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HB City Council wants political appointees to serve as professional librarians. We are a grassroots group fighting to protect our library from book banning!
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Our silent protest and march down Main Street tonight was a big success!A huge crowd of angry HB residents protested privatization of our public library!!! Gracey, Pat, Casey and Tony: We don’t want private investors running our public library! 😡
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Over 200 people of all ages marched tonight down Main Street to protest library privatization and book banning. We received international press coverage—German magazine, GEO.
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Here's just the clip of the John Oliver episode about the idiotic nature of our city council's book banning effort--and he was unable to even get to the non-librarian review board that has final approval!
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About 100 people attended a beautiful sunset vigil in Huntington Beach for Nex Benedict (they/them) a nonbinary teen who died in a brutal school bathroom attack in Oklahoma. Thank you Pride at the Pier for organizing such a heartfelt tribute. ❤️🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🫶
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We have received reports that Library Systems & Services (LSS) a private for-profit company that outsources library services, has been working covertly with HB’s Mayor Gracey Van Der Mark, a known enemy of public libraries and free speech. She is planning to announce this
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Letters to the Editor: Yes, librarians know more about books than Huntington Beach's MAGA mayor
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Today over 100 people, protesting privatization, turned out for the Read In at Huntington Beach Public Library. Patrons visiting the library overwhelmingly said NO to outsourcing by a for-profit corporation.
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Why the Hell Would You Want to Privatize Libraries? via
@lithub
Why would Huntington Beach want to privatize its crown jewel (one of the best libraries in OC with one of the leanest budgets)?
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Books are being relocated to the adult section right now! 😡
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Keep Our Public Library Public! We don't want a private, for-profit corporation taking it over!
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HB residents packed the City Council Mtg tonight to speak out against privatization of our beloved and well-managed library.
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Books on puberty and potty training should be readily accessible to all who want them!
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Friday night marchers get lots of thumbs up. In less than 1 month, 6000 signatures collected to repeal the book review board of partisan appointees. Also the petition to stop privatization was launched this week. Hands off our library!
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Banning books won’t stop puberty Huntington Beach Mayor Gracey Van Der Mark ordered most puberty books to be moved into the adult section. Middle schoolers have a First Amendment right to be able to access these books!
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An overflow room was needed for Council Mtg. Of 75+ speakers, only 1 person was in favor of privatizing our library! The RFP should be abandoned.
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Today while over 2000 children and adults attended the kickoff of the HBPL summer reading program, council members Gracey Van Der Mark, Pat Burns and Casey McKeon attended the God, Guns and Government Summit in Costa Mesa. I heard the latter was not well-attended.
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Our first public library, corner of Main and Walnut, taken about 1910. Keep Huntington Beach Public Library Public! A profit-driven corporation will only harm our library and polarize our city even more.
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Giving a 21-member partisan public library review board (with no professional librarians) final and non-appealable authority on book selection smells like it’s part of Project 2025.
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Today parents and their children enjoyed the “”Read-Aloud” of Mayor Van Der Mark’s banned books in front of Central Library. Many were mad that books about puberty were relocated to the adult-only section.
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Like adults, children and teens have the right to find the information they choose. Libraries have a responsibility to provide information for a wide variety of users. If you are a parent or guardian, you have the right and responsibility to make decisions about what materials
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Selling off our HB public library to a private equity firm? What’s next? The parks, beaches, public safety?
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Join us every Sunday for Banned Books Story Time at Huntington Beach Public Library! (Outside in front of main entrance.)
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It was great seeing such an outpouring of support for our award-winning library. HB 🩷 HBPL!
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A very sad day for Huntington Beach Public Library patrons. Lots of books are being relocated and it just started. It looks like they're also dismantling Teen Central area. If you don't like it, contact HB City Attorney Michael Gates.
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The fight continues. Main/PCH tonight. HB residents anxious to sign both petitions. Thousands of signatures collected in a little over a month. We ❤️Our Library!
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This is the CEO of LS&S, a private equity profiteer whose bio here states he loves to break things. Keep your hands off our public library!
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Endorsement: End Huntington Beach’s comic political theater by voting ‘No’ on all three charter amendments – Orange County Register
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Retirees revolt in Huntington Beach! Vote No on A, B, C, and protect our public library from governmental overreach! Thanks, Steve Lopez/LA Times for this video version.
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Just because our conservative City Council is afraid of puberty doesn’t mean our kids have to be frightened by it! 😡
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Hey Huntington Beach voters, let’s keep out bigoted city officials whose hate-filled, politically motivated policies divide our community. Orange Unified did it; so can we!
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This book from popular Eyewitness series (my adult kids checked it out 20 years ago) was relocated because of the topless mermaid, per City Council’s orders
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Who is LS&S that wants to privatize Huntington Beach Public Library? 1) A for-profit corporation majority owned by a private equity firm 2) They started out as a software company 3) They have no competition 4) They're a LLC so no public info is available. Do you want this for HB?
