9/5 Sup Com — City Council/Public Financing Authority, September 5, 2023

Moore, Tania
From: Levin, Shannon
Sent: Saturday, September 2, 2023 1:17 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Fwd: Policy on human dignity and councilwoman Moser Get Outlook for ios
From: Deanna Boyce <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, September 2, 2023 9:28:47 AM
To: CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF) <[email protected]> Subject: Policy on human dignity and councilwoman Moser First, 1 am just absolutely shocked and disgusted that you would include the gender paragraph in this policy. It doesn't even make sense! So so weird, and out of place, and absolutely unnecessary. Why the bizarre obsession? If your aim is to divide HB even more, then you're doing a good job.

Second, how can you censure Ms Moser on speaking the truth? The entire council knows that MANY HB citizens take issue with Gracey's hateful connections (many photos with known racists) and past comments (namely the video on the Holocaust).

The 4 already show absolutely no respect to the other 3 council members, and you couldn't have had a discussion about it? You have to publicly censure her? I don't understand this at all.

I want to thank Natalie Moser for voicing the concerns of many of us, and being brave enough to point out the hypocrisy of assigning Gracey to anything dealing with ethics.

Thank you,
D. Boyce

SUPPLEMENTAL

COMMUNICATION
Meeting Date:. 9/5/2023
Agenda lam No: 34 (23-731).
1 Moore, Tania
From: david rivera < [email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, September 2, 2023 5:11 PM
To: CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF); [email protected] Subject: I Can't Believe I Have to Write This
Please stop wasting time on censuring from asking a legitimate question.

If you can't ask someone whether they are antisemitic, because it might effect policy making, then you aren't doing your job.

To cry foul, when a member refuses to acknowledge reality, is beyond cowardly.

Knock it off. Your national politics won't work here.

Moore, Tania
David Rynerson <[email protected]>
Sent:

Saturday, September 2, 2023 5:46 PN
To: [email protected]; CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF Subject: Ad Hoc Committee on Declaration on Human Rights City Council Majority -
When I wrote to you previously, I did so because of the of the absolute lack of explanation for why you thought the declaration on human rights needed changing and the opaqueness of your intended changes.

It is now abundantly clear why you refused to publicly disclose your planned "modifications" to the existing declaration. While acknowledging that everyone should be treated with respect and dignity, you turn around in the very next paragraph and decide to marginalize those who don't identify as either male or female, and then turn around again and say to treat all people equally. You say that the sexes must be separated in sports. Have you never heard of mixed doubles tennis? Equestrian events? How do you propose to treat those who identify as non-binary? What sports do they get to play? Is that treating them with respect and dignity? No one is asking you to endorse their life choices - just not to treat them like they don't exist and have no right to being treated with respect and dignity.

You then had the audacity to plan to censure Councilwoman Moser for asking a straightforward question about one of the people being appointed to that ad hoc committee. Councilwoman Van Der Mark took great umbrage at being asked the simple question of whether or not she believed the holocaust was real - which seems to be a pretty relevant question for someone being appointed to rewrite the existing declaration on human rights. Especially in view of some of the reporting about her -- see the linked reporting here:
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If anyone was disrespectful in the exchange between the two councilwomen, it was Councilwoman Van Der Mark, so if anyone is censured, it should be her. 1 Thus far, your tenure has been marked by a lack of transparency, unpreparedness, and the appearance that you think being in the majority allows you to totally discount anyone who does not agree with you. You are proposing charter amendments without explanation or discussion, pursuing lawsuits costing the city significant amounts of money, while settling with the promoter who backed your campaigns without a whimper, and then being less than transparent about that settlement and the follow-on lawsuit against Amplify Energy.

By now you've been treated to enough council meetings that you should clearly understand that not everyone in Huntington Beach agrees with you - quite the contrary. It's time that you start operating with that understanding, rather than looking like a junior high school student council bent on enforcing your personal beliefs. I know that at least some of you can do it. I've had reasonable and productive exchanges with Councilman McKeon. You can do better, and I hope to see you do so.

Sincerely,
David Rynerson
6272 Newbury Drive
Huntington Beach, CA 92647
2 Moore, Tania
From: Cora Zeek < [email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, September 3, 2023 5:52 AM
To: CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF)
CC: [email protected]
Subject: Sept 5 agenda items- community voice
Hello I am not able to attend the city council meeting. Please find my voter opinions on the following:

1. Censuring of Moser would be embarrassingly wrong. From the video it is apparent that she brought up a difficult and awkward but legitimate concern about Van Der Mark's political background and past actions. These actions, which have been documented online in videos and the press, show to me that she has discriminatory leanings and has associated herself with aggressive hate groups. So yes, I think questioning her ability to serve on a committee focused on "human dignity" is legit.

What isn't legit is how Van der Mark jumped on Moser's comment right away and called her a liar and escalated the exchange and how council members berated Moser for just questioning something that is a legitimate concern and was not a personal attack. Van der Mark should've just addressed the concern calmly if in fact her concerns had no merit.

But instead, she got wildly defensive.

2. Oppose tax payer funds going to a lawsuit I was totally against. No!

3. Opposed this ridiculous and shameful "Policy on Human Dignity " this paragraph is particularly disturbing:
"The City of Huntington Beach will recognize from birth the genetic differences between male and female and respect the strengths and benefits of each. Each sex carries advantages and disadvantages that warrant separation during certain activities (ie. sports). We encourage an environment free of hostility and discourage the erasure of either genders separate accomplishments."
It's feels very "Handmaid's Tale" and creepy, and anti-LGBTQ.

Those who wrote this seem to want the world to think HB is the west coast version of red-neck Florida. I do not think this is conducive to being an inclusive community or world class business and tourism town. "Don't go to HB it's a red neck and skin head town" has been its reputation since the 80s. I'm against perpetuating this reputation.

3. For the latter reasons, I oppose the "anti-vaccine and mask mandate" declaration. HB can't be looked at as a place where people don't care if you get sick or die by visiting a person or a business establishment in HB.

These are just a few of my concerns.

Best regards.
1 Moore, Tania
From: Levin, Shannon
Sent: Sunday, September 3, 2023 7:27 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: FW: Natalie Mosure
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From: ROSE SAYLIN <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, September 3, 2023 7:24 AM
To: CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF) < [email protected]> Subject: Natalie Mosure
I support Natalie Moser. Please do not censure her.

Rose Saylin
Huntington Beach
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Moore, Tania
From: Betty Kanne < [email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, September 3, 2023 9:54 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Supplement- September 5, 2023 City Council Meeting September 3, 2023
City Council Members,
I ask that you abandon all efforts to place items on the March 2024 Ballot that would change our City Charter. The four majority members mislead voters by pledging not to alter the City Charter and are now poised to utterly transform it for their own benefit.

The Charter Review Ad Hoc Committee Proposals should be soundly rejected with varying levels of outrage and vehemence starting with the most cynically crafted Numbers Five and Six shamefully designed as a customized pair serving to slide the wife of our city attorney into a "forever" job as City Clerk with key and crucial election responsibilities. That feat fits nicely into the even more abhorrent Number Seven that is in fact an overt attempt of voter suppression. It is intended to reduce voting participation by the most vulnerable in our community. This includes young and/or newly franchised voters or those with language obstacles or disabilities. These items must be soundly rejected.

Reject the cynically written new "Policy on Human Dignity" that drips with homophobic and transphobic tropes.

It's an embarrassment to the open minded, humanity embracing, tolerant people of this community. It is shameful.

I propose we reinstate the previous Human Dignity Statement crafted thirty years ago by the highly respected, formidable leaders Shirley Dettloff and Ralph Bauer in a time of great trial in our community when we then faced violence and hatred from virulent skinhead neo-nazis. That was a powerful and meaningful statement worthy of this community. This "revision", this vile statement is not. Reject it.

Remove the agenda item to Censure Council Member Natalie Moser. This wholly unnecessary addition to the agenda is an obvious distraction from the real issues that should be of concern to this Council and taxpayers of Huntington Beach. The move to censure is every bit as unseemly as the very behavior it questions. Drop it from the Focus on the true problems in our community and cease sowing discord needlessly. Stop the meaningless distractions.

Betty Kanne
16331 Woodstock Lane
Huntington Beach, CA 92647
[email protected]
(40+ year HB resident, homeowner and voter)
1 Moore, Tania
From: Sheila Ellis < [email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, September 3, 2023 10:33 AM
To: [email protected]; CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF); Van Der Mark, Gracey; Moser, Natalie; McKeon, Casey; Kalmick, Dan; Burns, Pat; Bolton, Rhonda; Strickland, Tony
Subject: Tuesday city council meeting agenda
After reviewing the agenda for Tuesday's city council meeting, I am urging all council members to vote no on agenda item numbers 15, 16, 22, 29, 30, 31, 32, 34, 35.

Sheila Ellis
(She/Her)
1 Moore, Tania
From: Levin, Shannon
Sent: Sunday, September 3, 2023 11:37 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Fwd: Three Requests - September 5, 2023 City Council Meeting Get Outlook for iOS
From: Betty Kanne < [email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, September 3, 2023 9:51:35 AM
To: CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF) <[email protected]> Subject: Three Requests - September 5, 2023 City Council Meeting September 3, 2023
City Council Members,
I ask that you abandon all efforts to place items on the March 2024 Ballot that would change our City Charter. The four majority members mislead voters by pledging not to alter the City Charter and are now poised to utterly transform it for their own benefit.

Reject the cynically written new "Policy on Human Dignity" that drips with homophobic and transphobic tropes.

It's an embarrassment to the open minded, humanity embracing, tolerant people of this community. It is shameful.

Focus on the true problems in our community and cease sowing discord needlessly. Stop the meaningless distractions.

Betty Kanne
16331 Woodstock Lane
1 Huntington Beach, CA 92647
[email protected]
(40+ year HB resident, homeowner and voter)
Moore, Tania
From: Levin, Shannon
Sent: Sunday, September 3, 2023 11:50 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Fwd: 9.5.2023 Agneda Withdraw Items 31 (C) and 34 Get Outlook for ios
From: Pat Goodman <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, September 3, 2023 10:45:19 AM
To: Strickland, Tony <Tony. [email protected]>; CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF) <city.council@surfcity- hb.org>; Gates, Michael <[email protected]> Cc: Fikes, Cathy <[email protected]>
Subject: 9.5.2023 Agneda Withdraw Items 31 (C) and 34
Dear Mayor Strickland, City Council Members, and City Attorney Gates, Please withdraw Agenda Items 31 (C) and 34 on the September 5, 2023 HB City Council Agenda.

I reviewed the video of this interaction at the August 1, 2023 city council meeting (approx.., 7 hr., 10 min. mark) between Mayor Pro Tem Van Der Mark, Councilmember Moser. We see there that councilmember Moser raises the question of qualifications to serve on the council's ad hoc committee to review, revise and /or update the city's Statement on Human Dignity which was recently revised to comply with Federal law, and originally written in response to hate crimes committed in the city.

Councilmember Moser asks Mayor Strickland, and he
agrees, if they could discuss the makeup of the ad hoc
committee. The mayor goes ahead and appoints Mayor
Pro Tem Van Der Mark along with councilmembers
Burns and McKeon to this ad hoc committee of three
councilmembers. After this appointment,
1 Councilmember Moser raises the question of the
qualifications and beliefs of its members, particularly the Mayor Pro Tem because of social media posts over
the years where she is in photos, and at rallies with the hate group, Proud Boys. There were many
interruptions of Ms. Moser during this exchange
besides the Mayor Pro Tem. Mayor Strickland to use
his gavel to pause/stop the interaction. The City
Attorney interrupts later, stating his role as
Parliamentarian, without being called upon by the
mayor to do so. It wasn't our best moment to say the
least. The Mayor Pro Tem is very clear that she never
denied the Holocaust happened throughout this
exchange. Ironically, this exchange exhibits to me the
need for a Human Relations Committee here in HB.

It is commendable that Ms. Van Der Mark's three
friends would want to defend her in any way
possible. However, rather than censure Ms. Moser,
why not request their friend issue a clear statement the sets forth her past associations with groups like the
Proud Boys, why she was photographed with them and
at their rallies, and her beliefs about the Holocaust, (the genocide of European Jews during World War II.

Between 1941 and 1945, Nazi Germany). It would also
2 be helpful to know her beliefs and concrete actions that a city agency may engage in to address hate crimes.

If this issue is not addressed clearly by Mayor Pro Tem, 1 am sad to say that it will continue to fester in our
community, and continue to come up in public
comments and on social media.

Please withdraw agenda items 31 (C) and 34, in order
to give Mayor Pro Tem Van Der Mark and opportunity
to respond in her own words about her current and past
association/support/membership in hate groups for the
afety and goodwill of our city.

I look forward to your responses.

Sincerely,
Pat Goodman
Huntington Beach, CA
3 Moore, Tania
From: Fran Delaney < [email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, September 3, 2023 2:51 PM
To: CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF); [email protected] Subject: Current City Council Agenda Items
City Council Members,
I am a Huntington Beach resident and have lived at my home for 33 years. I am shocked and embarrassed on behalf of all residents by the outlandish and dangerous proposals put forth in the August 1, 2023 meeting and items on the agenda for the September 5th meeting.

I emphatically ask that you vote against these agenda items on September 5, 2023, City Council Meeting:
724-240
23-700 and all recommended actions
23-683 and all recommendations
23-734 and all recommended actions
23-731
23-738
I highly disapprove of the censure Councilwoman Moser for her comments made as concern for who would be placed on an Ad Hoc committee for changes to the Declaration of Policy on Human Dignity. She questioned underlying associations with Neo-Nazis and Proud Boys which have never been addressed. Councilwoman Van Der Merck's response was out of order and hysterical and by far more deserving of a censure.

I am shocked at the proposed changes to the City's Declaration of Policy on Human Dignity and strongly oppose them. The verbiage is a direct attack on trans individuals, adults, and children and a veiled attempt to find reasons to ban books in the public library. These actions will also be found illegal and the City will become responsible for even more expensive court proceedings and fines.

In addition, the rapid and unstudied withdrawal from OCPA will result in a multmultimillion-dollar fine. This will be layered atop the unprecedented settlement to maintain partnerships for the air show, the legal fees to fight the State of California, the senseless and inflated salary increase for the City Attorney, and certainly the many fines and court proceedings that will take place, as a result, of the proposed actions in the September 5th meeting. All of these bloated expenses were unnecessary and made with little knowledge or care for fiscal responsibility and will most likely result in a needed tax increase for residents in the future. It's shameful both morally and fiscally.

Finally, an attempt to limit election access, and to attempt to stack elections to favor themselves and strip away the rights of particular groups of individuals is moving toward fascism, which I find atrocious and shameful for all of us who reside in this city. For those who don't see the similarity of these action to fascism, please read some of the descriptions of what these actions are, taken from Merriam Webster dictionary:
"... severe economic and social regimentation and forcible oppression of the opposition. A tendency toward or actual exercise of strong autocratic or dictatorial control." If the City tampers with elections such as what is proposed, that is exactly where we are.

Please read my requests and vote against the proposals listed above.

Moore, Tania
From: Janna Koch < [email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, September 3, 2023 4:21 PN
To: [email protected]
Subiect: Fw: Vote no on Agenda items: 15,16,22,29,30,31,32,34,35 ---- Forwarded Message ----
From: Janna Koch <[email protected]>
To: City. [email protected] <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, September 3, 2023 at 04:08:32 PM PDT
Subject: Vote no on Agenda items: 15, 16,22,29,30,31,32,34,35 To the HB City Council,
RE: City council agenda. VOTE NO on Agenda items
15,16,22,29,30, 31, 32, 34. 35!
unhappy with the job performance of this City Council. Your actual is to represent_ ALL of the voters in HB. Also, to take care of city business and properly maintain the city resources and infrastructure.

You are not only not doing a good job of that, but it has come to my attention that vou intend to sauander 1.2 million of the City's dollars or an unnecessary special election. If you want to have a PAC. • go out and raise YOUR OWN MONEY! Meanwhile the Central Library has bathrooms not Ming, to rapidny working, RATS, the parking lot is rapidly degrading, and a host of other maintenance issues abound including proper ADA access for seniors and disabled persons.

The City Council is breaking the CA State law by not completing the Housing Element. This is your JOB!
I vote to Censure the HB City Council for not doing it! It is past time to stop acting like a mimic of the dysfunctional House of Re a either the are re put ted to do so get or me the
We expect to have the same responsiblities and opportunities to vote as every other citizen of the State of California...it is NOT your job to decide otherwise!
It is highly inappropriate to declare the City of Huntington Beach to be a Non-mask mandate city. we expect to have the same protections necessitated in a public health crisis as the rest of the citizens of Orange County. I am Covid At-Risk. . my pandemic will NEVER be over. I am also my sole support and need my fellow residents to not make me sick. As to fiscal responsibility, I do not wish the City of HB to have to payout on lawsuits against the city for infecting people by public servants of the citv or have to pay for sick days for the entire HB City Hall, HBPD, HBFD, etc. to infect themselves all again. There are areas of public buildings that are NECESSARY, to mask in during a public health then, namely places ise the try city at on impaired bathrooms do the Central Library!!!
Lastly, I value the service of Natalie Mosier on the HB City Council. represents the People of HB better than any other person on the council.

If the City Council members did not have exposure for comments made regarding their integrity, then it would be much more difficult to do I would be much less successful than Natalie in keeping a proper demeanor in the same circumstances.

Thank you for your attention to these matters...get the job done! Janna Koch
Huntington Beach
[email protected]
Moore, Tania
From: Mark and Jean Erstling <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, September 3, 2023 4:58 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Council Majority Actions
As a taxpayer and voter I am angry that the council majority is taking steps that are costing the city millions of dollars, chasing away the U.S. Olympic Committee with bigoted flag decisions and trying to censure a colleague for asking what should be a simple question for Van der Mark to answer.

The idea of attempting to amend the charter with a March vote is expensive and unnecessary. If you all cared about improving the city you would support the recommendations of the non-partisan Charter Committee. Clearly improving the city is not your goal and we all understand that. The one good thing about the actions of this group is that they are motivating the public to vote them out when the time comes.

Reducing drop off mailing locations and requiring voter IDs is just an attempt to make voting more difficult. Having guards at dropoff locations is wasteful and an attempt to intimidate voters and not make elections more secure. It is likely the city will be sued over this and will cost taxpayers even more money. There is no evidence that our current voting system is a problem other than those like the council majority wanting to disenfranchise many voters.

We don't need the culture wars in our city which chase tourists and businesses away and hurt local businesses. Just do a decent job running the city and stop these anti democratic and bigoted actions.
1 Mark Erstling
Moore, Tania
From: Linda Law < [email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, September 3, 2023 6:48 PM
To: [email protected]; City Council
Subject: Vote No on Agenda items: 15,16,22,29,30,31,32,34,35 Dear Council Members,
Please vote no on agenda items: 15,16,22,29,30,31,32,34,35 at the September 5, 2023 City Council meeting.

I don't even know where to start with my objections to these agenda items.

The proposed charter amendments are unnecessary and would be extremely costly. Over a million dollars to place these amendments on a March 2024 ballot is ridiculous.

There is no evidence of voter fraud that necessitates the city having a separate local election that requires voter id and requires the monitoring of ballot drop boxes.

The City has gotten itself involved in costly anti-housing lawsuits and settled with the Air Show operator for millions when the city is supposedly broke.

The City Council and or the City Attorney have no business determining what books are available in our public libraries.

That is the job of our librarians. Let them do their jobs.

Failing to recognize the transgender community in the revised Statement on Human Dignity is just shameful.

Censuring Council Member Moser for speaking the truth is beyond hypocritical. Having a known racist and anti-semite on the council should be called out every day. There are photos, tapes, and newspaper articles that prove that relationship.

Against staff recommendations, the mayor is recommending that the city choose the lowest ranked Federal Government Affairs lobbyist. Why is that happening?
Proposing that the city ban broad universal mask and vaccine mandates as a response to Covid 19 or its variants is just ill informed. Covid 19 continues to mutate and having mask and vaccine mandates available is just good public health policy.

Dissolving numerous boards with little or no public input is very troubling to say the least.

What's happening with the Climate Action Plan for the City? Our high standards for the City Clerk position and other positions should continue.

