Voters in California city back rightward turn of city council

Voters in California's Huntington Beach have approved two conservative ballot measures including one allowing the city to require voter identification for elections passed by an 8-point margin and another that effectively bans flying the LGBTQ pride flag at City Hall. The measures were proposed by four conservatives who took over the City Council in the November 2022 elections and have pursued an agenda aligned with the Republican Party politics of former President Donald Trump and his Make America Great Again movement. The voter identification measure was approved by 8 points even though California's Democratic Attorney General Rob Bonta has warned Huntington Beach that requiring voter ID violates state law and could provoke a lawsuit.