A new petition that seeks to recall five Huntington Beach City Councilmembers reached approximately 25 percent of the signatures recommended to initiate a recall election, said organizers from Save Surf City, the group behind the recall. Cari Swan, one of the organizers behind the recall, said that while exact signatures are still being counted, it is estimated that the group has 4,000–5,000 of the 20,000 total recommended signatures that the Orange County Registrar of Voters recommends the organization collects. “It seems that every city council meeting gives us additional cause to motivate us for this recall,” Swan told The Epoch Times. “They either politicize or bring forth agenda items that are so inconsistent with what the voters would have wanted from this council. Every council meeting, it’s like they are waging war on the community.” “They have created such egregious acts against the quality of life of the citizens, they …