After a 6-2 vote, Long Beach City Council adopted a resolution that would protect undocumented immigrants, with a few limitations, from federal agents. The Long Beach Values Act of 2018 would protect confidentiality of the citizenship status of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients and local undocumented residents from enforcers[Read More…]
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City Council moves ahead with Land Use Element plan
Affordable housing units may be in Long Beach’s future — and not everyone is happy about it. The Land Use Element plan has been controversial and long-debated since the announcement to update it over a decade ago, despite many voices against it, Long Beach City Council voted to move ahead[Read More…]
Long Beach residents take a stand for their city
When Jedi Jimenez approached the podium at the People’s State of the City Thursday, he faced hundreds of Long Beach residents, crammed shoulder to shoulder in the pews of the First Congregational Church located downtown. Attendees shared one unifying goal: to take their city’s issues head on. When Jimenez finally[Read More…]
Residents have brunch with local candidates
The sounds of friendly chatter could not be avoided throughout the Long Beach Dairy and Creamery on 167 E. South St., as citizens and candidates met over brunch in a casual mingling event that resembled a party. Held during every election cycle and referred to as “The 2018 Congressional, State,[Read More…]
Long Beach City begins new developments for 2028 Summer Olympics
In preparation for the 2028 Los Angeles Summer Olympics sporting events, six of which will be hosted in Long Beach, the city has moved to fund eight infrastructure initiatives. The Long Beach City Council held an official vote Feb. 6 to fund a series of events during the event. The[Read More…]
The homeless in Long Beach will have a place to stay this winter season
While chilly nights this December remind Long Beach residents of upcoming holidays and festivities, for the homeless, cold nights make it difficult to survive living on the streets. In a unanimous 9-0 vote, the Long Beach City Council approved to authorize the use of the North Long Beach library as[Read More…]
City of Long Beach just became one step closer to legalizing recreational use of marijuana
Residents may see clouds of a different kind in the near future, as the Long Beach City Council moved to pass a new ordinance allowing the sale and recreational use of marijuana. While medicinal use is legal within the city, commercial sale and use of marijuana is illegal. The council[Read More…]
Long Beach City Council recommends some of their favorite local businesses
For this edition of The Daily 49er’s special issue, we reached out to Long Beach City Council leaders and asked them to recommend some of their favorite local businesses within their districts to our readers. Suzie Price, District 3 Price said that one of her favorite places to go to[Read More…]
Long Beach City Council moves to ban polystyrene foam
Long Beach City Council voted to ban polystyrene foam on Tuesday night after four hours of deliberation, drawing a large but divided crowd into the council chambers. Similar to how the statewide single-use plastic bag ban in California was aimed to limit pollution, the polystyrene ordinance is set to ban[Read More…]
Council seeks to regulate ‘granny flats’ citywide, upholds decision to build a battery storage facility
Long Beach City Council unanimously approved to add a state-of-the-art battery storage facility in the Los Cerritos area. Battery storage facility Warren Blesofsky, a representative of Long Beach Citizens for Fair Development, filed an appeal which contends that council should not allow Applied Energy Services Corp — a global power[Read More…]