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The news of LS&S pulling its bid has only strengthened the petition drive. Community activism works! We love our public library and librarians!
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All decisions of the partisan parent/guardian public library book review board are final and non-appealable. McCarthyism has reared its ugly head in Huntington Beach, California.
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The city received 450 emails from HB residents within the past few days. 99.9% of them support a charter amendment, allowing voters to decide whether they want to turn over library programming and the collection to a for-profit, out-of-state corporation. Let the public decide!
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Huntington Beach (Surf City, USA) Bans Pride Flags - Surfer Magazine speaks out against HB’s anti-LGBTQ Maga agenda. And the conservative Council thinks the Olympics will want to participate here?! They’re so out of touch.
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One vote at a time! Don’t let the book banning, voter ID HB Council members seize control and bankrupt our city. Vote NO on Ballot Measures A, B and C! 🇺🇸
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“When LS&S outsourced our public library, we lost most of our collection. I was surprised how many childhood classics were even removed. The entire Friends of the Library group left when the company took over, which was a huge loss and created a lot of hostility in the
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In response to all the kind people who want to support Friends of the HB Library as the 4 Council Members try to overhaul our library with censorship and privatization. Thank you. 🩷
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Another strong turnout Fri night to stop privatization of library and book banning. Attend Tues, May 7 Council Mtg at 6 pm.
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HB residents: don't be fooled! A hyper-aggressive due date for an RFP means the city has LS&S in the bag. We don't want corporate suits running our beloved public library! What will happen to StoryTime, Veterans Resource Center, Genealogy Library, Literacy, Seed Library....?
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Daus: Don’t Sell Off Huntington Beach Public Library via
@voiceofoc
Good overview on how the Council majority is trying to hand over our public library to out-of-state equity fund investors.
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This says it all—Support (now save!) our public library and vote NO on these 3 costly, reckless charter amendments. The conservative council members should keep their hands off our library and city charter!
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Our library was featured on John Oliver tonight! Funny but embarrassing for our city.
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A big step in the right direction today!
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HBPL supporters marched tonight after a moment of reflection in remembrance of former mayor Shirley Dettloff, a Huntington Beach icon and public library lover.
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The petition drive to protect our public library from corporate interests wages on! We're grateful that LS&S pulled its bid for privatization, but we will keep fighting to preserve our library as a public institution free from private equity managing our staff, books, and
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In March 2024, a total of 71,437 books and materials were checked out through HBPL. Another statistic that shows the strength and efficiency of our public library system. It doesn't need privatization!
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Huntington Beach clarifies its stance, says it will recognize Black History Month, other cultural events Succombing to public/media pressure, the incompetent conservative members of the City Council have decided not to abolish cultural heritage months.
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Wow! Over 200 people attended yesterday's kickoff for in Central Park. Vote NO on HB Ballot Measures on March 5. HB taxpayers should not have to pay for "non-problems." Stop the culture war stoked by the conservative majority on City Council!
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Column: Yes, you can fight city hall. Huntington Beach retirees are waging a revolution. Vote No on A, B and C!
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MAGA at its worst! A modern version of Nixon’s childish Enemies List. All of us on the list believe in a free and public library.📚
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‘Banned book readout’ takes over Gainesville city hall Whether it's in Florida or Huntington Beach, CA, let's keep reading the banned books!
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Wow! In just 2 weeks, 4000 signatures collected! HB residents say No to a politically appointed library book review board that would have final say on what books are acquired and kept in our collection.
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HB Council Member Casey McKeon says their book censoring group has relied on "maximum public input." How can that be when they refused help from local library and child development experts? Politicians shouldn't police public library books! Speak out on Oct. 17!
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This retired Huntington Beach librarian says any talk of safeguarding kids is really just a pretext for banning books
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Don’t let LS&S remove thousands of books off our shelves, which is what they’ll do if they and their investors get a contract with our city.
"The only thing you have to know is the location of the library."
Albert Einstein
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Show your support this Saturday for our gem of a public library. Let’s keep our library public! HB taxpayer money shouldn’t be funneled to outside private profiteers. Our library is financially lean and shouldn’t be used in this way!
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DeSantis’s book banning policies are not getting the traction he wanted. This will ultimately happen in HB because the vast majority of American public is against book banning.
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A sad day for HB-the only OC city that has a public library political review board which is tilted conservative due to the majority council members. The books they don't approve of will be donated to other libraries in OC. (Seriously!)
Huntington Beach formally adopts parent/guardian children’s book review board
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The Library disrupters/book banners back these measures. Vote NO on Measures A, B and C, says OC Register.
