Four agenda items with potential for controversy are on the agenda for Tuesday night’s meeting of the Huntington Beach City Council. They include: consideration of “actionable policy options regarding city library materials […]
Big change coming to Surf City?
The conservative majority on the Huntington Beach City Council continued to place its stamp on Surf City with a torrent of actions as its meeting stretched until the early morning hours of […]
Council cuts city commissions
By Jim Tortolano/Orange County Tribune At another marathon meeting, a divided Huntington Beach City Council on Tuesday night approved some controversial agenda items which included 4-3 votes to dissolve the city’s Human […]
Joining ‘Operation Stonegarden’ is on the city council agenda
A proposed agreement with the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department to participate in the controversial Operation Stonegarden goes before the Huntington Beach City Council on Tuesday. Also before the council is a request […]
US Open of Surfing opens here
There’s a new sponsor, but the long-time US Open of Surfing will return to Huntington Beach starting Saturday and continuing through Sunday, Aug. 6. Now it’s the Wallex US Open of Surfing […]
City Council splits continuing
By Jim Tortolano/Orange County Tribune The fissure lines between the majority and the minority on the Huntington Beach City Council continued to be evident at Tuesday’s meeting. On 4-3 vote, the council […]
Budget spares library cutbacks
Huntington Beach is one of the few cities in Orange County with its own public library system featuring a landmark main building in the scenic Central Park and four branches. Faced with […]
Library, anti-hate issues made for a long night for city council
A marathon meeting of the Huntington Beach City Council lasted nearly seven and one-half hours from Tuesday evening to early Wednesday morning. The session attracted 117 speakers, many of them making comments […]
Should the city council control the library systems’ content?
Should the Huntington Beach City Council tell the city’s libraries how to handle materials on sexuality? The council will take up that potentially controversial action when it meets on Tuesday at 6 […]
Charter panel approved, 4-3
A divided Huntington Beach City Council voted Tuesday night to form an ad hoc council committee to recommend proposed changes to the city charter. The vote was split along familiar lines, with […]