Thank you for your time.
1 Moore, Tania
From: Levin, Shannon
Sent: Sunday, September 3, 2023 7:19 PN
To: [email protected]
Subject: Fwd: Vote no on Agenda items: 15,16,22,29,30,31,32,34,35 Get Outlook for iOs
From: Janna koch <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, September 3, 2023 4:08:31 PM
To: CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF) <[email protected]> Subject: Vote no on Agenda items: 15,16,22,29,30,31,32,34,35 To the HB City Council,
RE: City council agenda. VOTE NO on Agenda items
15,16,22,29, 30, 31, 32, 34.35!
ust es and properly maintain the icy resources and intra You are not only not doing a good job of that, but it has come to my attention that you intend to squander 1.2 million of the City's dollars or an unnecessary special election. If you want to have a PAC.

Marke YOUR OWN MONEY! Meanwhile the Central Library has bathrooms nand working, RATS, the parking lot is rapidly degrading, and a host of other naintenance issues abound including proper ADA access for Seniors and disabled persons.

The City Council is breaking the CA State law by not completing the Housing Element. This is your JOB!
I vote to Censure the HB City Council for not doing it! It is past time to stop acting like a mimic of the dysfunctional House of want to do the job, then please EXIT the HB City council chambers i hot Representatives in the US Congress and get the job done! Tito and let others who are better qualified to do so get on with it! we expect to have the same responsiblities and opportunities to vote as every other citizen of the State of california...it is NOT your job to decide otherwise!
It is highly inappropriate to declare the City of Huntington Beach to be a Non-mask mandate city. necessitated in a public heaith crisis as the rest of the citizens of we expect to have the same protections Orange County. I am Covid At-Risk. - my pandemic will NEVER be over. also my sole support and need my fellow residents to not make me sick. As to fiscal responsibility, I do not wish the City of HB to have to payout 1 on lawsuits against the city for infecting people by public servants ot There are areas of public
buildings that are NECESSARY to mask in during a public health crisis. This is because again, the City has FAILED to properly update them, namely places like the tiny, ventilation-impaired bathrooms at the Central Library!!!
Lastly, I value the_service of Natalie Mosier on the HB City Council. epresents the People of HB better than any other person on the council.

Thank you for your attention to these matters...get the job done! Janna Koch
Huntington Beach
[email protected]
2 Moore, Tania
From: martha bergman < [email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, September 3, 2023 7:19 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: One resident's opinion
Dear Huntington Beach Council Members,
I have been a resident of Huntington Beach for over sixty years. For the record, I would like to state that I FIRMLY OPPOSE the following:

Changing our voting process, specifically as suggested by the current proposals concerning the requirement of voter identification and monitoring of ballot boxes.

Changing the requirements to be the City Clerk.

Censure of Councilwoman Moser for doing her job and asking important questions about the appropriateness of Van der Mark's placement on the committee to change our city's Declaration of Policy on Human Dignity.

Changing our city's Declaration of Policy on Human Dignity as suggested by that same committee.

Sincerely,
Martha Bergman
Moore, Tania
From: Levin, Shannon
Sent: Sunday, September 3, 2023 7:20 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Fwd: One resident's opinion
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From: martha bergman <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, September 3, 2023 7:18:35 PM
To: CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF) <[email protected]> Subject: One resident's opinion
Dear Huntington Beach Council Members,
I have been a resident of Huntington Beach for over sixty years. For the record, I would like to state that I FIRMLY OPPOSE the following:

Changing our voting process, specifically as suggested by the current proposals concerning the requirement of voter identification and monitoring of ballot boxes.

Changing the requirements to be the City Clerk.

Changing our city's Declaration of Policy on Human Dignity as suggested by that same committee.

Sincerely,
Martha Bergman
Moore, Tania
From: Allison Ciarelli <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, September 3, 2023 8:09 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: 9/5 Agenda
I do not support the censure of Council Member Natalie Moser.

Allison Ciarelli
Huntington Beach resident
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Moore, Tania
From: p hugh <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, September 3, 2023 8:42 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject:

Ms Moser should be censored and please Do NOT make HuntingtonBeach a vaccine or mask mandate city. Quotes from the Register. Don't repeat past COVID mistakes.

Be brave and remember the terrible problems that the last ridiculous mandates created. We have faith in you listening and knowing what is good for all of us.

Sincerely,
Patti and Mike Hugh
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Moore, Tania
From: Stephen Einstein <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, September 3, 2023 10:36 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Concerns regarding this Tuesday evening's agenda Dear Mayor Strickland and Members of the City Council,
I am unable to attend this week's meeting, but wanted to express my concerns about two of the agenda items:

1. The prior Statements on Human Dignity were passed in a bipartisan manner, showing concern for ALL people in the city. The proposed re-write does quite the opposite. In particular, I find the paragraph regarding gender to be highly problematic. It gives a message to many people that they and members of their families are not really welcome as part of the community. This is narrow-minded in today's world and, frankly, very painful.

2. The proposed censure of Council Member Moser is nothing less than an attempt to stifle free speech. Ms. Moser raised heartfelt questions and she had every right to raise those concerns.

Sincerely yours,
SJE
Rabbi Stephen J. Einstein, D.H.L., D.D.

Pronouns: He/Him/His
HaRav Shalom Ya'akov ben Shaya Zalman v'Zelda
Founding Rabbi Emeritus
Congregation B' nai Tzedek
Fountain Valley, CA
"The world will not be destroyed by those who do evil, but by those who watch them without doing anything." Albert Einstein
Moore, Tania
From: Carol Berk < [email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, September 3, 2023 10:58 PM
CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF)
[email protected]
Subject: Agenda for September 5, 2023
Dear HB City Council,
(In particular, the majority members)
I hardly know where to begin. Your agenda is so filled with items that are obviously on your "We're in the majority, so we have the power to force our extreme views on our city" to-do list rather than an agenda of what to do to protect our city and help it thrive.

First, I find the potential censuring of Councilwoman Natalie Moser for asking a simple question that should be very easy to answer and not at all disrespectful to be a sad example of this council majority's bullying behavior.

Secondly, the rewriting of the Statement of Human Dignity was totally unnecessary and now includes an indisputable and very troubling anti Trans and anti LGBTQ focus.

Finally, your questionable legal and financial agreements and settlements lead me to believe that you have less than honorable intentions and actions involving many programs, projects, and events. These will be affecting our city financially and practically including items relating to the Air Show, Special Election, and for some unknown reason, wanting to have our city powers-that-be demand oversight during regular elections when we all know that the county has that responsibility and has handled it in an outstanding fashion.

What I see is that this council's majority is working to push through choices that do NOT represent the majority of our residents, and will ultimately cost us extra money to implement unnecessary and unwanted contracts, elections, court settlements, and new unneeded responsibilities. Your narrow minded non-inclusive attitude is attempting to change our wonderful city into a hate filled, marginalizing entity despite your claims to the contrary. Remember this...council members will come and go during elections and you may cause damage to our wonderful city, but it will not be forever. Our city will survive you!
Carol Berk
HB resident, home owner, and voter since 1981
Moore, Tania
From: Levin, Shannon
Sent: Monday, September 4, 2023 7:35 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Fwd: Against item 34 on CC 9/5/23 agenda
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From: MEG ROBINSON <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, September 3, 2023 11:49:19 PM
To: CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF) <[email protected]> Subject: Against item 34 on CC 9/5/23 agenda
I saw the discussion mentioned in this item. The mayor pro tem is the party at fault. I did not hear her answer Councilmember Moser's question. Instead the mayor pro tem was the one who interrupted and was inappropriate. This is a clear case of bullying by the 4 against Miser which has occurred at almost every CC meeting.

It is unnecessary and can be resolved by the mayor pro tem stating unequivocally that she believes the Holocaust happened and that she does not share the beliefs of the Proud Boys.

Margaret Robinson
8788 Coral Springs Ct, 206G, HB, 92646
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From: Levin, Shannon
Sent: Monday, September 4, 2023 7:36 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: wd: Public Comment Item 34 & 35, Tuesday, September 5, 2023 Get Outlook for iOs
From: qw <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, September 4, 2023 1:04:48 AM
To: CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF) <[email protected]> Subject: Public Comment Item 34 & 35, Tuesday, September 5, 2023 Good evening City Council,

34. I oppose this item because I doubt sentences 1 & 2 are disrespectful or accusatory. I doubt sentences 3 & 4 are personal or accusatory. A personal comment seems to be speech that isn't directed & made in decorum, so I doubt this item is valid. The city charter shouldn't allow suspicion of untruth to go unchecked, of the findings in the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg & The Nuremberg Code U.S. v Brandt or to play a role in a campaign, so a personal comment is warranted. Note, a person shouldn't be prevented from speaking theoretical caution against political corruption, in personal comments or committees. This item should be removed if it isn't necessary. How did this item happen? This item seems to have inconsistency.

35. I oppose this item & support a no mask mandate. No mask mandate should already be declared because masks dangerously reduce oxygen to a person. This is a major human rights crisis. Other organizations have little jurisdiction over this. I don't know if a city council has legal authority over vaccines. Does it? Please, approve a no mask mandate with haste. This item, as written, seems to have inconsistency.

Non-agendized. A city council should also be prepared to request from the President, a national travel ban of a foreign country in advance notice if there is an untenable, super-virus resurgence in a foreign country. A super-virus & the masks shouldn't happen again.
- Ben Pickens, Huntington Beach, CA
Moore, Tania
From: Levin, Shannon
Sent: Monday, September 4, 2023 7:37 AM
To: [email protected]
Subiect: Fwd: Censure
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From: thomas a. Bliss < [email protected]>
Sent: Monday, September 4, 2023 2:46:54 AM
To: CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF) <[email protected]> Subject: Censure
Huntington Beach has an embedded culture of racism, anti- Semitism and white nationalism.

If the Council would like to demonstrate otherwise, it's Van Der Mark who should be censured, not Moser.

Thomas Bliss
Moore, Tania
From: Levin, Shannon
Sent: Monday, September 4, 2023 7:37 AM
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From: jstone223 @aol.com <jstone223 @aol.com>
Sent: Monday, September 4, 2023 6:10:16 AM
To: CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF) < [email protected]> Subject: Oppose Item #15B, #30, #31, #32, #34, #35
I am apposed to our council majority and City Attorney attempting to change the very fabric of my city of 25 years.

Jessica Stone
"What if today we were just grateful for everything" Charlie Brown.

Moore, Tania
From: Levin, Shannon
Sent: Monday, September 4, 2023 7:39 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Fwd: Comment, 9-5-23 CC mtg., items 15, 16, 30, 31, 32, 34, 35.

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From: Dan Jamieson <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, September 4, 2023 7:36:12 AM
To: CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF) <[email protected]> Subject: Comment, 9-5-23 CC mtg., items 15, 16, 30, 31, 32, 34, 35.

Dear HB City Council:

As a Huntington Beach resident, I appreciate the chance to comment in several items under consideration at the Sept. 5, 2023 council meeting:

Item 15
Please vote NO on item 15, a recommendation to contract with Kahn, Soares, & Conway LLP for State Legislative Advocacy Services and with Stapleton & Associates for Federal Legislative Advocacy Services. It is unclear why these firms were chosen. Stapleton was not highly rated by staff, and Kahn was not rated at all (and appears to focus on agricultural and water law).

HB residents deserve transparency in how lobbying firms are chosen, especially given that the mayor is a professional lobbyist and may have conflicts.
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Item 16
Please vote NO on item 16, to redirect staff to develop policy options regarding city library materials and safeguards.

This item continues development of the unconstitutional book-banning proposals pushed by the council majority.

Having political actors review and restrict books would be an unconstitutional imposition of extreme religious views into the function of our public library, which is to serve all users regardless of faith or political views. Professional library staff are fully capable of choosing materials for our public library. Concerned parents can screen out anything they feel is unacceptable.

Please stop the book-banning efforts that HB residents clearly oppose. ***
Item 30
1 Please vote NO on Administrative Item 30.

The council majority promised HB voters they would refrain from charter amendments. With this item, they go back on that promise.

Charter amendments must be done with a thoughtful, even-handed, transparent process. The proposed batch of amendments in this item is anything but. The amendments were hatched behind closed doors by the council majority looking to consolidate power within the city attorney's office; prevent the council from investigating malfeasance; help the city attorney's wife get elected as city clerk; cement the anti-Pride flag ordinance into the charter; restrict the city's ability to create affordable housing; and improperly interfere with county-run elections in an attempt to cater to election-conspiracy believers.

If charter amendments are needed, they should be done with an open and rigorous process with public notice and comment, and voted on in a November general election, not the lower-turnout primary election. ***
Item 31
Please vote NO on item 31, dissolving the HB Human Relations Committee, and the Mobile Home Advisory Board.

The city's Human Relations Committee is needed more than ever. Hate incidents and crimes are a continuing problem in our city and county. Dissolving the committee is an affront to the diverse community that lives, works and visits our city.

The Mobile Home Advisory board also serves some of our most economically vulnerable citizens, many of them seniors on limited incomes who face rising rents from aggressive mobile-home park owners. The state Dept. of Housing and Community Development is too far removed from issues impacting local mobile-home residents, and our own advisory board can inform city leaders and HCD about HB-related park issues and violations. ***
Item 32
Please vote NO on item 32, the Ad Hoc Committee's proposed Policy on Human Dignity.

The proposed new statement on human dignity is a major step backward for the people of HB.

The existing Human Dignity statement promises respect for everyone, regardless of "actual or perceived racial background, their nation of origin, the religion they practice, their sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or gender expression, or disability status." The existing statement has clear definitions of hate incidents and crimes, and promises action against hate crimes. It encourages and instructs on how to report hate crimes, and notes the tragic history that gave rise to the Dignity statement.

The proposed new statement has none of this. It does not even mention hate crimes. Instead, it offers up a generic tough-on-crime policy, offering to pursue "all of those who participate in crimes in our community," warning specifically of child abuse, including "sexual grooming." This language is chilling--right-wing extremists have associated grooming with the LGBTQ community.

In a clumsy attempt to address the issue of trans athletes, the new policy seems to attack trans and non-binary people.

It says the city "will recognize from birth the genetic differences between male and female." Will trans and non-binary people be protected? If so, will that protection extend to athletics? 2 Respectfully, the proposed new Dignity statement is a farce. Instead of a robust statement of support for vulnerable groups, it targets trans and non-binary people and those who might "groom" children (the LGBTQ community). As written, the new statement will be an embarrassment for the city. ***
Item 34
Please vote NO on item 34, the Move to Censure Council Member Moser.

Councilmember Moser questioned the appointment of the Mayor Pro Tem, who has a history of associating with white nationalists and once shared Holocaust-denial posts, to the sensitive job of writing a new Dignity statement. This was not improper. The council majority knew they might get this reaction. They got it, and now they can engage in more performative posturing with a censure vote.
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Item 35
Please vote NO on Councilmember Item 35.

This item submitted by Mayor Pro Tem Van Der Mark on mask and vaccine mandates, is not needed, and would be an infringement on the freedoms of private businesses to decide such policies for themselves. Likewise, the city of HB, through council, can decide for itself to impose mandates or not within its own facilities.

Mayor Pro Tem Van Der Mark attempts to justify this item by misrepresenting facts. The Chicago Sun Times story she quotes reported on the Cochrane study of masks. The Sun Times, along with other right-wing media, misquoted the study. The misreporting was debunked by Factcheck.org, and by Cochrane itself, which set the record straight (the effectiveness of masks is uncertain): "Many commentators have claimed that a recently-updated Cochrane Review shows that 'masks don't work', which is an inaccurate and misleading interpretation," Dr. Karla Soares-Weiser, the editor-in-chief of the Cochrane Library, said in a March 10 statement. (https://www.factcheck.org/2023/03/scicheck- what-the-cochrane-review-says-about-masks-for-covid-19-and-what-it-doesnt/) The LA Times story Mayor Pro Tem Van Der Mark cites reported on a study of records of nearly 800,000 U.S. veterans and the persistence of covid vaccines. Vets protected by the worst performing vaccine, J&J's, were nevertheless 52% less likely to die than their peers who didn't get any shots, according to the story. Other covid vaccines were even more effective. (Because vaccines wear off, booster shots are recommended.) Vaccines have proven effective. The data are clear. It is troubling that HB's Mayor Pro Tem spouts such blatant misinformation.

Dan Jamieson
Huntington Beach
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From: Mikel Hogan <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, September 4, 2023 8:22 AM
To: [email protected]; CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF) Subject: Stop the Authoritarian Plans of Huntington Beach City Council AttentionHuntington Beach City Council Members,
As a 50 year tax paying resident of Huntington Beach, I request you remove the wasteful, distractive, and nondemocratic agenda items from the September 5, 2023 City Council meeting, namely

1. Remove and stop the censure of councilperson Natalie Moser

2. Stop the wasteful anti-housing policy that is costing the HB taxpayers ($4 million)

3. Stop the wasteful and costly special election ($1.2million) to place unnecessary Charter Amendments on the March 2024 ballot. These undemocratic amendments were designed in secrecy with no expert or community input and promote grossly harmful policies for our city governance.

4. Stop the Mayor's recommendation for the City Council to choose the lowest ranked Federal Government Affairs respondent against the staff recommendation.

For Huntington Beach to effectively face the challenges of global climate change and the many related social and economic issues, we need respectful, inclusive democratic, pro-active governing processes for a strong and resilient Huntington Beach community.

Dr. Mikel Hogan
Moore, Tania
From: Darcy Alsop <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, September 4, 2023 8:28 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Agenda items
Once again, this City Council continues to implement policies that DO NOT REFLECT THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE CITIZENS IN THE CITY OF Huntington Beach.

With regard to the censure of Councilwoman Natalie Moser, it is a WELL KNOWN FACT that Ms. Vandermark is a KNOWN HOLOCAUST DENIER who has associated with hate groups like the Proud Boys, as evidenced by photographs and videos of Vandermark attending rallies with these dangerous groups. Ms. Moser had every right to express her thoughts on how Vandermark's opinions would be influenced by associating with these people. DO NOT CENSURE MS. MOSER. She was exercising her FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT.

Next, the trans and homophobic agenda with regard to flags and "the right to dignity" is exclusionary and disgusting. The dogwhistles are transparent and we see exactly what you're attempting to do.

The banning of books is straight out of the Hitler and Nazi agenda.

Eliminating mask mandates? Those HAVE already been eliminated. This is a matter of Public Health. Huntington Beach is a CITY in CALIFORNIA. You don't like it? MOVE. Once again, Vandermark's ideas about Covid-19, based on conspiracy theories and false rhetoric, have influenced her to put forth a BAN on mandates.

Voter ID checking and Ballot Box monitoring? This is ridiculous and an absolute waste of tax payer money.

Finally, Mayor Tony Strickland has paid 40,000.00 in FINES for violating ETHICS IN CAMPAIGNING. THIS man is OUR MAYOR??? What kind of corrupt person, who has ZERO ETHICS, should be making ANY decisions on what is ethical and right? Not Vandermark OR Strickland.

This City Council is a sham filled with a majority of individuals who lack any sort of actual values or interest in the people of this city besides themselves.

As a homeowner for 28 years and owner of TWO businesses in this city, I vehemently oppose the these proposals set forth on this agenda. Over a million dollars to create these new policies and add to the voting agenda is an absolute waste of time and money. Where is the seven million missing dollars? What about our homeless issue? Empty promises made by liars. Focus on what matters, not attacking residents of this city.

Sincerely,
Darcy Alsop
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From: H Meyers < [email protected]>
Sent: Monday, September 4, 2023 8:37 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Tuesday City Council meeting
I also oppose the censure of Councilperson Natalie Moser.

Hildy Meyers
On Sep 4, 2023, at 8:35 AM, H Meyers <[email protected]> wrote:

I am a resident of Huntington Beach. I strongly oppose the agenda items related to the city charter amendments, the dissolution of various commissions, the changes to the statement on human dignity, and the proposal to review materials at the city library. The city charter amendments are an affront to democracy, especially the weakening of the requirements for city clerk.

Hildy Meyers
Moore, Tania
From: Levin, Shannon
Sent: Monday, September 4, 2023 8:49 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Fwd: City council meeting
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From: Bev Sansone <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, September 4, 2023 8:47:35 AM
To: CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF) <[email protected]> Subject: City council meeting
My name is Beverly Sansone, MD. I have been a resident of Huntington Beach since 1996. I disagree with the censuring of Natalie Moser. I believe she had a right to ask the question someone regarding their previous stated opinions when those opinions are so obviously anti-Semitic and fascist.

