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| LB 1st Dist. Councilwoman Lena Gonzalez Advances To State Senate, Receives Nearly 70% Of Votes Cast Lena Gonzalez (D): 69.00% (26,343 votes) Jack Guerrero (R): 31.00% (11,835 votes) LB Homeless Count Shows Roughly 0.4% of LB's Total Population Are Homeless, Up 2% From Two Years Ago, About A Third Are "Chronically Homeless" And 16% Are Veterans (Despite Garcia Pledge to End LB Veterans Homelessness By End Of 2015) AUDIO/Podcast: Hear It: Vice Mayor Dee Andrews Doesn't Favor Special Council Meeting To Address Shootings, Says Council Doesn't Have "Magic Wand" To Stop Them, Declines To Support Immediate Restoration Of LBPD's Field Anti-Gang Unit, Stresses Need For Community Involvement And Signals Plan For Upcoming Community Meeting /font>AUDIO/Podcast: Hear It: LBREPORT.com Asked 6th Dist. Council Candidate Suely Saro About What She'd Do If Elected And Her Priorities, And She Said... AUDIO: Thirty Years Ago: On Tiananmen Square Anniversary, Recall Courageous 1989 Broadcast By Radio Beijing's "Radio Tankman"  VIDEO + Photos: Long Beach-Area "Relay For Life" Draws 45 Teams Of 700+ Participants, Who Walk For 24 Hrs And Raise Over $101,000 For American Cancer Society Organized Labor + Some Local Pols Present (But Press Excluded) At Gonzalez State Senate Campaign "Get Out The Vote Rally" (Canvass Launch); Union Walkers Fan Out With Maps & Lists; A Few Hours Later, Gonzalez Campaign Walkers Spotted In ELB, Asking Homes With Dem Reg'd Voters If They Voted/Will Vote For Gonzalez And Hand Them This   Sac'to Bill That Would Cap Annual Rent Increases Statewide Advances From Ass'y To State Senate (O'Donnell "Not Voting") But Bill To Require "Just Cause" For Evictions Stalls Voters in over half of LB deciding now who'll vote on rent cap in Senate (Gonzalez vs. Guerrero) UPDATED w/ SHPD Info: Two Shot Inside Signal Hill Home (Just North of PCH/Obispo) Cong. Lowenthal Joins Several CA Dems In Ratcheting Toward Trump Impeachment, Supports "Impeachment Inquiry" New Wave Of Catalytic Converter Thefts Hits ELB's 5th Dist. City Traffic Engineer Widstrand Exits Long Beach LB Has FOURTEENTH Shooting Crime Scene In 20 Days: Man Is Shot/Wounded Mon Nite (May 27) Near Front Door Of Addams Elementary School (200 block E. Plymouth St., 8th Dist.) It's one block south of Second Fire At Same NLB Comm'l Location (59th St. Near South/Downey) Where LBFD Found Suspected Drug Lab After First Fire Being Invesdtigated By L.A.P.D.Interagency Task Force; Cause Of Second Fire Not Yet Determined LBREPORT.com Learns NLB Fire/Suspected Drug Lab Now Investigated By L.A.P.D.'s Interagency Task Force VIDEO: We Spot State Senate Candidate Guerrero At Ocean Blvd/Pine Ave. And Ambushed Him With Our Video Camera On To See/Hear What He Was Telling People; Here It Is Marine Advisory Commisioners Unanimously Sign Letter Urging Mayor/Council To Rethink Narrowing Marina Drive, Residents Amplify That Concern And More As City Staff Outlines Upcoming "Alamitos Bay Parking/Circulation Master Plan" Assembly Poised To Vote On Whether To Advance Proposed Constitutional Amendment Inviting Voters To Change Prop 13's 2/3 Voter Approval Req't, Would Lower It To 55% For New/Increased Local Taxes On Multiple Spending Items Further Re Cellphone Video'd After-School Poly High Street Fight: D.A. Charges 18 Yr Old With Assault w/ Deadly Weapon + Gang Allegation + Violation Of Civil Rights + Dissuading Witness By Force/Threast + Battery; He Pleads Subsequent development above: Follow-Up To Cellphone Video Of After-School Fight Near Poly High: LBPD Arrests/Books 18 Yr Old On Suspicion Of Attempted Murder/Alleged Participation In Felony Street Gang And Takes Two Other Male Juvies Into Custody And Believes There May Be Other Suspects LB Has THIRTEENTH Shooting Crime Scene Within 15 Days: Man Struck By Gunfire Walking In Hellman Neighborhood, 800 block Cerritos Ave. (1st dist.) Council Majority With Mayor's Tacit Approval Pushes "Tenant Relocation Assistance Ordinance" Thru First Of Two Req'd Council Votes (6-3), Narrowly Derails Attempt (4-5) To Delay Second Enacting Vote Until After (Ordinance Opponents Assume) Gonzalez Will Be Off Council In Sac'to Senate Seat Councilman/Vice Mayor Dee Andrews, Who Has