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 255 total fatalities. Seven-day positivity rate = 2.8%. 6.4 daily new cases per 100K population. |
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On LBReport.com Cindy Allen's Buyers of Her ETA Ad Firm Sue Her Alleging Fraudulent Inducement, Breach of Contract
Perspective: Statement by City of LB re Its Queen Mary Lessee Includes LBREPORT.com "Amnesia File" On Salient City Actions LBPD Has A Suspect In Custody; Three Yr Old Child And A Man (Adult) Shot/Wounded 1100 block E. 10th St. (between Alamitos/Orange, border 1st/6th Council districts Zendejas/Andrews) Did Long Beach City/Port Con Congress And Taxpayers To Fund $1.5 Billion Bridge Replacement?  In TENTH NLB Shooting Since July -- Second Shooting Within 24 Hrs -- Man Is Shot/Wounded in 5500 block Myrtle Ave. (8th dist/Austin); It's FOURTH Shooting (Incl. No Person Hit Shootings) Since Sept. In Northern Part Of Austin's 8th Dist. <In SIXTH Shooting Since July In Neighborhood Along Artesia Corridor, Man Is Shot/Wounded At Midmorning, 6700 block Myrtle Ave. (9th dist/Richardson) LBREPORT.com Learns Of At Least Five Instances Of Possible COVID-19 Exposures At LBUSD Schools Thus Far Prompting Parent Alerts Man Is Shot/Wounded (3400 block E. 67th) In FIFTH Shooting Since July In Neighborhoods Along Artesia Corridor (Richardson/9th Dist.) Fatal Shooting: Rose Park Neighborhood Midnight Hour, 900 block Obispo Ave. Another 1st Dist (Zendejas) Shooting: Man Is Struck/Wounded In Midnight Hour 1700 block Locust Ave.; LBPD Arrests Two Juveniles from Hawthorne and Gardena Gov Newsom VETOES SB 629 That Aimed To Protect Journalists From Police Blocking Access To Emergency Scenes, Rolling Closures Of Demonstrations/Protests DA Charges Compton Man With Attempted Murder of Two LASD Deputies Arrested Sept. 15 (Three Days After Allegedly Shooting At Deputies) He Was Already Defendant In Pending DA Complaint Alleging A Compton Carjacking, Robbery, Shooting Earlier This Month PCH South of Loynes: Man Is Killed, Six Injured In Multiple Car Wreck, LBPD Arrests Driver On Suspicion of DUI Northern Part Of 8th Dist Has Three Shootings Within Less Than 5 Hrs: All Are In Or Near "Affordable" Housing Projects; Rounds Strike Occupied Vehicle (Leaving Strike Marks) And Occupied Residence But Miss Hitting Persons Amazon Fresh (One of First in CA) Will Occupy Rebuilt Haagen/Albertsons Site In NW Quadrant Spring St/Palo Verde Retail Center Councilman Rex Richardson Could Gain Seat On AQMD Governing Board (First LB Rep In 10 Yrs) Because He Sought The Seat And Other LB Electeds Didn't; He'll Face Competitors From Other Area Cities; Here Are Salient Parts Of His Record LB Woman (Supporter Of Police-Critical "Caravan For Justice") Arrested By OCSD For Allegedly Driving Her Car Into Crowd Injuring Two People Following Dispersal Order At Yorba Linda Protest/Counter Protest CSULB Quarantines All On-Campus Residents After Four In Residence Halls + One Living Off Campus) Test Positive For CCVID-19, Will Pause All In-Person Instruction For Two Weeks CSULB says the infected students allegedly ignored precautions and congregated socially off campus earlier this month COVID-19 Infected And Now Symptomatic President Trump Taken to Walter Reed Medical Center As "Precautionary Measure" DA Declines To Prosecute KPCC/LAist Reporter Josie Huang; DA Says LASD Evidence Insufficient To Show She Unlawfully Obstructed Deputies As She Video Reorded Protesters And LASD Response Outside Lynwood Hospital Where Wounded Deputies Taken After Compton Ambush Shooting 1st District Homicide/Fatal Shooting 7th St./Alamitos (Gumbiner Park) Fatal shooting comes five days after no-person-hit shooting in same location. Cindy Allen Complaint To City Prosecutor/DA/FPPC Re Robert Fox Is Unsworn Unsigned 26 Page Narrative Written By Allen Campaign Based On/Accompanied By Internal Emails/Texts/Communications To/From/With Fox Campaign Some Parents Pressing To Reopen LB Schools Want Elected School Board To Rescind Its March (Early COVID) Action Giving City Enabled "11 Room House" Near CSULB (And Similar Land Uses Beyond) By Failing To Oppose