I am against the proposed amendments and I feel it is important for transparency to know about the air show settlement.

Beverly Sansone
201 20th St.

Huntington Beach.

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From: Levin, Shannon
Sent: Monday, September 4, 2023 9:52 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Fwd: Vote No on Agenda items: 15,16,22,29,30,31,32,34,35 Get Outlook for ios
From: Linda Law <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, September 4, 2023 9:32:19 AM
To: CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF) <city. [email protected]> Subject: Vote No on Agenda items: 15,16,22,29,30,31,32,34,35 Dear Council Members,
Please vote no on agenda items: 15,16,22,29,30,31,32,34,35 at the September 5, 2023 City Council meeting.

I don't even know where to start with my objections to these agenda items.

The proposed charter amendments are unnecessary and would be extremely costly. Over a million dollars to place these amendments on a March 2024 ballot is ridiculous.

There is no evidence of voter fraud that necessitates the city having a separate local election that requires voter id and requires the monitoring of ballot drop boxes.

The City has gotten itself involved in costly anti-housing lawsuits and settled with the Air Show operator for millions when the city is supposedly broke.

The City Council and or the City Attorney have no business determining what books are available in our public libraries.

That is the job of our librarians. Let them do their jobs.

Failing to recognize the transgender community in the revised Statement on Human Dignity is just shameful.

Dissolving numerous boards with little or no public input is very troubling to say the least.

What's happening with the Climate Action Plan for the City? 1 Our high standards for the City Clerk position and other positions should continue.

Thank you for your time.

Moore, Tania
From: Steven C Shepherd Architect < [email protected]> Sent: Monday, September 4, 2023 9:54 AM
To: [email protected]; CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF) Subject: AGENDA ITEM #34 - THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER MOSER! I would like to thank Councilmember Moser for asking the very same question that immediately came to mind as I listened to the Council's August 1st discussion: How is it appropriate for Ms. Van Der Mark to be included on a committee examining human dignity?
When a fellow council member has been recorded attending a rally hosted by white supremacists, frequently photographed white supremacists, and whose actions attracted the attention of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), why isn't every council member questioning Ms. Van Der Mark's fitness to weigh in on human dignity? Councilmember Moser's question was neither a personal attack nor a baseless allegation but rather a question raised due to a troubling history.

I remember the ADL's letters from 2018 concerning Ms. Van Der Mark's fitness to hold volunteer positions at the Ocean View School District and the City of Huntington Beach. The documentation provided by the ADL and multiple publications was beyond concerning, and the subsequent explanations from Ms. Van Der Mark did little to address the documentation presented.

Although I am quite sure Councilmember Moser will unjustly be censured, I encourage her to embrace this acknowledgment. For when the history of this city council majority is written, those accused of doing something "inappropriate" or "lacking in decorum" will most likely be honored and revered.

Councilmember Moser, please know that you retain both my respect and full support. Please never allow your voice to be silenced.

Steve Shepherd
Huntington Beach 92646
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From: Chris Varga < [email protected]>
Sent: Monday, September 4, 2023 10:11 AM
To: CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF); [email protected] Subject: City Council Meeting 9-5-2023
Huntington Beach City Council,
The following is in regards to City Council Meeting scheduled for 9/5/23. I will predict that all of the controversial Agenda Items this week will pass 4-3 with the usual suspects on their side of the fence. The council will again sit through hours of Public Comment as well as many email comments that one would hope might sway at least one council member to vote outside the box. But not this council. The four block majority members of the council continue with their fascist anti-woke agenda even when it doesn't reflect the City of Huntington Beach. I hope they keep you up to 3 AM with public comments this week! Enough with this MAGA agenda playbook.

Anyway, here are my positions on some of the agenda items:

Agenda Item 30(23-700). NO to any charter changes. The four of you campaigned on NO changes to the charter. Stop the insanity. Stop the Gates family nepotism!
Agenda Item 31(23-693) NO to all these changes. There are a lot of good coming out of these committees with a lot of free volunteer labor! NO changes!
Agenda item 32 (23-734). NO on the changes to the dignity policy. It was just fine the previous version. No changes needed. Stop making work!
Agenda Item 33 (23-732) Agree with this agenda item. The E-Bikes are out of control! This is a start. But we also have a big problem with persons WITH driving licenses. The beach path is a highway with e-bikes going as fast as they can way too often. We also need fines and enforcement! There is signage at numerous places on the beach path that states "Prohibited: Motor Bicycles / Vehicle without permitted". I was taught in engineering school; electric motors are motors! Either changes the signs, law or enforcement. Right now, everything goes! Agenda Item 34 (23-731) NO on this agenda item. Natalie Moser was right to question somethings that many in our city have questioned about Council person Van Der Mark.

Agenda Item 35 (27-738). Just stop with this anti safety ban. Mask work! NO on this agenda item. This is just another check mark in the anti-woke Republican agenda item. Wedge issue BS.

Sincerely,
Chris Varga
Huntington Beach
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From: Marilyn Palomino < [email protected]>
Sent: Monday, September 4, 2023 11:28 AM
To: [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: September 5th City Council Meeting
City Council Members,
I am a Huntington Beach resident and have lived here for 37 years and worked in the community for 24 years. I am in total disagreement with the dangerous and precedent setting proposals put forth in the August 1, 2023 meeting and items on the agenda for the September 5th meeting.

As a concerned citizen I request that you vote against these agenda items on September 5, 2023, City Council Meeting:
724-240
23-700 and all recommended actions
23-683 and all recommendations
23-734 and all recommended actions
$4 23-731
23-738
I highly disapprove of the censure of Councilwoman Moser for her comments made as concerned for who would be placed on an Ad Hoc committee for changes to the Declaration of Policy on Human Dignity. She questioned underlying associations with Neo-Nazis and Proud Boys which have never been addressed.

Councilwoman Van Der Merck's response was out of order and hysterical and by far more deserving of a censure.

I strongly disapprove of 1) streamlining, consolidating, and/or dissolving a select number of the City's Boards, Commissions, and Committees and Council Committees 2) the attempt to require voter ID's and monitoring on drop off ballot boxes, 3) changing the election cycles for the City Clerk and City Treasure, 4) changing the requirements for City Clerk. All of these actions are an attempt to control and limit the voice and votes of residents and are unnecessary and most likely illegal. Your role demands that you take all of the residents' input into consideration. This is a move to change that! The committees". were put in place for good reasons. You need to know their history. Don't dissolve them! I am shocked at the proposed changes to the City's Declaration of Policy on Human Dignity and strongly oppose them. The verbiage is a direct attack on trans individuals, adults, and children and a veiled attempt to find reasons to ban books in the public library. These actions will also be found illegal and the City will become responsible for even more expensive court proceedings and fines. Here again is a waste of public funds in favorpolitical agenda. I remind you that your position on City Council is not partisan! In addition, the rapid and unstudied withdrawal from OCPA will result in a multmultimillion-dollar fine. This will be layered atop the unprecedented settlement to maintain partnerships for the air show, the legal fees to fight the State of California, the senseless and inflated salary increase for the City Attorney, and certainly the many fines and court proceedings that will take place, as a result, of the proposed actions in the September 5th meeting. All of these bloated expenses were unnecessary and made with little knowledge or care for fiscal responsibility and will most likely result in a needed tax increase for residents in the future. It's shameful both morally and fiscally. I am urging the press to become more transparent about this. Most citizens are not aware of this waste!
Finally, an attempt to limit election access, and to attempt to stack elections to favor themselves and strip away the rights of particular groups of individuals is moving closer to fascism and away from democracy. Is it not your role to protect our rights rather than strip us of them? Please read my requests and vote against the proposals listed above.

Marilyn Palomino
Moore, Tania
From: Julie Paik < [email protected]>
Sent: Monday, September 4, 2023 11:34 AM
To: CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF); [email protected] Subject: Opposition to Three Items on the September 5, 2023 agenda Dear Council Members,
I write to the City Council to express my opposition to three agenda items on the September 5, 2023 agenda.

Item 32: 23-734: I oppose the Ad Hoc Committee's amended Policy on Human Dignity. The policy adopted on November 16, 2021 serves all residents of Huntington Beach. The proposed policy discriminates against certain classes of residents.

Item 33: : 23-732: I oppose the censure of Councilperson Natalie Moser. Councilperson Moser's behavior was appropriate and acceptable for the discussion on August 1, 2023. Should this censure occur, all Council members should be afraid to have challenging, but needed, conversations at future Council meetings.

I have voted in every election for the last 40 years and I look forward to voting for the next City Council members. Your vote on these issues will be remembered.

Julie Paik
Moore, Tania
From: Cindy B <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, September 4, 2023 11:36 AM
To: CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF); [email protected] Subject: 9/5/23-City Council Meeting
TO: City Council Members,
I am a Huntington Beach resident and have lived in the city for a total of 27 years. I am outraged on behalf of all residents by the anti-democratic and frightening proposals put forth in the August 1, 2023 meeting and items on the agenda for the September 5th meeting.

The following portion of this letter is a copy of what another kindred spirit and fellow Huntington Beach resident wrote to the city council. I agree with the ideas expressed here and completely support her view which articulately represents own my thoughts.
"I strongly urge you to vote against these agenda items on September 5, 2023, City Council Meeting:
724-240
23-700 and all recommended actions
23-683 and all recommendations
23-734 and all recommended actions
#ЗН 23-731
23-738
I highly disapprove of the censure of Councilwoman Moser for her comments made as concerned for who would be placed on an Ad Hoc committee for changes to the Declaration of Policy on Human Dignity. She questioned underlying associations with Neo-Nazis and Proud Boys which have never been addressed. Councilwoman Van Der Merck's response was out of order and hysterical and by far more deserving of a censure.

Please read my requests and vote against the proposals listed above." Cynthia Bonnycastle
Huntington Beach Resident
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From: Kirk Crawford <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, September 4, 2023 11:42 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Sept 5, 2023 Council Meeting
I ask the city council to vote NO on agenda item 30.

I ask the city council to vote YES on agenda items 34 and 35. #30: Changing the city charter should be completely transparent. This appears not to be the case with these proposed changes. Where is the background information needed to make informed decisions? Until all this information is made available to the public it is wrong to pass these amendments at this time. Vote NO. #34: The censure of council member Moser is appropriate considering how inappropriate her comments about a fellow council member were. It was an embarrassment to our city. Vote YES. #35: Looking back on the many Covid related actions/mandates forced on the public by governments and agencies, it is now clear how many of these proved to be harmful and prolong the effects of the virus. I think it is important that our city be proactive in saying that in the future these mask and vaccine mandates will not be accepted or enforced in Huntington Beach. Vote YES.

Kirk Crawford
50+ year resident of Huntington Beach
Virus-free.www.avast.com
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From: Deb Lelchuk <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, September 4, 2023 12:52 PM
To: CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF); [email protected] Subject: Items on Tuesday, Sept. 5 agenda
As a resident of Huntington Beach, I am voicing my opposition to the following:

Item No. 31 23-693 Adopt Resolution No. 2023-40, "A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach repealing Resolutions 2002-106 and 2021-66, and dissolving the Human Relations Committee; A Human Relations Committee is a vital part of a city the size of Huntington Beach. It is part of a community-wide effort to promote human dignity. The committee works closely with the Police Department to strictly enforce and monitor all incidents that could be classified as hate crimes and hate incidents.

The 2021 Orange County Hate Crimes Report from the OC Human Relations Commission found that hate incidents and crimes have increased by 165% in the past five years, with over 300 reported hate incidents that year and nearly 100 hate crimes. In Huntington Beach, there were seven hate incidents and seven hate crimes in 2022.

This committee is vital to addressing the growing divisions within our community and | urge the council not to dissolve it. Show the community you support the addressing of this horrendous problem.

Additionally, I oppose per item 32. 23-734, the proposed amended Policy on Human Dignity as adding an unnecessary and inflammatory clause giving the council powers that belong rightly with law enforcement and parents. It is not the councils purvue to determine what constitutes grooming etc.

Further, I oppose item 34. 23-731 the censure of council member Natalie Moser. She was acting within her responsibility to question the qualifications of a fellow council member to serve on an ad hoc committee. Censure is not necessary as her statements did not constitute the views/statements of the City Council, but were solely hers alone and were not inappropriate in light of the topic at hand.

Sincerely, Deborah Lelchuk
16802 Coral Cay Lane, Huntington Beach.

Moore, Tania
From: Galassi, Cecelia <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, September 4, 2023 12:58 PM
To: [email protected]; CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF) Subject: Response to Sept. 5 City Council Agenda
September 4, 2023
To the Huntington Beach City Council:

I am writing to tell you that your latest planned actions are an outrage and that I will join other citizens of HB and Orange County in fighting your efforts now and as long as you try tooccupy your current positions.I'm a 12-year homeowner in this city, I work full time in the city, and I'm raising a child here.

As far as I can tell, this is part of what you want to do, starting on Sept. 5:
-Item 15—spendtaxpayer money to hire two sets of lobbyists for the city because you want different rules than any other town in the state.
•...Item 16 - spendup to 2.8 million dollars to hire a medical management firm to fight and, it looks like, manipulate workers' compensation arrangements that are already in existence. •Item 19 -refuseto respond to the OC Grand Jury's report on drought. • Item 22 - spend$3,831,000 to continue to fight the state of California in your ongoing, tax-guzzling lawsuit (again, as if HB goes by different rules than the rest of the state-uh, no). •Item 24-simplysteal funds from the Traffic Congestion relief Prop 42 fund to hire a grant writer. •...Items 27, 28-In totally bad faith cancel a number of existing contracts and open up re-bidding (is that because you want to hire a friend's firm?).
•...Item 29 - Ina total attack on the democratic vote that denied you the opportunity to change City Charter Amendments, you want to fund and arrange a new March 5, 2024 election, so you can try to force your wishes on all of us again.
•.Item 30 -Appropriate1.2 million dollars from taxpayer funds for.... "Business Unit." That's all the explanation you give: Business Unit.
1 •...Item 16-- I will join other citizens to fight your attack on freedom (Item 16) to censor the HB Library and its trained librarians so that citizens have less access to books that you-without training, without any definition of what youmean by "obscene" (there's an existing Supreme Court ruling on that, by the way) want to pick and choose. You also want to "part ways with the American Library Association." What the hell? You don't get to determine anybody's reading options. That's not your job, you aren't qualified to do it, and it is a complete attack on citizen freedoms. You want to deny the supportof experts and the recognized national organization joining libraries across the country.

We know you are attempting to copy what you have seen other power-greedy leaders do in Southern states. It appears you want HB to become like them, and that is a disaster. •Finally, the cowardly vote to rebuke Councilwoman Moser because she called out Mayor Pro Tem Van Der Mark'sdocumentedHolocaust denial record and racism. Van Der Mark's racism been publicly known since before 2018, and though she tries to cover it up and claim that her Latino background means she's not an anti- Semite, she has expressedracist views, and she has posted social media to that effect. In view of the fact that Moser has to watch her and most of you attack our civil liberties and use our money to do it, her frustration is understandable. Van der Mark has shown who she is, and slappingthe wrists of someone who calls it out is dishonest and petty.

We see you. We will continue to fight your actions and power grabs.

HB Resident Cecelia Galassi
2 Moore, Tania
From: Isabella Ford < [email protected]>
Sent: Monday, September 4, 2023 1:13 PM
To: CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF); [email protected] Subject: What happened to common courtesy, respect for differences, keeping your word? City council meetings are such a circus that I know many don't feel safe enough to attend so we watch them online.

This link should remind you of the exchange that Mayor Strickland seems to warrant a censure of Ms. Moser. https://www.youtube.com/live/tepr01blp3Y?feature=shared Ms. Van Der Mark interrupts Ms. Moser with a very loud, harsh tone, and continues to yell in a very angry tone. Yet, Mr. Strickland wants to censure Ms. Moser?? This is the circus type of behavior that has made Huntington Beach such a sad example of an all-American city. Ms. Van Der Mark very rudely interrupts Ms.

Moser yet Mayor Strickland seems to only accuse Ms. Moser of attacking another member? Ms. Moser is trying to ask a very simple question to dispel rumors that came from multiple videos and photos of Ms. Van Der Mark denying the holocaust occurred. And, it really does NOT matter that her family fought in the war because they are not the ones that were elected to serve the City of Huntington Beach. Ms. Van Der Mark was, and she needs to be forthright with her knowledge and opinion of history, especially if she plans to work on a committee to unify our diverse city.

The new council majority also ran on the platform to not change the charter. Even when there were discussions to fix the very sections of the charter that outlined how to replace former council member Tito Ortiz. Yet, now you want to make changes? What is your hidden agenda with these changes? How do they benefit the city that now has a budget issue after the new majority has managed to gut the surplus we had? Finally, the new council majority seems to have no sympathy for others. I really like Mr. Kalmick's analogy in an article I read about how the council majority has "All Lives Mattered" the situation when there was a request to specifically state Huntington Beach does not condone anti-semitism after there were confirmed incidents of hate speech being spread among a specific community. The health of Huntington Beach is at stake and instead of fixing the broken pieces, you decide to say the city as a whole is important. No one denies that.

You had an opportunity to heal a pretty deep wound created by a very hateful act but you decided it was just a superficial scratch. Hate is your priority. You seem to say "Think exactly like me or you are sub-human." I know my emails don't matter to you but I feel compelled to get it on public record that you do not represent Huntington Beach and are very poor examples of public servants, which is what elected officials should be focused on - serving the public. HB has so many wonderful people that have different experiences and opinions and we have such amazing volunteers that take care of our city despite your hate.

Thank you Mr. Kalmick, Ms. Moser and Ms. Bolton for continuing to serve, keeping the city as a whole in your hearts, and putting up with such horrid and discriminatory behavior of the other members.

Isabella Ford
714-308-0660
1 Moore, Tania
From: Ginny C <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, September 4, 2023 2:06 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: City Council Meeting on September 5, 2023
I ask the city council to vote NO on agenda item 30.

Ginny Crawford
Huntington Beach resident for 50+ years
Virus-free.www.avast.com
1 Moore, Tania
From: Jeanne Paris <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, September 4, 2023 2:11 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Yes on Agenda Items 32, 33, 34 and 35
To the City Council,
I strongly support Agenda item's 32, 33, 34 and 35.

I especially support Agenda item #35 regarding declaring the city to be a no mask and no vaccine Mandate City. The over the top, authoritarian reaction from government officials during covid was appalling and completely unnecessary. The damage done to small businesses, public school children as well as our totally economy will take years to recover.

This was a power grab the likes we have never seen.

If you want to wear a mask and get a vaccine, please feel free. But this should never have been tolerated as a mandate across the state.

Thank you.

Jeanne Paris
Huntington Beach Resident
Moore, Tania
From: Paula Schaefer < [email protected]>
Sent: Monday, September 4, 2023 2:13 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: NO on Agenda Item # 34; File No. 23-731 Censure of Natalie Moser Mayor and City Council Members,
Vote NO on this agenda item!
This is a blatant attempt to smear Council Member Natalie Moser, who was merely doing her job by inquiring about the policy beliefs of Mayor Pro Tem Gracey Van Der Mark.

The Mayor Pro Tem should have answered Moser's questions instead of raising her voice and calling Ms. Moser a liar or accusing Ms. Moser of lying. Instead, while the Mayor Pro Tem continued with her accusations, Ms. Moser was unable to obtain a direct answer. The Mayor Pro Tem's statement that "she's answered that question" and deflection that her husband's relative was killed by the Nazis did not answer Ms. Moser's questions.

Ms. Moser's attempt to explain why it was important for a City Council member who would be reviewing and revising the Statement on Human Dignity was shut down. This was done by the Mayor and the City Attorney jumping into the exchange only allowed the Mayor Pro Tem to evade answering the questions (re the Holocaust, Nazis, and ProudBoys).

Council Member Natalie Moser should not be censured for attempting to obtain a direct answer from someone the Mayor appointed to review the Statement on Human Dignity.

