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. "We are in a bit of uncharted territory given that no other library in the state of California or anywhere in this country has taken meaningful action to protect children from explicit material,

The election will be test for how popular some of the most divisive policies from the City Council in the last few years are.

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

A special election will be held June 10, when Huntington Beach voters will decide the fate of two library initiatives.