This Sac'to Bill That Enables It Folow-Up / Perspective: In Her Own Words, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Opposed Partisan Court Packing (Increasing Number of Justices) Now Advocated By Mayor Garcia Perspective: Mayor Garcia Supports Historically Disfavored Packing of U.S. Supreme Court If Senate Votes On Trump Nominee Perspective: LBPD Statement On Violent Events At Pike Comm'l Area (Incl. Shooting/No Person Hit) Long Beach Mayor/Council Let LBPD Hide Shooting Crime Stats; Compare LAPD's Transparent Detailed Shooting Data With Zero In LBPD Crime Stats Success: LBREPORT.com Action Prompts City Att'y To Require Public Safety Committee (Price, Supernaw, Austin) To Hear Public Testimony On Issues It Hasn't Agendized; Requires Committee To Hear Public On Committee-Avoided Public Safety And Police Issues Man Says Someone Shot At Him, Police Find Bullet Casings, 1000 block E. PCH (at MLK, 6th dist./Andrews) Another 1st dist. Shooting Crime Scene, Unoccupied Vehicles Struck/Casings Found 1600 block Linden Ave. (Near Roosevelt Elementary, Close To Poly High) Subsequent development above LBREPORT.com Moves To End Violation Of Brown Act by Council's Public Safety Committee (That Has Allowed It To Prevent Public Testimony On Non-Agendized Items And Tightly Control Council-Level Discussion Of Public Safety And Police Issues) Police Chief Luna Tells Council's Public Safety Committee: Managing 100+ Protests With LBPD's Thinned Resources Invited Increases In Violent + Quality of Life Crimes Citywide Man Is Shot/Wounded In Midnight Hour Robbery, 700 Queensway Dr. (Address Of Hotel Maya) Council Votes 6-3 To Endorse These Controversial November Ballot Measures, Would Allow Race In Deciding College Admissions/City Contracts, Change Prop 13 To Enable "Split Roll" Assessor Reassessment of Comm'l/Industrial Properties, Allow 17 Yr Olds to Vote In Primary/Special Elections, Support No-Cash-Bail Policy LA County Supervisors Chair (Sole Republican) Kathryn Barger Says "Anti-Law Enforcement Rhetoric Expressed By Many Elected Officials, Community Leaders And Others Has Created A Toxic Environment...This Must Stop. Enough is Enough." Two LA Sheriff Deputies Ambushed/Shot While Seated In Their Vehicle Near Compton (Willowbrook) Metro Stn; Sworn In 14 Months Ago Perspective: Richardson's "State Legislation Committee" Failed To Oppose Single Family Home Hostile SB 1120 And Failed To Discuss AB 5's Damages To LB Indie Workers. Today He'll Ask Council To Endorse November Ballot Measures to Allow Race In Deciding College Admissions/City Contracts, Change Prop 13 To Enable "Split Roll" Assessor Reassessment of Comm'l/Industrial Properties, Allow 17 Yr Olds to Vote In Primary/Special Elections, Support No-Cash-Bail Policy El Dorado Park Artificial Turf Soccer Field Cost Balloons Over 50% To $2.35 Mil....And It's In FY21 Budget Your Councilmember Just Voted To Approve, Project Is Now Out To Bid NLB Drive-By Shooting, 56th St./Orange Ave., Rounds Miss Hitting Man And Female Juvenile Cambodia-Town Shooting Large Crime Scene, 1700 block E. 17th; Multiple Unoccupied Vehicles Hit But No Victims Found CDC Study Says Adults Who Dined At Restaurants With On-Site Eating and Drinking Options Roughly Twice As Likely To Test Positive For COVID-19 UPDATE: LBPD Arrests Three Suspects In Midday Murder In DTLB: Man Is Shot/Killed Area 4th/Atlantic, Police Believe During An Attempted Robbery Man Is Shot/Wounded In Possible Attempted Robbery, 1st/Atlantic LBUSD To Continue Online Distance Learning Thru End Of 1st Semester (Jan. 28, 2021), Supt. Baker Explains Reasoning and Responds Directly To Critics In controversial and arguably inconsistent exception, says district will "continue to plan for potential phasing in of some student support services and some limited in-class instruction prior to the end of the first semester." Man Is Shot/Killed Area 10th St/Cherry; LBPD Says Suspect And Victim Knew Each Other And Shooting May Relate To Accusation of Domestic Violence Against A Relative Council Tweaks And OK's FY21 Budget, Defunds Nearly 50 Sworn Police Officers (On Top Of 180+ Defunded 2009-2015 Not