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Proponents of the Huntington Beach Property Rights Protection Act, led

by businessman Ed Laird, filed more than 25,000 signed petitions with the

City Clerk on Monday, calling for an amendment to the city charter.

The Property Rights Protection Measure would amend the city’s charter

to prohibit officials from adopting regulations that impose price or rent

restrictions on residential properties, such as apartments, single-family

homes and mobile home parks. Properties with serious health, fire or

building violations, as well as land and structures owned by public

agencies, are exempt from the amendment.

The group wrote the measure, saying it protects all property owners by

mandating that a property owner is the only person who may determine the

price for which his or her property may be sold, leased, rented,

transferred or exchanged.

The city clerk will turn the petitions over to the Orange County

registrar of voters’ office, which will have 30 days to verify the

signatures to determine if at least 15% of the roughly 113,000 city’s

registered voters signed the petition.

If the signatures deemed valid, the proposal could be on the ballot

for the November 2002 general election, or voted on before then if

council members decide it’s necessary.

Council on Aging to hold holiday party

The Huntington Beach Council on Aging, the nonprofit arm of Rodgers

Seniors’ Center and the Seniors Outreach Center, will hold its annual

holiday party at noon today.

Huntington Terrace, an assisted-living complex in Huntington Beach,

will make a $600 donation to the Council on Aging during the luncheon.

Residents of Huntington Terrace, who sold handcrafted items at a holiday

fair in November, raised the money. In addition, local Girl Scouts will

distribute party favors and visit with the seniors.

Library to host marionettes program

The Franklin Haynes Marionettes will present “Puppets on Parade” at 4

p.m. Jan. 17 at the Huntington Beach Public Library, 7111 Talbert Ave.

The show will feature singing, dancing, magic and puppets on trapezes.

Tickets are $3 and advanced purchases are recommended. Information:

(714) 375-5107 or (714) 374-1544.

Portion of highway renamed to honor submarine veterans

The state has designated a portion of Pacific Coast Highway from

Goldenwest Street in Huntington Beach to the Seal Beach-Long Beach border

to be the U.S. Submarine Veterans World War II Memorial Highway.

On Dec. 6, the California Department of Transportation put up signs

along with two guide signs at Seal Beach Boulevard to the main gate of

the Seal Beach Naval Weapons Station, where the U.S Submarine Veterans

World War II Nation Memorial West resides.

The memorial, maintained by the Los Angeles Area Chapter, is open 24

hours a day, 7 days a week to the public and honors the memory of the

crews of the 52 submarines that were lost during World War II, plus two

submarines lost during the Cold War.