Latest:

Downtown Long Beach

Attractions City Politics Community Downtown Long Beach Local News Long Beach Attractions On the water Queen Mary Real Estate 

City Auditor Laura Doud Finds Urban Commons Misrepresents Financial Information of Queen Mary

LBLN

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.

Read more
Business Corona-Virus Covid-19 Downtown Long Beach Health Local News Voices 

Long Beach Healthcare Workers Protest at St. Mary Hospital

LBLN

Healthcare workers at St. Mary Medical Center in Long Beach were joined by Vice Mayor Rex Richardson to address accusations of unequal treatment and lack of protections for security officers at Dignity Health – St. Mary Hospital the morning of Thursday, May 13th. The protest came a day after Service Employees International Union-United Health Care Workers West (SEIU-UHW) filed a formal hazard complaint with Cal/OSHA related to the hospital’s handling of the novel coronavirus.

Read more
Airport Community Development Downtown Long Beach Immigration Local News Long Beach Politics 

Update: Where Did the Children Go?

LBLN

Mayor Robert Garcia and city officials announced late last month that Long Beach would be welcoming several hundred migrant children to be housed at the Long Beach Convention Center until a time in which the reunification of them and their families was possible (prospectively 7-10 days for each child to be specific). After two weeks of operation, with a lack of publicly available data, the facility has failed to reunite any children with their families or sponsors thus far. According to Forbes, only four families throughout the U.S., separated under the Trump administration, have been reunited since President Biden took office. Though the housing of migrant children here in Long Beach has been well-publicized, their transportation out of the city, and in this instance, the state, has not.

Read more
California Legislature City Event City Politics Community Culture Downtown Long Beach Homelessness Immigration Local News Long Beach National News Politics Safety 

Long Beach Providing Migrant Children with Temporary Emergency Shelter

LBLN

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.

Read more