The Newsom administration is nearing a deal with Huntington Beach that would end a contentious lawsuit over the city’s alleged failure to plan for more affordable housing. In a letter sent to the Orange County city on Friday, state housing officials said a proposal to increase low-income housing development in the city would meet the terms of ...

The city of Chula Vista has made progress in enforcing regulations that require short-term rentals to pay taxes, collecting more than $30,000 in taxes from 95 rentals in the past six months. City staffers said in late March that of about 375 rentals that had been advertised across the South Bay city,

“The holidays are here,” stated the Nov. 18 WalletHub press release. “And one thing they’re known for is encouraging indulgence, such as overeating and overspending, which can lead to unfortunate economic consequences. Americans are the fattest people in the world and every year sustain $150 – $210 billion in losses as a result. Plus ...

At the state level, this same tension recurs. At the end of October, an appeal was heard on the challenge the cities of Huntington Beach and Los Alamitos made to the same California laws banning assistance by state or local police to federal law enforcement efforts regarding immigration. How cities direct their own police departments ...

The 72-year-old sold himself on places such as FOX News as the hip “surfin’ congressman,” though on the occasions I saw him in the waters off Huntington Beach, he mostly sat idle on large body boards and looked fragile tackling foot-and-a-half waves. His repertoire of boneheadedness seemed boundless. Rohrabacher spent years demanding that ...

Having joined Los Alamitos and Huntington Beach residents taking their city officials to the 4th District Court of Appeals in Santa Ana last week over the racist political stunt that’s been the anti-Sanctuary State revolt, it’s a good moment to celebrate Orange County activism. It’s turning the tide locally and inspiring communities ...

Yep, that’s Republican Dave Garofalo, the disgraced former Huntington Beach Mayor who was convicted of felony corruption and thrown out of office nearly 20 years ago (and banned from ever ...

The 37th District covers central Orange County, stretching from Anaheim to Laguna Beach and including at least portions of major cities such as Irvine, Costa Mesa, Huntington Beach and Newport Beach. The district still leans red, with 34.7 percent of ...

Huntington Beach councilwoman removes board appointee who attended a rally Resident Jim Dahl agreed, saying, “We had a really sad couple of weeks in San Clemente history. I want the council to make a quick decision. Appoint the next person in line or go ...

Meanwhile, in the 48th District, a GOP House candidate is complaining to local authorities because Second District Supervisor Michelle Steel, also a Republican, allegedly used a Huntington Beach city logo on banners at a kickoff event for her recently ...

HUNTINGTON BEACH — Democrats are a minority in Huntington Beach — and no more so than on the City Council, with Republicans dominating five to two. That spread was even greater before the 2018 election, when newcomer Kim Carr somewhat surprisingly ...

“Hopefully we will hear something positive soon.” After a false start, Huntington Beach eyes a homeless shelter site farther away from Marina High Costa Mesa opens short-term homeless shelter for 50 people Health spending on homeless people in Orange ...

Last week, Huntington Beach hit the reset button on its search for a homeless shelter site after its first proposed location – next to Marina High – met with a public outcry. Now the city has come up with another candidate, still in the vicinity of the ...

Hundreds of residents packed the Huntington Beach City Council chambers Monday night, April 1, to learn more about a proposed 50-bed homeless shelter that would sit kitty-corner to Marina High School. For those who came to protest, the evening began rather ...

And I find that thought sickening. I was so pleased to see that the desalination plant in Huntington Beach is making its way through the approval process. Frankly, this thing should be done by now. To assert that we do not need more water is absurd.

Later, Newsom underscored his more aggressive assault on local NIMBYism by suing one city, Huntington Beach in Orange County, for failing to zone enough land to meet its housing quota. His administration also identified several dozen other cities it said ...

2017 photo of Ed Laird receiving a Greater Huntington Beach Interfaith Council award (with Dave Garofalo!). Photo courtesy HB Police Foundation Twitter page When a person returns to a place after ...