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On March 3, 2020, the City of Long Beach will hold a Consolidated Municipal Election with the Statewide Direct Primary Election at which voters will consider a ballot measure relating to the Measure A Extension Transactions and Use (Sales) Tax and subject to Council action on November 19, 2019, may consider a ballot measure relating to the City of Long Beach Transient Occupancy (Hotel Bed Tax) Measure. To make sure there is adequate time for those interested in writing arguments for or against the measure, the Interest Form for Argument Writers is available starting Nov. 15 on the Office of the City Clerk webpage www.longbeach.gov/cityclerk/elections/ballot-measures. All interest forms must be received by the City Clerk at 411 West Ocean Boulevard, Lobby Level, Window #12, Long Beach, CA 90802, no later than 4:30 p.m. on Friday, November 22, 2019. A separate form must be submitted for each ballot measure. The Mayor will announce his nominees for argument writers at 4:30 p.m. on Monday, November 25, 2019. The City Council will vote on those nominations at the City Council meeting on December 3, 2019. Arguments FOR or AGAINST the ballot measure are due to the City Clerk by Friday, December 13, 2019 at 4:30 p.m., while rebuttal arguments are due by Monday, December 23, 2019 at 4:30 p.m. Arguments must not exceed 300 words and rebuttal arguments must not exceed 250 words. For more information, please contact the Office of the City Clerk, at (562) 570-6101. |
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| LBREPORT.com is taking a brief hiatus starting Special Report w/ Detailed Coverage: Video / Audio / Perspective: State Senator John Moorlach Says He'd Welcome Long Beach Support For New / Developing: Council/Mayor/City Mgm't Will Discuss -- Outside Of Public View -- Amendment To Lease Terms With Urban Commons (Queen Mary/Adjacent Property Lessee) New: City Docs Show Proposed Hotel Room Tax Is Gen'l Fund Revenue Measure; Council Will Vote Tuesday On Whether To Approve This Ballot Text Implying Arts/Convention Ctr Support New: Parks/Rec Staff Asks Parks/Rec Comm'n To Recommend Artificial Turf Field At El Dorado Park West  Image source: City management agendizing memo |
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Candles in the Wind: One Week To The Day At Site Where Awaida Father/Mother/Son Lives Taken, Their Surviving Parents/Relatives See Massive Outpouring Of Community Support
 (1) LBPD Has Presented Its Evidence/Materials To D.A. For Criminal Case-Filing Consideration In Los Cerritos (Awaida Family) Triple-Fatality; (2) At Court Hearing In Comm'l Burg Case, Court Maintains Its Approval For LB City Prosecutor Haubert-Sought $500k Bail, Schedules Next Hearing Subsequent coverage above: For Years, Studebaker/Loynes Industrial Property Has Stood Quiet/Undeveloped But That May Now Change. Property Owner Proposes "Studebaker Rd. Business Park"; Planning Comm'n Will Hold Hearing/Vote Subject To Possible Appeal(s) Follow the Money: On Day Before & On Election Day, These Sources Gave These Sums To Elect Zendejas To LB's City Council Man Is Shot/Wounded South St. @ UPRR Tracks (b/w Cherry/Paramount) Continuing Coverage: Re Los Cerritos Triple-Fatality (Awaida Family) Suspected DUI: LBPD Accident Investigator Continue Preparing Information/Materials For Presentation To District Attorney For Possible Filing Consideration; DA's Decision Will Likely Involve Consideation Of Both Factual And Legal Matters Continuing Coverage: LBPD Arrested Los Cerritos DUI Suspect Navarro On NON-DUI Charges A Little Over Four Months Ago; Here's What Happened Then And Is Happening Now; He's Back In Jail. On City Prosecutor Motion In Comm'l Burglary Case Court Increased His Bail to $500k City's Queen Mary Lessee (Ship Operator/Adjacent Land Developer) Urban Commons Provides City Mgm't This Plan For Ship Repairs; Read Details In Attachments And City Mgm't's Upbeat Response Politics For Grownups / Perspective: Mary Zendejas Is Elected To LB City Council; How She Won And The Others Lost Weeks Ago, L.A. County Election Bureaucrats Quietly Decided To Change A 1st Council Dist. Polling Place Location But Didn't Tell LB's City Clerk Or LB Voters Until A Few Days Before Election; Yes, LB's City Council CAN Choose To Have LB's City Clerk Run LB's Elections Again, But...  They're All Gone: Mother Dies, Joining Toddler Son And Her Husband, Killed While Walking In Los Cerritos Neighborhood, Struck By Suspected/Arrested DUI Driver; Funerals For Father And Son Scheduled Monday 1 p.m.