WeHo elected 2 newcomers instead: >>Filling those seats come December will be Sepi Shyne and John Erickson. Shyne, 43, is an attorney who runs a holistic healing business for humans and pets. Erickson, 35, is the director of public affairs for Planned Parenthood Los Angeles. >> `In West Hollywood’s ranked-choice voting system, Shyne and Erickson placed first and second in a field of 11 candidates, the Los Angeles Times reports. Heilman placed third; Duran trailed in fifth. >>“People are ready for change, with everything we have gone through, with the social justice movement, the pandemic,” Shyne said. “People have awoken to want evolution on every level.” >>Shyne, an Iranian American lesbian, is the first queer woman of color ever elected to the council. ` west hollyhood has a huge business tax base as it runs the length of the sunset strip. the corona has turned this commercial strip into a ghost town. fingers crossed corona shut downs bankrupt the degenerate city