Paula Schaefer
Moore, Tania
From: StarsStripes < [email protected]>
Sent: Monday, September 4, 2023 2:45 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: City Council Meeting 9-5-23 Re: Item # 34
I fully support Item 34 for the following reasons:
: Her Vehive aerossassaul telace andermar was unpressaba, disgusting 8& undeserving of a seat on our city council. No one wants that behavior representing our great city of Huntington Beach. • Censuring her will send a clear message, that type of barbaric behavior is simply not acceptable moving forward
Sincerely,
Robert Cloyd
City of Huntington Beach Resident
Moore, Tania
From: Linda Moon <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, September 4, 2023 2:58 PM
To: [email protected]; CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF) Subject: September 5,2023 City Council Agenda
I write in opposition to Agenda Items 16, 30 (A-E), 31(A-K), 32, 33, and 34.

16. The City Council has absolutely no business addressing or determining standards for selection of materials in the public library. The Library is managed and operated by well- educated professional librarians, who have done an outstanding job in selecting materials. There was no public call for council interference until Councilmember Vandermark created a false issue, using a list of materials provided by the radical conservative group Moms for Liberty. Statements that "young children have access to obscene materials" have been proven false. The questioned sexually explicit materials were in the Adult section of the library. Items in the Children's Library relating to homosexuality are age appropriate and subject to parental selection. No "young children" arrive at and select materials without an adult present and parents are notified by email regarding all materials checked out by their children. I've yet to see a toddler arrive at the library alone, and few have the ability to read any written text or understand the context of the items of concern.

30. The proposed charter amendments may not legally be put before the voters on a primary election ballot. Election Code 9255 specifically requires that any charter amendments proposed by the governing body be considered on the General Election ballot. There is no exception that would apply to the proposed action.

The proposed Amendments have been steamrolled through without the opportunity for full public scrutiny. The mostly self-serving amendments have been commingled in a confusing and insufficiently descriptive manner. While charter revision commissions are not mandated by the charter or state statute, they are provided for therein and have been the traditional manner of amending the charter in Huntington Beach. Review by the charter commission, empaneled pursuant to state law, allows input by the public and experts over an extended period of time. Submission on the General Election Ballot allows for their consideration by the largest voting population. The proponent councilmembers are obviously relying on a low-turnout Primary Election to ramrod through amendments that only facilitate their further concentration of control.

After making drastic budget cuts for city services due to reduced revenue and increased costs of litigation and judgments against the city, the expenditure of $1,200,000 is unconscionable.

31. The dissolution of boards and commissions which have provided important and significant input and expertise to the City over many decades is shameful and indicates an unjustified arrogance of the proponent councilmembers in assuming that they know everything there is to know about everything and need no public input. The new council members all promised to listen to the public and invite their participation in decisions relating to the future of the city. This item flies in the face of those promises.

32. The proposed amendment of the City's well-crafted compassionate Policy on Human Dignity is an apparent attempt to diminish the importance of protecting traditionally targeted people of identified classifications. It further denies the existence of those who do not fit into a binary gender classification. An improper religious reference is also relied upon to justify its provisions. The city has no legal control over the limitation of gender participation in activities and the human dignity statement is without any legal significance to the enforcement of civil rights. However, it does identify the city as one that is either welcoming and protective to all or one in which the residents and their leaders are intolerant and discriminatory. I hope we will not be seen as the latter.

33. This item creates another costly bureaucracy that would improperly distinguish rules for the operation of e-bikes from those of surrounding cities in a manner that could not be easily enforced. If the City is concerned about e-bikes, the issues of concern and appropriate amendments to the California Vehicle Code should be discussed with our State Representatives.

34. This proposal to censure Councilmember Moser is outrageous. It highlights the vindictiveness and personal animosity of the proponent councilmembers. Those councilmembers have declined to support any standards of decorum for council meetings and have repeatedly condoned assaultive language being used in reference to Councilmembers Kalmick, Moser and Bolton by members of the public and themselves. The attempt to censure Councilmember Moser for asking that Councilmember Vandermark acknowledge the existence of the Holocaust before taking a position on the Human Relations Commission is absurd. It was Councilmember Vandermark who responded with a screaming nonresponsive diatribe. This item will likely be heard in the early hours of the morning when there will be little audience for this totally unwarranted action. A mature and reasonable action would be to request that staff draft a rational policy of council decorum.

Linda Sapiro Moon
[email protected]
2 Moore, Tania
From: JC < [email protected]>
Sent: Monday, September 4, 2023 3:17 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Agenda Item 34, 9-5-23
I support Agenda Item 34
Moser's conduct at the August 1, 2023 City Council meeting was unforgivable.

Being removed from City Council would have been a more appropriate response.

Thank you
Jean Cloyd
Resident of Huntington Beach
Moore, Tania
From: Lorraine Gayer < [email protected]>
Sent: Monday, September 4, 2023 3:50 PM
To: [email protected]
Cc: CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF)
Subject: Letter to Huntington Beach City Council Regarding Agenda Items for September 5, 2023 City Council Meeting
To: The Huntington Beach City Council
From: Lorraine Gayer
Huntington Beach Resident Since 1970
Voter
September 4, 2023
To the members of The Huntington Beach City Council:

I am concerned about a number of agenda items for the September 5, 2023, city council meeting. My specific concerns are as follows.

I am adamantly opposed to the shameful measures proposed by the Huntington Beach City Council majority to weaken the city's long-standing stated commitment to protect human dignity.

I also oppose the dissolution of the city's Human Relations Committee at a time when our city needs more than ever to enhance communication between the various communities within our city.

I oppose the elimination of other volunteer city committees. This action, if passed, diminishes the involvement of city residents in city governance. This makes the city less democratic
I also oppose the proposed "No Mask, No Vaccine Mandate" measure. We live in a time of unpredictable health needs. It is foolish to foreclose the ability of the city to deal with whatever health threats may arise in the future. This measure puts the very lives of citizens of the city I also oppose the censure of Councilperson Moser. Councilperson Moser's free speech rights as an elected representative should be protected. Should this censure pass, I urge Councilperson Moser to seek a legal remedy.

In the many years that I have lived here since 1970, I have been impressed by the openness and decency in our city. The actions proposed by the current Huntington Beach City Council majority make me ashamed of my city government. Additionally, the actions/positions taken by the city council majority and the city attorney put the city in financial jeopardy.

Lorraine Gayer
16682 Lovell Lane
Huntington Beach CA 92647
Moore, Tania
From: laura sire < [email protected]>
Sent: Monday, September 4, 2023 4:02 PM
To: [email protected]
Cc: laura sire
Subject: Agenda items: 15,16,22,29,30,31,32,34.35. (Agenda dated Sept 5, 2023) Dear Mayor Strickland, Mayor Pro Tem Van Der Mark, and Councilmembers Bolton, Burns, Kalmick, and Moser,
My name is Laura Sire. I moved to Huntington Beach with my family when I was 14 years old. I am now 75 years old so I've been here a long time, and have witnessed many changes over the decades. I was a realtor in this city for about 10 years, and then made a career change to teaching and taught 1st grade for 16 years. The last decade or so I've enjoyed volunteering and being of service to HB.

Currently, I've been experiencing some health issues which have necessitated me stepping back from my activities. However, I am writing today out of the urgency of the crisis I see the governance of Huntington Beach facing.

I am appalled at what has occurred since the council majority Strickland, Van Der Mark, Mckeon, and Burns were sworn in December 2022. Public comments are heard but not really heard.

The "Thank you for being here" mechanically repeated by Mayor Strickland rings hollow as the CC majority deconstructs all that is positive, inclusive, compassionate, and sound city government with their robotic, pre-determined and thoughtless 4-3 votes.

That said, still in hopes of being heard I strongly ask for a NO vote on Agenda items 15,16,22,29,30,31,32,34, and 35.

Although ALL should be voted down, #'s 30,31,32,34 and 35 particularly warrant NO votes:
-30. VOTE NO. Introducing city charter amendment ballot measures for Mar 5, 2023 primary election. *This item is the epitome of hypocrisy as it was brought forward by councilmembers who have repeatedly stated that we should follow and not deviate from our City Charter. This is written as only ONE agenda item and did not involve the electorate of our city. There are 3 measures but actually include many negative impacts such as wasted $$$, voter ID requirement and other conditions that make voting less accessible especially to those whose voices specifically NEED to be heard. *This gives the Mayor alone the power to cancel city council meetings. *$1,200,000 to be spent from City's general fund which is $ taxpayer $.

It solidifies the removal of the Pride Flag flying on city property.g *Overall #30 must be a NO vote. If it is passed and these amendments are on the March ballot, it will be a HUGE waste of money. When folks understand what these measures truly mean they will be voted down.

There will be a campaign to educate and protect HB and ALL people living here by and before March 5th.

THIS WILL NOT PASS ON MARCH 5TH!
1 -31 VOTE NO -Approve the dissolution of the various and many boards, commissions, and committees of HB. This is a clear and dangerous move to silence the voice of the people. It reeks of authoritarianism.
-32 VOTE NO, NO NO! Consider adhoc's proposed policy on statement of human dignity. After reading this abhorrent and insulting so called statement of human dignity, I find myself agreeing with Councilmember Burns, however this is the version that should be cancelled. This draft excludes the LGBTQIA+ community with an emphasis on those who identify as transgender. The fear and suffering that this would cause those individuals including the youth in our city is immeasurable and this statement is shameful and reprehensible.
-34 NO on Censure of Councilmember Moser. I watched the exchange between Councilmember Moser and Mayor Pro Tem Van Der Mark multiple times. Why is this on the agenda? Councilmember Moser was in control and simply asked needed questions of Van Der Mark when Mayor Strickland announced that the ad-hoc committee to amend the human dignity statement would include her.

Considering Councilmember Van Der Mark's social media history, removal from a school board, and photos with white supremacists, Councilmember Moser was performing her due diligence in representing all of the people of Huntington Beach in making her best effort at obtaining the truth. Councilmember VDM was the one who attacked Councilmember Moser, interrupting her and yelling at her. She was the one who breached decorum. It is obvious to anyone who watches the clip.

You owe Councilmember Moser an apology. And because of her highly emotional and hostile denial (which is in opposition to data) we the people of HB are still left wondering and wanting only to know the truth concerning the Councilmember who is in this leadership position. #35 proposed by Councilmember Van Der Mark is ignorant, reckless, and dangerous to the health and safety of HB residents. VOTE NO!
Sincerely,
Laura Sire
(she/her)
PS I along with other residents will be watching Tuesday. 2 Moore, Tania
From: [email protected]
Sent: Monday, September 4, 2023 4:27 PM
To: [email protected]; CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF) Subject: No To Anything the 4 and CA Approve Of!
Everything you 4 (Strickland, Burns, Van Der Mark and McKeon) and CA Gates are pushing through is NOT for the best interest of our city. There are better things the city needs done but you all are refusing to do what is best. You refuse to listen to the residents and are worse than what our last council was like. Its obvious you all have made up your minds ahead of meetings and will do whatever you desire despite what the residents say.

What happened to NOT changing the charter? Strickland? McKeon? Van Der Mark? Burns? Wasn't that part of what you 4 ran on and now you are going back on that but no surprise to those of us residents that see who you 4 are.

To censure Councilmember Moser for the truth is disgusting. More so when mayor Strickland has shown he can not even keep decorum in the meetings and lets those that agree/are pals with the 4 behave inappropriately during meetings. BTW, there is more than enough proof out there about Van Der Mark and that what was said is not lies but truth.

Anna
Moore, Tania
From: Stouts Momma <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, September 4, 2023 4:27 PM
To: CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF)
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Council's agendas for Tuesday's meeting
To the HB City Council,
I couldn't believe my ears when I heard that Natalie Moser is being censored for asking a valid question on Gracey's participation in a committee to amend the city's Declaration of Policy on Human Dignity because of her history of not commenting on allegations denying the Holocaust and friendships with Proud Boys. It's a well known fact that Gracey's best friend is even dating a Proud Boy. Gracey's words and actions have proven her to be discriminatory. Allowing her to be in the committee shows the rumors about the new council's bigotry to be factual and will continue to shame our city's reputation. And censoring Natalie, who happens to be highly educated and very intelligent (unlike Gracey the dropout), shows the council majority's bigotry. I do not think the council should allow Gracey on the committee or censor Natalie Moser.

I do not agree that the council should be changing the city's charter, which was something that the new 4 members ALL campaigned on! You promised your voters that you would NOT make changes to the charter!!! You're proving yourselves to be hypocrites! Huntington Beach should be a city ALL people feel comfortable visiting or residing in. Changing the city charter to make it impossible for future councils to fly the pride flag and adding anti LGBTQ comments tarnishes our city's reputation and makes our city a place people don't feel comfortable living in or visiting. It's bad enough that Vans pulled out of sponsoring the US Open because of the current council's decision to not fly the pride flag during pride month, costing the tax payers. Or how the horrible attack on the HB Library and the LGBTQIA books, led by Gracey, makes our city look homophobic.

Trying to add the requiring of voter identification and monitoring of ballot boxes will end up being fought against and end up costing the tax payers even MORE money towards losing court costs by Gates. It's bad enough we're paying millions for his fight against the state's housing mandate, AND his millions in payments to his buddies that put on the air show. Now you want us taxpayers to front the cost of the inevitable fight against the state for your proposed unconstitutional voting changes.

I have never been embarrassed of living in Huntington Beach...until now. The current council's agendas bring shame to our city. Shame that will follow us for years to come. Shame that makes people decide to vacation in more inviting cities.

Bring compassion and respect back to our city!
Christy
1 Moore, Tania
From: Levin, Shannon
Sent: Monday, September 4, 2023 4:38 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Fwd: Please Censure Councilwoman Moser
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From: Domnic McGee <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, September 4, 2023 1:51:34 PM
To: CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF) <[email protected]> Subject: Please Censure Councilwoman Moser
Honorable Council-members,
I'm writing in support of the censure of Councilwoman Natalie Moser.

Moser's unhinged personal attacks on Councilwoman Gracey Van der Mark, were both offensive and highly slanderous.

Labeling anyone a "Holocaust denier" is akin to calling them a Nazi and is therefore the most vile of insults to the majority of the people in our city.

On a side note, Moser, herself has been supportive of the HRC's Cultural Film Festival. The Film Festival's showcased short film I Am From Palestine, is a pro-Palestinian, anti-Israeli hit piece, which attempts to draw on the public's emotions to highlight the plight of "Palestinians" not having a recognized state. There is nothing in the movie that highlights what happened to the Israeli state in 1948 and 1967 when the surrounding Arab states decided that a second, more final Jewish Holocaust was their doctrine. The Palestinian terrorists group Hezbollah and Hamas are, even today, funded by Iran, who have not been quiet about wanting Israel wiped off the map. For Moser to support such films, gives us an insight as to how covert anti-Semitism works. I would like to think this is an oversight on her part, but in light of her remarks against Van der Mark, this situation deserves to be highlighted.

As a result, I support the censure of Moser and all those on the council who support the covertly anti-semitic HRC film festival.

Regards,
Domnic McGee
Moore, Tania
From: Levin, Shannon
Sent: Monday, September 4, 2023 4:41 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Fwd: City Council Meeting 9-5-23 re: Item 34
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From: StarsStripes <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, September 4, 2023 2:36:24 PM
To: CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF) <[email protected]> Subject: City Council Meeting 9-5-23 re: Item 34
I fully support Item 34 for the following reasons:
• Her vindictive verbal assault on Gracey Vandermark was unforgiveable. • Her behavior and assault on fellow council member was unprofessional, disgusting & undeserving of a seat on our city council. No one wants that behavior representing our great city of Huntington Beach. • Censuring her will send a clear message, that type of barbaric behavior is simply not acceptable moving forward
Sincerely,
Robert Cloyd
City of Huntington Beach Resident
1 Moore, Tania
From: Levin, Shannon
Sent: Monday, September 4, 2023 4:42 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Fwd: Agenda Item 34, 9-5-23
Get Outlook for ios
From: JC <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, September 4, 2023 3:15:23 PM
To: CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF) < [email protected]> Subject: Agenda Item 34, 9-5-23
I support Agenda Item 34
Moser's conduct at the August 1, 2023 City Council meeting was unforgivable.

Being removed from City Council would have been a more appropriate response.

Thank you
Jean Cloyd
Resident of Huntington Beach
Moore, Tania
From: george sire <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, September 4, 2023 4:55 PM
To: laura sire; [email protected]
Cc:

Subject: Re: Agenda items: 15,16,22,29,30,31,32,34.35. (Agenda dated Sept 5, 2023) Nicely put together.

Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone
On Monday, September 4, 2023, 4:02 PM, laura sire <[email protected]> wrote:

Dear Mayor Strickland, Mayor Pro Tem Van Der Mark, and Councilmembers Bolton, Burns, Kalmick, and Moser,
My name is Laura Sire. I moved to Huntington Beach with my family when I was 14 years old. I am now 75 years old so I've been here a long time, and have witnessed many changes over the decades. I was a realtor in this city for about 10 years, and then made a career change to teaching and taught 1st grade for 16 years. The last decade or so I've enjoyed volunteering and being of service to HB.

I am appalled at what has occurred since the council majority Strickland, Van Der Mark, McKeon, and Burns were sworn in December 2022. Public comments are heard but not really heard
The "Thank you for being here" mechanically repeated by Mayor Strickland rings hollow as the CC majority deconstructs all that is positive, inclusive, compassionate, and sound city government with their robotic, pre-determined and thoughtless 4-3 votes.

That said, still in hopes of being heard I strongly ask for a NO vote on Agenda items 15,16,22,29,30,31,32,34, and 35.

Although ALL should be voted down, #'s 30,31,32,34 and 35 particularly warrant NO votes:
-30. VOTE NO. Introducing city charter amendment ballot measures for Mar 5, 2023 primary election.
*This item is the epitome of hypocrisy as it was brought forward by councilmembers who have repeatedly stated that we should follow and not deviate from our City Charter. This is written as only ONE agenda item and did not involve the electorate of our city. There are 3 measures but actually include many negative impacts such as wasted $$$, voter ID requirement and other conditions that make voting less accessible especially to those whose voices specifically NEED to be heard. 1 *This gives the Mayor alone the power to cancel city council meetings. *$1,200,000 to be spent from City's general fund which is $ taxpayer $.

There will be a campaign to educate and protect HB and ALL people living here by and before March 5th.

THIS WILL NOT PASS ON MARCH 5TH!
-31 VOTE NO -Approve the dissolution of the various and many boards, commissions, and committees of HB. This is a clear and dangerous move to silence the voice of the people. It reeks of authoritarianism.
-32 VOTE NO, NO NO! Consider adhoc's proposed policy on statement of human dignity. After reading this abhorrent and insulting so called statement of human dignity, I find myself agreeing with Councilmember Burns, however this is the version that should be cancelled. This draft excludes the LGBTQIA+ community with an emphasis on those who identify as transgender. The fear and suffering that this would cause those individuals including the youth in our city is immeasurable and this statement is shameful and reprehensible.
-34 NO on Censure of Councilmember Moser. I watched the exchange between Councilmember Moser and Mayor Pro Tem Van Der Mark multiple times. Why is this on the agenda? Councilmember Moser was in control and simply asked needed questions of Van Der Mark when Mayor Strickland announced that the ad-hoc committee to amend the human dignity statement would include her. Considering Councilmember Van Der Mark's social media history, removal from a school board, and photos with white supremacists, Councilmember Moser was performing her due diligence in representing all of the people of Huntington Beach in making her best effort at obtaining the truth. Councilmember VDM was the one who attacked Councilmember Moser, interrupting her and yelling at her. She was the one who breached decorum. It is obvious to anyone who watches the clip.

You owe Councilmember Moser an apology. And because of her highly emotional and hostile denial (which is in opposition to data) we the people of HB are still left wondering and wanting only to know the truth concerning the Councilmember who is in this leadership position.
#35 proposed by Councilmember Van Der Mark is ignorant, reckless, and dangerous to the health and safety of HB residents. VOTE NO!
Sincerely,
Laura Sire
(she/her)
PS I along with other residents will be watching Tuesday. 2 Moore, Tania
From: [email protected]
Sent: Monday, September 4, 2023 4:47 PM
To: laura sire; [email protected]
Cc: laura sire
Subject: Re: Agenda items: 15,16,22,29,30,31,32,34.35. (Agenda dated Sept 5, 2023) Laura, that is a great letter!! Thanks for letting me read it. I know you'll be there in spirit tomorrow night. V Sent from the all new AOL app for ios
On Monday, September 4, 2023, 4:02 PM, laura sire < [email protected]> wrote:

Dear Mayor Strickland, Mayor Pro Tem Van Der Mark, and Councilmembers Bolton, Burns, Kalmick, and Moser,
My name is Laura Sire. I moved to Huntington Beach with my family when I was 14 years old. I am now 75 years old so I've been here a long time, and have witnessed many changes over the decades. I was a realtor in this city for about 10 years, and then made a career change to teaching and taught 1st grade for 16 years. The last decade or so l've enjoyed volunteering and being of service to HB.

