OC Judge Sides with Lawsuit Challenging HB Library Restrictions

Judge says in tentative ruling Huntington Beach can’t restrict children’s book access

Huntington Beach can’t restrict minors from accessing books with sexual content in the city’s libraries, an Orange County judge said in a tentative ruling Friday, Sept. 5. The decision stemmed from a lawsuit that some Huntington Beach residents and a local nonprofit filed against city leaders, alleging that efforts to restrict children’s books amounted to censorship that violates the state’s Freedom to Read Act. In her ruling, Judge Lindsey Mart…

OC Judge Sides with Lawsuit Challenging HB Library Restrictions

An Orange County Superior Court judge Friday ruled in favor of a challenge to Huntington Beach’s library restrictions on lending materials to children. Judge Lindsey E. Martinez rejected the city’s demurrer motion to dismiss the legal challenge from Alianza Translatinx, a nonprofit group for transgender, gender non-conforming and intersex individuals focusing on the Latino community, and a 15-year-old boy and 16-year-old girl who attend school i…

Huntington Beach Library cannot make certain materials inaccessible, judge rules

The Huntington Beach Library System can't make certain library materials inaccessible to underaged patrons without parental consent, a judge ruled.