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If you love our library system, fight back! The HB City Council started the day removing lots of books off shelves from children’s section at Central Library and now want to cut hours at Oak View City Library! And they proclaim that February is “We Love Our Libraries Month.”
New Attack On Our City Libraries:
Dire news from the OVSD Superintendent of Schools to the Board of Trustees. Oak View City Library is being slated for reduction of hours. This will lead to closure. The City of Huntington Beach asked the Ocean View School District to agree to
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Thanks to everyone who attended the kickoff and picked up petitions to repeal HB City Ordinance 4318 to create a book-banning review board!
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Someone at last night's HB City Council meeting complained about the library book, It's Perfectly Normal. Yes, it's in our library under health/puberty titles for parents who want to discuss sexuality in a healthy way with their kids. Published first in 1994(!), it is hailed by
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Come visit Banned Books Story Time today at Central Library, Huntington Beach, from 1-3pm.📚
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Huntington Beach Public Library patrons don't want a panel of political appointees to review what books are allowed to enter the city’s libraries! The same people making this ruling are responsible for March's costly, divisive, deceitful ballot measures. Vote NO!
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Despite outcry, Huntington Beach council votes to seek bids for privatization of library management - Los Angeles Times… HB residents are mad!😡 We don’t want a for-profit, PRIVATE company running our library!
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California ban on book bans passes key vote This is great news for those of us in HB. Onward to the state Senate where it will likely pass. Politicians shouldn't have final say over what books are in our public library!
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Word is spreading about the library petitions!
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An Escondido librarian’s response about turnover after LS&S took over:
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I hear the library’s Teen section is shutting down. City Council wants only a restrictive adult section and children’s section (with a limited number of books). 😢
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This is such an embarrassment for Huntington Beach.
Huntington Beach to use community review board to vet children’s books for sexual content
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Just like Mayor Gracey Van Der Mark and her tiny group of supporters who say there's porn in the public library. Not so, say thousands of HB petition-signers who want to repeal Gracey's politically motivated book review board. Petitions are available in front of HB Central
Who challenged 30 books? “It was only one person.” We see this over and over again. Book banning is expensive, unpopular, and driven by a small minority of people.
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As of July 1, 2024, the Huntington Beach Public Library you know won't be the same. As expected, the RFP privatization process is a complete joke. Questions: direct them to: Media
@surfcity
-hb.org. But don't be surprised if they give you the same bullsh**t they've been spewing
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Mayor Pro Tem Pat Burns calls the 3 minority council members pieces of shit after giving a lecture about the lack of civility in national and state politics! So embarrassing for our city.
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This cause is close to my heart - please sign:
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Librarians have the law on their side!
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Huntington Beach councilmembers star in theater of the absurd Most HB residents don't want our majority council's MAGA-inspired policies: more guns, restricted books, no immigrants, a closeted LGBTQ community, and a blending of government & church (if it's
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Conservative Temecula school board president officially loses recall vote Anti-LGBTQ+ policies are rejected in Temecula, California.
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Children and teens suffer the most under library privatization. At Escondido Public Library, children’s attendance dropped by over 200% in the first 5 years of LS&S control– a shocking reduction in services!
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Yay! The ballot title and summary have been issued for the initiative that seeks to block library privatization without a vote of the people. Target distribution date is June 8.
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Please attend for launch of ballot initiative (petitions available) to repeal the politically motivated public library book review committee. Parents should be able to choose what books their kids can read—not partisan appointees!
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HB conservative council members weaken our community libraries while neighboring civil servants honor and care for them. Fullerton kept LS&S out!
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Opinion: Do Not Outsource Library Services via
@Fullertonobser2
Take a tip from Fullerton: Huntington Beach Public Library should not be privatized. Professional librarians should select our books, not corporations.
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Warning to HB Public Library patrons‼️ Gracey will decimate our library with her proposal: politicians using their people to determine what's in our library?? Trained librarians should do this. It's Gracey's culture war stunt. It will hurt HB. Show up on Tues! Save the library!
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Petitions and signs in support of our library are popping up all over town. HB residents fight back!
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HB residents love our library. Check out the board in the lobby. They want a teen section, accessibility to a diverse range of books, and the teens don’t want restricted library cards. Good luck finding those who do!
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For those asking: This is the list of books that have been moved to adult-only section. It’s posted on our city’s website. 😳
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Thank you Senator Min from an unwelcoming city that won't acknowledge Pride Month, fly the Pride flag, etc! We appreciate your support. 🏳️🌈🌈
Happy LGBTQ+ Pride Month! To our communities here in Orange County and across the world: we see you and we will not stop fighting until true equality is achieved for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer people everywhere.
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Stop the book banning City Council members from making a mockery of our city. Their scheme is a huge waste of taxpayer $$. Vote No on A, B, and C!
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