| (December 2, 2020, 7:17 a.m.) -- A group simultaneously listing itself on Facebook as "non profit" and a "PAC" (politcal action committee), whose leadership includes businessman Ryan Choura (CEO of Choura Events) whose firm has recently assisted LB restaurants in creating outdoor dining areas ("parklets") (and whose family owns/operates a separate catering/special event venue/The Grand), has scheduled an event today (Dec. 2) to urge "reopening Long Beach."
A November 30 dispatch by an "Accountability PAC" describes a planned Dec 2 (3:30-5:30 p.m.) "Accountability March" starting at 6602 Marina Drive "to create accountability with elected and appointed officials to properly represent small businesses, restaurants, schools and churches. Inviting all business owners / employees / parents / residents / teachers and students to participate and speak out for a better Long Beach..." A graphic similarly invites "all business owners, employees, parents, residents, teachers and students to participate and speak out for a better Long Beach." As of dawn Dec. 2, the group's Facebook page indicated 27 persons said they're "going" to the event. On or about Oct. 9, Ryan Choura (CEO of Choura Events) put a statement on An included image showed Mr. Choura standing alongside 5th dist. Council incumbent Stacy Mungo with another person..
No masks. No social distancing. Great leadership. The Oct. 9 [Scroll down for further.]
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The Accountability Group's event comes as the Los Angeles County Dept. of Public Health (whose edicts don't control in Long Beach) and the Long Beach Health Dept. (which has legal authority in Long Beach) have both warned that a now-occurring surge in COVID-19 cases is unsustainable and, if not reversed, could leave LB area hospitals unable to provide sufficient hospital staff to hansle COVID-19 and other llnesses. A Dec. 1 City of Long Beach issued a release stated in pertinent part: [City of LB Dec. 1 release text] -- The City of Long Beach has reached unprecedented levels of new COVID-19 infections. COVID-19 cases, which now number 16,786, are rising rapidly in Long Beach. Since Nov 1, the average number of new cases has increased by 313%, a much steeper curve than the City saw during the summer surge. The positivity rate is now at 6%, compared to 2.9% at its lowest, and the most recent seven-day average case rate is 31.6 per 100,000, up from a low of 6.9 per 100,000...
On Nov. 17 Councilwoman Mungo, joined by Councilmembes Price and Supernaw) agendized, but then withdrew before it reached the Council, an agenda item directing the City Attorney to draft a resolution to Governor Newsom urging expansion of in-door dining at 25% capacity for all restaurants in counties within the purple tier [COVID-19 is "widespread," hgihest level] and Direct City Manager and all appropriate departments to identify and participate in ongoing advocacy efforts currently underway, urging Governor Newsom and other relevant State agencies, on behalf of Long Beach and Long Beach based restaurants, to allow restaurants operating in "Purple Tier" counties to operate indoors at 25% indoor capacity.
Councilwoman Mungo has now agendized a Dec. 8 item (joined by Councilmembers Suzie Price and Al Austin) to "direct City Manager and all appropriate departments to update the City of Long Beach COVID-19 Data Dashboard..to clearly reflect any data sets considered or utilized by our Health Officer in determining Health Orders to ensure transparency and clarity in the decision making process; direct City Manager and appropriate staff to report back on our City’s efforts to lobby our federal and state legislature for a robust community focused relief bill that would provide support to our neighbors who are out of work, the non-profits that have supported them, the small businesses that have been completely or partially shut down, and the cities and states that have provided the infrastructure for testing, response and resiliency; [and] research and bring back to Council options to advocate for federal legislative action support deferment and forbearance of government backed, Small Business Association (SBA) loans in light of the fiscal impact to small businesses."
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