I am appalled at what has occurred since the council majority Strickland, Van Der Mark, McKeon, and Burns were sworn in December 2022. Public comments are heard but not really heard.

That said, still in hopes of being heard I strongly ask for a NO vote on Agenda items 15,16,22,29,30,31,32,34, and 35.

Although ALL should be voted down, #'s 30,31,32,34 and 35 particularly warrant NO votes:
-30. VOTE NO. Introducing city charter amendment ballot measures for Mar 5, 2023 primary election.
*This item is the epitome of hypocrisy as it was brought forward by councilmembers who have repeatedly stated that we should follow and not deviate from our City Charter. This is written as only ONE agenda item and did not involve the electorate of our city. There are 3 measures but actually include many negative impacts such as wasted $$$, voter ID requirement and other conditions that make voting less accessible especially to those whose voices specifically NEED to be heard. 1 *This gives the Mayor alone the power to cancel city council meetings. *$1,200,000 to be spent from City's general fund which is $ taxpayer $.

There will be a campaign to educate and protect HB and ALL people living here by and before March 5th.

You owe Councilmember Moser an apology. And because of her highly emotional and hostile denial (which is in opposition to data) we the people of HB are still left wondering and wanting only to know the truth concerning the Councilmember who is in this leadership position.
#35 proposed by Councilmember Van Der Mark is ignorant, reckless, and dangerous to the health and safety of HB residents. VOTE NO!
Sincerely,
Laura Sire
(she/her)
PS I along with other residents will be watching Tuesday. 2 Moore, Tania
From: Robin Brandt < [email protected]>
Sent: Monday, September 4, 2023 5:57 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Comments on Council work
Dear Mayor and Council Members,
I am writing in hopes of bringing your focus back to the pressing needs of your city. As I review the agenda I see a great deal of commentary on social issues some disapprove of, far too many active lawsuits, and now time spent censuring one of your own. I find it impossible to believe that these topics are the most significant issues facing Huntington Beach.

Are your schools meeting all needs satisfactorily?
Have you done all you can to consider traffic and parking? Does city hall process permits and applications fast enough to move projects along? Do you have a safety plan in the event another hurricane threatens our region? I could go on, but I hope I have made my point. Your job has little or nothing to do with national culture wars, and everything to do with residents' quality of life. What can you do tomorrow to meet our needs? Robin Brandt
Moore, Tania
From: Annilise Flanagan-Frankl < [email protected]>
Sent: Monday, September 4, 2023 5:58 PM
To: CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF); [email protected] Subject: Comments
As a resident of Huntington Beach I was to express my opinion in a public format since I cannot attend the meeting on September 5, 2023.

1. The Huntington Beach City Council SHOULD NOT CENSOR Councilwoman Natalie Moser for questioning Mayor Pro Tem Gracey Van Der Mark's ability to appropriately participate in a committee to amend the city's Declaration of Policy on Human Dignity. Gracey Van Der Mark has a long history of defending history on the atrocities of the Holocaust and her friendships with the terrorist organization - the Proud Boys.

2. I OPPOSE THE UNNECESSARY ELECTION IN MARCH 2024, TO ADD AMENDMENTS TO THE CITY'S CHARTER. THIS CITY COUNCIL IS SPENDING TAXPAYERS' HARD EARNED MONE.

3. I OPPOSE THE CONTINUED SPENDING OF MY MONEY TO THE KENNEDY COMMISSION. AGAINM, THIS CITY COUNCIL IS SPENDING TAXPAYERS' MONEY ON ISSUES

MAKING HUNTINGTON BEACH SEEM TO BE AN UNWELCOMING COMMUNITY TO ANYONE WHO DOESN'T "FIT" THE MAJORITY OF THOSE ON THE COUNCILS' DESCRIPTION OF "APPROPRIATE FOR THE COMMUNITY".

4. I oppose any action which would allow the City Attorney to expand his staff and to find a mechanism for his wife to become a city employee!! Nepotism is not tolerated!!!

5. I OPPOSE THE SPENDING OF MY TAX MONEY TO FUND THE AIRSHOW! THERE ARE BOTH ENVIRONMENTAL AND PRACTICAL REASONS TO NOT HAVE THE AIRSHOW. I AM

APPALLED AT THE SPENDING OF TAXPAYER MONEY FOR THE MAJORITY ON THE CITY

COUNCIL TO INGRATIATE THEMSELVES WITH FUTURE POTENTIAL DONORS TO THEIR POLITICAL CAREERS.

6. I OPPOSE THE DISBANDING OF COMMITTEES WITH CURRENT VOLUNTEERS PROVIDING FREE PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES TO THE CITY. DISBANDING THESE COMMITTEES

MEANS IN THE FUTURE, THE CITY WILL HAVE TO PAY PROFESSIONALS IN AREAS IMPACTING THE COMMUNITY.

Lastly, I am frustrated by the majority of City Council Members. I strongly suggest reading the book "White Privilege"!
Annilise M. Flanagan-Frankl, M.A.
1 CounselingPsychologist
Nationally Certified School Psychologist
Remember - the past is over, the future is a mystery, and today is a gift. That is why it is called the PRESENT.

Make today count.

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2 Moore, Tania
From: Levin, Shannon
Sent: Monday, September 4, 2023 6:36 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Fwd: Concerns over agenda items on the 9/5/2023 Get Outlook for ios
From: kate healy <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, September 4, 2023 5:07:59 PM
To: CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF) < [email protected]> Subject: Concerns over agenda items on the 9/5/2023
I am writing to convey my concerns and disagreement with several agenda items on Tuesday night's city council meetings.

I am opposed to Council Member Natalie Moser being censured. Council Member Moser, as an elected official, has a responsibility to ask questions that the residents of Huntington Beach have concerning behaviors and associations of Council Member Van Der Mark, at no time was she unprofessional.

I do not agree with, nor do I condone the suggested city's Declaration of Policy of Human Dignity- the current one was about inclusion, the proposed one is transphobic, homophobic and in violation of the recent Supreme Court ruling, as Justice Gorsuch detailed in his majority opinion on the Title VII ruling, as well as excludes those who are non-binary, and intersex.

I am against the requiring of voter identification, it is against California voter laws, and disproportionately effects minorities as explained by the non-partisan group, The League of Women's Voter's https://www.lwv.org/blog/whats-so- bad-about-voter-id-laws
I am against Amendment No. 2. This issue has been covered at nauseum and is opposed by the majority of HB residents as seen at every Council meeting where this was brought up. As a City we have lost contacts and business due to this stance. As it has been pointed out, the Council already had the power to not fly any flags except the ones they vote on- this will limit flying our sister city's flag as well as the Olympic Flag. It is a thinly veiled message of "unwelcome" to the LGBTQ Community.

I am opposed to Amendment No. 3 where Council Members can cancel a regular City Council meeting. These are scheduled in advance, residents plan for them, Council Members are elected to do a job and meetings are part of that.

I also oppose the "No mask and no vaccine mandate' as a city- it is an over reach of the City to legislate, especially when science supports wearing masks to lower respiratory contamination - Council Member Van Der Mark's argument does not consider those who were at higher risk and needed those around them to protect them (much like those undergoing Cancer treatments will often need those around them to mask) nor does it take into consideration the future.

I believe these items will create even more legal problems as well as PR problems for our city... AND mostly, are not kind, and do not represent the majority of the residents of Huntington Beach. 1 As I have witnessed time and time again, the current majority of the City Council is not listening to the majority of the residents in HB and will vote how their extreme supporters have pressured them to vote, seemingly to forget that the City Council is a non-partisan role and policies should reflect the majority of their constituents.

Moore, Tania
From: Levin, Shannon
Sent: Monday, September 4, 2023 7:09 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Fwd: Tuesday meeting - Possible censure of Natalie Moser Get Outlook for ios
From: Lisa Angela Gibilie < [email protected]>
Sent: Monday, September 4, 20235:09:55 PM
To: CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF) <[email protected]> Subject: Tuesday meeting - Possible censure of Natalie Moser I am writing because I do not believe Councilperson Moser should be censored for her remarks. I heard the interchange, it was late C. Moser was impassioned, but Mayor Pro-Tem did nothing to dial it down, instead she interrupted Councilperson Moser, by calling her a liar. You cannot censure one without the other.

Several members of our own Congress have called out and created a ruckus in a SOTU address in Washington and still serve without censure. Their behavior was more out of order and without credibility than what Councilperson Moser did Mayor Pro-tem is mentioned in many articles online of what C. Moser said. It is not defamation if it is true. I believe people can change if they want to, I don't hear that from M. Van Der Mark, I hear her call out her critics with no admission of bad behavior. Her past is easily Googleable.

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It is not fake news if you don't like it. If C, Moser was aware of the literature on M. Van Der Mark it was appropriate for her to question the appropriateness of her writing the Human Dignity statement. She could have done it better, not doubt, but to censure her will be seen as a partisan action.
1 When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around.

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When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace.

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2 Moore, Tania
From: Levin, Shannon
Sent: Monday, September 4, 2023 7:10 PM
To: [email protected]
Subiect: Fwd: Unprecedented Majority Overreach
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From: Dee Turner <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, September 4, 2023 6:01:02 PM
To: CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF) <city.council @surfcity-hb.org> Cc: Estanislau, Robin <[email protected]> Subject: Unprecedented Majority Overreach
First, I must urgently protest the attempt to censure Councilwoman Moser for asking whether Ms. Van Der Mark accepts the Holocaust as fact. Asking a simple question is everybody's 1st A. right, but it is compellingly correct when the council's majority is trying to amend our city's Human Rights Statement. I notice the new language clearly implies that some citizens are somehow less worthy than others. What the rest of us understand is, when somebody's rights are denied or questioned, soon NOBODY has any rights.

Indeed, given the majority's aspiration to limit voting access in Huntington Beach, that seems to be the clear intent.

Orange County's voting process is impeccable and has an esteemed record. That anyone would seek to limit voting suggests this majority is attempting, now that they're cozily in the barn, that they want to lock the barn gates so nobody else can get in—not the best representation of self-confidence, is it? You've made no investigation, not even a haphazard guess, of the potential costs involved, nor have you the slightest circumspection about its probable But corruption is also blatantly clear, here. First: the Pacific Air Show was canceled because higher authorities than this city council closed beach access due to 25,000+ gallons of leaked oil sludge. On the beach. Where Air Show viewers must sit. So the Air Show's lawsuit would never have reached a jury at all, being absolutely unsustainable on the merits. Yet our city attorney, Mr. Gates, decided to give $7 millions in settlement to the same company that made the majority's campaign posters. And he refuses to allow us to see why our taxes were so paid, claiming needed secrecy. Nothing should be secret which requires such a gross expenditure of taxpayer funds, unless it would reveal underlying shenanigans-and then it MUST be exposed. Is it that the Pacific Air Show knows something about this council majority the rest of us have yet to discover? Or should we expect your next campaign posters to be covered in gold leaf? Mr.

Gates should at least be sanctioned by the State Bar—if not criminally indicted-especially for settling plaintiffs' unwinnable case when such obvious conflicts of interest exist.

Then, too, there's the matter of his attempting to downgrade the requirements for City Clerk in order to shoehorn his wife into the position. This is nepotism and unspeakable grandiosity; perhaps Gates requires an evaluation for mental competence. Of course, if the majority could only have a City Clerk who is equally incompetent, perhaps they could then be more successful at railroading through their impractical, incredibly costly, and probably unlawful agenda.

Which brings us to the $4 millions already spent, along with the next $1-1/2 million currently proposed, in your feckless and frivolous lawsuit against the state's housing mandate. If you are uninformed on this issue, be advised that 17 jurisdictions before you have already lost in court. But then, you have the illitimable Mr. Gates representing you, a man so apparently fearful of losing a case which could not legally prevail that he donated $7 millions to it. What, first you 1 have no confidence in your confidence man—and then you have far too much?? Of course, you would not recognize any right in Huntington Beach employees to also live in the city in which they're employed-that would mean listening to the board actually representing the 3,000+ folk who live in 18 mobile home parks here, but they don't count, either, do they? Or you wouldn't think of shutting them down so you could simply ignore the people you think are less worthy citizens. And here we have Mayor Strickland, who so boldly and barefacedly lives in subsidized housing, himself! Shame on you.

I detest the two-facedness, the cronyism, the utter lack of financial competence, the culture wars you support, and the corruption you've brought—instead of simply doing the job for which you were elected! Most who voted for you probably still thought being Republican meant that you would be committed to conservation and keep our wetlands safe and pristine. They likely thought it meant you would repair our many, many pockmarked streets. They may have trusted that you'd employ experts who know that pollarding trees is a very poor arboricultural practice, and that lace pruning instead helps prevent infrastructure upheaval by root systems that grow exponentially when treetops are hacked off. They probably thought you would never think to alter our beautiful Human Rights Statement so that skinheads and their deadly menace might return.

But face it, you're just skinheads who dress better. I watched the 7+ hours of your recent council meeting. After, I was absolutely disgusted that you turned around at the start to pay lip service to a diverse nation you seek to infest with — shall we call it what it truly is?-FASCISM. Yes, you four, your patterns are distinctly fascist. Read up, educate yourselves! My sincere thanks to the many decent people who addressed these issues at the last meeting, especially to Robin Estanislau, who serves so well in her capacity as City Clerk—a job she is well educated to do, with ample years of exact experience, to boot-whose position I hope will not be at risk to this cockamamie attempt to lower the standards for someone who's "run a few businesses," as though that meant anything. (Why more than one? Did she run them into disaster? What has running a business to do with the complex matter of being City Clerk? How lame. If that's how Mr.

Gates presents an argument, dear gods let's recall him, FAST!) I dearly wish this to be read at the next council meeting. But I'm so not holding my breath.

I've lived in HB for 33 years. You don't deserve my name. 2 Moore, Tania
From: Melanie Tioleco-Cheng <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, September 4, 2023 7:48 PM
To: [email protected]; CITY COUNCIL (INCL, CMO STAFF) Subject: Sept 5 Agenda
To the HB Mayor and City Council,
There are many things I could write about regarding the agenda for Sept 5, but I want to start with saying I disagree with the censure of Council Member Moser. She had a valid questions regarding the background and ideology of council members who are supposed to head the committee on Human Dignity and Respect.

In regard to that motion, if it was TRULY meant to be about human dignity and respect, then it would include language that was more inclusive rather than divisive. As it reads now, the Policy on Human Dignity is a dig at nonbinary and gender fluid individuals. Is this really what our city council wants to be known for? For limiting access to books via book bans (a rose by any other name is still a book ban/censorship)? For continuing to put Huntington Beach on the map with decreasing affordable housing options? And for giving in to a minority of people who would endanger others by saying that they are not accepted in our city?
In addition, we cannot predict the future, so stating that mask mandates cannot be implemented is premature and unnecessary.

Please focus on the city of Huntington Beach--we have many issues we need to contend with and we do not need to be making unnecessary motions that may contradict with county and state motions, which may cause further lawsuits when we are already in debt due to the unnecessary payout to the Pacific Air Show.

Sincerely,
Melanie Tioleco-Cheng
Moore, Tania
From: Seth Matson <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, September 4, 2023 7:53 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Concerns and Dissent Regarding Recent City Council Actions Once more, the City Council continues to enact policies that do not align with the views of the majority of the residents of Huntington Beach.

Regarding the censure of Councilwoman Natalie Moser, it is widely known that Ms. Vandermark has affiliations with hate groups like the Proud Boys, and there is clear photographic and video evidence of her participating in their rallies. Ms.

Moser had every right to express her concerns about how Vandermark's associations might influence her opinions. Ms.

Moser was exercising her First Amendment rights, and we should not censure her.

The promotion of a trans and homophobic agenda through flags and the "right to dignity" is divisive and offensive. The use of coded language is apparent, and your intentions are clear.

The act of banning books parallels historical events like those during the time of Hitler and the Nazis.

Regarding the elimination of mask mandates, it is crucial to prioritize public health. Huntington Beach is a city in California, and those who disagree with this approach should consider relocating. Vandermark's views on Covid-19, based on conspiracy theories and false information, have led her to advocate for the removal of mandates.

The implementation of voter ID checks and ballot box monitoring is unnecessary and a misuse of taxpayer funds.

Lastly, Mayor Tony Strickland's history of paying $40,000.00 in fines for ethical violations in campaigning raises concerns about his suitability for his position. This City Council appears to lack genuine values and a commitment to the well-being of the city's residents.

As a homeowner for 21 years and a business owner in this city, and living here since the 70's, I strongly oppose the proposals outlined in this agenda. Spending over a million dollars on new policies and adding them to the voting agenda is a wasteful use of time and money. We must also address the issue of the missing seven million dollars and focus on addressing our homeless problem. Empty promises from our leaders do not benefit the residents of this city.

Sincerely, Seth Matson
1 Moore, Tania
From: Paula Shawa <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, September 4, 2023 8:13 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Sept. 5 City Council Meeting Agenda Item 34 - Proposed censure of Natalie Moser I strongly oppose the proposed censure of Natalie Moser. She is a passionate advocate for all citizens, filled with empathy and kindness, and for you to consider censuring her is outrageous, particularly when the exchange you cite includes as its other participant, Grace Van Der Mark, a proven Holocaust denier and Far Right extremist. It's gaslighting at its worst, targeting the good person for calling out the bad.

Paula Shawa, 16822 Edgewater Lane, HB
Moore, Tania
From: Juana Mueller < [email protected]>
Sent: Monday, September 4, 2023 8:22 PN
To: [email protected]
Subject: Council Agenda, Sept. 5, 2023
Dear City Council of Huntington Beach,
Respectfully, I consider a number of items on this Sept. 5, 2023 Council Agenda dangerous to our City and I believe they lead toward a dismantling of a democratic way of governance.

Therefore I ask for a NO vote o the following items:
#30 (no charter amendments, no March 5, 2024 ballot)
#31 (no dissolving boards and committees)
#32 (no change to policy on human dignity)
#34 (no censure of Councilmember Moser)
#35 ((no resolution to be "no mask no vaccine" city)
Respectfully submitted,
Sincerely,
Juana Mueller.

Moore, Tania
From: Janet Michels < [email protected]>
Sent: Monday, September 4, 2023 7:58 PM
To: CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF); [email protected] Subject: Comments on Agenda items for September 5, 2023 Dear Clty Council,
I have concerns with both the content of this meeting's agenda and the lack of process this Council is using to put forth substantive changes to our City Charter and the structure the city has used to effectively run its business and represent a broad range of its citizens.

Charter Amendments - The Charter review and amendment process has followed a longstanding effort to use an experienced facilitator and a representative group of citizens to do a thorough review of the charter and recommend changes. This process is done on a regular basis and was just completed a little over a year ago. To put together an unskilled ad hoc committee to recommend a large number of changes intended to consolidate power and enable inexperienced candidates to run for office as they lack current qualifications is terrifying in its absolute lack of respecting the Charter's intent and representing the people of this city., Specifically,
Charter Amendment 1: I object to adding language that would essentially prevent the City Council, who runs the city, from making decisions regarding legal actions the city is facing, including to use outside legal counsel. Further I object to allowing the City Attorney to control his own budget without regard to the full budgetary demands of the city, and to give the City Attorney, not the Council final authority on budget increase or decreases. While the City Attorney can recommend budgetary requests, the final authority should rest with the City Council.

Further, the extensive language around voting controls simply is unnecessary and leaves citizens with an impression that oversight and monitoring is required, WHEN THERE HAS BEEN NO EVIDENCE OF FRAUD OR WRONGDOING. Inferring this in the actual language is misleading and fear mongering.

Finally, after years of City Clerk qualifications remaining unchanged, the timing of the recommendation to reduce the specific educational requirements seems quite convenient to coincide with a publicly announced candidate who lacks the current qualifications to run for this office. If candidates are so keen on this position, obtain the necessary qualifications. Don't change the qualifications to fit the candidate.

Charter Amendment 2: Not sure why the election cycle needs to be adjusted. The flag issue has already been ignored by the Council with respect to the wishes of the citizens.

