Category: Huntington Beach city council

Huntington Beach to Provide Rental Assistance to Senior Mobile Home Residents

Elderly residents of mobile home parks in Huntington Beach may be eligible for temporary monthly relief soon, after the city councilors unanimously approved a rental assistance program Sept. 6. “I know this isn’t a panacea to the rental increases that our mobile home folks have been seeking, but it does potentially buy us some time…


Huntington Beach Cannabis Tax Ballot Measure Finalized

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif.—The city council on July 19 voted 5–2 to finalize a cannabis tax ballot measure for the November General Election. The council also unanimously postponed finalizing a second measure that would legalize the sale of marijuana in the city because councilors could not agree on the minimum distance between cannabis businesses and vulnerable…


Huntington Beach Council Puts City Attorney Measure on November Ballot

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif.—The city council voted 5–2 on July 5 to put on the November ballot a measure that would give the council control over all legal matters concerning the city. The change to the city charter would include the power to “contract with other attorneys if the city attorney has a conflict of interest,”…


Huntington Beach Voters to Decide on Legalizing Sale of Cannabis

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif.—Voters will decide in November to legalize the sale of marijuana in the city and tax it. The city council voted 5–2 on July 5 to revive a ballot measure to tax cannabis businesses, which received 64 percent voter approval in June, but still failed to reach the two-thirds majority it needed. Though…


Huntington Beach City Council Puts 3 Charter Measures on November Ballot

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif.—Surf City voters will decide on three measures this November to update the city charter. The measures, which soon will be given letters by the Orange County Registrar, include a total of 17 charter amendments. The measures were given final approval by the city council at its July 5 meeting. The 6–1 vote…


Huntington Beach City Council Takes Steps to Aid Mobile Homeowners

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif.—City Councilors June 21 voted 6 to 0 to look into expanding its current rental assistance program to include mobile homeowners. Councilors Dan Kalmick and Natalie Moser proposed the change, with Moser calling it “the next major issue we need to worry about.” According to city officials, the program would be federally funded…


Huntington Beach Voters to Decide Fate of 2 Elected City Positions

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif.—Voters will decide in November to either keep electing their city clerk and treasurer or if they should be appointed by their city councilors, among other ballot measures that would change the city’s charter. This comes after the city council voted June 21 to put such charter amendments on the general election ballot….


Huntington Beach City Council Votes for Measure to Bypass Elected Attorney

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif.—Voters will decide in November whether to give the city council authority to sidestep the elected city attorney by hiring outside legal counsel. The city council voted for the ballot measure June 21, among a few others. Huntington Beach City Attorney Michael Gates told The Epoch Times this would give the city council…


Officials Commend Huntington Beach City Attorney Amid Controversy

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif.—City Attorney Michael Gates was recently commended by local officials on the night the city council was considering a controversial ballot measure that would change his elected position to appointed. Assemblywoman Janet Nguyen (R-Huntington Beach) presented Gates with a state Assembly resolution June 21 at a Huntington Beach City Council meeting to recognize him…


Huntington Beach City Council to Vote on Changing Elected Seats to Appointed

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif.—After a heated outcry from the public, the city council withdrew a motion June 7 to appoint an ad hoc committee that would deliberate behind closed doors and write ballot measures on controversial changes to the city’s charter or constitution—including changing the elected city attorney, clerk, and treasurer to appointed positions. The city council…