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Huntington Beach Council Votes To Pursue Legal Challenge To Governor-Directed OC Beach Closures; HB Will Close Its Beaches While Legal Challenge Proceeds

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(May 1, 2020) -- Meeting in an emergency session on Thursday night (April 30), the Huntington Beach City Council voted (5-2) to pursue a legal challenge to Governor Gavin Newsom's Thursday directive (conveyed in a letter by his Office of Emergency Services) closing all OC beaches. However in a release (full text below), the City stated that out of concern for being the only OC city with its beaches open, Huntington Beach will close its beaches (prohibiting sunbathing, walking, running and watersports) as well as its closing its bike paths, boat ramps, restrooms, parking lots, and associated recreational amenities while it pursues its legal remedies.

The Governor's action (announced in a daily briefing streamed LIVE on LBREPORT.com Facebook page) comes after large crowds materialized along Huntionton Beach and Newport Beach beaches -- with L.A. County beaches all closed -- over the previous weekend.

At his April 30 daily briefing, Governor Newsom noted that because the COVID-19 virus can spread from persons not yet displaying symptoms, persons visiting OC beaches could unintentionally bring it back to their areas.

In a release at this link, Huntington Beach Mayor Lyn Semeta stated: "Governor Newsom’s mandate to close all beaches in Orange County today was a jarring decision that significantly impacts us here in Huntington Beach...Given that Orange County has among the lowest per-capita COVID-19 death rates in California, the action by the State prioritizes politics over data, in direct contradiction of the Governor’s stated goal to allow science and facts to guide our response to this horrible global pandemic."

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In response to the Governor’s Orange County beach closure order (see attached letter), the Huntington Beach City Council voted 5-2 (with Council Member Kim Carr and Council Member Barbara Delgleize dissenting) to direct the City Attorney to pursue any and all legal actions necessary to challenge the State’s beach closure directive.
Out of concern for being the only Orange County city with beaches still open, Huntington Beach will be closing all beaches starting May 1, including the City’s bike paths, boat ramps, restrooms, parking lots, and associated recreational amenities. In addition, activities such as sunbathing, walking, running, and watersports will be prohibited.<;/blockquote>
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Prior to the issuance of the Governor’s directive, the City had been following the State’s Stay-atHome Order guidelines, and had invested considerable effort and expense in order to discourage overcrowding while facilitating effective social distancing at our beaches. In this way, the City was attempting to provide the community with the ability to safely experience the physical and mental health benefits associated with accessing the Pacific Ocean. Our experience locally had been that most people were being responsible and complying with social distancing requirements.

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Huntington Beach (with a population 203,761 per the CA Dept. of Finance's last update) reported 223 cumulaterd positive cases with 2,393 in OC countywide and 45 deaths to date. .LB with a population of 475,013 has reported 667 positive cases with 36 deaths to date (30 at LB long term care facilities.) In mid-April, a USC/County study (applying random testing of asymptomatic persons (not routinely tested under then-current test protocols) indicated the actual number of those infected is roughly 40 times the number of positives officially reported,
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