Two Huntington Beach ballot initiatives created in response to some of the most controversial actions taken by the City Council in the last two years over the city’s libraries were put up for study, delaying for another few weeks the final answer for when they might go on people’s ballots.

The council unanimously passed Mayor Pat Burns' resolution on Tuesday night, declaring Huntington Beach a nonsanctuary city.

The City Council will wait another month before deciding whether and when to put two controversial library initiatives on the ballot.

Officials in Huntington Beach, Calif., voted to become “non-sanctuary city” at a Tuesday meeting, citing an effort to work alongside President Trump’s administration to prevent crime.  “As the

Huntington Beach Mayor Pat Burns wants the city to back any efforts made by the Trump administration to enforce federal immigration law.

One would repeal a controversial parent-guardian review board with the power to determine which children’s books are appropriate for the city’s public libraries. The other would ban privatization of Huntington Beach’s libraries. The libraries have been a center of controversy since staunch conservatives gained control of city government.

The mayor of Huntington Beach, California, is defending a new measure declaring his community a “non-sanctuary city” that will defy California Gov. Gavin Newsom by assisting federal immigration authorities.