Restored), Councilmembers Let Themselves Join Voluntary 10% Salary Reducing Furlough But Quietly Let Themselves Increase Their Pensions With Adopted Salary Increases Proposed FY21 Budget Includes Nearly $7k Pay Raise For City Auditor Doud City Mgr. Blames Censored Budget Docs (No Six Figure Salaries Shown For Citywide Electeds or Dept Heads) On COVID-19 Time Pressures, Denies Censorship, Says Full Docs Will Be Available AFTER Council Vote Adopting Budget First LB Citywide Elected to Share Budget Pain: City Prosecutor Haubert Will Take Voluntary 10% Salary Reduction To Match His Staff's Lost Pay From Furloughs Opines City Should Make It Easy For Public To See Elected Officials' Salaries City FY 21 Budget Docs Censor Six Figure Salaries/Raises Of Citywide Electeds And City Dept. Heads LB Airport Sunday High Reached 104 (Predicted High for 90808 was 108.) Perspective / Amnesia File: After Taxpayers Spent $7+ Mil, LB City Council Cut Developer's Purchase Price Nearly In Half And Now NLB Has Retail Outlets Offering Fried Chicken, Asian Fusion Food And A Bank Web Spreads Love (Instead of Hate) Embracing 6 Yr Old NLB Boy Battling Brain Cancer LB Temp Touched 102 Degrees At LGB Sat. (Short of Predicted 107 in 90808) Perspective: Long Beach's Censored Police Budget: LBREPORT.com Publishes What City Budget Docs Don't Show Nat'l Weather Service Ups Its Forecast LB Weekend Highs: 107-108 In 90808, 92-93 In 90803 Southwest Airlines Seeks And Receives All Of JetBlue's 17 Former LB Airport Flight Slots Southwest now dominates with 34 of LGB's 53 total flight slots LA County Health Dept Lets K-12 Schools Offer In-School Services For "Small Cohort" of Students With IEPs, ESL Or Other Specialized Needs; LBUSD Will Decide On What Terms To Apply This In LB; L.A. County And City of LB Also Allow Reopening With Multiple Restrictions Of In-Store Barbering/Hair Salons SB 1120 (Four Houses On Single Family Home Lot) Passes Sac'to Assembly But Fails To Meet Midnight Deadline For State Senate Concurrence; It Dies For Now; LB City Hall Let It Advance; Ignoring City's Stated Policy On Local Control Even As Grassroots Neighborhood Residents Worked To Oppose Bill Man Is Shot/Wounded 300 block E. 14th St. (at LB Blvd., 6th dist/Andrews) Man Is Shot/Killed On 405 Northbound Approaching 605; Shooter, Headed Toward Areas Along 405 or 605 Including LB, Remains At Large Sac'to Dems (Incl. LB state Senators Lena Gonzalez & Tom Umberg) Enable Passage of Pro-Density AB 725, Companion to SB 1120 (Four Housing Units On Single Family Lots, Ass'y Vote Expected Aug. 30) AB 725 will require metro cities like LB after Jan 1, 2022 to allocate at least 25% of their SCAG-imposed "Regional Housing Needs" (moderate income and above) to sites zoned for at least four housing units. Man Is Shot/Wounded, Bullets Miss Two Others, In 1000 Myrtle Ave. Walk-Up Attempted Robbery/Shooting DA Finds LBPD Officer Used Reasonable Force, Won't Be Held Criminally Liable In Gruesome Blue Line Wardlow Stn. Death of Passenger, Originally Stopped For Fare Evasion By Metro Transit Officer; Read Full DA Report Family is pursuing civil lawsuit; Black Lives Matter LB plans Aug. 29 protest march on event's 3rd anniversary Strictly Limited Reopenings For L.A. County/LB Businesses Until Data Improve Under Governor's New COVID-19 System; LA County Still In Virus "Widespread" Category "Schools in the Widespread tier aren’t permitted to reopen for in-person instruction, unless they receive a waiver from their local health department for TK-6 grades...Schools can reopen for in-person instruction once their county has been in the Red (Substantial) tier for at least two weeks." FY 21 Budget Would Let Mayor/Council Offices Consume Nearly $6 Million With No Cuts In Budgeted Positions For Themselves; Mayor/Council Haven't Scheduled Any Budget Sessions To Discuss This Another 1st Council Dist Shooting: 700 block Olive, Man Is Shot/Wounded Mayor Garcia Asks Council to Direct City Att'y To Write A Guaranteed Income Resolution And Mgm't To Seek Grant Funding; Fiscal Impact Statement Admits Program Would Likely Mean Future Unquantified Taxpayer Costs These Current/Former Elected