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 ...

Michael Gates, who was first elected as Surf City's city attorney in 2014, is headed to Washington, D.C. as deputy assistant attorney general of the civil rights division.

City attorney Michael Gates during a Huntington Beach City Council meeting to consider Mayor Pat Burns initiative to declare the city a “non-sanctuary city” in Huntington Beach on Tuesday, Jan ...