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VIDEO: State Senate Hopefuls Hoping For Runoff With LB Councilwoman Gonzalez Say She's Not A Lock At Regional Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Candidate Forum  AND New / Follow-Up: Here's Where State Senate Candidate Lena Gonzalez Was After Her Campaign Told Regional Hispanic Chamber Of Commerce In February She'd Be Unable To Attend Group's Follow the Money: See Who Gave Big Bucks At Garcia/Lara Fundraiser To Put LB Councilwoman Gonzalez In State Senate, In Add'n To These Other Recent Large Contribs Gov. Newsom Seeks State Legislation Requiring Cities To Meet Higher "Regional Housing Needs Assessment" Figures Faster, Punish Cities Sac'to Deems "Non-Compliant" On Land Use/Zoning/Entitlements By Cutting Off Their Driver-Paid Road Repair Dollars Under 2017 Gasoline Tax Increase Subsequent coverage above State Senate Candidate Lena Gonzalez Won't Be Present at Subsequent coverage above Community Hospital Long Term Deal Not Done, City Staff Seeks "Interim" (Short Term) Lease As Negotiations Continue On Fiscal Impacts Of Major Terms That Could Require LB Taxpayers To Pay Privately-Owned LLC Up To $25 Million (Half Of Seismic Retrofit Costs) While LLC Runs Smaller-Than-Former Version Of Community Hospital For Its Profit On City Owned Land For $1/Year On-Demand AUDIO: Hear LB Mayor/Councilmembers Justify/Commend Spending $6.5 Mil -- Part Of $9 Mil Total Cost -- From State Taxpayers' Tidelands Funds To Build A New Downtown-Adjacent Beach Concession Stand (Incl. Public Bathrooms, Kids Play Area, Bldg To Rent Beach Items) AND Record Shows State Lands Comm'n Voted To Approve Multi-Million Dollar Expenditure From State Tidelands For Long Beach Shoreline Concession Stands With No Discussion; City Council Voted To Spend Roughly $9 Million From Tidelands For One Adjacent To Downtown; Others Further Away Budgeted For Much Less  Image source: March 5 city staff agendized report In 2018, LB Council Voted In Closed Session To Join In CA Fed'l Court Lawsuit That Just Struck Down 2020 Census Citizenship Question Water Comm'n Cancels City Mgr. Tells Council City Will Seek Fed'l Taxpayer Dollars To Restore Fire Engine 17 (Argonne Ave, Serves Parts Of ELB-Central LB); FEMA Grant Decision Expected In April-May No Councilmember(s) or Mayor ask why LB taxpayers don't have Engine 17 AND Engine 101 (second apparatus for downtown high rise-density) despite Measure A ("blank check") sales tax increase...which they had before former Mayor Foster/former Council recession-prompted "proportional budget reductions" Sic Transit: Janet Lerch, Wife Of Retired Vice Mayor/Councilman Val Lerch |
VIDEO Coverage: City-Hired Consultant Sees/Hears Multiple Animal Advocates Urge No-Kill Animal Shelter Practices, Criticize Mayor, Seek City Policy Changes
 Follow-Up: LBREPORT.com Asked State Senate Candidate/LB Councilwoman Lena Gonzalez Questions She Missed Hearing And Answering At Recent Beer And Politics Forum. One Of Them Is Relevant To Big Oil's Indie Campaign Big Bucks Supporting Her Election. We Await Her Answers Do You Recognize This Man? LBPD Says He's Suspect In Recent Sexual Battery, Area LB Blvd./south of PCH  Subsequent coverage above Public Safety Committee Members Price-Supernaw-Austin Agendize Their agendizing memo flinches at a few facts Details On Fed'l Charge Filed Against El Dorado Park South Man Re Explosion That Killed His Former Girlfriend At Her OC Business ELB Overnight Gunfire, 3700 block E. Stearns (Near Nat'l Guard Armory); LBPD Pursuit Follows, Suspect Crashes Thru LB Airport Fence, Is Arrested On Tarmac Suspects Fire Shots Into Residence About A Block NW From Michelle Obama Library; One Suspect In Custody, Another At Large In Depth/Perspective: Follow the Money: Big Oil + Big Labor Big Bucks Both Back LB Councilwoman Gonzalez For State Senate. Does That Explain Silence Of LB Mayor/Council In AQMD Proceeding On Potential Mass Casualty Issue? Metro Board Votes [UPDATE: Mayor Garcia Voted "Yes"] To Pursue "Feasibility Study" Leading To Future Vote To Impose "Congestion Pricing" (Tolls/Charges On Drivers Using Certain Congested Freeway Sections To Deter Prime-Time Use) Subsequent development above FBI Arrests El Dorado Park South Man (Whose Former Girlfriend Was Killed By Explosion At Her OC Business) Feds arrested him last year, not charged with deadly explosion but for allegedly possessing destructive device...and shortly thereafter dropped those charges Hours After Double-Shooting (Incl. Homicide), LB's 6th Dist. Had Another Shooting (Man Wounded)  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. A separate map (not shown here) shows shootings in Central LB. |
Woman (Adult) And Boy (17 Yrs Old) Shot, And Boy Dies, Area 11th St./Lewis Ave. (6th Dist.)
Unknown number of suspects fire at them from vehicle driving through an alley; PD says motive currently unknown  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. A separate map (not shown here) shows shootings in Central LB. Coverage coming City Mgm't Plans Structured Q & A, Not "Town Hall" Style Public Comment, At With AUDIO: LB Councilwoman/State Senate Candidate Gonzalez No-Show [UPDATE: Her Campaign Mgr. Responds] At Beer & Politics As Other Candidates Seek To Break-Out Of Multi-Candidate Pack (AUDIO: Hear Them, You Decide); Gonzalez Is Endorsed By L.A. County Fed'n of Labor (AFL-CIO); Committee Funded By Mainly Oil Cos./Related Firms Spends $1 Mil In Indie Campaign To Elect Gonzalez; Her Campaign Swiftly Moves To Announce Endorsement of California League of Conservation Voters
With AUDIO: Fire Engine 17 (Service Area from Central LB To ELB) Still Isn't Restored Despite Council Vote Directing Mgm't "To Identify New Revenue" To Do So; Councilman Supernaw Audibly Irked Makes Public Safety Committee Motion For Mgm't Explanation At Coming Council Meeting Nighttime Gunfire On Retro Row (2100 block E. 4th St.), Shell Casings Found, No Persons Hit  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 based on LBPD confirmed data. Separate map shows shootings in NLB. First (Again) on LBREPORT.com: City Mgm't Memo Signals March Council Item With "Next Steps Needed To Move" LB Animal Care Services "Progressively Forward To Deliver" Live Release Rates "In 90 Percentile For Dogs And Cats"; Will Propose To Strengthen Partnerships With SPCA-LA, Rescue Groups And Volunteers Long Beach City Mgr's Office, In Carefully Worded Statement Attributable To Mayor Garcia on Behalf of City, Says City Is Exploring Feasibility Of Downtown Sports Venue On Convention Ctr Parking Lot, Approached Angels, In Early Stages Of Due Diligence, Exploring Variety Of Options. Amnesia File: In Formally Adopted EIR, City Refused To Evaluate Site For Public-Serving Recreational Pool, Said It Should Be Reserved For Hotel/Convention Uses Here's More On Signal Hill Shooting (Sat Midnight Hour, Wardlow/Orange At LB Border) |
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Opinion: Long Beach's 2018 "Outrage of the Year" And Its Impacts For 2019 And Beyond
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...
