Recall petitioners against 2 members of H.B. City Council can start gathering signatures, city staff says

Recall proponents in Huntington Beach can start collecting signatures to recall two of their targets on the City Council.

City staff reviewed the revised petition for recall forms against Mayor Pro Tem Barbara Delgleize and Councilwoman Natalie Moser and found them acceptable for circulation, City Clerk Robin Estanislau confirmed Thursday.

The conservative recall proponents, who formed a group called Save Surf City, are now able to collect signatures in support of a recall election against Delgleize and Moser. They will be required to collect the signatures of 10% of the more than 132,000 registered voters in Huntington Beach. Additionally, the Orange County Registrar of Voters office recommends 5% above that total to compensate for ineligible signers.

That’s a total of 19,923 signatures in favor of the recall. The recall proponents have a 160-day window, which ends on Feb. 6, 2022, to collect the signatures.

Save Surf City has stated that it also intends to move forward on the recall efforts of Mayor Kim Carr, Mike Posey and Dan Kalmick. However, the group learned last week that it failed to meet a filing deadline on those three Council members, meaning the process must be restarted.

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