Officials And Organized Labor Groups Have Endorsed Cindy Allen For 2nd Dist. Council Seat L.A. City Councilman Herb Wesson (L.A. County Supervisor Candidate And Former Ass'y Speaker) Urges Gov. Newsom And Assembly Speaker Rendon To Reject SB 1120 As Destabilizing Black Communities And Inviting Gentrification; Bill's Supporters Duck Tuesday Planned Vote Which Could Come Weds Or Later This Week LBREPORT.com Files Public Records Act Request To Disclose Who Wanted Council To Vote On Ten Agenda Items In One Action (On Same Night Mayor Shrugged His Council Duty To Preside At Council Meeting For MSNBC Political Appearance) LBREPORT.com Files Public Records Act Request For Docs Showing What Council Incumbents Mungo And Supernaw Did / Didn't Do In Response To SB 1120 For Future Reopening, LBUSD Says Most Parents In August Chose In-Class Or Hybrid (In-Class + Online) Instruction While Acknowledging Sizable Percentages Seek Online-Only Instruction Stymied By 2nd Dist. Incumbent Pearce's Unhelpful Votes On Parking And Density, Grassroots "Transportation and Parking Solutions" Endorses 2nd Dist. Reform Candidate Robert Fox Mayor Garcia Shrugs City Charter Mayoral Duty To Preside At City Council Meeting, Exits To Appear On MSNBC Political Segment Exit comes after peculiar unexplained procedural request. Council Extends Contract With Arborist Firm Whose May Peninsula Tree Trimming -- Performed Pursuant To City Work Order Issued During Nesting Season -- Begat Brouhaha Over Nesting Bird's Death Agenda item was among those Mayor Garcia sought to combine in peculiar unprecedented procedure prior to exiting for MSNBC political segment Another 1st District/Washington Middle School Neighborhood Shooting: 1600 block Henderson (Casings Found, No Persons Hit) Perspective / AUDIO: LB School Board Shrugs Parents' Pleas Over COVID Risks, Deal With Teachers Union (See MOU) Allows Online Instruction For Most But Forced In-Classroom Teaching For Certain Special Ed, Pre-K Students AUDIO: Hear responses by School Board incumbents and two runoff candidates seeking to become next School Board member Perspective: How Some Media Morphed Mayor Garcia's 17.7 Second Convention Video Bites Into Party "Rising Star" |
Editorial: No Longer About Explosives/Fireworks; Now It's About Lies Editorial: LBREPORT.com Seeks LBUSD COVID-19 Infection Data For All Campuses; Amid Calls For Reopenings, Parents, Teachers, Students And Taxpayers Have Right To Know If District's Current "Protective" Measures Are or Aren't Working Vote Imminent On SB 1120 -- Would Allow Four Residential Units On Single Family Home Lots; LB Mayor/Councilmembers Mum; Here's How To Oppose It But Must Act Now Editorial: Teachers Union & LBUD Mgm't Shouldn't Decide COVID-19 Safety; Elected School Board Should...But Didn't Editorial: Mayor Garcia Offered Bogus Pretext To Cancel July 21 City Council Meeting; Council Did So And Will Get Paid Without Conducting Public's Business; Garcia Surfaced At Biden Campaign Event; Taxpayers Are Owed That Canceled Council Meeting Viewpoint: LBPD Should Ask And Get Answers For Public To These Four Questions About Accidental Discharge Of Gun Carried By Retired LBPD Sgt by John Deats Viewpoint: Police Response Times And Young Lives: A Budget Warning by Doug Drummond * * (3rd dist. Councilman (1990-1998), Harbor Comm'r (2011-2017), LBPD Commander (retired after 29 yrs service) Editorial: On June 23, The City Council's "Public Safety Committee" Is Poised To Violate Governor's Order And State Law And Let City Staff Manipulate Media Coverage At The ONLY City Council Proceeding Agendized To Date On LB Looting/Rioting, Police Bias/Use of force And Police Misconduct. Here's What To Do About This. Editorial: Appoint Whistleblower/Experienced Investigator Tomas Gonzales To Vacancy On Citizen Police Complaint Comm'n Editorial: Ensuring Meaningful Change, Not Sham Tweaks, For LB's "Citizen Police Complaint Commission" Unprepared...Or Clueless And In Denial? Read What Long Beach Mayor Garcia Tweeted Less Than Two Hours Before Looting Broke Out From Downtown To Uptown Breaking Code of Silence That Spares Mayor, Council And LB Police