Rep'd South Wrigley-Poly High-Cambodia Town Since 2007, Seeks LB Has TWELFTH Shooting Crime Scene Within Two Weeks: Someone Shoots At Woman Driving On MLK Ave. Near 11th St. (6th dist.) Coroner Identifies Woman Who Perished In Midnight Hour WLB Mass Shooting SIX People Shot -- Grandmother Dies + Five Adults Wounded -- WLB Area PCH/Canal (1st dist., about a block east of Santa Fe); It's LB's ELEVENTH Shooting Crime Scene Within 11 Days Friday Morning: LBPD Issues Statement, Says Does Not Believe Any Of The Recent Shootings Are Related To Each Other In Depth / Perspective: Internal City Records Obtained By LBREPORT.com Show What Mayor/City Mgm't Told Angels Compared To What City EIR Told Public Re LB Arena-Adjacent "Elephant Lot" (Unavailable For City Pool Rebuild) Follow-Up / In Depth: Sac'to Senate Committee Halts -- For Now -- SB 50 (Would Preempt Aspects Of Local Single Family Home Zoning To Promote Density) BUT Lets It Advance In 2020 Possibly With Amendments; Bill's Author Says He's "100% Committed" To It Over half of LB is voting now on new state Senator who'd cast vote on SB 50. LB Councilwoman Lena Gonzalez is endorsed by SB 50's author and told a May 6 Wrigley forum she opposed SB 50 as then-written. Her runoff opponent is Cudahy Councilman Jack Guerrero, who said he opposes SB 50 regardless of amendments on principle to protect local community zoning control. Hear audio clip |
Without Public Discussion Or Publicly Voted Approval By City Councilmembers, LB City Mgr. & Mayor Offered Angels Draft Non-Binding (Still Publicly Concealed) "Term Sheet" To Enable Potential Development Of Mixed-Use Sports/Entertainment/Housing Development On Publicly Owned "Elephant Lot" And Adjoining Parcels
Council Directs City Att'y To Draft Ordinance Containing Three Provisions That -- If Not Removed In Two Upcoming Council Votes -- Would Become Near Permanent Reduction In Public's Ability To Speak On Agendized Council Actions...While Councilmembers Balk/Resist "Streamlining" Their Meetings By Limiting Their Own Speaking Time Monday Late Afternoon: TENTH LB Shooting Crime Scene Within A Week: 3000 block Santa Fe; Suspect Opens Fire On Two Victims Seated In A Vehicle UPDATE: Victim Was 63 Yr Old Woman; Suspect Is 27 yr Old Man; Man Physically Attacks/Beats A Woman, Then Grabs A Nearby Motorized Scooter And Uses It To Beat Her More; Brutal Midday Attack Kills Her (A Block South of NLB's Ramona Park); LBPD Has A Person Of Interest In Custody Four To Six Men Wearing Ski Masks, At Least One Armed With Firearm, Make Forced Entry To Lakewood Village Home, Take Multiple Items Including Handbags And Jewelry Belonging To Two Female Victims (Adults) Who Observed Suspects But Didn't Interact With Them During Incident Subsequent development above: In Depth / Perspective: Council Action Council Votes Action comes after bill has advanced thru its only scheduled state Senate policy committees, where SE LB-area state Senator Tom Umberg (D) (90815/90803) voted "yes" (April 2) LBREPORT.com Seeks/Obtains 540+ Pages Of Internal City Records Re Angels Contacts; Despite City's Continued Withholding And Redactions, Our Initial Review Shows... VIDEO Coverage: Community Grieves At Candlelight Vigil For LB Professional Dogwalker Who Perished (With Five Dogs) In 3rd/Temple Crash After L.A. Man Driving Allegedly Stolen Vehicle Triggered LBPD Pursuit Subsequent coverage above, with video: Candlelight Vigil Scheduled For LB Woman Killed (With Five Dogs) In 3rd/Temple Crash After L.A. Man Triggers LBPD Pursuit Driving Allegedly Stolen Vehicle Man's Girlfriend Is Killed (Area 10th/Atlantic); He's Arrested For Murder LBPD Investigating Market/Pine Shooting As Gang-Related, Other Details Still Sketchy Hours Before LB Council Votes On City Stance re Sac'to's SB 50 (Increased Density/Overrides Some Aspects Of Local Residential Zoning): (1) Councilwoman/State Sen. Candidate Gonzalez Says She Opposes SB 50 As Currently Written; (2) Housing LB Issues Release "Oppose Unless Amended" (Full Text) Related: At last night's candidate forum, state Sen. candidate Guerrero flatly opposed SB 50 -- not simply "as amended" -- based on its loss of local community control Exclusive VIDEO/AUDIO Coverage: See It/Hear It, Unfiltered/Unspun: LBREPORT.com Has The ONLY Extended VIDEO Plus On-Demand AUDIO Podcast Uncut Coverage Of Gonzalez vs. Guerrero LB-Area State Senate Election Forum
