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NEW: 2nd Dist: 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 NEW: 2nd Dist: 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 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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| Gunman Opens Fire On A Man And A Woman Walking on Lemon Ave. (6th Dist. Just North of PCH/Near LBCC); Man Is Hit/Wounded
SB 50, Sac'to Attempt To Increase Housing Production By Imposing Housing Density Overriding Aspects Of Local Zoning On Sac'to Approved Terms, FAILS By Three Votes (Despite Reconsideration), Won't Advance To Assembly With Ballots About to Arrive, City Mgm't (Fire Chief) Memo Credits Measure A Sales Tax For New Stn 9 Site (Still Under Negotiation/Slated for Future Closed Session), Says "Minimal Impact" Thus Far On Response Times (Doesn't Mention Delayed Response To Awaida Family Triple Fatality)< Subsequent development above Developing: SB 50 As Amended -- Would Increase Housing Density With Some Local Flexibility On Sac'to Allowed Terms -- Fails Senate Approval By Three Votes BUT Reconsideration Granted Allowing Add'l Vote Jan. 30; LB Senator Gonzalez Votes "Yes"; Senator Umberg Doesn't Vote; LB Mayor/Council Took No Position On Bill As Amended Los Angeles and OC Health Depts. Report Their First Cases Of Aggressive Chinese Coronavirus Candles in the Wind: Woman Who Perished (Pedestrian Attempting To Cross Palo Verde Ave.) Lost Her Twin Sister Nine Years Earlier In Vehicle Crash; Heartbreaking "Go Fund Me" Page Tells The Story  Combative And Financially Competitive City Council Races Developing: See Most Recent Campaign Cash On Hand Totals Councilman Richardson In New Zealand/Australia Meeting With Their Gov't Ministries To See How They Impose Charges On Their Drivers AND "I Traveled To New Zealand And Australia With Group From Southern California Ass'n Of Governments Because..." by Councilman Rex Richardson * * Councilman Richardson represents LB's 9th Council district (LB mainly north of South St.) and is 1st Vice President of SCAG's 86-member policy-setting Regional Council. Woman Is Fatally Shot, Man Is Wounded, 1600 block W. 19th St.; LBPD Says Its Preliminary Investigation Evidence Suggests "Long-Term Ongoing Personal Dispute" Between Arrested Suspect And Shooting Victims Woman Tries To Cross Palo Verde Ave. North of Atherton At Midblock, Is Struck By Vehicle And Perishes; PD Says Speed/Cell Phone Districtation/DUI Not Considered Factors Follow the Money: LB Police Officers Union Gives Whopping $200,000 Lump Sum Contribution To Garcia-Run Committee To Fund Campaign For Permanent "Measure A" (Blank Check) LB Sales Tax Vandals/Thieves Smash Windows Of At Least 20 (Perhaps Up To 40) Parked Vehicles, Allegedly Steal Cash From Several Vehicles And A Wallet From At Least One, In ELB's 4th Council Dist (Ransom St. b/w PCH-Anaheim, East of Redondo) |
As seen LIVE: Council votes to deny appeals, sends $85 million (Tidelands funds) revised Belmont Beach and Aquatic Center to Coastal Comm'n (which will decide its fate; appellants plan to appeal.) Should Your Councilmember Vote To Pursue $85 Mil Redesigned/Downsized Belmont Beach Pool/Aquatic Center? Aquatics Supporters Say It's Overdue; Opponents Say It Belongs Elsewhere In The City Without Sea Level Rise And Seismic Risks At Less Cost
