Claire Wang writes: “Huntington Beach, California, must foot roughly $1 million in legal bills for restricting minors’ access to certain books at the city’s library, an Orange County judge ordered. In a tentative ruling April 27, Orange County Judge Lindsey Martinez said the city needs to pay $960,000 to attorneys from four legal organizations, who billed more than 1,300 hours of work on the high-profile lawsuit against the city’s book restriction policy. Martinez had ruled in September that the city’s book restriction policy violated the state’s Freedom to Read Act and cannot be enforced,” although an appeal is pending.