City Politics
Long Beach Home to 17 Vote By Mail Drop Boxes, Now Available through June 7
LONG BEACH, CA – The City of Long Beach Office of the City Clerk has partnered with the Los Angeles
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Ocean Residence Community Association host Mayoral Candidate Forum
LONG BEACH, CA – Long Beach residents gathered downtown for ‘Questions and Answers’ with candidates running for mayor in the
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Updates from the City of Long Beach
Long Beach Department of Parks, Recreation, and Marine to host Open House and Job Fair; City of Long Beach announces
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Long Beach City Councilwoman Suzie Aramesh Price Launches Campaign For Mayor
District 3 Councilwoman Suzie Price has announced her campaign for Long Beach Mayor. LONG BEACH – Long Beach City Councilwoman
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Long Beach Race for Mayor and Other Campaigns Now Underway
LONG BEACH, Ca — The election cycle for the City of Long Beach will open on June 7 for the
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Vice Mayor Rex Richardson Launches Campaign for Long Beach Mayor
Long Beach, CA — Vice Mayor Rex Richardson is declaring his candidacy to be Long Beach’s next Mayor. In an announcement
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2021 Long Beach Independent Redistricting Commission Adopts Final Map for New Council District Boundaries
On Thursday, November 18, the Long Beach Independent Redistricting Commission voted to adopt the final map for the new Long Beach City Council district boundaries.
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Mayoral Candidate J. Raul Cedillo sees a brighter future for Long Beach
Long Beach will hold elections, including for the seat of mayor, in 2022, and candidate J. Raul Cedillo wants to bring big changes to the city.
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Mismanagement sinks $23 Million on phantom repairs for Queen Mary
Long Beach, CA – Long Beach City Auditor Laura Doud today released her Queen Mary Report to verify that Urban Commons, the previous leaseholder, and operator of the Queen Mary, used the $23 million as agreed upon to fund the 27 urgent and critical repair projects and to determine whether the City of Long Beach (City) provided sufficient oversight of the funds for these projects.
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UPDATE: Locals fear possible demolition of Queen Mary
Residents express worry as the Queen Mary runs the risk of permanent closure.
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ICE reports uptick in maritime smuggling events this past summer
According to a news release by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, “ Maritime smuggling events in Orange, Los Angeles and Ventura counties increased significantly this summer reaching record levels.”
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City Manager Announces Recruitment Process for Police Chief
Long Beach, CA – City Manager Tom Modica today announced the process for selecting a new leader of the Long Beach Police Department (LBPD) since Chief Robert G. Luna announced last month that he will be retiring in December 2021.
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Long Beach residents question Measure A implementations
The Measure A Long Beach Ballot proposal, approved by Long Beach voters in 2016, is a 10-year sales tax to
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President Biden Visit to cause Traffic Delays in Long Beach Today
Long Beach, CA – People traveling through Long Beach are advised to expect traffic delays throughout the City. Street closures
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Long Beach Police Chief Robert G. Luna to Retire in December 2021
Long Beach Police Chief Robert G. Luna announced today that he will be retiring in December 2021. Chief Luna was
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Long Beach Police Department DUI Checkpoint Finds No Drunk Drivers One Day Prior Fatal DUI Incident
The Long Beach Police Department Traffic Section conducted a DUI/Drivers License checkpoint on Friday, September 3, 2021, at Lakewood Boulevard
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How Long Beach Is Looking At Its Rooted Segregation
Long Beach City Council Members are aware of the redlining issues, but how is the issue and it’s ripples going to be fixed?
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Local Residents Express Major Concerns Over Newly Adopted Budget
The Long Beach City Council voted to adopt the City of Long Beach’s $3 billion budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 on Tuesday, Aug. 24. The new budget includes a notable and controversial increase to the budget of the Long Beach Police Department (LBPD) to the tune of $250 million, or about 64 percent of the total General Fund adopted within the new City budget.
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LBUSD to Mandate COVID-19 Vaccinations
As the Delta variant surges throughout the world and local community, the Long Beach Unified School District has announced that they will be requiring proof of vaccination or weekly negative COVID-19 tests for all of their employees.
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Mayor Garcia Announces Closure of Long Beach Migrant Shelter
Long Beach, CA – After reuniting 1,538 migrant children with family members or sponsors from the Emergency Intake Shelter at
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Long Beach Unveils Proposed Fiscal Year 2022 Budget
Long Beach, CA – Today, the City of Long Beach unveiled its Proposed Fiscal Year 2022 (FY 22) Budget. The
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City Auditor Laura Doud Finds Urban Commons Misrepresents Financial Information of Queen Mary
The Long Beach City Auditor’s Office (Office) in partnership with the forensics accounting firm, Hemming Morse, has performed an analysis of financial transactions and activity between Urban Commons Queensway LLC (Urban Commons), the leaseholder and operator of the Queen Mary, and the City of Long Beach (City). The purpose of the investigation was to verify that the $23 million approved by City Council in 2016 was used as intended to fund 27 critical and urgent repair projects identified in the 2016 Marine Survey.
