Special Meeting Minutes
City Council/Public Financing Authority
City of Huntington Beach
Wednesday, July 1, 2026
4:30 PM - Council Chambers
Civic Center, 2000 Main Street
Huntington Beach, California 92648
A video recording of the 4:30 PM portion of this meeting is on file in the Office of the City Clerk, and archived at https://huntingtonbeach.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx
4:30 PM — COUNCIL CHAMBERS
CALL TO ORDER SPECIAL MEETING — 4:30 PM
ROLL CALL
Present: Gruel, Kennedy, Twining, McKeon, Burns, Van Der Mark, and Williams
Absent: None
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE — Led by _______________
ANNOUNCEMENT OF SUPPLEMENTAL COMMUNICATIONS (Received After Agenda Distribution) — None
Mayor McKeon read the new public comment process that became effective on July 1, 2026, per California SB707.
PUBLIC COMMENTS PERTAINING TO CLOSED SESSION ITEMS — None
A motion was made by Burns, with a second by Van Der Mark, to recess to Closed Session.
RECESSED TO CLOSED SESSION — 4:32 PM
CLOSED SESSION
1. 26-575 CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL-EXISTING LITIGATION. (Paragraph (1) of subdivision (d) of Section 54956.9). People of the State of California/Bonta v. City of Huntington Beach, et al.; Case No. 30-2023-01312235-CU-WM-CJC.
2. 26-576 CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL-EXISTING LITIGATION. (Paragraph (1) of subdivision (d) of Section 54956.9). Southwest Voter Registration Education Project, et al. v. City of Huntington Beach; OCSC Case No. 30-2024-01397379-CU- CR-NJC.
CLOSED SESSION REPORT BY CITY ATTORNEY — None
City Council/PFA Special Meeting Minutes
July 1, 2026
ADJOURNMENT — at 5:56, a motion was made by Twining, with a second by McKeon, to adjourn to the next regularly scheduled meeting of the Huntington Beach City Council/Public Financing Authority on Tuesday, July 7, 2026, in the Civic Center Council Chambers, 2000 Main Street, Huntington Beach, California.
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City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council
of the City of Huntington Beach and Secretary of
the Public Financing Authority of the City of
Huntington Beach, California
ATTEST:
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City Clerk-Secretary
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Mayor-Chair