ACLU, Huntington Beach

Huntington Beach leaders respond to ACLU library lawsuit, set special election
A special election will be held June 10, when Huntington Beach voters will decide the fate of two library initiatives.
Huntington Beach leaders announce plan to fight ACLU lawsuit against library system
The argument continues about whether Huntington Beach city leaders are censoring material that contains sexual content by removing it from the children's section of the library.
Huntington Beach councilmembers decry lawsuit over restricted children’s books at city libraries
Huntington Beach leaders on Tuesday went on the attack against a recent lawsuit that calls for eliminating some of the City Council’s most controversial library policies to restrict access to children’s books deemed inappropriate, saying the ACLU of Southern California is involved in “eroding away parental authority.”
Huntington Beach announces plan to fight lawsuit against divisive library policy
Huntington Beach city officials announced their plans to fight the ACLU lawsuit accusing their library system of censorship. Michele Gile reports.
ACLU joins lawsuit against Huntington Beach's library review policy
The process of reviewing books containing sexual content in Huntington Beach libraries is being legally challenged in a lawsuit filed by several groups, including the ACLU.
Huntington Beach residents will vote on book censorship, library control in June
Huntington Beach's libraries have been a point of controversy since staunch conservatives took over city government and voted, in late 2023, to establish a
Huntington Beach being sued for public library ‘censorship' policies
Huntington Beach is facing a lawsuit over its policies that restrict certain books to minors at city-run public libraries.
Huntington Beach teenagers part of group suing city over library policies
The lawsuit filed in Orange County Superior Court alleges that the city’s new library measures violate the California Freedom to Read Act and the California Constitution.
Library Censorship Law Challenged by FAC, Huntington Beach Residents
The two teenagers, a local resident, and Alianza Translatinx, a transgender-led advocacy group, are represented by FAC, the ACLU Foundation of Southern California, Community Legal Aid SoCal, and Jenner & Block LLP.
Huntington Beach will hold June 10 special election over two library initiatives
The election will be test for how popular some of the most divisive policies from the City Council in the last few years are.
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Lawsuit pending: Several Huntington Beach teens, backed by the ACLU, First Amendment Coalition and other groups, recently sued the city over the book review board and its new policy of ...
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Surf City Continues Struggling Over the Future of Library
While efforts to privatize the library’s management have stalled out, residents are still debating which books kids should be able to access.
Ex-Viking Chris Kluwe says his anti-Trump comments cost him coaching job at CA high school
The former Vikings punter, long known as a champion of progressive causes, was arrested in California recently as he ...