Charter amendment 3: Beyond the language error (taxes not overtly stated), as a member of Finance Commission, I did not approve of this language as necessary to unduly hamper the ability of any City Council to make financial decisions to forego revenue of any kind (parking, property tax etc) in the scope of their effort to plan for a financially sound future.

Statement of Human Dignity- Beyond the fact that the statement is poorly crafted structurally and grammatically, it is offensive in its language and complete disregard of the instances that caused it to be drafted in the first place. Focusing on a narrow interpretation of gender, alluding to grooming and other key topics raised by Mayor Pro Tem Van Der Mark in the past months shows just whose statement this is. It is not reflective of what the city should do in its efforts to support the disenfranchised in our community.
1 And the topic of censure? I would suggest you all review videos of your prior meetings and listen to a number of statements/monologues made by Councilmember McKeon specifically before raising this. In my observation, Councilmember Moser has shown remarkable restraint and professionalism in the face of horrific language and attacks by the supporters of the majority, with nary a word about civility. What a double standard.

This agenda and its content is an embarrassment.

Sincerely,
Janet Michels
Janet Michels
714.448.3095
2 Switzer, Donna
From: Jessamyn Garner < [email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 5, 2023 9:33 AM
To: [email protected]; CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF) Subject: Please oppose agenda items 15, 16, 29, 30, 31, 32, 34, 35 Dear Huntington Beach City Council,
I wish I could attend the meeting tonight, but unfortunately I was exposed to Covid over the weekend. I want to keep my neighbors safe so I plan to stay home.

As a resident of Huntington Beach, I am appalled by many items on tonight's agenda. The policies and decisions that are being considered are hurtful to minorities in this community and they do not represent my I urge you to oppose agenda items 15, 16, 29, 30, 31, 32, 34, and 35.

Special as a meraber of the helori that win die me the stateme to fre in th omity that has been I know based on previous behavior and voting records from the council that this email and the hundreds of galvanize us and we will show up in even greater numbers.

We won't allow this city to continue to be led by hateful rhetoric and exclusionary policies.

Jessamyn Garner
(they/them)
#34
Switzer, Donna
From: Sumi Yata <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 5, 2023 9:31 AM
To: CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF); [email protected] Subject: 9/5 Agenda items
Dear City Council,
Sadly, I am writing to you again to express my outrage over proposed agenda items.

Regarding the charter amendments:

First, the charter amendments are the height of hypocrisy to be supported by the majority, who nade it a huge part of their campaign to never change the charter. Secondly, the proposec changes are solutions in search of a problem. We do not have any voter fraud problems ir Orange County, or in California in general. The OC Registrar runs an impeccable election system and not once has Huntington Beach had a problem with any of it. Asking now for voter IDs and ballot box watching is solely to cater to right wing conspiracists! Additionally, these amendments themselves are going to cost the city over a million dollars just to have an election over! How can we be spending this money after our June meeting in which the majority said we didn't have enough money to run the city and threatened to close the libraries to make ends meet? Where is this million dollars going to come from? Where will the untold millions come from after the city is inevitably sued for these items that run against OC and California voter laws? How does the city plan to budget for implementing these items?? Should we expect more library and park closures to pay for these conspiracies? Lastly, changing the clerk qualifications smacks of cronyism! Why would we want an important office like City Clerk to be less qualified? It makes no sense other than to put someone in office that this majority will directly benefit from.

On the Human Dignity statement, I encourage the council to rewrite this horrendous statement.

Why are including statements about gender and keeping them separate? In addition to being scientifically inaccurate (since you used the word genetic in order to give it cover as having scientific value) it is harmful to more people than just trans individuals (who are less than 1% of the population) to seek to pigeon hole people into just one type of gender expression. The city should focus on city business and leave trans people alone.

On becoming a "No Mask and No Vaccine Mandate" city: Hopefully, we will never have a situation like we had with the early stages of the pandemic, which is still around, in case you haven't noticed!! But, if it should happen, why would we have this kind of mandate when masks and vaccines have been proven to be effective!!
Which brings me to my last point, on the censure of Councilwoman Moser: should the council censure Councilwoman Moser for asking a valid question? Councilwoman VanDerMark's own Youtube channel asked that question. How is Moser now to be punished for asking the same of VanDerMark? Why is Council Member Burns not being censured for inferring that librarians and library staff pedofiles and groomers at the June 20th meeting? How are we so far removed from human decency that we have to question strongly held beliefs of our council members? It is because the majority on this council continue to push items that are not only unnecessary and costly, but that lack compassion and understanding of our fellow 1 residents. Tonight's shameful agenda highlights just how far the majority of this council have strayed from their own promises, and from the will of the residents of Huntington Beach.

I am saddened and outraged when I read the many articles about Huntington Beach in the newspaper. What kind of city have we become? Sadly, I know the emails that you read about these items are going to fall on deaf ears. You DO NOT represent our city well! Jane Yata
#34
Switzer, Donna
From: Erin Spivey < [email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 5, 2023 9:04 AM
To: CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF); [email protected] Subject: Tonight's agenda items
Dear City Council,
I am once again writing to city council to express my dismay and outrage over proposed agenda items.

On the charter amendments:

First, the charter amendments are the height of hypocrisy to be supported by the majority, who made it a huge part of their campaign to never change the charter. Secondly, the proposed changes are solutions in search of a problem. We do not have any voter fraud problems in Orange County, or in California in general. The OC Registrar runs an impeccable election system and not once has Huntington Beach had a problem with any of it. Asking now for voter IDs and ballot box watching is solely to cater to right wing conspiracists! Additionally, these amendments themselves are going to cost the city over a million dollars just to have an election over! How can we be spending this money after our June meeting in which the majority said we didn't have enough money to run the city and threatened to close the libraries to make ends meet? Where is this million dollars going to come from? Where will the untold millions come from after the city is inevitably sued for these items that run against OC and California voter laws? How does the city plan to budget for implementing these items?? Should we expect more library and park closures to pay for these conspiracies? Lastly, changing the clerk qualifications smacks of cronyism! Why would we want an important office like City Clerk to be less qualified? It makes no sense other than to put someone in office that this majority will directly benefit from.

On the Human Dignity statement, I encourage the council to rewrite this horrendous statement. Why are including statements about gender and keeping them separate? In addition to being scientifically inaccurate (since you used the word genetic in order to give it cover as having scientific value) it is harmful to more people than just trans individuals (who are less than 1% of the population) to seek to pigeon hole people into just one type of gender expression. The city should focus on city business and leave trans people alone.

On becoming a "No Mask and No Vaccine Mandate" city, I hope and pray we never experience another pandemic in our lifetimes. But should that occur, why do we need to set ourselves up again as a place opposed to science and compassion?
Which brings me to my last point, on the censure of Councilwoman Moser: should the council censure Councilwoman Moser for asking a valid question? Councilwoman VanDerMark's own Youtube channel asked that question. How is Moser now to be punished for asking the same of VanDerMark? Why is Council Member Burns not being censured for inferring that librarians and library staff pedofiles and groomers at the June 20th meeting? How are we so far removed from human decency that we have to question strongly held beliefs of our council members? It is because the majority on this council continue to push items that are not only unnecessary and costly, but that lack compassion and understanding of our fellow residents. Tonight's shameful agenda highlights just how far the majority of this council have strayed from their own promises, and from the will of the residents of Huntington Beach.

Erin Spivey
30 year resident
1 #34
Switzer, Donna
From: BETHANY WEBB <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 5, 2023 9:02 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Sept 5 city council agenda
Subject: Sept 5 city council agenda
I find it hard to put into words how completely out of line with the majority of Huntington Beach and Decency in general the newly elected members of the city council are.

The new " Policy on Human Dignity" is anything but!
Line three in particular is nothing more than bigotry directed at the Trans community! My 25 year old born and raised in HB, never in trouble, has more rights to recognition in Huntington Beach, than the Racist, Antisemite, Uneducated Vander Mark, or the Fraudster, Run Out Of Ventura County Carpetbagger, who lives in affordable housing but fights to make sure no one else can, Strickland, for that matter the entire Fascist Four have shown themselves disloyal to Huntington Beach, with their crony give away of Huntington beach tax payer money to Kevin Eliot/ Code Four! There is much more on the agenda I find objectionable, including censoring Natalie Moser, who has done nothing but represented our city with dignity and class!
Shame on you!
Bethany Webb
Cell. 714-726-2160
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Switzer, Donna
From: Ann Palmer <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 5, 2023 9:04 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Agenda item support 19, 31, 32, 34, 35
App was frozen this morning.
- Ann Palmer
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From: LISE MILLER < [email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 5, 2023 8:56 AM
To: [email protected]; CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF) Subject: Oppose 15B, 30, 31, 32, 34, and 35
Dear Council,
Please consider the following recommendations:

Oppose Item #15B
There is no explanation why the Council would hire the lowest rated advocacy firm when judged by our own Intergovernmental Relations Committee. A rubric was developed for evaluating the proposals that were submitted in response to the RFP and then the IRC recommended hiring the highest ranked firm, but the Council is poised to hire the lowest ranked firm instead. Without explanation, this seems to be a waste of our tax dollars.

Oppose Item #30
I strongly oppose moving any of the proposed charter amendments to the primary ballot. They were not drafted in accordance with our own rules or charter requirements. There was no citizen commission, only a 3 person ad hoc committee that developed these behind closed doors. None of them are needed for good governance of our city.

Oppose Item #31
I strongly oppose dissolving the city's commissions and committees. They are made up of citizens which allow the Council to have the most direct input from our citizens on varying topics of concern in our city.

Oppose Item #32
I strongly oppose the adoption of the ad hoc committee's "rewrite" of the Policy on Human Dignity. The 2021 version was thorough, complete and inclusive. Not only is this new version incomplete, it is actually exclusive and transphobic. I would be embarrassed for people to know that I live in a city that has published such a horrible document.

Oppose Item #34
I strongly oppose censuring Councilmember Moser for asking a relevant question. When Mayor Pro Tem Van Der Mark was selected to be part of the ad hoc committee to reevaluate a policy that addresses the Holocaust and hate crimes, it is certainly relevant to know if any of the 3 members charged with that task holds any biases. Van Der Mark has never publicly answered the questions that have been swirling around the community for years. I am more concerned that Van Der Mark responded to the reasonable query by shouting and calling Moser a liar. That seems a much more egregious offense.

Oppose Item #35
There have been no mask or vaccine mandates in place for months, if not years. This agenda item seems to be placed just to get people riled up (as if there isn't enough on this agenda). I oppose this waste of time.

Thank you!
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From: Karen Marie Carroll <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 5, 2023 8:57 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Item 34
Mayor Strickland and Members of the City Council
I ask you to withdraw 34. 23-731 that would censure Member Natalie Moser.

At issue here are the FACTS behind the legitimate concern expressed by Ms. Moser.

Which is more disturbing: that Ms. Van Der Mark showcased pieces that are clearly offensive and anti-semitic, or that Ms. Moser called your attention to those real and documented incidents. Natalie spoke relative to the important statement the committee was charged with reviewing and revising. The discrepancy between the prejudicial associations, comments, and actions of Mrs. Van Der Mark and the very idea of Human Dignity is astonishing! We have read the news items, heard the remarks, seen the materials that she consciously promoted. We know of the extremist groups with which she has been connected and the events she has attended. Are you trying to say these things never happened? Your willingness to overlook the shameful history of Ms. Van Der Mark is heartbreaking.

This may not be "punishment" for Natalie, but it is certainly revenge" for Gracie.

Karen Carroll
HBUHSD (ret.)
UCLA (ret)
#34
Switzer, Donna
From: Melissa Amarillas < [email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 5, 2023 8:53 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Comments on Agenda 9/5/23
As a California resident with family in Huntington Beach, I find the current behavior of the city concil appalling. I strongly oppose banning the pride flag in the city charter, changing the human dignity statement, and censuring Councilmember Moser. The conservative members of the city council (Strickland, McKeon, Burns, Van der Mark) are spreading and encouraging hateful retoric and creating a climate of anger, fear, and violence in the community. After the senseless act of violence in Lake Arrowhead, I find it shocking you would so blatantly stand on the side of discrimination and bigotry. Orange County residents are targeting your community members for hate and violence. It will, no, HAS come to your city. You have the opportunity to stand on the right side of history and denonce the messages that are being sent to your queer community members. You are discarding that opportunity by including heavily connotative phrases in your human dignity statement, essentially condoning violence against transgender individuals through the inclusion of the phrase "sexual grooming," which far-right radicals wrongfully accuse transgender individuals of doing. Paragraph 3 of the policy on human dignity is irrelevant and bigoted, flouting scientific knowledge.

You know what you're doing, and so do we. The world is watching you. Let your concil members speak the truth without censure. WE WILL NOT BE SILENCED.
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From: Cathy Caston < [email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 5, 2023 8:49 AM
To: [email protected]; CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF) Subject: Re: City Council Meeting for Sept 5, 2023
Dear City Council Members:

I am a long time resident of Huntington Beach and am writing regarding the upcoming City Council Meeting on September 5, 2023 I strongly oppose the agenda items proposing changes to the City Charter -- there were no public hearings on these items. hese changes to the city charter deny and severely limit our rights as Huntington Beach residents. They compromise voting rights an nake our elections less secure. These changes were done in direct contradiction to the process specified in the City Charter and the City Municipal Code for amending the charter.

The OC Registrar of Voters makes sure that our city and county elections are free and fair.

I object to the censure of Council Member Moser. I fully support Council Member Moser and the comments she made regarding the fitness of Gracey Van Der Mark to oversee the Huntington Beach Human Relations Task Force. Ms Mosher is a well-liked member of the City Council and an advocate for all Huntington Beach residents. This politically motivated censure harms the reputation of our city.

Sincerely,
Cathy Caston
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From: Ada Hand <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 5, 2023 8:48 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Item 34 - No
How dare you censure Council Member Moser? You are an abomination. She speaks up for the people you attack. She made no personal attack on VDM -- the Jewish Anti-Defamation League is a thorough and professional group that identifies people who attack Jews. They don't do this willy-nilly. VDM should address the issue that Moser raised. How many groups and people can you continue to castigate and still be seen as representing the voters of Huntington Beach? You four and Gates are reprehensible.

Ada J. Hand, Secretary
H.B. Mobile Home Resident Coalition
714-717-1294 (cell)
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Switzer, Donna
From: Joanna Weiss <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 5, 2023 9:00 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: City Council Proposals
Dear HB City Councilmembers,
I am writing to express my opposition to the re-writing of the City's Statement of Human Dignity, the elimination of several citizen boards and commissions, the censure of Councilwoman Natalie Moser, ballot measures to ban flying the Pride Flag, and requiring voters to use IDs for city elections (among other voting rights revisions). These proposals are the latest attempts of a concerning trend from the Huntington Beach City Council. As a champion of democracy and a fierce LGBTQ+ ally, I oppose these measures which would limit democratic participation in our local elections and only further inflict harm on our LGBTQ+ community.

Government has the power and responsibility to promote democracy and to create welcoming and safe environments for all of our citizens, especially those in marginalized communities. Instead, what we have seen from the Huntington Beach City Council is a relentless attack on our democratic norms and the trans and LGBTQ+ community.

I urge the board to reject the proposals to put these measures on the March 5th primary ballot, which would also save the city upwards of $1.5 million.

Sincerely,
Joanna Weiss
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From: Levin, Shannon
Sent: Tuesday, September 5, 2023 8:46 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: FW: Oppose agenda Item #23-731
From: Lorelei Lachman < [email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 5, 2023 8:33 AM
To: CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF) <[email protected]> Cc: CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF) < [email protected]> Subject: Oppose agenda Item #23-731
To Mayor Strickland and HB City Council,
To even consider a motion to censure Councilwoman Natalie Moser is reprehensible. I was in the chamber the evening Councilwoman Moser thoughtfully addressed her concerns regarding the questionable past YouTube and social media posts Mayor Pro Tem Gracey Van Der Mark chose to be involved with-they are posts with the friends she keeps, she is in posts that propagate lies and hate. Was Ms. Van Der Mark really the best person to serve on this ad hoc committee? Really?
This agenda item to censure Councilwoman Moser is clearly an abuse of power and another example of how the 4-3 vote from the council continues to divide our city. You are leaders, elected to serve, knowing that your past could come back to bite you. Councilwoman Moser was doing her job as she calmly questioned the Mayor Pro Tem as she was being assigned to serve on a board for Human Dignity. This was a valid line of questioning, yet it was Ms. Van Der Mark who started shouting and calling Ms. Moser a liar. Mayor Strickland did not handle the exchange between the two council members fairly and allowed the Parliamentarian to intervene without even being asked. I often hear council members say they have thick skin ya-da-ya-da-ya-da, but I don't see it. I am embarrassed that we are represented by such a group of bullies and narcissists.

Your strategy to bury agenda items that can have a serious affect on our city and our citizens by introducing them in the wee hours of the night, with a near-empty chamber, feels like a strategy and you are the masterminds who poke and punch down to hurt people every chance you get. You have learned that a news cycle will be quickly forgotten if you just compound one upsetting agenda item on top of the next. I've been watching politics long enough to know that these extremely divisive votes and poor fiduciary decisions that are just plain irresponsible, will not serve you well in the long run. People do not like to be played and we see you performing for your deep-pocketed friends. Once you were elected, you are to be held to a high standard. You took an oath and unlike campaigning, you might just find in the end you have taken all this too far and might be in too deep--the City of Bell comes to mind.

Open your minds and really listen to people, even those who did not vote for you. Look for opportunities to work together and see if you can find ways to disagree without stooping to the level of censuring a member of the body for doing their due diligence.

Sincerely,
Lorelei Lachman
Switzer, Donna
From: Lisa Angela Gibilie <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 5, 2023 8:48 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Fw: Tuesday meeting - Possible censure of Natalie Moser To: CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF) < [email protected]> Sent: Monday, September 4, 2023 at 05:09:55 PM PDT
Subject: Tuesday meeting - Possible censure of Natalie Moser I am writing because I do not believe Councilperson Moser should be censored for her remarks. I heard the interchange, it was late C. Moser was impassioned, but Mayor Pro-Tem did nothing to dial it down, instead she interrupted Councilperson Moser, by calling her a liar. You cannot censure one without the other.

Mayor Pro-tem is mentioned in many articles online of what C. Moser said. It is not defamation if it is true. I believe people can change if they want to, I don't hear that from M. Van Der Mark, I hear her call out her critics with no admission of bad behavior. Her past is easily Googleable.

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It is not fake news if you don't like it. If C, Moser was aware of the literature on M. Van Der Mark it was appropriate for her to question the appropriateness of her writing the Human Dignity statement. She could have done it better, not doubt, but to censure her will be seen as a partisan action.
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From: Levin, Shannon
Sent: Tuesday, September 5, 2023 8:45 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: FW: Comments Re: 9/5 Meeting
From: [email protected] <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, September 5, 20238:07 AM
To: CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF) < [email protected]> Subject: FW: Comments Re: 9/5 Meeting
Please reword the fourth bullet as follows: Censuring a council member for questioning the suitability of a colleague to a very important role * destroys* appropriate and responsible oversight.

From: [email protected] <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, September 5, 2023 7:38 AM
To: '[email protected]' <[email protected]> Subject: Comments Re: 9/5 Meeting
I'll make it brief:
• Dissolution of commissions that make Huntington Beach a more civil place to live makes residents wonder who you're serving. Please reconsider.
• Discouraging the use of masks and vaccines demonstrates a lack of lessons learned. • There is no demonstrated fact-based need to restrict voting in Huntington Beach. • Censuring a council member for questioning the suitability of a colleague to a very important role is called appropriate and responsible oversight.
• Any statement on human dignity should reflect the entire community, and should not reflect the particular religious or ideological views of individual council members.

I'd venture a guess the majority of registered voters in Huntington Beach don't approve of city council members who breach the public trust, ignore public health needs, restrict voting rights, censure oversight, or limit human dignity with personal views. Remember: We vote. And you will see a tremendous get out the vote effort for 2024.

Elaine Meigs
1 Switzer, Donna
From: Levin, Shannon
Sent: Tuesday, September 5, 2023 8:45 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: FW: Comments Re: 9/5 Meeting
From: [email protected] <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, September 5, 2023 8:07 AM
To: CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF) < [email protected]> Subject: FW: Comments Re: 9/5 Meeting
Please reword the fourth bullet as follows: Censuring a council member for questioning the suitability of a colleague to a very important role *destroys* appropriate and responsible oversight.

