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The newly elected conservative majority on the Huntington Beach, California, City Council—Mayor Tony Strickland, Mayor Pro Tem Gracie Van Der Mark, and councilmen Casey McKeon and Pat Burns—hit the ground running during their first meeting on Dec. 20.
In a nearly  four-hour meeting, the seven-member council granted a pay raise for its city attorney, approved a study into possibly withdrawing from the Orange County Power Authority, and ended its own COVID-19 state of emergency, which means all councilors will now be required to attend meetings in person.
They additionally took action on homelessness, crime, business integrity, and fighting state-mandated high-density housing, promises the foursome said they would tackle in their respective campaigns....