@ Garden Grove Islamic Center GoFundMe Page Has Raised $179,000+ Eduardo Lara, A Contributor To Electing Jeannine Pearce To LB's City Council In 2016, Enters 2nd Dist. Race To Replace Her...And She Swiftly Endorses Him; CSULB Prof Is Also A Boardmember Of LGBTQ Center Man Stabbed In Vons (Traffic Circle Area) Parking Lot At Midafternoon Sunday Man Is Shot At Midafternoon Sunday, Area Hill St./Pasadena Ave. (6th Dist.) In Depth Coverage / Perspective: New Shoemaker Bridge -- Proposed As Iconic New Entrance To Downtown LB -- Might End Up Considerably Less; City Council (Including Its "I-710 Oversight Committee") Hasn't Paid Attention And Some LB Media Outlets Haven't Told You These Details  Outpouring Of Grief And Prayers, GoFundMe Page Raises $134,000+ After Father And (Update) His Infant Son Perish, Mother In Critical Condition, After Vehicle Strikes Them While Walking On Halloween Night In Los Cerritos Neighborhood; LBPD Arrests Driver On Suspicion Of DUI More ELB Gunfire: Man Is Shot/Wounded 2400 block Granada (4th Dist Near 5th Dist. Border); It's THIRD Shooting Crime Scene Within A Week "East of Redondo" In Councilman Supernaw's District  Jan 1, 2018 to date: Red Xs=homicides; Blue Xs= shootings, person wounded; Brown Xs=shots fired at victim(s), not hit; Purple Xs=shots at occupied residence/vehicle; Green Xs= shots at unoccupied vehicle/residence; Grey Xs=shots fired (no hit, no target identified); Orange X's=non-fatal stabbings; Blue * asterisk=victim hit, police unable to locate crime scene. Map is unofficial. Councilmembers Richardson/Pearce/Uranga Echo October L.A. Council Action, Agendize |
Detailed Coverage / Politics For Grownups: After Raising $40,000 (Mainly In June 2019) To Seek On-Demand VIDEO of News Briefing: 12 Shot/3 Perish At Party At Residence On 7th St. @ Temple On-Demand AUDIO: Cindy Allen's 2nd Council Dist. Campaign Kick-Off Draws Multiple Current And Former LB Officials; Ms. Allen Delivers These Remarks (Quick-Launch On-Demand Audio)  1st Dist. Council Candidates Elliot Gonzales, Joe Ganem and Shelbyrae Black Join In Signing "Reform Pledge" Follow the Money Coverage: LB Firefighters Union PAC Just Spent Another Nearly $12k (Cumulated Total Now $17k) In Its "Independent Expenditure Campaign" To Elect Zendejas In 1st Dist. Election It's Tapping Recent $10k Contribs ($30k Total) Received From Mayor Garcia's "2026 Lt. Gov. Committee" + State Senator Gonzalez's 2019 Election Committee + LB Police Officers PAC ELB Gunfire, Vehicle Struck/No Persons Hit, Anaheim/Bennett (Just West of Ximeno, 4th Dist.)  Jan 1, 2018 to date: Red Xs=homicides; Blue Xs= shootings, person wounded; Brown Xs=shots fired at victim(s), not hit; Purple Xs=shots at occupied residence/vehicle; Green Xs= shots at unoccupied vehicle/residence; Grey Xs=shots fired (no hit, no target identified); Orange X's=non-fatal stabbings; Blue * asterisk=victim hit, police unable to locate crime scene. Map is unofficial. Mayor Garcia Cancels Long Beach "Meet the Mayor" Event To Campaign In Iowa For Dem Pres Candidate Kamala Harris LB's City Auditor Says Queen Mary Repair/Maintenance Issues Not Her Job Follow the Money Coverage: LBREPORT.com Shows Updated 1st Council District Campaign Contribs And Their Sources In Depth Coverage: Mayor Garcia Schedules "Officeholder Account" Contribution Event For Himself Hosted By 2nd/PCH Developer...While Its Developer Pursues Council Appeal To Install Four Large Electronic Message Signs (After Planning Comm'n Allowed Only Two Facing Inward) Multiple Updates: Savvy Citizens Flag Down Alert LBPD Patrol Officer And Their Swift Response Likely Prevented Add'l Casualties In Chaotic NLB Bar Shooting: One Man Is Dead, One Man Is Wounded, Shooter Is Killed, Four Persons Hide In Bathroom Until Rescued By PD/SWAT Detailed Coverage / Politics For Grownups: Follow the Money In 1st Dist. City Council Election: VIDEO: Reform Ticket City Council Candidates Robert Fox (2nd Dist.) And Juan Ovalle (8th Dist.) Sign This "Reform Pledge," Vow That If Elected, They'll Seek Changes In How LB City Hall Currently Operates And Treats The Public Earthquake: Fri. Oct 18: 12:20 a.m. Initial magnitude, 3.7, initial epicener WSW of Compton, depth about 24 km, sharp jolt felt all the way into ELB (Bellflower/Wardlow area)  USGS shake/contour map Better Housing for Long Beach / Joani Weir File Fed'l Court Lawsuit Challenging Long Beach "Tenant Relocation Ordinance" And Statewide "Rent Cap/Just Cause Eviction" Law (AB 1482), Alleges They Violate Provisions Of Fed'l & CA Constitutions |
