The Huntington Beach Library System’s policy of making certain library materials, including sexual content, inaccessible to underaged patrons without parental consent is unlawful, an Orange County Superior Court judge ruled Friday.

The decision came down in favor of those who challenged Huntington Beach’s library restrictions after an LGBTQ advocacy group called Alianza Translatinx teamed up with two high school students as well as the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Southern California and the First Amendment Coalition to sue the city last March . The judge agreed that Huntington Beach’s policy violated the California Freedom to Read Act and the California Constitution.

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