Officers Union From Accountability For Their Actions That Left LB Vulnerable To Looting And Problematic Police Responses Viewpoint: Mayor/Council, Please Stop Offering Self-Serving Excuses, Start Taking Public Serving Public Safety Actions. by Annie Greenfeld * * Ms. Greenfeld is a veteran community advocate. For many years, she lived in Wrigley, was president of Wrigley Association and South Wrigley Neighborhood Advisory Group, chaired the Central Redevelopment Project Area Committee and spoke at countless Long Beach City Council meetings on multiple neighborhood and citywide topics. Guest Essay: Socially We Should Engage. Physically We Should Distance by David Alpern Editorial: Re County-Run Election: Supervisor Hahn: Investigate (1) Firing Of LB Polling Place Whistleblower; (2) Politically Discriminatory Practice In Timing Mailing Of Voters' Sample Ballot Materials; And (3) Long Election Day Lines At Several LB Voting Centers; LB Council: Agendize City Clerk Report On Costs/Feasibility Of Restoring LB Control Of LB Elections The Mayor's Club LBREPORT.com's Choice For 2019 "Outrage of the Year" Is Another Story You May Not Have Read Elsewhere And Will Affect LB In 2020 And Beyond AND Here Are LBREPORT.com's Ten "Runners-Up" For LB's 2019 Outrage of the Year; Do You Have Others? Viewpoint: Disappointed Supreme Court Declined To Review Boise Opinion, Confident Court Will Have Future Opportunities For Broader Conversation; Clarity Needed With Disparity Between Current Laws And Their Interpretation by Suzie A. Price Long Beach City Councilwoman, Third District Editorial: Long Beach Mayor/Council May Let City Block Your Ability To Hear LBPD Radio Channels; Here's How To Say "No!" Editorial: Sorry, But Councilman Supernaw's Community Hospital Deal Will Eat Millions That Won't Be Available To Continue Providing Fire Engine 17 Beyond Sept. 2021 AND Could Still Leave LB Without Continuing Eastside Acute Care Hospital AND Could Cause City To Lose Its Community Hospital Property Entirely Follow-up: Gov. VETOES this bill, see subsequent coverage here. Here's How To Tell Gov. Newsom To Veto Election-Tilting Anti-Taxpayer Anti-Transparency SB 268 Editorial: It's Not Streamlining. It Doesn't Promote Public Participation. It Will Affect Your Ability To Speak And Be Heard When City Council Actions Affect Your Neighborhood And Our City. Here's How To Stop It And Send A Message That The Public's Voices Matter  Perspective: By The Numbers: Here Are LB Taxpayer/Neighborhood-Impacting Public Safety Facts That LB's Mayor/Council Haven't Told You  Editorial: This Happened When A Mentally Ill Vagrant Said He Wanted To Kill A Belmont Shore Business' Manager. Opinion: LB Dem Partisans Try To Link 1st Dist Council Candidate Morquecho To Trump, While He And Multiple Dems Fail To Link Mayor-Backed Zendejas To Multiple Unpopular Council Actions Editorial: Our Hearts Are With Candlelight Vigils, But LBREPORT.com Is Done Covering Them. We Urge Action Editorial: Civics Refresher, Rights And Remedies When LB Council Incumbents Try To Reduce (Not Restore) Your Right To Speak And Be Heard At Council Meetings Their New City Hall Editorial: ¡Que barbaridad! |
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Measures A & B: LBREPORT.com Seeks District Attorney Review Of Long Beach Mayor/City Council Feb. 18 Actions re Measure B
Measures A & B: Garcia-Run Campaign Has Spent Over $380,000 Since 8th Dist: Dollar Donnybrook: Organized Labor Spends Large Sum For Thrash-Ntuk; Business Interests Spend Big to Re-Elect Austin; Reform Ticket Challenger Ovalle Uses Contribs Mainly From Grassroots Residents 2nd Dist Deluge: Over $120,000 Spent Since Jan. 1 To Put Cindy Allen On City Council ($70k+ From These Contribs + $50k+ From Two Indie Committees); Reform Ticket Candidate Robert Fox (Using Mainly His Own Money) Has Spent $60k+; Pearce Endorsee Lara About $10k, Barrera About $5.5k 8th Dist + 6th Dist. These Five Entities + One Individual Just Added $42,500 To Indie Campaign Seeking To Re-Elect Council Incumbents Andrews And Austin 8th Dist: In 8th Dist., UniteHere! Union Adds $50,000 (Producing $125,000) For Organized-Labor