The city councils of Huntington Beach and Dana Point both voted last night to pursue legal challenges to try to block California Gov. Gavin Newsom's order to temporarily close beaches.
On Thursday, beachgoers flocked to Huntington Beach. Calif. Gov. Newsom announced that same day he was ordering all Orange County beaches to close, after tens of thousands gathered at the shore last weekend.On Thursday, beachgoers flocked to Huntington Beach. Calif. Gov. Newsom announced that same day he was ordering all Orange County beaches to close, after tens of thousands gathered at the shore last weekend.
It wasn't immediately clear if these impending legal battles would also challenge the closure of state parks that aren't on the coast. Dana Point Councilman Joseph Muller criticized the Newsom administration for providing inconsistent information on a conference call with city council members and elected officials at the same time Newsom held his press briefing Thursday.
."That's very disturbing to me that they would play a game like that, so giving us info in a meeting while he's out publicly saying something very different.""As the governor was speaking there was a conference call scheduled with elected officials from Orange County," Viczorek said during the city council meeting.
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