Westminster's Charlie Kirk Way Signs Are Going Viral on TikTok — and People Are Climbing the Poles

Five police calls, no arrests — and a warning from the council member who voted against the renaming

Westminster installed Charlie Kirk Way signs in late April. Within days, TikTok videos showed visitors from across Southern California climbing the poles. Police have responded five times with no arrests.

The signs went up in late April. Within a week, people were climbing them.

Westminster's newly installed "Charlie Kirk Way" street signs — a ceremonial designation on a stretch of All American Way between Westminster Boulevard and 13th Street — have spread across TikTok and pulled visitors from across Southern California to stand under the green poles, film themselves, and, in multiple documented cases, climb them.

The Westminster Police Department had received five service calls related to the signs as of May 6. WMPD spokesperson Andy Stowers said the department is aware of "the people climbing the pole and loitering," and acknowledged the activity. No arrests had been made at that point.

Council member Carlos Manzo, the lone no vote when the council renamed the street 4-1, is not impressed with what the signs have brought to the neighborhood. "I've seen the kids climbing, which is not safe at all whatsoever, for traffic as well," Manzo said. He described the attention as "negative" and said the situation is causing "more chaos."

The backstory: Mayor Chi Charlie Nguyen introduced the idea in November 2025. The council voted 4-1 to rename a ceremonial portion of All American Way in Kirk's honor, and 3-2 to designate October 14 as "Charlie Kirk Day." Westminster is the first city in the country to name a street after Kirk, who was fatally shot September 10, 2025, at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, while giving a speech. Tyler Robinson, 22, was arrested and charged with aggravated murder. Official addresses on All American Way are unchanged — the designation is ceremonial only.

Mayor Nguyen, who is running for Congress in California's 45th District, posted that Westminster is "the first city in the country to dedicate an official Charlie Kirk Way" and said the honor recognizes Kirk's "patriotism" and work "trying to promote freedom of speech and opportunities for young people to communicate and learn."

Some of those young people are now on TikTok hanging from a stoplight on Westminster Boulevard.

The city has not announced any enforcement plan. Westminster Police have not said whether they intend to cite people who climb the poles. Anyone with information can contact the Westminster Police Department.