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LOS ANGELES, Feb 19, 2006 (UPI via COMTEX) -- Two Southern California towns are in a turf battle over who has the state's top surf museum.
In Oceanside, State Sen. Bill Morrow has agreed to draft legislation calling for the town's surfing museum to be recognized as the state's top surfing museum, the Los Angeles Times reported.
Huntington Beach, which successfully battled Santa Cruz for the right to be known as Surf City,
is asking state Assemblyman Tom Harman to oppose the request.
"We are known as 'Surf City,'" said Harman, former mayor of Huntington Beach. "It seems like we should be the one to have the official museum if there's going to be one."
Huntington Beach officials fear that designating one official surf museum could peel tourists, funding and donations from the others, the newspaper said.
Santa Cruz, San Clement and Santa Barbara also have their own surf museums.
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