Feb 11, 2025 · Huntington Beach City Atty. Michael Gates, who has done battle with the state of California over myriad issues in recent years, now finds himself headed to Washington, D.C. Gates announced Monday ...

Please see statement below on behalf of Huntington Beach City Attorney Michael Gates: Dear Huntington Beach, I am announcing that I will be taking a top position at the United States Department of Justice as Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights Division.

Feb 10, 2025 · Huntington Beach City Attorney Michael Gates, who worked to reorient the city’s political landscape and waged numerous legal battles in defiance of the state, announced Monday, Feb. 10, that he ...

2 days ago · The city council voted to make Huntington Beach a non-sanctuary city for undocumented immigrants on Jan. 21. Gates filed a lawsuit on behalf of Huntington Beach against the state of California on Jan. 7, alleging that California Senate Bill 54, otherwise known as the Sanctuary State Law, is unconstitutional. The bill prevents local resources ...

Feb 10, 2025 · Michael Gates, Huntington Beach's longtime city attorney and an aggressive foe of California's liberal politics, joins the civil rights division of the U.S. Department of Justice.

Feb 10, 2025 · Huntington Beach City Attorney Michael Gates announced Monday he will be leaving to take a Deputy Attorney General position in the Civil Rights division of the U.S. Department of Justice amid ...

6 days ago · After 10 years of service with the City of Huntington Beach, City Attorney Michael Gates announced his planned departure this past Monday. In a press release provided by the City of Huntington Beach via their social media channels, Gates …

6 days ago · Michael Gates speaks during a press conference announcing a federal lawsuit regarding the state of California’s housing mandates in Huntington Beach, Calif., on Thursday, March 9, 2023. ... Huntington Beach City Attorney Michael Gates, who defended the city’s local voter ID law from a challenge by California Democratic officials, was ...

Michael and his wife, Kelly, are life-long residents of Huntington Beach. Michael and Kelly met in Huntington Beach shortly after graduating from Marina and Huntington Beach high schools, respectively. They were married in 1997 and now have five beautiful children: Michael, Madeleine, John, Gregory and Catherine.

Oct 29, 2022 · After he was elected city attorney of Huntington Beach in 2014, Michael Gates went to war. He booted a nudist group that had been renting a city pool and gym.