 As seen LIVE, no Councilmember mentions "no kill" in discussing LB animal shelter policies; Council motion seeks city management report on issues that have arisen under City's current long-term lease with SPCA-LA before pursuing memorandum of understanding/operating agreement recommended by city management to clarify operational relationship with the group. City Mgm't Plans Council Presentation On Its Animal Shelter by Juli Mullholland Special to LBREPORT.com Couple Is Robbed/Injured Exiting Vehicle In Los Cerritos/Virginia Country Club Neighborhood; Suspect Flees Before LBPD Arrives...And Weapon Used Was A BB Gun Freelance Musicians, Writers And Others Fume On Facebook, Charge UPDATE: Gov. Newsom asks state lawmakers to allocate $21 mil in FY21 budget for investigations & enforcement Two 1st Dist. Shootings In First Two Days of MLK Weekend: (1) 7th/Cedar: Man Is Shot Trying To Prevent Two Suspects (One Believed Known To Him) From Allegedly Stealing His Car (2) 1500 block Chestnut: Two People Shot-At (Rounds Miss) Long Beach Mayor/Council Fail To Agendize Voted Position On LBPD Suspects 2 Yr Old Child Murdered In Willmore City (In Vehicle Or Residence, Area 900 Block Daisy); Seeks Public's Assistance, Asks Witnesses To Come Forward; See LBPD Release Text LBPD East Division Teamwork: Officers Respond To 4th Dist Shots Fired (Loma/15th), Radio Suspect Vehicle Description To Assisting Officers; They Spot Suspect Vehicle, Seek To Make Traffic Stop; Suspect Flees, Crashes At Anaheim/LB Blvd., Is Arrested And Handgun Recovered Full Text of Release By Urban Commons (City's Queen Mary Lessee/Operator/Developer Of Adjacent Land) Following Mayor Garcia's State of the City Message Complete Text As Prepared For Delivery Of Mayor Garcia's 2020 State of the City Message |
Former 8th District Councilmembers Rae Gabelich & Jeff Kellogg Endorse Juan Ovalle To Represent 8th District; Former Mayor O'Neill, A Peninsula Resident, Joins Downtown Resident Mayor Garcia In Supporting Third Term For Incumbent Al Austin
In Detail: Governor-Chosen Homeless Task Force Urges State Constitutional Amendment Requiring Cities And State To Fund & Enable Rapid Siting For Homeless-Related Housing Or Face Lawsuits, Possible Court Orders Two Men Shot/Wounded, 1100 block E. Artesia, LBPD Suspects Site Involved Illegal Gambling Jan. 14 UPDATE: A few hours after LBREPORT.com reported the story below, LBPD's full year 2019 crime numbers (citywide and by LBPD Divisions) materialized on LBPD's website. Perspective: City Issues This Release On Long Beach 2019 Year End Crime Stats; It's Mainly Narrative With Few Numbers And These Omissions Special Report / In Depth / AUDIO: Long Beach State Senator Lena Gonzalez Votes To Kill  In Depth / Developing: With Sac'to Poised To Decide Within Days, LB City Hall Has No Position On SB 50 As Amended That Could Override Single Family Home Zoning And Require Increased Total Residential Density Citywide For Your Neighborhood Or Nearby And Statewide: NLB Assemblyman Gipson Co-Authors Bill That Would Erase Public's Right To Raise Neighborhood Impacting CEQA Issues Re Emergency Shelters, Supportive Housing And "Affordable" Housing Projects Proposed In Mixed-Use, Non-Residential Or Infill Sites LB Animal Shelter Says It Finished Decade With Fewest Dog/Cat Euthanasias & Highest Live Releases Ever...But No Kill Long Beach Says It's Skeptical Of Some Figures And Faults Mayor/Council For Resisting Add'l Changes LB Mayor Garcia -- Who Backed Kamala (2019) and Hillary (2016) Over Bernie -- Now Backs Biden For President UPDATE: Garcia's move comes after several other CA Dem pols endorsed Biden Council Votes AND Vice Mayor Andrews Notified City Clerk To Remove His Name As Eight Councilmembers (Austin Dissenting) Vote To Approve Mayor/Mungo Proposal To Spend Estimated $87,000 More Annually (Gen'l Fund) To Pay All Mayor-Chosen Appointees To City Hall "Advisory" Comm'ns And Double Sums Payable To Charter Comm'ns As seen LIVE: Council votes to deny appeals, approve development with two conditions added on motion by Price.. Council Will Hear/Decide Appeals Seeking EIR For Proposed Studebaker/Loynes Business/Industrial Development  Source: Architect rendering attached to city agendized hearing materials |
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