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Huntington Beach, Surf City USA and Orange County’s largest beach city, is home to about 191,000 people. We cover the City Council’s votes, its budget and its fights with the state over housing and other laws.
Posted inGovernment
Huntington Beach Leaders Will Try to Define What’s “Obscene” at Public Libraries
The policy will control what books are available to children at the public library, with city leaders promising nothing will be taken off the shelves for adults.
Posted inEducation
Surf City Politicians Want to Decide What’s Obscene At the Local Library
City council members are looking to give the city attorney power to decide what content is obscene in their city libraries and potentially remove them from the shelves.
Posted inHuntington Beach
Anti-LGBTQ+ and Anti-Semitic Flyers Distributed to Huntington Beach Homes
Residents living near Edison High School received the flyers this morning. It comes after a viral video surfaced earlier this week showing Edison students booing a Pride Month video.
Posted inGovernment
Will Surf City Residents Get to See Details of a $7 Million Air Show Settlement?
Gina Clayton-Tarvin, a local school board member, is suing Huntington Beach to release the settlement – arguing city officials are violating state public records law by withholding it.
Posted inEconomy
Surf City to Study Proposal That Could Curb Beach Boulevard Development
City council members hotly debated the issue as city staff say they don’t know what the impacts could be of killing their development plan.
Posted inHousing & Homelessness
Is Surf City Going to Kill All Development on Beach Boulevard?
While HB is facing a legal battle with state officials over housing, city leaders are considering killing an environmental certification that would effectively end new development on Beach Boulevard.
Posted inGovernment
Huntington Beach Mayor to Decide Who Prays Before Council Meetings
The decision came from a split council that’s been wrestling over how to handle religious expression during their meetings for months.
Posted inWater, Power & Waste
Huntington Beach Ditches Controversial Green Power Agency
Surf City became the first Orange County city to bail out of the OC Power Authority, leaving an uncertain situation for other member cities like Buena Park, Fullerton and Irvine.
Posted inWater, Power & Waste
Huntington Beach Considers Jumping Ship From OC Green Power Agency
While the city’s leaders have sat on the fence since the election over whether or not they’d stay onboard, Tuesday night’s discussion could mean trouble for the fledgling power agency.
