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.
A group of Huntington Beach middle schoolers are fighting a plan
by the school board to install solar panels on their PE field, and
in the process are getting a lesson in activism 101.
Letters from the county to the town’s dispensaries say close or
face a misdemeanor charge.
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Registrar of voters is asking that incumbents who forgot to seek
re-election to several community service districts be
reappointed.
An attorney with a First Amendment advocacy group will send
letters to the cities demanding an end to ongoing email
destruction.
A hard-fought victory against an RV parking lot proposal
adjacent to their homes tought residents the value of getting
involved.
There are 21 candidates seeking four open Huntington Beach City
Council seats. One official slate and one competing unofficial
slate, however, represent most of the frontrunners.
City Council approved a 20-year purchasing agreement to buy
solar power from SunEdison. The power will be generated on three
city-owned properties.
Supporters of a ballot measure for dedicated infrastructure
improvement funds say unions want to kill it. Opponents, meanwhile,
call the measure a Republican ploy.
Councilman Devin Dwyer rails against a newspaperlike slate
mailer opposed to the measure, which would set aside 15 percent of
the city’s general fund for infrastructure maintenance.
City Council strikes down proposal that would have made visitors
to the city pay fees if they were at fault in accidents requiring
emergency response.
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