Huntington Beach’s scofflaw instincts extend to other issues. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, said in a statement after the lawsuits. “Huntington Beach’s dismissive approach to housing - claiming there is no problem and that the state should just mind its own business - is Exhibit A for why we have a crisis in this state,” state Sen. But when the state responded by suing the city for failing to meet legal requirements for planning and building housing, Huntington Beach apologists complained that they had been unfairly singled out. In January, the city sued the state to challenge a new law that forces local communities to streamline housing development. Huntington Beach’s attacks on state policies go beyond immigration - and are often accompanied by claims that the city is somehow a victim of the rest of California. That’s head-spinning chutzpah, given that the area’s politicians have criticized other California localities that protect immigrants rather than support Trump’s mass deportation policies. In essence, Huntington Beach dresses up anti-immigrant policies with claims that it’s defending local control. Most troublingly, the city is pursuing litigation to exempt itself - and California’s other 100-plus charter cities - from state sanctuary protections for unauthorized immigrants. The city also has aligned itself with President Trump in his battles against the state. And its policies limit the ability of younger, more diverse generations to gain a foothold. While the other Orange County cities with more than 200,000 people - Irvine, Anaheim and Santa Ana - are majority nonwhite, Huntington Beach remains 63 percent non-Hispanic white. Behind this defiance lies questions about the city’s willingness to embrace a more diverse California. Today, Huntington Beach is bitterly defying state policies from housing to voting rights. Named for a railroad robber baron (Henry Huntington), Huntington Beach grew through oil speculation, aerospace, housing development, and a free-spirited surfing culture.īut in this century, Huntington Beach has become the anti-California, its independent vibe curdling into a nasty mix of irresponsibility, litigiousness and conspiracy-mongering. The Orange County city has long been associated with the outlaw side of California. Who says you can’t build anything in California? Huntington Beach is constructing a wall of denial around what’s left of its soul. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, file) Rich Pedroncelli / AP 2016 Show More Show Less Allen said Thursday, June 22, 2017, he's entering the 2018 California gubernatorial that has largely been dominated by Democrats. 18, 2016 file photo, California Assemblyman Travis Allen, R-Huntington Beach, addresses the Assembly in Sacramento, Calif. (Armando Brown/The Orange County Register via AP, File) Armando Brown / Associated Press 2011 Show More Show Less 3 of3 FILE - In this Aug. The measure was passed in 2017 as part of a package of bills intended to address the state's severe housing shortage and homelessness problem. 25, 2019, said it is suing Huntington Beach under the law that took effect Jan. Gavin Newsom's administration is using a new law for the first time in an attempt to force Southern California's self-styled "Surf City USA" to meet housing goals. 5, 2011, file photo, pedestrians walk along the Huntington Beach Pier in Huntington Calif. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon) Reed Saxon / AP 2008 Show More Show Less 2 of3 FILE - In this Sept. With oil prices at $110 a barrel, producers nationwide are suddenly taking a second look at decades-old wells that were considered tapped out and unprofitable when oil sold for one-fifth the price or less. Her father decided to stay to help their extended family.1 of3 Surfers walk past oil pumps operating next to homes in an area where dozens of oil wells stand side-by-side with homes in the seaside city of Huntington Beach, Calif., also officially known as "Surf City USA," Friday, March 14, 2008. Hovey wasted no time and purchased her plane ticket to Los Angeles. Her cellphone had died, and Hovey could not reach her until Thursday night, when she learned her mom was at the Warsaw Chopin Airport. Two days later, Hovey learned that her mom had set out for the Polish border. Hovey slid the glass door open for him as Leonardo walked over to hug her again. The family dog was waiting to be let out into the porch. They blew kisses back and forth and hung up. “Close the sky,” Hovey said, interpreting for a reporter. Her parents kept the conversation short and told her to tell Americans they want a no-fly zone over Ukraine. Her mom panned the cellphone camera to show other people sleeping in the basement. The video took a few seconds to load, then opened to her father sitting on a chair near a stairwell. Half an hour later, Hovey was able to get through to her mom on FaceTime.
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