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Protest at Long Beach Convention Center Over Migrant Children’s Facility
In the early afternoon of Saturday, May 22, 2021, at the corner of East Seaside Way and Pine Ave, protestors
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Long Beach Providing Migrant Children with Temporary Emergency Shelter
To ensure the safety and well-being of each child, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Refugee Resettlement, has requested assistance from local governments throughout the United States to provide temporary facilities for these children, while the federal government quickly reconnects them with family members or sponsors in the United States. Long Beach specifically has been requested to assist with this humanitarian mission to safely house children who are unattended by their parents.
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Long Beach City Council Passes $234 million Long Beach Recovery Act
Long Beach city officials are adopting the $234 million Long Beach Recovery Act to help fund the needs of public health, fiscal and economic downfalls that may have been affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
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Long Beach Moves Into the Red Tier of State’s Color-Coded Tier System for Economic Recovery
Long Beach, CA – The City of Long Beach Health and Human Services Department has issued an updated Health Order, effective at
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City Officials Create $207 Million Proposal To Boost Local Economy in Long Beach Recovery Act
City Officials Create $207 million Proposal to help rebuild and promote the local economy
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Judge Denies Preliminary Injunction Ordinance of City’s “Hero Pay” for Grocery Workers
Long Beach, CA – The City of Long Beach is pleased that District Court Judge Otis Wright has denied the
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City of Long Beach Unveils Proposed 2021 Budget
Today, the City of Long Beach unveiled its Proposed Fiscal Year 2021 (FY 21) Budget. The Proposed FY 21 Budget
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1st District Candidates Gonzales, Ganem, & Black Join Reform Ticket Candidates in Signing The Reform Pledge
The Long Beach Reform Coalition is pleased to announce that 1st District Long Beach City Council Special Election (Nov. 5th)
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LBRC Challenges 1st District City Council Candidates
Soon after they unveiled their Long Beach Reform Pledge, the Long Beach Reform Coalition (LBRC) issued a challenge this week
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City of Long Beach, Firefighters Association (FFA) Reach Tentative Labor Agreement
The City of Long Beach has reached a tentative three-year agreement with the Long Beach Firefighters Association (FFA) that provides
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LBRC To Unveil the ‘Long Beach Reform Ticket’ and ‘Long Beach Reform Pledge’ for 2020
This Wednesday evening, the Long Beach Reform Coalition will host a kick-off event for the 2020 municipal elections and what
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City of Long Beach Joins Cities and Counties Across Nation in Support of DACA : Argument to be Heard by Supreme Court
On October 4, 2019, the City of Long Beach joined with a total of 105 cities and counties an amicus
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Long Beach City Council Bans Flavored Tobacco
Following the recent string of deaths and hospitalizations that have come from vaping, Long Beach City Council has decided to
Read more12% water bill increase in effect from October 1, 2019
Yesterday on Tuesday 10th September the City of Long Beach passed the bill to hike water bills by 12%. The
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Mayor Garcia Releases 2020 Budget
This week, Long Beach City Council announced the $2.8 billion dollar budget for 2020 with plans to improve, restore and
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Long Beach City Manager Patrick West Resigns
Long Beach City Manager Patrick H. West has announced he will be leaving his post as the chief executive of
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Cannabis Tax Reform vote in Long Beach
The Long Beach Collective Association is calling on all locals to consider the current cannabis tax code. On Tuesday July
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Long Beach City Council to possibly ban travel with city funds and economic sanctions on AL and GA
Today Long Beach City Council may consider banning travel to Alabama and Georgia due to their most recent anti-abortion laws.
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Candidates’ latest announcements to run for 1st and 2nd District in Long Beach
Following the past weeks’ state Senate election, candidates running to represent the 1st District made their formal introductions and previewed
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Homeless Count in Long Beach Sees Slight Increase
While homelessness remains an issue in the city of Long Beach, new data published on Tuesday, June 4th showed an
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Long Beach Mayor Announces New Initiative for 2028 Olympics
In an email to supporters, Mayor Robert Garcia announces his ambitious goal to complete 8 large scale projects by the
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Should The Voting Age Be Lowered in Long Beach from 18 to 17?
Long Beach, CA Think the possibility of lowering the voter age from 18 to 17 in Long Beach is impossible?
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California Endowment’s History of Funding Makes a Dent in Long Beach
The California Endowment, a not-for-profit, and largest private health foundation statewide has a mission to “expand access to affordable, quality
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Quick Update: Long Beach Sales Tax Increased To 9.75% And Will Continue to Rise
Long Beach, CA As of January 1, 2017, Long Beach shoppers are seeing an increase in sales tax of 9.75%
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East Long Beach Residents Start Change.Org Petition to Remove Bollards along Studebaker Road
Long Beach, CA Community members in the 5th District of East Long Beach have filed a Change.org petition in an
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Long Beach Housing and Neighborhood Services awarded a grant of $671,200 for “I Dig Long Beach 6,000 Trees by 2020″
The City of Long Beach Housing and Neighborhood Services Bureau was awarded a grant of $671,200 for the “I Dig
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