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 “unbridled authority” over the city’s legal business, which “undermines the people’s choice in who the city’s attorney really is.”
“The city charter and vote of the people designate me as the only legal, the exclusive, legal counsel for the city, no one else,” Gates said….