HUNTINGTON BEACH CIVIC CENTER (Orange County Tribune photo).

Taking up another issue which has brought courthouse defeats to Huntington Beach, the city council on Tuesday will meet in closed session to discuss the status of the voter ID requirement passed by voters in 2024 but rejected by the California Supreme Court in January.

That’s only one of nine issues on the agenda for the council’s closed session.

The charter amendment on voter identification is contrary to state law, but then-City Attorney Michael Gates assured the council that Huntington Beach’s status as a “charter city” – as opposed to a “general law city” exempted it from some state control.

But the high court in Sacramento refused to appeal of a lower court ruled that declared that the voter ID requirement – which would have gone into effect for the November 2026 elections – was both illegal and unconstitutional.

In December the U.S Supreme Court declined to consider an appeal of a California Supreme Court ruling on Huntington Beach’s refusal to submit a housing document that conforms to a state “regional housing needs assessment” that would require the city to zone for – but not necessarily build – over 13,000 new housing units.

On the agenda for the regular session is consideration of a license agreement between the city and the Huntington Beach International Surfing Museum to allow the latter to rent space in the Main Street Branch Library to house displays and records.

The Surfing Museum’s purpose is to “preserve the history, culture and future of surfing through community bonds in Huntington Beach-Surf City USA and around the globe,” according to the proposed agreement.

The council will meet in closed session at 4 p.m. and regular session at 6 p.m. in its chambers at 2000 Main St. (at Yorktown).