'd both been raised during the Depression, and talked of how hungry they were all the time. My father and his father ate beef broth, and my mother and her mother had bread pudding. My parents were tenacious. Neither went to college but found ways to make money. My father became an actor and built a gorilla suit that he used in a variety of rolls. My mother learned shorthand and typing and worked for Errol Carol and Bob Barker and Groucho Marks. She sewed her clothes and my clothes, then taught me how to sew. Mom was a creative cook and we almost never ate at restaurants. My parents were frugal, but I felt as if we were rich. Dad taught me how to swim and ride a bike. He played the trumpet, and there was always music. My parents were creative and independent and learned to fix things, reupholster furniture and the seats of Dad's hotrod. They kept going by always having something to look forward to. They inspired me to follow this lead, and I am as happy to be alone as I am to spend time with friends. The three of us were a team, and remember my father's jokes and my mother's laughter. Because of them, I am; because of them, I am as close to my own children and grandchild.

Is there a book, essay, film, or something else you would recommend to someone who wants to understand your political philosophy?

The film "Moneyball", for its creative tenacity to try to solve a problem in an innovative way, something worth musing over but I do not advocate that we should gamble with our city's future in the same way.

What characteristics or principles are most important for an elected official?

Inclusivity, the ability to collaborate, and great communication that includes a lot of listening to the residents. During my campaign, I've learned a lot from them. An effective leader needs to treat everyone with respect, doing their best to understand all sides of a problem, and the willingness to compromise.

What qualities do you possess that you believe would make you a successful officeholder?

Organizational skills, planning ahead, making deadlines, collaborating with others to solve problems.

What do you believe are the core responsibilities for someone elected to this office?

1) Researching a topic before a city council meeting.

2) As Mayor, and without a vote, helping to guide council meetings in a manner that is patient yet efficient.
3) A healthy level of respect for council members, colleagues, staff, and residents.

4) Representing in a confident and positive way in or outside the city.

What legacy would you like to leave?

As an innovator, a person that was blessed with the gift of bringing like-minded individuals together. A person who made other people laugh. A person who finally finished their musical. A person who cared for so many animals. A person who left Redondo Beach, and Redondo Beach friends better than the way she found them.

What is the first historical event that happened in your lifetime that you remember? How old were you at the time?

The assassination of John F. Kennedy. I was just arriving home from 4th grade and I remember my father watching our black and white television. It was weird, because no one watched TV during the day. The footage showed the limo before it happened, then Walter Cronkite said he had been shot in Dallas earlier in the day. And now he was dead. His wife looked more shocked than anyone I'd ever seen, the front of her Chanel Suit covered in something black.

What was your very first job? How long did you have it?

Part-time paste up work for Mazda while going to school.

What is your favorite book? Why?

Ninth Street Women, but usually the one I'm currently reading.

If you could be any fictional character, who would you want to be?

Me. My life is fiction, or most days, stranger than.

What was the last song that got stuck in your head?

Strange Meadowlark

What is something that has been a struggle in your life?

At first, shyness. When I discovered that this kept me from missing out and moving ahead, I overcame it.

A mayor is a leader in his or her city. What does that mean to you?

(see the answer to the second question)

If the mayor in your city is a member of the city council and there's a city manager appointed to handle the day-to-day administration of the city government, what do you believe should be the mayor's top priority in office?

Working with the city manager is important because it enables a mayor to remain current on city problems that arise, and decide together what is most important to address and include in an upcoming city council meeting.

If the mayor in your city is not a member of the city council and oversees the day-to-day administration of the city government, what do you believe is the ideal relationship between the mayor and city council?

To lead the council meetings and advise the council without a vote in the process.

What do you love most about your city?

The proximity to the ocean and temperate climate, our main library, a local diner, and enjoying new business in District 1, the progress of planning and completion of the police and fire departments in Districts 1 and 2, Friendship Campus in District 3, Artesia Bl. project in District 4, and progessive and innovative productions at the Performing Arts Center in District 5.

What do you perceive to be your city's greatest challenges over the next decade?

The renovation of the aging pier, and the outcomes of the AES acreage, and Beach Cities Health District property. I am extremely concerned about the possibility of the State mandating high density home construction.

Tell us your favorite joke.

The one you're about to tell me.

What do you believe is the ideal relationship between the mayor's office and law enforcement?

Similar to the Mayor's relationship with the City Manager, frequent, open and honest communication to review changes and problems and how best to present at city council meetings.

What organizations or individuals have endorsed your campaign?

Los Angeles chapter of the Democratic Party

What are your views on financial transparency and government accountability?

They should be given the highest degree of priority.

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