Election season is on, California vote just four months away from heading to the polls to cast their ballots in the primary.

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On Jan. 28, the California Supreme Court denied Huntington Beach’s petition for voter ID once and for all. After multiple ...

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The Huntington Beach City Council took no action at a special meeting on the rehiring of former City Attorney Michael Gates, the city announced after a 90-minute closed session discussion Friday.

Michael Gates, the former Huntington Beach city attorney who left to join the Trump administration in February, was fired from the U.S. Department of Justice “for cause,” personnel records obtained ...

Michael Gates, the former Huntington Beach city attorney who spent his tenure as a staunch antagonist to California's liberal politics, is running for state attorney general as part of a slate with ...

Michael Gates, the long-time former Huntington Beach city attorney, has entered the race for California’s attorney general with a tough-on-crime platform, vowing to enact stronger protections for ...