The Huntington Beach City Council voted 4–3 Feb. 21 to give final approval to an ordinance that only allows city facilities to display government flags—those representing the city, county, state, nation, the six branches of the military, and prisoners of war or those missing in military action.
Councilmembers who voted against the policy said they were against banning the LGBT flag—which has been flown on occasion at city hall the last couple of years—while the majority said they did so in the spirit of equal representation.
