FROM DAILY MAIL: In 2020, this coastal city near Los Angeles looked to be turning blue — just like the rest of its liberal California beach town neighbors. Not anymore. Huntington Beach is now burning redder than ever… and it’s coming for Gavin Newsom.
For decades, the surfing paradise was a Republican stronghold. But in 2020, Democrats had some control of the city council — a shift many saw as a sign the beach town might have been softening with the rest of coastal California. That didn’t last long.
Last year, in what was widely viewed as a backlash against ‘woke’ city policies backed by the previous liberal council, three conservatives ousted their rivals, flipping the balance of power and handing Republicans full control of ‘Surf City USA.’
Now screaming red with right-leaning leaders, the city is unique in the dominantly blue state. California State Senator Tony Strickland dubbed the new city council team the “MAGA-nificent 7.”
He said they address law and order differently in the city.
“We enforce our homelessness, our encampment laws. We don’t think it’s compassionate to leave someone on the ground or having urine and feces on the street. We give the law enforcement the tools they need, to enforce our homelessness,” he said in an example.
“Homelessness is down 24 percent in Huntington Beach, where it’s on the rise everywhere else in the state of California,” he added.
He said Governor Newsom messes Californians up with his policies.
“Huntington Beach proves that conservative leadership works, and yes, we do the opposite of what they do in Sacramento because they’re doing it wrong in Sacramento,” Strickland said.
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