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With just days until Election Day, controversial local measures in Huntington Beach have been subject to incidents of sign vandalism.

Bisecting a wide sandy beach, the Huntington Beach pier beckons tourists and surfers alike, creating a break in the waves that helps gives the city its nickname: Surf City, USA. It is a scene as laidback as the name would suggest - and a stark contrast to the political hostility spilling out of City Hall just a short drive inland. Since a conservative majority took over the Huntington Beach City Council a little more than a year ago, it has vigorously pursued an agenda aligned with the Republican Party politics of former President Donald Trump and his Make America Great Again (MAGA) movement...

A posse of older residents is trying to rescue Huntington Beach from a hard-right wave. Donald Trump, they say, unleashed 'a whole new way of politics.'

A posse of older residents is trying to rescue Huntington Beach from a hard-right wave. Donald Trump, they say, unleashed 'a whole new way of politics.'

On a 4-3 vote, the recently constituted conservative majority of the City Council voted Tuesday night not to move through a housing element that can be certified.