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Plot twist -- former HB city attorney and former DOJ attorney Michael Gates ineptly sank the 2025 Texas redistricting maps which were struck down by a three-judge panel today:
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Trump DOJ’s ‘Ham-Fisted’ Letter Key to Ruling Blocking Texas Gerrymander
Read more here.
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November 19, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Plot twist -- former HB city attorney and former DOJ attorney Michael Gates ineptly sank the 2025 Texas redistricting maps which were struck down by a three-judge panel today:
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Hey friends - we’ve been working extremely hard on efforts to protect queer lives in Orange County. But we’re struggling to do this work with our limited resources - and queer, trans lives are in extreme danger now more than ever.
Please help us protect our community.
Bit.ly/donatetopatp
Please help us protect our community.
Bit.ly/donatetopatp
September 19, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Hey friends - we’ve been working extremely hard on efforts to protect queer lives in Orange County. But we’re struggling to do this work with our limited resources - and queer, trans lives are in extreme danger now more than ever.
Please help us protect our community.
Bit.ly/donatetopatp
Please help us protect our community.
Bit.ly/donatetopatp
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Is that you, Huntington Beach city councilmember Butch Twining, dressed in black, holding a candle and a small flag, at the very end of this clip from last night's Charlie Kirk rally at the pier as the crowd is shouting "WHITE MEN FIGHT BACK!"?
September 11, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Is that you, Huntington Beach city councilmember Butch Twining, dressed in black, holding a candle and a small flag, at the very end of this clip from last night's Charlie Kirk rally at the pier as the crowd is shouting "WHITE MEN FIGHT BACK!"?
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Great LAist article expanding an important story brought to light by Surf City Sentinel. :-)
Key quote:
“Surveillance equipment and surveillance, in general, are a lot of times a crutch for bad social policies,” he said. “They don't solve the underlying issues of crime.”
laist.com/news/politic...
Key quote:
“Surveillance equipment and surveillance, in general, are a lot of times a crutch for bad social policies,” he said. “They don't solve the underlying issues of crime.”
laist.com/news/politic...
Why were surveillance cameras installed in Huntington Beach’s most iconic Latino neighborhood?
The city says the cameras are intended to fight crime. Some residents worry they could be used to aid in federal immigration enforcement.
laist.com
August 14, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Great LAist article expanding an important story brought to light by Surf City Sentinel. :-)
Key quote:
“Surveillance equipment and surveillance, in general, are a lot of times a crutch for bad social policies,” he said. “They don't solve the underlying issues of crime.”
laist.com/news/politic...
Key quote:
“Surveillance equipment and surveillance, in general, are a lot of times a crutch for bad social policies,” he said. “They don't solve the underlying issues of crime.”
laist.com/news/politic...
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Without transparency, there can be no trust when it comes to government surveillance.
surfcitysentinel.substack.com/p/oak-view-s...
surfcitysentinel.substack.com/p/oak-view-s...
Oak View Surveillance Expanded
10 new police cameras are being installed without any public oversight.
surfcitysentinel.substack.com
July 29, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Without transparency, there can be no trust when it comes to government surveillance.
surfcitysentinel.substack.com/p/oak-view-s...
surfcitysentinel.substack.com/p/oak-view-s...
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Huntington Beach's unofficial poet laureate nailed it at last night's city council meeting -- "their mission is quite clear, stoke up cruelty, hate, and fear".
May 8, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Huntington Beach's unofficial poet laureate nailed it at last night's city council meeting -- "their mission is quite clear, stoke up cruelty, hate, and fear".
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Property owner seeks rezoning to build up to 800 medium-density residential units and 350 hotel rooms inland of PCH between Seapoint and Goldenwest.
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Surf City Sentinel
BREAKING NEWS: California Resources Corporation (CRC) has submitted an application to rezone the oil production parcel on the inland side of Pacific Coast Hwy between Goldenwest and Seapoint (see...
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April 5, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Property owner seeks rezoning to build up to 800 medium-density residential units and 350 hotel rooms inland of PCH between Seapoint and Goldenwest.
www.facebook.com/surfcitysent...
www.facebook.com/surfcitysent...
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Anyways...
March 19, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Anyways...
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In the end, the Huntington Beach MAGA city council years will only be remembered for the partisan circus sideshows meant to entertain and distract, and not for any lasting accomplishments that might have built a better future for us all.
March 14, 2025 at 10:28 PM
In the end, the Huntington Beach MAGA city council years will only be remembered for the partisan circus sideshows meant to entertain and distract, and not for any lasting accomplishments that might have built a better future for us all.
