Category: Huntington Beach city council

Huntington Beach Prepares to Fight State Housing Mandates

January 27, 2023
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The Huntington Beach City Council considered plans in their Jan. 17 meeting to fight the state’s housing mandate, in an effort, some councilors said, to ease the public’s concern of high-density development. The state is requiring 13,368 units to be built in the city by 2029, of which 60 percent would need to be low-income…

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Huntington Beach to Reopen Main Street for First Time Since 2020

January 27, 2023
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Now that the pandemic is over, the Huntington Beach City Council Jan. 24 voted 4–3, with council members Dan Kalmick, Natalie Moser, and Rhonda Bolton opposing, to reopen a portion of its Main Street, which was closed in 2020 to allow businesses to expand outdoors. The issue was brought forward by Mayor Pro-Tem Gracey Van Der…

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Huntington Beach Saves Over $200,000 Annually Changing Plans With Energy Provider: Officials

January 19, 2023
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The Huntington Beach City Council voted Jan. 17 to change the city’s energy plan option for all the city’s customers with the Orange County Power Authority—a non-profit public agency that offers energy to Southern California cities—from the 100 percent renewable plan to one at 38 percent. The vote—motioned by Councilman Casey McKeon—was approved 4–3, with…

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Conservative Majority Takes Over Huntington Beach City Council

December 7, 2022
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The Huntington Beach City Council flipped to a majority of conservatives Dec. 6, when four newly elected members—Casey McKeon, Gracey Van Der Mark, Pat Burns, and Tony Strickland—were sworn into office during the council’s regular meeting replacing Mayor Barbara Delgleize, Mayor Pro Tem Mike Posey, and councilors Kim Carr, and Erik Peterson. This is the…

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Huntington Beach Moves Toward Legalizing Cannabis Businesses

November 18, 2022
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The Huntington Beach City Council approved on Nov. 15 to continue discussions about lifting the citywide ban on cannabis businesses. The council voted 4–1 in favor of it, with councilman Erik Peterson and Mayor Pro Tem Mike Posey opposed and Mayor Kim Carr absent. The current council majority—excluding Peterson and Posey—voted in favor of putting…

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Working Together Brings Victory in Reach for 4 Huntington Beach City Council Candidates

November 11, 2022
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Four conservative candidates running for the four open seats on Huntington Beach’s City Council have been working as a team and are ahead in the vote count as of Nov. 10 at 5 p.m. Pat Burns, a 29-year resident and retired police lieutenant, is in the lead with 13.67 percent of the vote. Behind him…

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Working Together Brings Victory Within Reach for 4 Huntington Beach City Council Candidates

November 11, 2022
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Four conservative candidates running for the four open seats on Huntington Beach’s City Council have been working as a team and are ahead in the vote count as of Nov. 11 at 5 p.m. Pat Burns, a 29-year resident and retired police lieutenant, is in the lead with 13.64 percent of the vote out of…

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Huntington Beach Program to Help Mentally Ill Receives $500,000 Grant

November 2, 2022
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The Be Well OC Mobile Home Crisis Program in Huntington Beach—which responds to non-emergency mental health crises in the city—was awarded $500,000 Nov. 1 by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The funds will support the program for the next two years. Huntington Beach’s program is a part of Be Well OC—a mental…

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 Huntington Beach Voters Revisit Tax on Cannabis Businesses, Make Changes to City Charter

November 2, 2022
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Huntington Beach voters will decide Nov. 8 if the city should establish taxes for commercial cannabis businesses, as well as on three amendments to the city’s governing documents, including changing gender related pronouns in the text of its city charter. The two-pronged initiative, known as Measure L, if approved, would change the city charter to…

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Huntington Beach Again Considers Annexing Bolsa Chica Ecological Preserve

September 19, 2022
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After years of consideration and failed attempts, the Huntington Beach City Council is again considering ownership of the Bolsa Chica Ecological Preserve. The city council last decided not to move forward with an annexation in 2014. This year the council directed staff to prepare an updated study to determine feasibility of an annexation. City staff…

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