Elaine Meigs
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From: Levin, Shannon
Sent: Tuesday, September 5, 2023 8:46 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: FW: Please vote no on Item 34
From: Bob Banzett <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 5, 2023 8:18 AM
To: CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF) <[email protected]> Subject: Please vote no on Item 34
Dear Council Members
I write to urge you to vote no on Item 34, the motion to censure Council Member Moser. I was not at the meeting, but I viewed the video of the incident three times. The brief squabble was unfortunate, but it was clear that Council Member Van Der Mark raised her voice first, and she did so while interrupting Ms Moser - she did not have the floor. Sadly, the parliamentarian paid no attention to this violation of procedure.

So the men in the new majority decided to raise a motion to censure only Ms Moser, who is not on their • A fair person would also have included Ms Van Der Mark in their censure motion. They might have noted that Ms Var Der Mark shouted "Liar, Liar" - quite inappropriately (Ms Moser asked her a question, albeit a sensitive one, she never stated that Ms Van Der Mark did not believe in the Holocaust, only that others have said it). She gave Ms Van Der Mark an opportunity to address the misgivings that other people have expressed in public comments at CC meetings. Instead of hurling her own accusations, Ms Van Der Mark could easily have stated that she certainly does believe the Holocaust occurred. This was clearly an altercation that took two people to create.

It is shameful that you choose escalate this brief exchange by raising a censure. Instead the Mayor should find a way to promote more civil meetings (both Members and audience) and bring people together, not make enmities worse. A good leader would attempt to talk with each of the parties, and then try to bring them together.

Instead of trying to work together for the good of Huntington Beach, you choose to bully a Member with whom you disagree. Make no mistake - this is bullying. This is not problem solving.

Robert B Banzett
Huntington Beach voter
[email protected]
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From: Mary Ann Celinder < [email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 5, 2023 10:51 AM
To: CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF); [email protected] Subject: 23-731 Objection to Censure of Natalie Moser
We strongly object to this censure. We listened the exchange. Natalie had valid questions that were certainly pertinent to who would be on this committee
Someone with demonstrably questionable posts from the past should not be on a committee like this. It makes the committee a joke.

Gracy could have, should have answered the questions without interference of Gates or Strickland. She's the one who blew her top, not the composure we would expect fro a pro-tem.

Karl and Mary Ann Celinder
21341 Fleet Lane
Huntington Beach, 92646
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From: Monika Calef <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 5, 2023 10:31 AM
To: CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF); [email protected] Subject: council meeting Sep 5, 2023
Dear City Council,
I was very disturbed to read in the paper about the three amendments to the charter you plan to discuss in today's meeting. Unfortunately, I will not be able to attend. I strongly oppose all your changes to the city charter. The city charter has worked just fine for many years and does not require your probably illegal changes.

I also strongly oppose the expensive and fruitless anti-housing lawsuits. If the city has that much money to throw away, please spend it on community centers, children's activities, and low income housing. Or how about a community pool? Last but not least 1 am absolutely appalled about your censuring of fellow council member Natalie Moser. What ever happened to free speech? If you do not wish to answer questions, don't run for city council but as long as Gracey Van Der Mark is our future mayor, she damn well better answer questions regarding the holocaust and her outrageous previous remarks.

Sincerely,
Monika Calef
Switzer, Donna
From: Allie Plum <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 5, 2023 8:31 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Agenda opposition 9/5/23
I oppose #30...#34.#35
City Council please listen to the people who elected you.

Allison E. Plum

MHRC VP
Switzer, Donna
From: Dennis Pappas < [email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 5, 2023 8:14 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: From Dennis approve 34 35 and changes to charter From Dennis Pappas
Please approve changes to the HB Charter and also approve agenda items 34 and 35.

Switzer, Donna
From: Dennis Pappas < [email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 5, 2023 8:13 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Approve 3435 and Changes to Charter
Dear Mayor and. Council Members, please approve agenda items 34, 35 and approve charter changes. Thank you, Patti Pappas
Switzer, Donna
From: Levin, Shannon
Sent: Tuesday, September 5, 2023 8:05 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: FW: 9/5 City Council Feedback
From: Doug Schneider <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 5, 2023 8:04 AM
To: CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF) <[email protected]> Subject: 9/5 City Council Feedback
To Whom it May Concern:

I am a long-time resident of Huntington Beach and love the community, but have been troubled by the actions of the new City Council majority. The best qualities of our American democracy are justice, equality, and due process of law. Our government is made to represent the electorate. These qualities do not seem to be priorities of the council majority, judging by many recent actions and many more under consideration currently.

Secret ad hoc meetings, concealing the terms of major legal settlements and bypassing public comment on key issues suggest that the council majority does not want the public to know about their actions or to have a voice in them. Inviting more money into the political process as the majority has recently done sends a message that influence is for sale.

I don't have confidence that this council majority will do the right thing, but I am writing to include my voice in the public record. I am opposed to agenda items 16, 30, 31, 32, 34 and 35.

Sincerely,
Doug Schneider
Switzer, Donna
From: Levin, Shannon
Sent: Tuesday, September 5, 2023 7:59 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: FW: Proposed Censure
-----Original Message--..

From: Margaret Sloan <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 5, 2023 7:48 AM
To: CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF) <[email protected]> Subject: Proposed Censure
It is preposterous that this council majority is proposing to censure Ms Moser over her exchange with Ms Van Der Mark! I watched the exchange in full and Ms Moser was simply asking Ms Van Der Mark to comment on her qualifications to serve on an ad hoc committee to consider human rights given her publicly known association with groups that are not aligned with promoting human rights and dignity.

It was Ms Van Der Mark who responded unprofessionally and who might be the better candidate for censure.

Best,
Peggy Sloan
Switzer, Donna
From: [email protected]
Sent: Tuesday, September 5, 2023 7:34 AM
To: [email protected]; CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF) Cc: Jody Kyle
Subject: City Council Meeting for Sept 5, 2023
Dear City Council Members,
I am a 25 year resident of Huntington Beach and am writing regarding the upcoming City Council Meeting on September 5, 2023. I strongly oppose the agenda items proposing changes to the City Charter. There were no public hearings on these items. I am curious to learn who proposed them and why.

As a whole the changes to the city charter deny and severely limit my rights as a Huntington Beach resident. They compromise my voting rights and make our elections less secure. Furthermore, these changes were done in direct contradiction to the process specified in the City Charter for making amendments as well as the City Municipal Code.

I have absolute confidence in the OC Registrar of Voters to conduct free and fair elections. If any city council member believes that the last election was anything other than free and fair, it follows that their election to the City Council or the office of the City Attorney was fraudulent and they should resign immediately.

Regarding the upcoming agenda item to censure Council Member Moser. I fully support Council Member Moser and the comments she made regarding the fitness of Gracey Van Der Mark to oversee the Huntington Beach Human Relations Task Force. Van Der Mark has long had relations with far-right groups and people. Van Der Mark participated in a violent protest in the Huntington Beach City Council chambers on April 2, 2018 in which Huntington Beach residents were shouted at, harassed, and intimidated. This very act alone makes Van Der Mark unfit to serve on the City Council much less on the Huntington Beach Human Relations Task Force. I expect no less than a censure of Gracey Van Der Mark at the upcoming City Council meeting.

Regards,
Mary Kyle
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From: Celeste Rybicki < [email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 5, 2023 7:53 AM
To: CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF); [email protected] Subject: Disgusted but not Defeated, NO on items 15,16, 22, 29, 30, 31, 32, 34, 35 Dear City Council Majority,
I am sure I'm not the first to mention that the attempt to throw all these issues on the agenda today, the day after a holiday long weekend, is a slimy attempt to sneak them all in without giving the public adequate time to realize what you're doing. I don't believe this will change how you vote, you've proven time and time again you do not care how the residents of Huntington Beach really feel. However, I am writing to have it on record, so you cannot deny that your constituents have reached out in opposition.

I and strongly against censuring Councilwoman Moser. Nothing she said was incorrect or inappropriate, she repeated the same concerns many of us have about the Mayor Pro Tem. I do feel that GVDM lashing out against her, interrupting and calling her a liar was unprofessional and inappropriate. If you're going to consider censure I would direct that towards VanDerMark.

I am against the proposed amendments to the city charter. For a group that ran on keeping the city charter as is... I am so confused as to why this is even happening. I didn't vote for any of you so I'm not particularly shocked or disappointed but I assume many who voted for you do feel deceived.

I am so, so, so opposed to the modified Policy on Human Dignity. It is, to put it lightly, wholly undignified. If this offensive monstrosity passes I expect there to be so much public pushback causing embarrassment (and very likely loss of business) for our city. I can say from personal experience, in the past year I have had 3 pride flags stolen from my front yard and in the past 8 years I have had zero attempts at grooming or anything inappropriate towards my children by the HB librarians or public school system or drag queens, for that matter.

I'm writing this morning, not from a place of fear - because I am not afraid that you four (plus Gates, that's a whole other corrupt mess) can truly destroy our city. I'm writing because I have hope that the good, kind, honest and loving community I know here far far outnumbers you and your small-minded attempts. So here's one more email letting you know we see what you're trying to do. I oppose items 15,16, 22, 29, 30, 31, 32, 34, 35. I oppose your fascist, bigoted power grabs.

Celeste Rybicki
HB resident and mother of 3
1 Switzer, Donna
From: Levin, Shannon
Sent: Tuesday, September 5, 2023 6:09 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Fwd: Charter Amendments
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From: Kathy Dowling <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 5, 2023 12:12:47 AM
To: CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF) <[email protected]> Subject: Charter Amendments
I am opposed to the decisions reached by your so called Ad Hoc Committee! This self appointed group must have input from the community. You cannot lead in a vacuum. The "Fab Four" were against the previous council's Charter Amendments and now you are doing the same thing. Safe Surf City opposes this course of action and so do I.

There is no deliberation for the common good. The four of you vote as a block and do not want or regard input from your community.

This agenda is a travesty! You want to take over voting but you have not financed such a vast proposal. The Human Dignity is revised to your beliefs not the communities. You want to change the City Clerk's job description so that the City Attorney's wife can apply. Does that even sound right. In business, you write the Job Description qualifications based on the role and responsibilities, not the candidates qualifications.

Your plan to Censure a fellow council member is a foolish plan. Ms. Van Der Mark has created her own problems and now she wants the three of you to provide cover.

I will end with my thoughts on the No Masks/No Vaccine proposal. With all the problems we have in this City, this is the best you can come up with?
We will vote again and your actions will have consequences.

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Switzer, Donna
From: Levin, Shannon
Sent: Tuesday, September 5, 2023 6:10 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Fwd: This makes me sad...

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From: Sara Walk - <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 5, 2023 12:23:25 AM
To: CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF) <[email protected]>; [email protected] <[email protected]>
Subject: This makes me sad...

I am so frustrated with what has been going on and to watch it in real life was a disgrace.

I watched the youtube recording of the city council meeting on August 1st, and from a neutral perspective, it's baffling to me that Natalie was so quickly shut down for her question. Simply wanting to know somebody's belief on the Holocaust, and involvement with a racist organization, is NOT unparliamentary nor irrelevant. It's actually the opposite, lol. Why couldn't the question be raised, the answer be given, and things move forward professionally. Mr. Strickland, Mr. Gates and Mrs. Van Der Mark should be ashamed of their ignorance.

Also, Gracey Van Der Mark is causing so many problems for this city and I am sad to say, makes me embarrassed that I gusting is a of tern and tet Mat peptech
logical question about whether a person, who is extreme in her thinking, should be on a committee about human dignity doesn't make sense. Gracey's blatant display of disrespect to so many groups of people are well known, just in case you forgot (or turn a blind eye) I am citing some articles below. Just because she deleted any videos or comments online does not mean they did NOT exist.

I am not trying to silence anyone or "cancel" anyone... and if Gracey would have calmly answered or assured Natalie that her concerns are not an issue, that would have been fine... but for the three of you to attack Natalie, who had a valid point to question someone that is known for her extreme views that do NOT align with many in Huntington Beach, is a joke. And these concerns should have been looked at and actually taken seriously not shut down. But again, the majority does what they want, not what is good for this city and its people.

From a neutral perspective... looking at how the city is run, it looks like corruption. Like the majority bullying and doing whatever they want, and this issue of late, with Natalie, is merely a glimpse into the norm... the tip of the iceberg of what is really going on. Which, to be honest... is scary.

For example, what's up with these new amendments?
Why are we trying to digress from the county's approved voting process, and wasting my tax money on voter monitoring?
Why are we all of a sudden diluting the qualifications for city clerk? It sounds like you're trying to get certain people you want, which currently don't qualify, into that position. 1 Why are you trying to "censure" Natalie? Because she is sincerely concerned with potential bias from somebody who has questionable associations and a history of beliefs that may not be inclusive and respectful for all groups? C'mon guys. Please just do the right thing for this city. https://www.ocweekly.com/hb-finance-commissioner-called-blacks-colored-people-on-social-media-2/ https://www.latimes.com/socal/daily-pilot/news/tn-dpt-me-hb-gracey-20180508-story.html https://ca.cair.com/losangeles/news/cair-la-condemns-orange-county-gop-endorsement-of-school-board-candidate- tied-to-white-supremacists-and-islamophobic-statements/ Sara - Huntington Beach resident
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From: Levin, Shannon
Sent: Tuesday, September 5, 2023 6:09 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Fwd: Please read before the City council meeting September 5, 2023 Get Outlook for ios
From: Ann Gaylord <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 5, 2023 12:02:55 AM
To: CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF) < [email protected]> Subject: Please read before the City council meeting September 5, 2023 Dear City Council,
Please note, as a citizen and homeowner of Huntington Beach for 22 years, I strongly oppose the following items on the agenda for Sept.5, 2023:

As a doctor, I strongly oppose the "No mask and no vaccine mandate". It is not supported action in the real health and science community and it is a potential health danger for our community! It is completely unnecessary and a concerning threat to our community members, especially for our more vulnerable family, neighbors, and friends. Also, one should not feel comforted with the proposed exception that people who tested positive for COVID are able to wear a mask under this mandate. COVID testing and reporting has drastically decreased and a person really has no way to know if they are being exposed. It is also incorrect to assume that masks only protect against COVID. They also protect the community from other diseases such as the flu/ influenza, Tuberculosis, and other infections! I am also opposed to the amendment of the Declaration of Policy on Human Dignity. It is offensive and encourages fear mongering and hate towards our LGTBQ community.

Lastly, I do not feel that Council Member Natalie Moser should be censored for her comments as they related to concerns that could potentially create a bias and a misrepresentation of our community.

Thank you for reviewing this letter.

Dr. Ann Gaylord
1 Switzer, Donna
From: Levin, Shannon
Sent: Tuesday, September 5, 2023 6:09 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Fwd: Oppose Agenda Items #30, #31, #32, #34 and #35 Get Outlook for ios
From: Anne Gollay <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, September 4, 2023 11:56:31 PM
To: [email protected]<[email protected]>; CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF) Subject: Oppose Agenda Items #30, #31, #32, #34 and #35 Dear Council Members,
Oppose Agenda Item #30
I am writing in opposition to all Charter amendments as proposed. The Orange County voting process is functioning exceptionally well, and there is no need for the City of Huntington Beach to insert itself into the process at all. There is no valid reason to spend money to "fix" what is not broken. The underlying message of these proposed voting process changes is clearly an attempt to impose the council majority's false beliefs of voter fraud onto the citizens of HB.

It is also clear that Michael Gates is unduly influencing policy and changes to the City Charter to serve his own interests. The citizens of HB need to pay attention here. The City Attorney is an employee of the City, and thereby serves all residents. He reports to the City Council and is not the final say on anything. Where are the checks and balances in these proposed changes to the City Attorney's role? Oppose Agenda Items #31, #32, and #34
Mr. Strickland has demonstrated a very biased and narrow-minded approach to his role as Mayor. He has had ample opportunity to bridge the divides that exist in this city. This is evidenced in his appointment of only his like-minded colleagues on the council to almost every committee, to the exclusion of the minority members. Although, thanks to Mr. Strickland, the minority on the council are not getting to do much on any committee, the minority retains an extremely strong base of support. We would like to see their expertise, intelligence and empathy put to good use on council matters, and not just be shoved aside.

Moser multiple times and didn't give her a chance to complete her thoughts. Also, I didn't catch which council member it was who told Ms. Moser, "well, don't think," but whoever that was deserves to be censured.

Mr. Strickland could have shown some open-mindedness by including one of the non-majority council members on the Ad-Hoc committee to revise the policy on Human Dignity. If he had, perhaps the tone of this entire council might have been changed for the better. Openness and willingness to see and hear others' points of view takes courage, and sadly I don't see that in Mr. Strickland. The dissolution of the Human Relations Committee also reflects a lack of courage on the part of Mr. Burns and Ms. Van Der Mark, and demonstrates that they don't really care about issues faced by ALL residents, only those who agree with their opinions.

To follow up on that, the new draft policy on Human Dignity is appalling. It is clearly discriminating against LGBTQ+ residents and visitors, and in particular, transgender people. It also doesn't address hate incidents and crimes that DO occur in our city against all minorities. I do not understand the fixation on sexual grooming. Again, this is where the majority council members are imposing their beliefs on all residents. As much as you may not like it, minorities of all kinds live in our city, and all have the same rights. HB has a very bad reputation for intolerance and bigotry, and I would not be surprised if this goes against the city during the selection of host cities for the Olympic Games.

Oppose Agenda Item #35
I am also concerned with the ignorance exhibited in Ms. Van Der Mark's "No mask and vaccine mandate" proposal. There are no mandates in place, and there are unlikely to be any in the future. However, Covid-19 continues to take lives, and it has been scientifically proven that masks and vaccines help prevent infections, make them shorter, less serious and reduce fatalities. What is wrong with that? Respectfully,
Anne Gollay
2 Switzer, Donna
From: Levin, Shannon
Sent: Tuesday, September 5, 2023 6:08 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Fwd: Item 34 Proposed Censure of Councilwoman Natalie Moser Get Outlook for ios
From: Jeanne Farrens <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, September 4, 2023 11:51:12 PM
To: CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF) <[email protected]> Subject: Item 34 Proposed Censure of Councilwoman Natalie Moser Dear Councilmembers:

I urge you to oppose Item 34 a proposed censure of Councilwoman Natalie Moser.

During the August 1s' Council meeting, Councilwoman Natalie Moser questioned Mayor Pro Tem Van Der Mark on reported past comments regarding her denial of the Holocaust. The question was a pertinent one given Councilwoman Van Der Mark's participation in a committee to amend the city's Declaration of Policy on Human Dignity which refers to the Holocaust and deals with human rights.

Mayor Strickland and Councilmen McKeon and Burns are proposing to censure Councilwoman Moser for what they identify as an "inappropriate" "hostile and personal" attack on Councilwoman Van Der Mark.

However, I have reviewed the entire exchange and what is evident is it was Councilwoman Van Der Mark who escalated the exchange by loudly interrupting Councilwoman Moser before she had even completed her question. Although Ms. Van Der Mark loudly protested, Ms. Moser was only seeking an answer to a reported allegation, an accusation by no less than the Anti-Defamation League, perhaps the most reputable global organization overseeing antisemitism. Ms. Moser was completely within her rights to ask a question. She never accused Ms Van Der Mark of anything. When members of the city council can censure another member for asking a question they don't like, it sets a dangerous and unacceptable precedent.

I deeply oppose Item 34 and urge its rejection.

Sincerely,
Jeanne Farrens
1 Switzer, Donna
From: Levin, Shannon
Sent: Tuesday, September 5, 20236:07 AM
To: [email protected]
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From: Jeanne Whitesell < [email protected]>
Sent: Monday, September 4, 2023 10:19:12 PM
To: CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF) < [email protected]> Subject: Proposed Agenda for Sept. 5
Dear City Councils members,
I read the Agenda for the September 5 City Council meeting and want to state my concerns.

First I am appalled at Item 32, the Human Dignity document, which results in NO Dignity for some Huntington Beach citizens. Are we trying to take Huntington Beach back to the Dark Ages? Second, I'm also against Item 22, which will use reserve funds for lawyers' fees. Why are we supporting lawyers to bring more unnecessary lawsuits? There needs to be more information and openness on where this money is going Third, I'm concerned about Item 16 which seems to me to be an effort to damage one of the great institutions in HB, our wonderful libraries and librarians.

