Alianza Translatinx v. City of Huntington Beach

From the ACLU of Southern California

In October 2023, the Huntington Beach City Council passed a resolution that called for “review of library materials containing sexual content” and restricted minors’ access to these materials. As part of the measure, the city established a 21-member community review board with unappealable power to impose a censorial process over the library collection.

On February 26, 2025, three Huntington Beach residents – including two teenagers – and the non-profit Alianza Translatinx filed suit against city leaders challenging their censorship scheme in the Huntington Beach Library System that expressly violates the California Freedom to Read Act and the California Constitution.