Huntington Beach leaders are discussing a new deal with the operators of the Pacific Airshow, guaranteeing they can host an annual music festival, airshow and boat race to Catalina Island for 25 years while taxpayers pay the lionshare of the fees for the company.

The agreement comes two years after city council members signed off on a controversial settlement with the airshow’s operator, paying them at least $5 million and guaranteeing a series of other perks that city leaders hid before they were ordered by a judge to reveal all the terms publicly.

The settlement put the airshow at the center of Surf City politics for years, highlighting questions around Code Four CEO Kevin Elliott, who also heads the Pacific Airshow LLC and routes all its work to Code Four.

After city leaders told Ell

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