Huntington Beach officials proclaimed victory Friday when an Orange County judge ruled that the city’s new voter ID law was legal, a setback for the California attorney general’s office, which warned that voter ID could soon throw the city’s 2026 elections “into chaos.

A judge on Friday rejected California’s lawsuit against the city of Huntington Beach over a local measure allowing officials to require voter identification at the polls.

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. - A judge has ruled to dismiss California's lawsuit against the city of Huntington Beach over its Voter ID law.

Pacific Airshow this month dropped its lawsuit against former Huntington Beach Mayor Kim Carr that had accused her of wrongly canceling the final day of the 2021 air show after an oil spill was discovered off the coast.

In September Huntington Beach sued Bonta, Newsom and state Supt. of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond in response to Assembly Bill 1955. It prevents school officials from requiring teachers to reveal students’ sexual orientation or expressed gender identity to relatives.

The ruling opens the door for the city to implement ID requirements at polling places, a first in Orange County.