Top notch attorney named to DOJ Civil Rights Division

Top notch attorney named to DOJ Civil Rights Division.

A thorn in the side of California's left-wing fanatics will hopefully now cause even greater grief.

We have this from our friends at The LA Times.

Michael Gates, Huntington Beach's city attorney for the last decade and tireless antagonist of the state's liberal politics, has joined the U.S. Department of Justice's civil rights division, he said in a statement Monday.

Some of Gates' lawsuits rested on Huntington Beach's status as a charter city, which grants localities power to trump state laws when dealing with municipal affairs. Gates argued in a case fighting California's housing requirements that as a charter city, Huntington Beach could escape state laws it deemed overreaching.

"I believe that Huntington Beach will continue to play a pivotal role in restoring the State of California," Gates said in a statement. "So many other cities in California now look to Huntington Beach for leadership. As I have told so many in recent years, Huntington Beach really is the ‘land of the free and home of the brave’ here in California."