PROTECT THE HB LIBRARY!
Who are We and why is this such a big deal?
Amending the City Charter...
PROTECT HUNTINGTON BEACH is a group of local HB residents who are very concerned about the changes to the CITY CHARTER being proposed by the new City Council majority. The changes will affect the way HB residents VOTE, give more power to the Mayor and City Attorney,, eliminate key qualifications for the City Clerk, and make other changes that would be more appropriate as ordinances, not changes to the City Charter -- a foundational document which governs how the city itself operates. Furthermore, these changes were hurriedly drafted, without any public input or discussion, by a committee of 3 council members with less than a year's experience each.
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We have a lot of work to do!
There are so many ways you can help our group. We need people who will help spread the word to their friends, family and other community groups; we need help with fundraising, people who will write letters to the editor, and speak at council meetings. And as we get closer to the end of the year, we will need people to help with canvassing— the City Council wants these changes to the charter on the Primary ballots nailed out on February 5!
Who is Real Politics OC?
The Protect Huntington Beach group is using the Real Politics OC, a local PAC, to help us process our fundraising activities and reporting donations and expenditures to the FPPC. Real Politics OC is an unaffiliated Political Action Committee (C00746255). For more information visit realpoliticsoc.org.
Promises Made, Promises Broken
WE CAN’T CONTINUE TO LET THIS HAPPEN.
Since taking over, the current City Council majority has ignored their campaign promises (NOT to change the City Council, to solve homelessness in 90 days, improve city finances, and focus on residents’ needs.). Instead, they have pursued a primarily political agenda. Their first act was to raise the limit on campaign donations from $640 to $5,500! Following that, their major actions have been to disband most of the citizen Boards and Commissions to limit citizen input, disregarded the Council Handbook, removed the Interfaith Council from providing the invocation, passed an ordinance to ban books from the children's and teens' sections of the library, and spent nearly $500,000 to amend the City Charter.
Council Majority members on the ad hoc Charter Amendment Committee held NO PUBLIC HEARINGS.
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