Indie Campaign Seeking To Elect Thrash-Ntuk Follow the Money: Carpenters Union PAC Adds $10k To Garcia-Run Pro-Measure A Sales Tax Campaign; It's Collected Over Half A Million To Date From These Entities To Spend Against Grassroots Taxpayers Relying On Bare-Bones Individual Efforts 2nd Dist: These Persons / Entities Gave These Sums To Elect Cindy Allen To LB City Council (2nd Dist.) 6th Dist: Three Unions Just Gave Nearly A Quarter Million Dollars To L.A. County Labor Fed'n Which Is Allocating Estimated $40,000 In Indie Effort To Elect Suely Saro In 6th District (South Wrigley/Central LB/Cambodia Town) Mayor Garcia: See Who Gave Maximum Sums To Mayor Garcia's 2026 Lt. Governor Committee (That He's Used Thus Far As A Slush Fund To Support Other Campaigns) Subsequent coverage above: These Five Entities Just Gave $170,000 More -- Producing Total Now Nearly Half A Million -- For Garcia-Run Campaign To Continue Imposing Subsequent cverage above: 8th Dist: $75,000 Labor-Backed Indie Campaign Surfaces In 8th District Backing Thrash-Ntuk Subsequent coverage above 6th + 8th Dists: These Entities Funded Indie Campaign Supporting Subsequent coverage above Measure A Sales Tax: LB Firefighters Union Adds $125,000 to $200,000 From Police Officers Union To Fund Garcia-Run Campaign To Permanently Impose "Measure A" (Blank Check) Sales Tax |
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| Councilmembers Signal Acceptance (With Possible Tweaks) Of Mgm't/Mayor Proposed FY21 Police Defunding/Reductions (50+ Sworn Would Be Erased/Replaced By 34 Civilians); Chief Luna Acknowledges Mayor/Mgm't Budget Will Worsen Non-Emergency Response Times
Price says she won't support all proposed PD cuts, cites constituents' concerns; Richardson makes no motions seeking deeper cuts for now, seeks future "deeper dive" into issues Predawn Fire In 4th St/Temple Ave. Strip Mall (Rose Park South) Perpective: With LB Mayor/Council Mum As Sac'to Pro-Density Bills Advance, LB Residents And Neighborhoods Can Take These Actions To Assert Their Interests One Year Old Child Is Run Over In Horrifying And Tragic Circumstances in NLB SCE Rolling Blackouts Hit SE LB On Saturday After These LB Areas On Friday (See Maps) LBUSD Mgm't Seeks School Board Approval To Change Public Comment Proceedings; With In-Person Meetings Resumed, No More Teleconferenced Reading Aloud Of Emailed Comments; They'll Be Sent To Staff And Forwarded To Board Members LBUSD Mgm't Releases This School Opening And Safety Plan. Your Grade? Perspective: LB Neighborhoods Report Continuing Detonation Of Disruptive Explosives; City Prosecutor Has Filed Criminal Charges In Fraction Of Complaints Received; No Cases Adjudicated Or Fines Collected To Date...And No indication City Mgm't Is Pursuing Administrative Enforcement (Hefty Fines Without Court Proceedings Used in Lakewood) Two Vehicles Chase Each Other Thru NW NLB Neighborhood (Eleanor/68th): Gunfire Heard; Casings Found; No Persons Appear Wounded, No Vehicles/Buildings Hit LB Health Dept. Updates Its Order On Reopening LB Schools; They'll Stay Online Only Until At Least Oct 5, And Perhaps Longer, And If/When They Reopen They Must Comply With These Detailed Protocols LBPD Arrests Suspect In Anaheim/Magnolia Liquor Store Robbery That Escalated To Alleged Murder, When Store Employee Grabbed Onto Suspect's Car Hood And Thrown Off/Killed As Suspect Drove Off Los Altos/ELB/Central LB Slated To Lose Fire Engine 17 (Argonne Ave.); Mgm't/Mayor Proposed Budget Nixes Continued Temporary Funding And Council Incumbent Supernaw Fails To Insist On Restoring Permanent Funding LB Taxpayers Previously Had Brush Fire Along San Gabriel River Bike Path At El Dorado Park Nature Center Was Small And Quickly Doused...This Time In Detail: LB Council Votes Weekend Heat Is On, But Nat'l Weather Service Forecats Big Differences Between Coastal LB and Inland LB Two Shootings (Aug 11) Within About 6 Hrs: 1700 block LB Blvd. (1st Dist) And Atlantic Ave. Poly High Area (1st Dist Border With 6th) New / Perspective w/ Amnesia File: Might Biden VP Choice Of Garcia-Ally Harris Preface Possible DC Spot For Garcia? LB COVID-19 Positivity