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Voters Reject Huntington Beach's Library Review Board In Special Election
In the ACLU's lawsuit against the city, former librarian Erin Spivey described the ordinance as a book ban.
June 12, 2025
During Tuesday's special election, nearly 60% of Huntington Beach voters approved the measure to eliminate the city's library review board.
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The City Council implemented the controversial policy in 2023, ordering librarians to move books deemed to be obscene or pornographic. The guideline met stiff resistance from the ACLU and local residents, including city council members who voted against the review board.
"If you do look at legal jurisprudence, what that says is even moving a book from the children's section to the adult section is censorship," said Councilmember Rhonda Bolton, who voted against the board. "That's what the law says. So, I'm not going to advise anyone to do something that's not legal."
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