Huntington Beach official seeks law change that would end raising of LGBTQ Pride flag
1 year, 10 months ago

Huntington Beach official seeks law change that would end raising of LGBTQ Pride flag

LA Times  

Huntington Beach raised the LGBTQ Pride flag at City Hall for the first time May 22, 2021. All are equally valued members of our community, and none are to be treated differently or discriminated against.” Although Burns did not specifically mention the Pride flag, Huntington Beach Public Affairs Manager Jennifer Carey confirmed Friday the six-striped rainbow flag, a symbol of inclusion, is the only other banner approved by members of the council for civic display. The city first hoisted the Pride flag on May 22, 2021— the birthday of former San Francisco supervisor and civil rights activist Harvey Milk, fatally shot in 1978 — after the City Council voted 6-0 in a May 3 meeting to keep the banner flying throughout the month of June to mark LGBTQ Pride Month. However, a 1992 article published in the Orange County edition of the Los Angeles Times reporting on the city of Orange deciding to fly the standard year-round, mentions Costa Mesa-based support group Vietnam Vets Reunited also approached several other cities, including Huntington Beach, which had agreed to fly the POW/MIA flag.

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Huntington Beach sues to block state law on trans student privacy
3 months, 1 week ago

Huntington Beach sues to block state law on trans student privacy

LA Times  

Huntington Beach Mayor Gracey Van Der Mark said in a statement that California’s trans student privacy law “puts children at risk” and “is an unconstitutional invasion of the parent/child relationship by the state.” Huntington Beach is once again battling with California, filing a lawsuit this week that seeks to block a new state law that prohibits school officials from requiring …

Downey will stop flying Pride flag. Some call it ‘a step backward for our city’
7 months, 1 week ago

Downey will stop flying Pride flag. Some call it ‘a step backward for our city’

LA Times  

The Progress Pride Flag flies along with the Los Angeles city flag over the Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration in downtown L.A. Three years after first flying the LGBTQ+ Pride flag from City Hall, the Downey City Council narrowly voted Tuesday during a six-hour meeting in favor of enacting a “neutral flag” policy that strikes down such displays. Los Angeles …

Huntington Beach votes to ban Pride flags at city buildings
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Huntington Beach votes to ban Pride flags at city buildings

LA Times  

Activist Carol Daus speaks earlier this year in favor of continuing to fly the Pride flag in Huntington Beach. In a move seen as a veiled attempt to ban Pride flags, Huntington Beach voters approved an amendment to the city’s charter this week that barred the city from displaying anything other than a select few official government flags on city …

Largest Pride flag in Orange County history unveiled in Huntington Beach
1 year, 7 months ago

Largest Pride flag in Orange County history unveiled in Huntington Beach

LA Times  

Local activists and LGBTQ+ supporters cheer as a giant rainbow Pride flag measuring 33 feet by 24 feet is displayed on the side of the Huntington Beach Pier on Sunday. More than 100 LGBTQ+ activists and supporters unveiled a giant Pride flag at the end of the Huntington Beach Pier on Sunday, chanting in unison, “Love wins in H.B.” The …

Giant Pride flag to fly Sunday at Huntington Beach gathering
1 year, 7 months ago

Giant Pride flag to fly Sunday at Huntington Beach gathering

LA Times  

Local activists and members of the LGBTQ+ community have been waving Pride flags at the Huntington Beach Pier each Sunday, after the City Council voted in February not to fly the flag outside City Hall. “We’re going to fly the biggest Pride flag ever,” said Sally Sanders, a Laguna Beach resident who helped co-organize the event. “It’s going to be …

‘A direct act of hate’: Rainbow flag burned at Buddhist temple in Pasadena
1 year, 7 months ago

‘A direct act of hate’: Rainbow flag burned at Buddhist temple in Pasadena

LA Times  

A rainbow flag that hung from a fence at the Pasadena Buddhist Temple was set afire and burned, and police are investigating the incident. Also unscathed were another rainbow flag and Black Lives Matter flag, which hang from high on the temple’s wooden gate. “Nothing else in the neighborhood seems to have been torched that night,” Gibbs said, “so it …

Pride flag to fly on L.A. County buildings in June after unanimous supervisors vote
1 year, 9 months ago

Pride flag to fly on L.A. County buildings in June after unanimous supervisors vote

LA Times  

Participants in the OC Pride Parade carry an oversized Progress Pride flag as the event begins along in Santa Ana in June 2022. A month after the Huntington Beach City Council voted to stop flying a rainbow flag from its City Hall, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has taken the opposite stance. The five-member board voted unanimously Tuesday …

Huntington Beach City Council moves ahead with ordinance to stop flying Pride flag on city property
1 year, 10 months ago

Huntington Beach City Council moves ahead with ordinance to stop flying Pride flag on city property

LA Times  

The Huntington Beach City Council voted 4-3 on Tuesday night to approve the introduction of an ordinance that would limit the flying of flags on city property to government flags, as well as the POW/MIA flag and the six flags of the U.S. military. The flag issue dominated public comments for the second straight City Council meeting, with the vast …

Huntington Beach bars LGBTQ pride flag from flying over City Hall
1 year, 10 months ago

Huntington Beach bars LGBTQ pride flag from flying over City Hall

LA Times  

Huntington Beach raised the LGBTQ pride flag at City Hall for the first time May 22, 2021. Huntington Beach City Council members voted Tuesday night — after two hours of sometimes tense public comment — to reverse a 2021 decision to raise the rainbow flag for six weeks each spring. “But in my family, we recognize everyone equally.. Let’s just …

Huntington Beach bars LGBTQ pride flag from flying over City Hall
1 year, 10 months ago

Huntington Beach bars LGBTQ pride flag from flying over City Hall

LA Times  

Huntington Beach raised the LGBTQ pride flag at City Hall for the first time May 22, 2021. Huntington Beach City Council members voted Tuesday night — after two hours of sometimes tense public comment — to reverse a 2021 decision to raise the rainbow flag for six weeks each spring. “But in my family, we recognize everyone equally.. Let’s just …

Huntington Beach will mark LGBTQ pride by flying rainbow flag
3 years, 7 months ago

Huntington Beach will mark LGBTQ pride by flying rainbow flag

LA Times  

The Huntington Beach City Council voted unanimously Monday night to fly the LGBTQ rainbow flag for six weeks each spring. is knowing the welcome mat is out.” Social media policies enacted The City Council also unanimously voted Monday to establish a social media policy for elected and appointed officials. Government representatives who use a social media platform to discuss, carry …

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