We ❤️ HB Public Library!
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We are a grassroots group of residents in Huntington Beach, CA, battling an extremist City Council that wants to ban books at our public library. They have also explored privatization of our library.
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BREAKING: Book banning extremist group “Moms For Liberty” LOST ALL 31 of their races.
Moms for Liberty is now 0-59 in contested school board races since 2023.
This is what happens when communities have had enough and say NO to book bans!
Moms for Liberty is now 0-59 in contested school board races since 2023.
This is what happens when communities have had enough and say NO to book bans!
November 6, 2025 at 2:32 PM
BREAKING: Book banning extremist group “Moms For Liberty” LOST ALL 31 of their races.
Moms for Liberty is now 0-59 in contested school board races since 2023.
This is what happens when communities have had enough and say NO to book bans!
Moms for Liberty is now 0-59 in contested school board races since 2023.
This is what happens when communities have had enough and say NO to book bans!
So puberty and potty training books will continue to remain on the 4th floor in the adult restricted area until the state sues our city and wins. Our city council keeps losing in court and taxpayers are left with the bill. 😩
The Huntington Beach City Council unanimously voted in closed session tonight to appeal an OC Superior Court order to remove the “children’s restricted” section at the Central Library and re-establish teen section, City Atty. Mike Vigliotta reports.
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Huntington Beach ordered to return moved library books, re-establish teen section
An Orange County Superior Court judge signed off on the order last week, but Huntington Beach may appeal.
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October 22, 2025 at 3:58 AM
So puberty and potty training books will continue to remain on the 4th floor in the adult restricted area until the state sues our city and wins. Our city council keeps losing in court and taxpayers are left with the bill. 😩
www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/n... Despite a judicial ruling and a rebuke from citizens at the ballot box, city politicians continue to restrict books! 😡
Huntington Beach ordered to remove youth-restricted section at library
A judge ordered the city of Huntington Beach to scrap the youth-restricted area at its library and return books to the children's section.
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October 18, 2025 at 2:45 PM
www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/n... Despite a judicial ruling and a rebuke from citizens at the ballot box, city politicians continue to restrict books! 😡
California voters:
October 7, 2025 at 1:21 AM
California voters:
www.kqed.org/mindshift/65... Libraries need to provide welcoming spaces for teens.
Why Teens Love to Hang Out at the Library | KQED
Libraries across the country have embraced teen input and created spaces where teens can relax, study, play games, eat and be creative, at their own pace.
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September 26, 2025 at 8:11 AM
www.kqed.org/mindshift/65... Libraries need to provide welcoming spaces for teens.
www.latimes.com/socal/daily-... The Huntington Beach MAGA City Council has lost again.
Huntington Beach must follow state's Freedom to Read Act, O.C. judge rules
Orange County Superior Court Judge Lindsay Martinez ruled Friday morning that Huntington Beach cannot prohibit minors from accessing books at the city's public library.
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September 5, 2025 at 11:48 PM
www.latimes.com/socal/daily-... The Huntington Beach MAGA City Council has lost again.
www.aclusocal.org/en/press-rel... We are thrilled by this outcome!
Court Rules Against Huntington Beach Censorship Scheme
HB ordinance called for “review of library materials containing sexual content”SANTA ANA — Today, in a win for the freedom to read, a state superior court issued a tentative ruling against the City
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September 5, 2025 at 9:36 PM
www.aclusocal.org/en/press-rel... We are thrilled by this outcome!
A great day in court! We prevailed on all issues. The judge ruled against the city on everything! HB’s attempt to ban books in our public library has been thwarted.📚📚📚
September 5, 2025 at 4:38 PM
A great day in court! We prevailed on all issues. The judge ruled against the city on everything! HB’s attempt to ban books in our public library has been thwarted.📚📚📚
When our MAGA city council restricts our freedom to read freely, we fight back in court and at the ballot box!
September 4, 2025 at 2:35 PM
When our MAGA city council restricts our freedom to read freely, we fight back in court and at the ballot box!
As of this week, these books are still restricted from teens and others at our public library by our city—even though HB citizens voted decisively in June to stop censorship.Plus the new California law prevents these restrictions. 😡
August 29, 2025 at 11:29 PM
As of this week, these books are still restricted from teens and others at our public library by our city—even though HB citizens voted decisively in June to stop censorship.Plus the new California law prevents these restrictions. 😡
laist.com/news/politic... Censorship lost in Huntington Beach’s recent special election. Or did it? | LAist
Censorship lost in Huntington Beach’s recent special election. Or did it?