Reposted by Mark Bixby
Reposted by Mark Bixby
Huntington Beach is a defendant in a federal civil rights lawsuit alleging sexual harassment by a police officer against a resident, followed by intimidation from other officers to keep it quiet.
Read the details here:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Read the details here:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com
February 24, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Huntington Beach is a defendant in a federal civil rights lawsuit alleging sexual harassment by a police officer against a resident, followed by intimidation from other officers to keep it quiet.
Read the details here:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Read the details here:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Trumpflation is driving my Amazon subscription list prices higher by 5-38% in my upcoming delivery. :-(
February 22, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Trumpflation is driving my Amazon subscription list prices higher by 5-38% in my upcoming delivery. :-(
In this week's CDC MMWR, dairy workers in two different households may have passed H5N1 bird flu to exclusively indoor cats.
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) ...
This report describes highly pathogenic avian influenza virus infection among two indoor cats living in homes of dairy workers.
www.cdc.gov
February 21, 2025 at 5:51 AM
In this week's CDC MMWR, dairy workers in two different households may have passed H5N1 bird flu to exclusively indoor cats.
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...
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In a defeat for MAGA City, the State Court of Appeals has ordered the OC Superior Court judge in the HB voter ID lawsuit to render a decision on the merits, and the writing is on the wall that the charter city justification for voter ID will fail.
voiceofoc.org/2025/02/stat...
voiceofoc.org/2025/02/stat...
State Appellate Court Says Huntington Beach Voter ID Lawsuit Can Continue
A panel of judges unanimously said it was illegal for the original judge not to issue a ruling on whether the voter ID laws were constitutional – paving the way for Attorney General Rob Bonta’s lawsui...
voiceofoc.org
February 21, 2025 at 4:38 AM
In a defeat for MAGA City, the State Court of Appeals has ordered the OC Superior Court judge in the HB voter ID lawsuit to render a decision on the merits, and the writing is on the wall that the charter city justification for voter ID will fail.
voiceofoc.org/2025/02/stat...
voiceofoc.org/2025/02/stat...
Exactly this.
I’m having great difficulty right now seeing how our political system doesn’t devolve into violence.
February 16, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Exactly this.
My latest Substack post.
What is it about the airshow that makes local HB politicians like City Attorney Michael Gates do such brazenly unethical things?
Ethics, Shmethics -- City Attorney Michael Gates Has None
Gates had no problem with thousands of dollars of free services from Code Four just weeks after the city was sued over cancellation of the last day of the 2021 airshow.
open.substack.com
February 13, 2025 at 4:46 AM
My latest Substack post.
My Surf City Sentinel presence has expanded to include Bluesky. :-)
February 9, 2025 at 6:10 AM
My Surf City Sentinel presence has expanded to include Bluesky. :-)
San Clemente is smart -- they don't want to be like us in Huntington Beach when it comes to fighting the state over the SB54 California Values Act re "sanctuary cities".
February 7, 2025 at 5:41 AM
San Clemente is smart -- they don't want to be like us in Huntington Beach when it comes to fighting the state over the SB54 California Values Act re "sanctuary cities".
The 2016 song "Amerika" by Canadian rockers Wintersleep speaks to the complicated relationship between Canada and America.
At about the 4:30 mark in the video, there is an eerily prescient clip of Trump talking about making America great again and winning at trade.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKJ8...
At about the 4:30 mark in the video, there is an eerily prescient clip of Trump talking about making America great again and winning at trade.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKJ8...
Wintersleep - Amerika (Official Video)
YouTube video by Wintersleep
www.youtube.com
February 3, 2025 at 5:27 AM
The 2016 song "Amerika" by Canadian rockers Wintersleep speaks to the complicated relationship between Canada and America.
At about the 4:30 mark in the video, there is an eerily prescient clip of Trump talking about making America great again and winning at trade.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKJ8...
At about the 4:30 mark in the video, there is an eerily prescient clip of Trump talking about making America great again and winning at trade.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKJ8...
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Bruce MacKinnon, the editorial cartoonist at the Halifax Chronicle-Herald, drew this last November.
No newspaper would print it.
It now deserves an outing.
No newspaper would print it.
It now deserves an outing.
February 3, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Bruce MacKinnon, the editorial cartoonist at the Halifax Chronicle-Herald, drew this last November.
No newspaper would print it.
It now deserves an outing.
No newspaper would print it.
It now deserves an outing.
Adios to the last of my pre-tariff Mexican limes purchased for $0.59 each.
February 2, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Adios to the last of my pre-tariff Mexican limes purchased for $0.59 each.
Conditioning federal disaster relief on unrelated political demands is monstrous.
January 24, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Conditioning federal disaster relief on unrelated political demands is monstrous.