Other Agenda Items I'm opposed to are 15, 29, 30, 31, 34 and 35.

Sincerely,
Jeanne Whitesell
17922 Shoreham Lane
Huntington Beach, CA 92649
714-846-8978
[email protected]
1 Switzer, Donna
From: Diane < [email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 5, 20231:15 AM
To: CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF); [email protected] Subject: Oppose Item #34
I strongly oppose censuring Councilmember Moser for asking a relevant question. When Mayor Pro Tem Van Der Mark was selected to be part of the ad hoc committee to reevaluate a policy that addresses discrimination based on religion and ethnicity, it is certainly relevant to know if any of the 3 members charged with that task hold any biases. Van Der Mark has never publicly answered the questions that have been swirling around the community for years. I am more concerned that Van Der Mark responded to the reasonable query by shouting and calling Moser a liar. That seems a much more egregious offense. Why aren't you considering a censure for a councilmember who shouted on the dias and called another member of the council a liar?
Furthermore, it was inappropriate for the City Attorney, acting as Parliamentarian, to intervene in the exchange. The Mayor should have gaveled and if needed, asked the Parliamentarian for a ruling. The most appropriate thing out of the whole exchange was a reasonable question under the circumstances, yet that is what the majority is seeking to censure.

Again, I encourage you to oppose this item.

Diane James
Switzer, Donna
From: Hb Mill < [email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 5, 2023 9:50 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Sept 5th Agenda
Dear Council Members,
I write to the City Council to express my opposition to three agenda items on the September 5, 2023 agenda.

Item 30: 23-700: I oppose the submission of three Charter amendments to the March 5, 2024 Statewide Primary Election. The current Charter serves the City well and the cost of $1,200,000 could be better used for other city services.
adopted on November 16
discriminates against certain classes of residents.
#3423-731
Item 33:23-732: I oppose the censure of Councilperson Natalie Moser. Councilperson Moser's behavior was appropriate and acceptable for the discussion on August 1, 2023. Should this censure occur, all Council members should be afraid to have challenging, but needed, conversations at future Council meetings.

I have been a resident of Huntington Beach for 28 years and have sent 3 children through our public schools. I have voted in every election for the last 36 years and I look forward to voting for the next City Council members. Your vote on these issues will be remembered.

Millie Starks
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From: Anne Gollay < [email protected]>
Sent: Monday, September 4, 2023 11:57 PM
To: [email protected]; CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF) Subject: Oppose Agenda Items #30, #31, #32, #34 and #35 Dear Council Members,
Oppose Agenda Item #30
I am writing in opposition to all Charter amendments as proposed. The Orange County voting process is functioning exceptionally well, and there is no need for the City of Huntington Beach to insert itself into the process at all. There is no valid reason to spend money to "fix" what is not broken. The underlying message of these proposed voting process changes is clearly an attempt to impose the council majority's false beliefs of voter fraud onto the citizens of HB.

It is also clear that Michael Gates is unduly influencing policy and changes to the City Charter to serve his own interests.

The citizens of HB need to pay attention here. The City Attorney is an employee of the City, and thereby serves all residents. He reports to the City Council and is not the final say on anything. Where are the checks and balances in these proposed changes to the City Attorney's role?
Oppose Agenda Items #31, #32, and #34
Mr. Strickland has demonstrated a very biased and narrow-minded approach to his role as Mayor. He has had ample opportunity to bridge the divides that exist in this city. This is evidenced in his appointment of only his like-minded colleagues on the council to almost every committee, to the exclusion of the minority members. Although, thanks to Mr.

Strickland, the minority on the council are not getting to do much on any committee, the minority retains an extremely strong base of support. We would like to see their expertise, intelligence and empathy put to good use on council matters, and not just be shoved aside.

A prime example of Mr. Strickland's bias is wanting to censure Ms. Moser, after it was very clearly Ms. Van Der Mark who interrupted Ms. Moser to begin with, and began yelling at Ms. Moser. Mr. Strickland and others interrupted Ms. Moser multiple times and didn't give her a chance to complete her thoughts. Also, I didn't catch which council member it was who told Ms. Moser, "well, don't think," but whoever that was deserves to be censured.

Oppose Agenda Item #35
I am also concerned with the ignorance exhibited in Ms. Van Der Mark's "No mask and vaccine mandate" proposal.

There are no mandates in place, and there are unlikely to be any in the future. However, Covid-19 continues to take lives, and it has been scientifically proven that masks and vaccines help prevent infections, make them shorter, less serious and reduce fatalities. What is wrong with that?
Respectfully,
Anne Gollay
2 Switzer, Donna
From: Jeanne Farrens < [email protected]>
Sent: Monday, September 4, 2023 11:53 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Item 34 Proposed Censure of Councilwoman Natalie Moser Dear Councilmembers:

I urge you to oppose Item 34 a proposed censure of Councilwoman Natalie Moser.

During the August 1st Council meeting, Councilwoman Natalie Moser questioned Mayor Pro Tem Van Der Mark on reported past comments regarding her denial of the Holocaust. The question was a pertinent one given Councilwoman Van Der Mark's participation in a committee to amend the city's Declaration of Policy on Human Dignity which refers to the Holocaust and deals with human rights.

Mayor Strickland and Councilmen McKeon and Burns are proposing to censure Councilwoman Moser for what they identify as an "inappropriate" "hostile and personal" attack on Councilwoman Van Der Mark.

I deeply oppose Item 34 and urge its rejection.

Sincerely,
Jeanne Farrens
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From: Scott Malabarba < [email protected]>
Sent: Monday, September 4, 2023 11:16 PM
To: [email protected]; CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF) Subject: regarding multiple agenda items for the Sept 5 council meeting Dear Huntington Beach City Council members,
Council members Moser, Kalmick, and Bolton, thank you for your ongoing courage and integrity.

For the council as a whole, my comments on a number of agenda items for September 5 follow.

In (wary) support of 23-732, e-bikes
This looks like a genuine effort to address a real problem that falls with the city council's purview. Excellent, please do more of that!
In opposition to 23-731, censure of Natalie Moser
The Proud Boys is an hate group that harbors criminals, terrorists, and traitors to this nation. Its purpose is to do harm to entire segments of the American population, including tens of thousands of citizens of the city you serve. So, yes, if an elected official has any association with this organization or espouses its beliefs, such as that the Holocaust was a hoax, that is relevant. And it is fair to ask if they are the right person to revise a policy that was authored to take a stand against those very beliefs.

This censure not about civility. It is a blatant attempt to silence a council member who asked a question that some don't want answered.

In opposition to 23-734, revising the policy on human dignity. "Protect children!" Of course -- everyone wants to protect children.

If you were sincere, you would know that queer and trans youth face drastically elevated risk of bullying, harassment, sexual assault, and suicide, and you would use your position to support and protect them.

Most of us are not looking to the city government to tell us how gender roles should work or what they suppose the differences between the sexes to be. Furthermore, given the history of this city council in attacking librarians and educators, I find this wording around sports to be concerning. Will you next target PE teachers? I am not sure what to make of the paragraph stating that the council will "...vigorously fight criminal activity that risks some one's [sic] freedoms..." Does it mean to imply that the police and city authorities have not been pursuing the apprehension of criminals? Or perhaps, in light of the censure of Ms. Moser, it's a threat: violate our freedom to hurt queer people without consequence and we'll turn the law on you. "...lend your voice in support of treating and respecting all people equally." An admirable sentiment, and I look forward to you all joining me with your voice in support of treating and respecting queer and trans people equally. 1 Let's be honest - this was never a good faith attempt. It was only ever about erasing the original intent of a policy on human dignity that has been in place for decades. You could just leave it alone and move on.

In opposition to 23-700, special election and charter amendment Prior to and during the June 26 special council meeting, we were told that the city was facing budget shortfalls in the upcoming years and that major cuts across most city departments would be necessary. The city will be paying out 8 million+ dollars in lawsuits. So how can the city afford 1.2 million for this election, plus ongoing and unspecified costs for items like running elections?
The structure of the proposed ballot measures is manipulative. Consistently, I see a prominent voter-baiting item (election takeover, ban Pride flags at City Hall) mixed in with completely unrelated items that look innocuous but add power and reduce accountability for the council majority and city attorney.

Every ballot item is a terrible idea (with the possible exception of the Measure C update, which sounds benign, but at this point who knows?).

Good-faith and well-authored ballot measures would be clearly and simply structured and allow voters to separately choose on unrelated items. This special election will probably happen, so I can only hope that HB votes smarter this time around.

Comment on 23-741, "safeguards" for library materials.

Of course the library staff has asked for more time -- you have presented them with an insuperable problem.

The library contains thousands of books that many reasonable parents would agree are inappropriate for young readers: most of the horror, thriller, suspense, and true crime sections; much of fantasy, science fiction, and literature; some history; and the entire romance section (most of us, of course, just pay attention to our kids and don't expect these books to be locked up). If you were sincere, you would be concerned about all of these and not just Genderqueer.

If you were sincere, you would have also noted that commercial bookstores stock the same books. There's little point in "protecting" children from these books at the library if they can just read them at Barnes and Noble. So you'll need to go tell store management that they must rearrange their displays to meet your requirements. And then get sued (again).

I hope some of you have realized that this whole effort is a can of worms that will accomplish nothing and cost the city time, money, and people. You could just make a note to better publicize the library's existing policies and move on.

Comment on 23-726, payouts from litigation reserves
These lawsuits predate current leadership. However, I would hope that upon having to pay out millions of dollars in taxpayer money, the city would learn its lesson and not do it again. Yet, the city is constantly embroiled in lawsuits over housing; the current council has doubled down on its stubborn refusal to comply with decades-old state law. It's not "fighting for HB" if you keep losing.

In opposition to 23-738, anti-mask and anti-vax nonsense This is pure theater. Attempting to override any county or state policies will probably just get the city sued (again). What is most amusing about this item is that the people who are cheering for it never really cared, not even when people were dying of Covid in HB every day. They certainly are not waiting for permission from the city council to rip off their masks. This accomplishes nothing and makes HB look stupid. 2 Comment on 23-693, dissolve various committees and boards I have no background on this matter. Perhaps it is entirely benign. However, in the context of other activities of the current city council, such as 23-700, I am suspicious about the unexplained dissolution of the Environmental and Sustainability Board, the Smart Cities and Technology Committed, and the Youth Board.

Comment on 23-673, IRC contracts
I would never have noticed this were it not pointed out to me. "...staff proposes to recommend to the City Council to approve a 2-year professional services agreement for Federal legislative advocacy services with Van Scoyoc & Associations and another 2-year professional services agreement for State legislative advocacy services with Mercury"
But the plan is to "to execute a Professional Services Contract between the City of Huntington Beach and Stapleton & Associates for Federal Legislative Advocacy Services", the lowest- ranked vendor with just over half the overall score of the recommended vendor? I have no background on this matter. Again, however, in the context of other activities of the current city council, such as 23-700, it looks suspicious and I have to wonder what underlying motives might be at play.

Thank you for your time and attention.

Sincerely,
Scott Malabarba, HB resident
3 Switzer, Donna
From: Levin, Shannon
Sent: Monday, September 4, 2023 10:00 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: •wd: NO on Agenda Item # 34: File No. 23-731 Censure of Natalie Mose Get Outlook for iOS
From: Paula Schaefer <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, September 4, 2023 9:34:49 PM
To: CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF) <[email protected]> Subject: Fwd: NO on Agenda Item # 34; File No. 23-731 Censure of Natalie Moser Mayor and City Council Members,
Vote NO on this agenda item!
This is a blatant attempt to smear Council Member Natalie Moser, who was merely doing her job by inquiring about the policy beliefs of Mayor Pro Tem Gracey Van Der Mark.

Council Member Natalie Moser should not be censured for attempting to obtain a direct answer from someone the Mayor appointed to review the Statement on Human Dignity.

Paula Schaefer
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Paula Schaefer
Switzer, Donna
From: Levin, Shannon
Sent: Monday, September 4, 2023 10:00 PM
To:

Subject: Swooposalems + 15, 1il, 30b 2, 34, and 35 on the September 5, 023 HB Cis Council Agenda
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From: Pat Goodman <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, September 4, 2023 9:26:33 PM
To: Strickland, Tony <[email protected]>; CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF) <[email protected]> Cc: Fikes, Cathy <[email protected]>
Subject: Oppose Items # 15, 16, 30, 32, 34, and 35 on the September 5, 2023 HB City Council Agenda Dear Mayor Strickland and City Council,
I submit my comments in addition to my previous email to Oppose Agenda Items # 31 C and # 34, to you with the understanding that not one of you received a majority of eligible votes in the elections in which you were elected to office. With this consideration in mind, I hope that your votes on Tuesday night will reflect the best interest of all of the people who look to you to represent them, and do what is best to have a well-run American beach city in the 21st century.

Oppose # 15- Consider Intergovernmental Relations Committee (IRC) recommendation to approve and authorize execution of Professional Services Contracts with Kahn, Soares, & Conway LLP for State Legislative Advocacy Services and with Stapleton & Associates for Federal Legislative Advocacy Services
Why would the council approve a contract with the least qualified applicant, Stapleton & Associates, per the RFP analysis?
In addition there are 3 contracts identified in items # 26, 27, 28 that are to be rescinded. Why? The RFP process is very costly and time consuming, and in these cases for projects that will benefit residents. Why would the city go back to the beginning of the RFP process. Please explain the need to do this.

Oppose #16, 30, 32, and 35 these items have no place in the operation of a well-run American beach city in the 21st century. These items appear to be political statements addressed to a minority of people and political supporters in city that highlight ideological differences between neighbors and family members and will only serve to anger and agitate the community and stain the reputation of Huntington Beach. Please withdraw these items from the agenda.
1 Oppose # 16 - Redirect staff to return to City Council on October 17, 2023 with actionable policy options regarding City library materials and safeguards We are blessed with an excellent library system here in Huntington Beach with excellent staff, enthusiastic volunteers, and wonderful patrons. Our library has a system in place to review questionable items raised by members of the community. There is a library commission, responsive library staff and ways for parents to monitor their child's book selections. Use the tools in place to address any questions or concerns.

Oppose # 30 - Consider the submission of 3 Charter amendment ballot measures for voter approval at the March 5, 2024 Statewide Primary Election, and the adoption of Resolution Nos. 2023-42, 2023-43, 2023-44 and 2023-45
Please reconsider these charter amendments. You've not engaged the community to identify the citizens' concerns around these issues. Take the time needed to include the public in this process in order for a successful outcome.

Amendment # 1
Voter ID - what's wrong with the current system of signature verification? More In-person voting locations - will there be separate municipal ballots? Will voters be able to mail them to the City Clerk or OC Registrar of Voters? Monitoring (Ballot?) Drop Boxes - who monitors?
Several questions on the election administration, cost to the city, and coordination with the county. What benefit is derived from pursuing the administration of the municipal elections? What are the costs? What problems and challenges have occurred with the current administration of elections in Huntington Beach? How do these measures protect from voter intimidation?
Clarify voters elect the City Attorney as the city's legal counsel free from interference from city officials
I am most concerned with Amendment #1 office of City Attorney amendments.

This is a consolidation of power around the office of City Attorney and a blow to voter protections.

This is a tremendous overreach and consolidation of power including the issues of independence, transparency, accountability by the City Attorney. This office serves the legal interests of the city (the people) and by extension the city council. If there is a conflict of interest by the city attorney's office on a legal matter such as wrongful termination claims from employees and the City Attorney. How can the City Attorney represent and defend the city and her/himself in such a case? The council must solicit legal opinion from an independent attorney outside of the city's employees in order to defend itself. The City Attorney must take direction from the Council and be a resource to the City 2 Manager, Police and Fire chiefs and other city leadership, and if, for some reason he/she cannot fulfill their role to defend the city.

Amendment # 2
Provide that the only flags that shall be displayed by the City on City property are:
the U.S., County of Orange, City of HB flags, and the Pow, Armed Forces flags Adopt a Two -Year Budget
City Clerk * City Treasurer elections to the gubernatorial cycle These are mostly unnecessary, except the adoption of a Two Year Budget. Some economy will be realized. - enough said.

Amendment # 3
Require voter approval of any City transaction that forgives, etc. the collection of property (taxes) in excess of $100,000 per year, except acquisition of property for parks or infrastructure.

Why do we elect representatives? I hope to carry out the business of the city. Why handcuff councilmembers from resources to address inadequate housing opportunities for its residents. The two properties brought in to provide middle income housing and encourage the possibility of living - working - playing in the same city. Why not provide an opportunity for people to live according to their means and aspire to owning a home in the same city? Wouldn't that provide economic advantage to the city in the long term? The # 1 responsibility for the city is to address the housing needs of its residents. You do that through zoning and developer incentives. This action is not forced on any council.

Oppose Item # 31 B, C, D, E, F, and H - this sweeping agenda item to dissolve and consolidate boards and commissions. Huntington Beach takes pride in its citizen participation and volunteerism. Boards and commissions provide support and oversight functions to the city by interested citizens willing to volunteer their time and expertise on particular subjects.

Update exceptions to Sec. 612 (Measure C) to allow certain children's playground equipment, park-related utility structures and public restrooms be built or improved with limitation
Please be careful to not encroach on precious open space.

Update the procedures to cancel a regular City Council meeting 3 Another example of consolidation of power into the hands of one elected official.

Please don't approve this.

Oppose # 35 - Submitted by Mayor Pro Teem Van Der Mark - Resolution Declaring City to be a "No Mask and No Vaccine Mandate" City
The County of Orange has the responsibility, and resources to issue public health safe guards. Viruses don't have any bounds. Please don't meddle in an arena of public health that the city has no expertise or resources to manage.

Thank you for considering my comments.

Pat Goodman
Switzer, Donna
From: Levin, Shannon
Sent: Monday, September 4, 2023 9:59 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Fwd: Will wonders never cease!
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From: Shirlee Krause <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, September 4, 2023 9:32:28 PM
To: CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF) < [email protected]> Subject: Will wonders never cease!
City Council Members,
Just when you believe it's safe to attend and/or read City Council Agendas, somebody(ies) try to pull some "fast ones" past well-meaning Huntington Beach residents!
Vote NO on Agenda Item 34: File 23-731 Censure of Natalie Moser.

Seriously? Censuring a person who was merely trying to get the answer from the person appointed by our Mayor to review the Statement on Human Dignity. Come on, that's ridiculous! Since when are sincere questions by a person without malice or intent to harm now needing to be censured? I thought I lived in a democracy here in Huntington Beach, America, yet some wisenheimers who want to rule and dictate their beliefs are always, somehow, trying to sneak past already approved guidelines by professionals for their own personal benefit.

Case in point, The Orange County Health Care Agency is best qualified to decide for the public, not some "hot shot, know-it-alls" who apparently are acting out for self aggrandizing! Vote NO on Agenda Item 35: File 23-735 Re Masks and Vaccines.

Last, but most certainly not least, what's this nonsense about a three-person Ad Hoc Committee reviewing our City Charter? Since when does a minority--ad hoc or not-have the authority?! My goodness, what has our City Council become? I and a great number of seniors like me want to know! Please vote NO on Agenda Item 30 and congratulate yourselves on a great decision.

Respectfully submitted,
Shirlee Krause
[email protected]
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Switzer, Donna
From: Levin, Shannon
Sent: Monday, September 4, 2023 9:04 PN
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Subject: Fwd: Information to the City Council members
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Sent: Monday, September 4, 2023 8:58:56 PM
To: CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF) < [email protected]> Subject: Information to the City Council members
Greetings to all HB Councilmembers:

We would like you to NOT
Censure a councilmember
Disband anymore more boards or commissions
Or use the statement of Human Dignaty that the new group of councilmembers designed.

Sincerely,
Ron and Jean Nagy
Switzer, Donna
From: Levin, Shannon
Sent: Monday, September 4, 2023 8:36 PM
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Subject: Fwd: Agenda Item #34
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From: Kathy McGuire <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, September 4, 2023 7:58:50 PM
To: CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF) <[email protected]> Subject: Agenda Item #34
Vote no on Item #34. Ms. Moser has a right to express her opinion and her behavior was not out-of- bounds. This item is unnecessary.

City Council/Public Financing AuthoritySeptember 5, 2023

City Council/Public Financing Authority
September 5, 2023