Voice of OC (https://voiceofoc.org/tag/huntington-beach-city-council/)
The Huntington Beach City Council has pulled back from an earlier plan to quickly evict a religious-based organization that provides food, clothing and support services for the city’s working poor residents, non-residents and homeless people.
UCI legal advocates Olivia Weber and Suma Peesapati write that Huntington Beach city council members should consider revoking Rainbow Environmental Services franchise unless the waste hauling business can better control particulate matter levels concentrated near a local elementary school.
Police say many of the shops are fronts for prostitution, but legal concerns delay plans to reduce their numbers.
Instead of immediately banning sales at retail outlets, the City Council majority now wants to phase in the law over two years.
The plan would mean a “huge backlog” of domestic violence cases and police not responding to most non-injury traffic accidents.
The measure is expected to save the city $83,500 during a three-month period.
The city now requires a conditional use permit and a public
hearing for proposed standalone cellphone towers.
The ordinance passes over the strong objections of the city’s
fire and police chiefs.
The decision came after nearly a dozen residents spoke against
the proposal by T-Mobile to put a tower next to the protected area
in Bolsa Chica.
Most council members support lifting the ban, despite strong
objections from the city’s fire and police chiefs.