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File #: 23-532   
Type: Councilmember Items Status: Passed
File created: 6/15/2023 In control: City Council/Public Financing Authority
On agenda: 6/20/2023 Final action: 6/20/2023
Title: Submitted by Mayor Pro Tem Van Der Mark - Selection, Display and Circulation of Library Books and Other Materials within Huntington Beach Public Libraries (HBPL)
Attachments: 1. Att #1 Van Der Mark - Book Selection, 2. 6/16 SC - 16 Emails, 3. 6/20 SC - PPT, 4. 6/20 Sup Com

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Submitted by Mayor Pro Tem Van Der Mark - Selection, Display and Circulation of Library Books and Other Materials within Huntington Beach Public Libraries (HBPL)

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Recommended Action:

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A)                     Direct the City Manager to work with the City Attorney to return to the City Council in August of this year with a proposed Ordinance for the City’s Libraries and other public facilities making obscene and/or pornographic materials, both in hard copy and digitally/electronically, unavailable to minors; with the City Attorney evaluating the materials under the First Amendment. The Ordinance should also present the policy for procurement, which would include new screening protocols for books/materials/content yet to be acquired by the Library or other City facilities that are intended for children at our public facilities, by screened for obscenity and/or pornography. The Ordinance should also present findings and authorities for “obscenity” within the meaning of the First Amendment.

 

B)                     I would also like to direct our City Manager to look into the process to part ways with the American Library Association.

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Attachment(s):

1.                     Van Der Mark - Selection, Display and Circulation of Library Books and Other Materials within Huntington Beach Public Libraries