Test Rate Drops To 8.7%, Total Cumulated Cases Top 9,200 No One Seeks To Write Arguments Against City Hall-Sought Oil Tax Increase LB Council To Discuss/Vote (Aug. 11) To Adopt These Public Safety/Policing Changes As Part Of Racial Equity/Reconciliation Policies LBPD Budget Will Be Discussed At Sac'to Bill Would Allow Four Residences On Single Family Home Lots; SB 1120 (Co-Authored By LB State Senator Lena Gonzalez) Passed state Senate In June, Faces Assembly Committee Hearing Sac'to Bill Would Invite A Council Majority To Adopt An Ordinance Zoning Any Parcel For Up to 10 Units Of Residential Density In These Types Of Neighborhoods; Midnight Hour Gunfire In "Pike" Comm'l Area, Juvenile Is Shot/Wounded, Crime Scene @ Seaside/Cedar Inside Talks Between LB Teachers Union/LBUSD Mgm't On How LB Teachers Will Teach Under COVID-19; Union Summarizes First Day Of Negotiations |
Perspective: Amid Recent North Long Beach Shootings, Incumbent Austin Seeks Third Term Backed by LB's Police Officers Union; Neighboring NLB Incumbent Richardson Favors "Defunding"/Reducing LBPD Funding VIDEO: LB School Board Hears Staff Plans For Classroom Instruction Reopening, Declines To Direct Add'l Flexibility Urged By Socially Networked Parents/Teachers Seeking Remote Online Instruction To Avoid Health Risks Via Gallup.com: Black Americans Want Police to Retain Local Presence In First Council Budget Response, No Incumbents Object To Mgmt/Mayor-Proposed Police Defunding...And Some Signal They Favor Going Further Midafternoon Fatal Shooting, Area 7th St./Cerritos Ave. Long Beach City Mgm't/Mayor Garcia Propose FY 21 Budget That Defunds 50+ Sworn Police Officers (On Top of 180 Left Unrestored), Would Replace 34 With Civilians To Handle These Calls/Tasks LB Police Officers Ass'n president issues this statement Mgm't.Mayor snubs Councilman Supernaw, proposes to end grant funding for temporarily restored Engine 17 City Mgm't/Mayor Garcia Propose FY 21 Budget With $6.9 Million Allocated To These Equity And Racial Related Items Man Is Shot/Wounded, Vehicles Are Hit, In 4th NLB Shooting Within A Month Near 91 Fwy/Paramount Blvd. Subsequent coverage above Organized Parent/Teacher Pushback Planned At LB School Board Meeting, Dissatisfied With Current LBUSD Reopening Plans, Quotes Lakewood High Teacher Saying Until Comprehensive Plan "We Are ALL Safer At Home" Subsequent coverage above LB School Bd To Receive Update On "Opening Of School" (Online Till At Least Oct. 5); Teachers Union And Mgm't Currently Negotiating Terms Mgm't also proposes to (a) convene "School Naming Advisory Committee" to consider some new school names and (b) receive board input on pursuing "equity" policies Publisher's Perspective: Long Beach City Hall Scoffed Brown Act-Required Release of Its Proposed FY21 Spending Plan, Concealed Document From Public/Press Scrutiny Until Mayor/Mgm't Media Event LA County Bd of Supervisors Votes 4-1 (Barger Dissenting) To Put Measure On Nov. Ballot That Would Shift At Least 10% Of Available County Funds To These Purposes Instead of LA County Sherff (incarceration) And LA County District Att'y (prosecution) Subsequent coverage above "Defunding" / Reducing Funding For Police: With His Proposed Budget Recommendations, Mayor Garcia Will Show If He Supports It, Then It's Council Majority's Decision  Forbid Police From Using "Non-Lethal" Rounds or Tear Gas to Disperse Crowds Except In Sac'to Specified Circumstances? Bill Co-Authored By LB State Senator Gonzalez Proposes This And It's Coming To Sac'to Committee Vote In Days Follow the Money: See Early Salient Contributors to Cindy Allen Runoff Campaign In CD2 vs. Robert Fox Allen campaign has spent $108,867 in 2020 to date Follow the Money: Garcia-Run Campaign For March 2020 Tax Measures A & B Racked Up Over $100k In Unpaid Bills; Since Then, These Entities Have Given His Committee These Sums In Depth / AUDIOz: Kong Beach Council On Collision Course With State Agency That Oversees Tidelands Oil Revenue; State Lands Comm'n Att'y Warns Proposed LB Oil Tax Ballot Measure And Existing LB Oil Tax Violate State Constitution, Legislative Grants, and the City’s Obligations