Newport expected to vote in Ed Selich as mayor

Newport Beach City Council members are expected to vote in Councilman Ed Selich as mayor at their regular meeting Tuesday. Selich has served as mayor pro tem for the past year, a position that typically leads to the mayoral seat.

Selich recently helped Mayor Steve Rosansky broker a proposed $43-million development agreement with the Irvine Co. for a new planned community in North Newport Center. He holds a bachelor’s degree in environmental design with and emphasis in urban planning from California State Polytechnic University Pomona. Selich served three terms as chairman of the Newport Beach Planning Commission and has lived in Newport Beach since 1979.

— Brianna Bailey