The city has become a flash point in a national battle between civil rights groups and the ‘Make America Great Again’ movement.
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July 21, 2025 at 11:22 PM
laist.com/news/politic... Censorship lost in Huntington Beach’s recent special election. Or did it? | LAist
Source: LAist
July 21, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Source: LAist
South Georgia librarian is fired over LGBTQ children’s book included in summer reading display georgiarecorder.com/2025/07/02/s... We are glad she has an attorney.
South Georgia librarian is fired over LGBTQ children’s book included in summer reading display • Georgia Recorder
A librarian is out of a job because of what she calls political pressure over a book about a transgender child that was part of a display.
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July 8, 2025 at 4:27 AM
South Georgia librarian is fired over LGBTQ children’s book included in summer reading display georgiarecorder.com/2025/07/02/s... We are glad she has an attorney.
Even after HB voters delivered an electoral mandate against censorship, HB continues to make many books inaccessible to patrons. One is an adult book, Call Me By Your Name, which was made into an Academy Award-winning movie. This violates California's new Freedom to Read law.
July 1, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Even after HB voters delivered an electoral mandate against censorship, HB continues to make many books inaccessible to patrons. One is an adult book, Call Me By Your Name, which was made into an Academy Award-winning movie. This violates California's new Freedom to Read law.
www.latimes.com/california/s... Our Public Library Won! Thanks to all Huntington Beach residents who voted YES on Measures A and B!
Commentary: MAGA lost in Huntington Beach. That means it can happen anywhere
The Protect HB campaign won, leaning on social media outreach, door knocking, rallies and a nonpartisan message stressing the common good that was the city library.
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June 28, 2025 at 1:22 PM
www.latimes.com/california/s... Our Public Library Won! Thanks to all Huntington Beach residents who voted YES on Measures A and B!
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NEW: There have been 4 bomb threats targeting public libraries in the last week.
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One Week, Four Library Bomb Threats
Bomb threats at libraries have become a far too common occurrence. In the summer of 2023–two years into an unrelenting attack on public librarians, as well...
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June 21, 2025 at 12:08 PM
NEW: There have been 4 bomb threats targeting public libraries in the last week.
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A clear and decisive win for Measures A and B! Voters don’t want a book review board or privatization. Our library is fine the way it is!
June 11, 2025 at 4:53 AM
A clear and decisive win for Measures A and B! Voters don’t want a book review board or privatization. Our library is fine the way it is!
This awful sign was posted this morning near schools and not far from resort hotels by the Vote no team. VOTE YES on A and B by June 10 to protect our library from these extremist forces!
June 5, 2025 at 9:53 PM
This awful sign was posted this morning near schools and not far from resort hotels by the Vote no team. VOTE YES on A and B by June 10 to protect our library from these extremist forces!
Patrons explain why HB library should not have a politically charged review board picking books for our families. Save our library—Vote Yes!
June 4, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Patrons explain why HB library should not have a politically charged review board picking books for our families. Save our library—Vote Yes!
A great video on what books HB kids are choosing at our library —and it’s not porn!
June 3, 2025 at 5:16 PM
A great video on what books HB kids are choosing at our library —and it’s not porn!
calmatters.org/politics/202... The election is in 2 weeks. Vote YES to save well-loved public library. It's not about the books. It's about control from right-wing politicians.
Is it sex education or porn? A California city comes to blows over library books
MAGA-aligned leaders took over the city council and set up a community review board for library material and singled out LGBT books. Have they gone too far?
calmatters.org
June 3, 2025 at 2:13 PM
calmatters.org/politics/202... The election is in 2 weeks. Vote YES to save well-loved public library. It's not about the books. It's about control from right-wing politicians.
Help draw the line on book bans in Huntington Beach, California.
action.everylibrary.org/linehuntington via @everylibrary.bsky.social
action.everylibrary.org/linehuntington via @everylibrary.bsky.social
Drawing a Line in Huntington Beach
Election day is June 10th and we're running out of time to stop the lies from book banners and extremists.
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June 3, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Help draw the line on book bans in Huntington Beach, California.
action.everylibrary.org/linehuntington via @everylibrary.bsky.social
action.everylibrary.org/linehuntington via @everylibrary.bsky.social
Seriously? This book has been restricted for those 17 and under at our library because of the city’s MAGA book banners. I showed this to some doctors who were horrified. 😢
May 31, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Seriously? This book has been restricted for those 17 and under at our library because of the city’s MAGA book banners. I showed this to some doctors who were horrified. 😢