Shots Fired After Altercation, Miss Hitting Victim Outside Restaurant In Shopping Plaza (SE Quadrant Carson/Cherry) Shots Fired At Late Afternoon Sunday, Wrigley Area Golden Ave. South Of Spring; Casings Found, No Person(s) Hit  In Depth: Did You Recently Receive Text Message From Gonzalez State Senate Campaign? Her Campaign Is Paying Oakland-Based Firm To Send Them; See Details LB Now Has Its First Measles Case Since 2015; See Locations Where Contagious Person Was First (Again) on LBREPORT.com: Mayor Garcia Holds Invitation-Only "Reception" For State Senator Umberg Who Took Office Five Months Ago And Voted "Yes" On SB 50 (Sac'to Override Of Local Control On Aspects Of Single Family Home Zoning) In April Committee Hearing; What, If Anything, Did Garcia Tell Sen. Umberg As Among invited electeds and Mayoral appointees was LB Councilwoman Lena Gonzalez, now in runoff for a state Senate seat Councilwoman Price Signals Her Opposition To SB 50, Will Urge Council To Oppose Sac'to Local Zoning Preemptive Bill In Detailed Coverage / Follow-Up: UPDATE: SB 50 Amendments Prompt This Analysis/Commentary By Former L.A. City Planner Dick Platkin Published By Citywatch L.A. Argument @ Orizaba Park Leads To Stabbing, 16th St./Obispo Follow the Money In LB Area State Senate Runoff Between March 10 And April 20 Sac'to Ass'y Committees Advance Two Bills That Would Mean Big Changes In Landlord/Tenant Relationships: Capping Maximum Annual Rent Increase And Requiring "Just Cause" For Evictions LB Councilwoman Gonzalez, now seeking state Senate seat, could cast votes on both if elected in just weeks Domestic Dispute Between Two Men Leads To Shooting, Willow/Studebaker (Area El Dorado Park) |
Recent Pacific Ave. "Beach Streets" (Open Street) Event Cost Quarter Million Dollars: $200k From Metro + $50K From LB City Hall's "Special Advertising & Promotion Fund" (Same Source Used For $1 Million New City Hall "Media Wall")
Councilmembers Austin & Mungo Agendize Feds Foil Alleged Mass Casualty Attack Planned For Long Beach Bluff Park Political Rally; Arrest/Charge SFV Man, US Army Veteran (Afghanistan) Enjoy Free Saturday Morning Man Driving Thru NLB Neighborhood (55th/Orange) Hears Something Hit His Vehicle's Roof; It's Gunfire Monday Noon Is Deadline For Single Councilmember To Agendize In Oct. 2018, Council's "State Legislation Committee" (Austin, Gonzalez, Richardson) sent Council local control policy that Council approved in Nov. 2018 but City hasn't cited to oppose SB 50 Fourth Central LB Shooting Within 10 Days: Wounded Man Arrives At Hospital, Says He Was Shot Saturday Nite Near MLK/16th St. Police say he was uncooperative, can't find evidence of shooting at victim-specified location Details Of Updated Advancing Pro-Density Neighborhood-Impacting Councilwoman Mungo signals plans to bring LBPD Opens Case Re Porch-Mail-Snatching Suspect After Suspect Is Spotted Back In Neighborhood, Detained And Released; Victim Didn't Say She Didn't Want Prosecution But Declined Initially To File Formal Report; Her Experience Sheds Light On LBPD Crime Stats That LB Pols Cite In Claiming Neighborhood Crimes Are "Down" Argument Heard, Gunfire Follows, Hits Residence & Unoccupied Vehicle, 1000 block Cerritos Subsequent development above Exclusive / With AUDIO: Long Beach Resident Whose Viral Video Showed Stranger On Her Doorstep Taking/Opening Her Mail, Spots Same Person Back In Her Neighborhood, Calls Police Who Respond, Detain...And Release Her Continuing Coverage: Senate Committee Advances SB 50, Measure With Sweeping Preemptive Powers Overriding Local Single-Family-Home Zoning Along Sac'to Specified Bus/Rail Routes And In "Jobs Rich" Neighborhoods LBREPORT.com Invited Statements From City Council's "State Legislation Committee" -- Austin, Gonzalez, Mungo -- And Supernaw Re Their Records On SB 50; One Of Them Responded Another LB "Ghost Shooting": Man Is Shot, He Says Area Atlantic/Artesia; Police Search But Can't Find Witnesses Or Evidence At That Location Perspective: Sac'to's SB 50 Could Override Local Zoning, Give Developers Incentive To Put Multi-Unit/Multi-Story Housing In Single