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Why Teens Love to Hang Out at the Library | KQED

We ❤️ HB Public Library! @supporthbpl.bsky.social · 13d

www.kqed.org/mindshift/65... Libraries need to provide welcoming spaces for teens.

Libraries across the country have embraced teen input and created spaces where teens can relax, study, play games, eat and be creative, at their own pace.

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Huntington Beach must follow state's Freedom to Read Act, O.C. judge rules

We ❤️ HB Public Library! @supporthbpl.bsky.social · Sep 5

www.latimes.com/socal/daily-... The Huntington Beach MAGA City Council has lost again.

Orange County Superior Court Judge Lindsay Martinez ruled Friday morning that Huntington Beach cannot prohibit minors from accessing books at the city's public library.

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We ❤️ HB Public Library! @supporthbpl.bsky.social · Sep 5

www.aclusocal.org/en/press-rel... We are thrilled by this outcome!

Court Rules Against Huntington Beach Censorship Scheme

HB ordinance called for “review of library materials containing sexual content”SANTA ANA — Today, in a win for the freedom to read, a state superior court issued a tentative ruling against the City

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We ❤️ HB Public Library! @supporthbpl.bsky.social · Sep 5

A great day in court! We prevailed on all issues. The judge ruled against the city on everything! HB’s attempt to ban books in our public library has been thwarted.📚📚📚

We ❤️ HB Public Library! @supporthbpl.bsky.social · Sep 4

When our MAGA city council restricts our freedom to read freely, we fight back in court and at the ballot box!

We ❤️ HB Public Library! @supporthbpl.bsky.social · Aug 29

As of this week, these books are still restricted from teens and others at our public library by our city—even though HB citizens voted decisively in June to stop censorship.Plus the new California law prevents these restrictions. 😡

We ❤️ HB Public Library! @supporthbpl.bsky.social · Aug 22

Censorship lost in Huntington Beach’s recent special election. Or did it?

We ❤️ HB Public Library! @supporthbpl.bsky.social · Jul 21

laist.com/news/politic... Censorship lost in Huntington Beach’s recent special election. Or did it? | LAist

The city has become a flash point in a national battle between civil rights groups and the ‘Make America Great Again’ movement.

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We ❤️ HB Public Library! @supporthbpl.bsky.social · Jul 21

Source: LAist

South Georgia librarian is fired over LGBTQ children’s book included in summer reading display • Georgia Recorder

We ❤️ HB Public Library! @supporthbpl.bsky.social · Jul 8

South Georgia librarian is fired over LGBTQ children’s book included in summer reading display georgiarecorder.com/2025/07/02/s... We are glad she has an attorney.

A librarian is out of a job because of what she calls political pressure over a book about a transgender child that was part of a display.

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We ❤️ HB Public Library! @supporthbpl.bsky.social · Jul 1

Even after HB voters delivered an electoral mandate against censorship, HB continues to make many books inaccessible to patrons. One is an adult book, Call Me By Your Name, which was made into an Academy Award-winning movie. This violates California's new Freedom to Read law.

Commentary: MAGA lost in Huntington Beach. That means it can happen anywhere

We ❤️ HB Public Library! @supporthbpl.bsky.social · Jun 28

www.latimes.com/california/s... Our Public Library Won! Thanks to all Huntington Beach residents who voted YES on Measures A and B!

The Protect HB campaign won, leaning on social media outreach, door knocking, rallies and a nonpartisan message stressing the common good that was the city library.

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skellyton bones jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · Jun 21

NEW: There have been 4 bomb threats targeting public libraries in the last week.

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One Week, Four Library Bomb Threats

Bomb threats at libraries have become a far too common occurrence. In the summer of 2023–two years into an unrelenting attack on public librarians, as well...

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We ❤️ HB Public Library! @supporthbpl.bsky.social · Jun 11

A clear and decisive win for Measures A and B! Voters don’t want a book review board or privatization. Our library is fine the way it is!

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We ❤️ HB Public Library! @supporthbpl.bsky.social · Jun 5

This awful sign was posted this morning near schools and not far from resort hotels by the Vote no team. VOTE YES on A and B by June 10 to protect our library from these extremist forces!

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We ❤️ HB Public Library! @supporthbpl.bsky.social · Jun 4

Patrons explain why HB library should not have a politically charged review board picking books for our families. Save our library—Vote Yes!

We ❤️ HB Public Library! @supporthbpl.bsky.social · Jun 3

A great video on what books HB kids are choosing at our library —and it’s not porn!

protecthb.org.bsky.social @protecthb.bsky.social · Jun 3

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We ❤️ HB Public Library! @supporthbpl.bsky.social · Jun 3

calmatters.org/politics/202... The election is in 2 weeks. Vote YES to save well-loved public library. It's not about the books. It's about control from right-wing politicians.

Is it sex education or porn? A California city comes to blows over library books

MAGA-aligned leaders took over the city council and set up a community review board for library material and singled out LGBT books. Have they gone too far?

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Drawing a Line in Huntington Beach

We ❤️ HB Public Library! @supporthbpl.bsky.social · Jun 3

Help draw the line on book bans in Huntington Beach, California.

action.everylibrary.org/linehuntington via @everylibrary.bsky.social‬

Election day is June 10th and we're running out of time to stop the lies from book banners and extremists.

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We ❤️ HB Public Library! @supporthbpl.bsky.social · May 31

Seriously? This book has been restricted for those 17 and under at our library because of the city’s MAGA book banners. I showed this to some doctors who were horrified. 😢

We ❤️ HB Public Library! @supporthbpl.bsky.social · May 28

Anti-public library forces are spending $$ to defeat our campaign. (June 10 election) All donations, small and large, will help save our library. www.ourlibrarymatters.org. Thank you! ❤️