”Stay out of Huntington Beach, deadbeat!”
Posted on 03/03/2024 7:59:33 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. - This oceanside enclave is a lot like the rest of coastal California: Its signature pier juts into the Pacific as waves big enough to make surfers salivate break beyond miles of white sand.
But when it comes to politics, this city of 200,000 south of Los Angeles loudly defies the blue-state stereotypes.
Lately, the beach town has become a battleground, its council chambers a coliseum for culture warriors. The conservatives who now control city government have pursued policies that position Huntington Beach as the ideological counterweight to the state’s liberal leaders.
In the past year alone, the council - which is technically nonpartisan like all local bodies in the state - has championed a laundry list of MAGA priorities: It barred the Pride flag from flying on city property, banned mask and vaccine mandates, established a panel to review children’s library books for sexual content, and condemned President Biden’s immigration policies.
Now the upcoming March election could serve as a referendum on the city’s rightward lurch, with several contentious measures on the ballot, including the flag issue and a proposal that would require voter identification for local contests, which would violate state law and probably spark a legal battle - just the type of fight the council’s Republicans relish.
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Some “newcomers” will fix that.
Huntington Beach is cool. Center of activity is at Main and PCH
”Stay out of Huntington Beach, deadbeat!”
And here thought that the old California beachtown life-style was dead and gone.
Huntington Beach is not exactly a Republican stronghold anymore.
In 1984 Reagan carried HB by 50%, in 2020 Trump won HB by 3%. And Katie Porker is their Congressman.
Tell us now how the rest of California ended up a basket case in the psych ward.
Used to surf the “Chiffs” in HB long time ago
I was there - life guard station #3. It’s a miracle we survived some of the stuff we did.
Whoa...bad last name.
In the past year alone, the council - which is technically nonpartisan like all local bodies in the state - has championed a laundry list of MAGA priorities: It barred the Pride flag from flying on city property, banned mask and vaccine mandates, established a panel to review children’s library books for sexual content, and condemned President Biden’s immigration policies.””
Pray for them. They will be targeted both spiritually and temporaly.
Huntington Beach is an enclave?
I wonder if the writer has ever actually been there.
It’s always a “rightward lurch,” isn’t it? What a smug, condescending ahole.
Huntington Beach is not exactly a Republican stronghold anymore.“
Hmm sounds like a media setup. When the libs win the March referendum they can claim the city rose and rejected the Conservatives
“In 1984 Reagan carried HB by 50%, in 2020 Trump won HB by 3%. And Katie Porker is their Congressman.”
I attended a fund raiser for Scott Baugh last fall who ran against her and lost by 3,000 votes. Scott is the former speaker of the California house.
Scott was leading when the polls closed and then (as I recall) 30,000 votes for Porter magically showed up after hours.
There are no longer elections in California or any other blue state.
They own the language. It’s
I grew up in Buena Park, a few miles up Hwy 39 (Beach Blvd) and spent a lot of time at Huntington Beach. This author portrays the residents as Nazi sympathizers when actually they’re simply trying to protect their democraticly elected officials trying to protect those values that got them elected from the ever encroaching liberal hordes.
Immigration.
Huntington Beach has a high concentration of military and veterans.
Of course it is MAGA!
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