As Tidelands Trustee SLC Att'y: "The Oil Barrel Production Tax, as the City applies it to State interests, unilaterally and unlawfully diverts revenue due the State’s General Fund to the City without the consent of the Legislature, the Governor, or the statewide public. The tax improperly seeks to convert Public Trust assets for expressly municipal purposes, notwithstanding explicit prohibitions by the Legislature and California Supreme Court against doing so. Finally, the tax violates the City’s fiduciary duty to the State as trustee." Possible Drive-By Shooting, Area LB Blvd/Anaheim St. A Second LB Resident In Their 20's Dies Of COVID-19; City's "Positivity Rate" (Percentage of Persons Tested Who Test Positive) Declines To 10.9% (From 15% A Few Weeks Ago) But LB Rate Remains Higher Than LA County Overall |
Another 1st District Shooting: Man Is Shot/Wounded 1700 block Pacific Ave. LBPD Seeks Public's Help: It Releases These Videos Of Suspect And His Vehicle In Anaheim/Magnolia Liquor Store Robbery That's Now A Murder Investigation  Midday Gunfire 1300 block Elm Ave. (North of Anaheim b/w LB Blvd/Atlantic Ave.); Two Men Say Someone Shot At Them But Missed Stephen Downing & Beachcomber Pry Loose Previously Blocked Draft Report By Int'l Ass'n of Chiefs Of Police On LBPD Operations And Management COVID-19 By The Numbers: (1) LB's "Positivity Rate" Dips To 13.5% But Remains Significantly Above LA County And CA; (2) Geographic Inequality; LB Cases Per Capita In Some Zip Codes Over Double To Nearly Triple Others (See Map/Chart) (3) Updated Daily Hospitalizations Now Routinely Top 100 Per Day Casings Found Proving Midmorning Gunfire LB Blvd./49th St. Rounds Didn't Strike Persons But A 15 Yr Old Boy (Victim) Injured HImself As He Fled Recall Launched Of Long Beach Mayor Garcia, Proponents Meet Legal Prerequisites, Can Begin Collecting Petition Signatures Daunting required numbers but grassroots action by Franklin Sims gives residents dissatisfied with Garcia on various grounds an opportunity to show it AUDIO: Hear Long Beach Councilmembers Collect $50 Each In Taxpayer Paid Perk For Four And a Half Minute July Meeting Of Their "Housing Authority" A week earlier, Council voted at Mayor Garcia's request to cancel its July 21 Council meeting; he turned up at afternoon Biden political event, Councilmembers collected their pay without conducting public's Council meeting business In Depth Coverage: Council Approves Changes To Zoning Code Text/Definitions/Allowable Uses Enabling Various Types Of Homeless-Serving Facilities In Certain Commercial, Industrial, Institutional And Mutli-Unit Residential ZonesSubsequent coverage above State Lands Comm'n Staff Warns Long Beach Proposed Oil Tax Increase May Violate Tidelands Trust, Possibly Trigger Challenge Extending to Sums LB Now Collecting Man Is Shot/Wounded, 3300 block E. 67th St. Anaheim/Magnolia Liquor Store Worker Tries To Stop A Theft, Clings To Suspected Thief's Vehicle Hood But Three Blocks Later Is Allegedly Thrown Off; He Perishes At The Scene LBPD is now investigating suspect's actions as a homicide/murder Man Is Shot/Wounded In WLB's Summit Neighborhood (1st Council District) Extended On-Demand Audio: Hear It: LBUSD Staff Describes Its Plans For "Distance Learning" (Online Instruction) And Budget Details At Special Morning Meeting Follow-Up: Sac'to Legislature's Budget Requires School Districts To Implement THESE Measures For "Distance Learning" Detailed Coverage / Perspective: Lakewood Does This To Impose Heftier Fines With Easier To Enforce Citations Against Fireworks/Explosives Scofflaws. Long Beach Doesn't. Should We? In Depth Coverage: Council Approves Sweeping Policy Document Directing City Staff To Implement More Vehicle-Lane Shrinking/Traffic Slowing "Road Diets," Roundabouts, Separated Bicycle Lanes, Pedestrian Promoting Designs In LB Street Projects Man Is Shot/Wounded In Midnight Hour, Area Anaheim/Walnut (Cambodia Town) It's sixth shooting crime scene in 6th Council dist. (Andrews) since June 1. Man Is Shot/Wounded In LA County Carmelitos Housing Project (8th dist.) |
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