Family Home Neighborhoods...And LB's Mayor/Councilmembers Are Quietly Letting It Happen Gunfire Inside North Alamitos Beach Residence, No Person(s) Struck LB's Mayor/Council Continue Mum On L.A.'s City Council recently voted to oppose it; see statewide map (zoomable to include LB) created by opposition groups Verbal Dispute Before Shots Fired At Parked Unoccupied Vehicle, MLK/19th St. (6th dist.) VIDEO / Perspective: No Crime? No Crime Stat? See Video Of What LB Resident Recently Encountered On Her Doorstep. How Many Others? Man Is Shot/Wounded Shortly Before Midnite, 800 block Alamitos Three-Judge 9th Circuit Fed'l Appeals Panel Upholds CA's "Sanctuary State" Law Against Trump Administration Challenge; Action May Send State vs. Fed'l Immigration Law Issue To U.S. Supreme Court Not A Debate (No Verbal Intercourse) But A Forum For State Senate Runoff Candidates Lena Gonzalez vs. Jack Guerrero: May 6, 7 p.m., Wrigley Ass'n/Veterans Park "No Kill" Term Taboo But City Mgm't Announces "Compassion Saves" Policies That Recite Similar Goals But (For Now) Without Implementing Details, No-Kill LB Advocates Cautiously Supportive But Wary AND Related Response: Opinion: "Compassion Saves" is Not No Kill; It's Less...And Less Than Long Beach Deserves by Patricia Turner, Ph.D. No Kill Long Beach Man Riding Bicycle Is Shot, Says It Happened Overnight On Anaheim St. Approaching Obispo Ave. LBPD learn of shooting hours after victim takes himself to hospital; it's second Zaferia area shooting within three weeks Councilman Uranga Responds To LBREPORT.com Re Access To Study Session Materials And we reply Propelled By Mayor/Council-Signaled Support, These Groups Will Meet To Organize Support Strategy For LB Debt-Bond Tax-Increase 2020 Ballot Measure (Affordable/Subsidized/Low Income Housing) Att'n LB Gunfire-Impacted Neighborhoods/Business Groups: This Firm Says It Has New Gunfire Location System That's Less Expensive, More Flexible And Gives Data Directly To You That Can Be Shared With LBPD Are You Willing To Test It? Would You Like Your Councilmember To Use His/Her Contributor-Funded "Officeholder Account" Or City Budgeted Sum To Test It In Your Neighborhood? City Mgm't Memo Mixes Fact With Unsubstantiated Estimate On "Needed" Homeless Beds And More In Depth: Sac'to ID's These State-Owned Property Parcels In LB For Possible Consideration As Sites For Affordable (Subsidized/Low Income) Housing; See Details Subsequent coverage / response above Mayor's Office And A Council Office Unhelpful -- Thus Far -- As Residents Seek Public Access To City Mgm't Report On Animal Shelter Prior To Publicly-Scheduled Council Study Session Gunfire b/w Del Amo & RR Tracks, East of LB Blvd., Strikes Vehicle And Residence, No Person(s) Hit Latest LB "Ghost Shooting": Overnight 1100 block E. 4th St. (Orange Ave. near Senior Center) Witness sees man fire handgun at passing vehicles; residents hear it; shooter vanishes...while LB Council fails to fund/deploy digital ShotSpotter LB Health Dept. Confirms Possible Measles Exposure In Long Beach From Someone Flying Out Of LB Airport At About Dawn Or Shortly Thereafter On Sac'to Bill, Strongly Opposed By LB's Police Officers Union, Would Limit Legally Allowed Circumstances For Justifiable Police Deadly Force; It Just Advanced In A Sac'to Committee; Where Are LB's Electeds (Including A State Senate Candidate) On This? See lists of supporters/opponents Flashback: Others now reporting what LBREPORT.com reported in February: Some Or All Of The Major U.S. Dem Presidential Candidates Will Likely Come To Long Beach Nov 15-17 Because... Follow-Up: With LB Mayor & Council Mum, L.A. County Health Dept. Urges SCAQMD To Order Phase Out Of MHF Used At LB-Adjacent Valero Wilmington Refinery (And Torrance ToRC Refinery), Warns Large-Scale Release, While A "Low Probability Event Would Have Potentially Catastrophic Impacts On Surrounding Communities" In Depth/Perspective: If You Call | ||||
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Editorial: Shots Fired (Again) In Long Beach Neighborhood Left These Bullet Casings Found By Resident; Gunfire-Location Technology Could Have Told Cops Shooting Site In Seconds To Help Nab Shooters Like This, But Long Beach Politicians Evade It, Because...
