Almost 60% of voters in the beachside city supported the amendment in the low-turnout election that saw less than a quarter of Huntington Beach residents at the polls.

In a move seen as a veiled attempt to ban Pride flags, Huntington Beach voters approved an amendment to the city’s charter this week that barred the city from displaying anything other than a select few official government flags on city property.

According to the Orange County Registrar, 58% of the voters in the beachside city supported the amendment and 42% opposed it. Turnout was low — only 23% of the city’s registered voters headed to the polls.

The charter amendment bars the city from flying anything on city property but the city flag, the Orange County flag, the state of California flag and the American flag as well as some military flags and the Olympic flag.

  • @kescusay
    43•8 months ago

    Alternate headline: “Huntington Beach declares it doesn’t want tourist dollars anymore”

    • metaStatic
      -1•8 months ago

      Those people are the exact reason rainbow capitalism exists and I’m declaring that I will never fly a pride flag at my house just to keep them the fuck away from me.