Council Votes 7-0 (Supernaw Motion) For Community Hospital Lease That Lets LLC Terminate For Any Reason, Requires LB Taxpayers To Pay $1-2 Mil Annually (Up To $25 Mil Over 15 Yrs) Likely Taken From Measure A Sales Tax AND -- In Outcome City Mgm't Calls "Likely" -- Lets LLC End Lease Early Requiring LB Taxpayers To Reimburse LLC For LLC's Costs Incurred And Enabling LLC Or Other Buyer To Buy Community Hospital For Health Care Purposes Other Than Acute Care Hospital
LB Homeless/Vagrant Council Policy Showdown Coming In Re-Vote Tonight (Oct. 15) On Whether To Support L.A. County's "Friend of Court" Brief Urging US Supreme Court To Reverse Lower Court Opinion That Blocks Local Laws Against Vagrants/Homeless Sleeping Outdoors Unless Sufficient Shelter Beds Available Governor VETOES SB 268 Citing Lack Of Transparency, Would Have Let Cities Avoid 75 Word Ballot Summary, Instead Tell Voters To "See Voter Guide" For Taxpayer-Impacting Details Of Ballot Measures Seeking Multi-Level Taxes Or Property-Tax Raising Debt-Bonds Some LBREPORT.com readers responded to our editorial and emailed Governor urging veto after LB Council quietly let Mayor Garcia support the bill; all of LB's Sac'to lawmakers voted for it Cindy Allen, Contributor To Mayor Garcia/Multiple Council Incumbents And Previous LBPost Publisher/Owner, Enters 2nd Dist. Council Race Follow the Money: See Who Gave Recent Large Contribs To Put These Candidates On LB City Council (1st Dist.) Bombshells: Proposed Community Hospital Lease Details -- Disclosed Days Before Council Vote -- Would Give For-Profit LLC These Incentives And Could Leave LB Taxpayers With This "Likely" Outcome City Management Memo Acknowledges Sun Nite: Homicide, 6000 block Linden (Roughly Two Blocks From Michelle Obama Neighborhood Library, 9th Dist.) Sat Nite: Man Is Shot/Wounded 2900 block E. Artesia With Perspective: Governor Newsom Appoints Uduak-Joe Ntuk (LBCC Trustee/Dem Party Partisan) As Supervisor In State Oil/Gas/Geothermal Agency In Depth Coverage: Gov Newsom Signs Multiple Sac'to Bills Enabling Greater Housing Density, Reducing Local Control; LB's Mayor/Council Remained Mum As Measures Advanced Despite Council Recited Policy To Oppose Bills Reducing Local Control As seen live: Council voted 8-0 to approve (1st dist. vacant) Follow the Money / Perspective: LB Firefighters Ass'n PAC Gave These Sums To These Councilmembers' Campaigns/Officeholder Accounts Who'll Vote On Its New $10+ Million/3 Yr Contract Follow-Up / Perspective: Bizarre Council Actions On Homeless/Vagrancy Policy: Some Councilmembers Flip Positions, Some Vanish On Vote, Mayor Avoids Linking Himself To Any Position -- As Slim Council Majority Votes To Send "Letter" Instead Of Higher Visibility Council Resolution To Support Overturning Court Opinion That Blocks Local Laws Against Sleeping/Camping On Public Property Unless Sufficient Shelter Beds Available 19 Yr Old (18 At Time Of Crime) Pleads "No Contest" To May 2019 Gang-Related Assault/Hate Crime On African-American Teen Just West Of Poly High (1st Dist.): Judge Lowenthal Sentences Him To Eight Yrs In State Prison LB's New "Billie Jean King Main Library" Will Be Locked/Closed Sundays Despite LBREPORT.com Learns That On Oct 1, City Mgm't Agreed As Queen Mary Landlord/Lessor To "Major Change" In City's Lease With Urban Commons Acknowledging Lessee Doesn't Intend To Finalize Entitlements For Its "Queen Mary Island" Project Within Next 24 Months Urban Commons requested the change on Sept. 10 Coverage In Detail: Who Approved Donation Meters Inviting Money For Mayor's Fund To End Homelessness? Who Governs The Privately-Run Non-Profit That Now Will Get The Money To Distribute? Who Voted To Give Them The Money To Distribute? LBREPORT.com Provides Details...And Names Names These Councilmembers Met (Again) For Approx Three Minutes As Members Of Their "Housing Authority"...For Which They Can Now Collect $50 Each; Records Show Their Housing Authority "Meetings" In 2019 Have Run Mainly 1 to 4 Minutes Despite Andrews Support, Council Falls One Vote Short (With Mungo Exited/Austin Absent) Developing / Perspective: Homeless Data Bombshell: L.A. Times And CA Policy Lab/UCLA Find L.A. And Nat'l Homeless Data Understate Persons With Mental Illness/Substance Abuse; LBDHHS Reviewing Newly Published Data, Response Pending Some public perceptions proven correct? New data arguably invite rethinking some current responses to homeless/vagrant issues Man Is Shot/Killed NW NLB (69th Way); It's NW NLB's FIFTH Shooting Crime Scene Since June; LBPD Deploys Add'l Resources In Response FOURTH Shooting Crime Scene Since June Near NW NLB's Coolidge Park (Coolidge Triangle) Leaves Woman In Critical Condition |
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