Coastal Comm'n staff announces POSTPONEMENT (reasons not provided) of Dec. 10 hearing on proposed Belmont Beach Aquatics Center.
We'll update you when new hearing is scheduled. We’re a group of residents opposed to City Hall building the project just north of beach sand in SE LB because of future sea-level rise (the beach site is expected to flood in 30-50 years), the cost ($82 million, from Tidelands Funds) and the fact that there’s already an existing outdoor pool at this site installed 5 years ago when the old Belmont Pool was demolished in 2015. There are places in Long Beach with a greater need for recreation and sports facilities
The entire City of Long Beach has only 3 public pools. Long Beach needs more community pools, but not on the beach. This pool should be built in a neighborhood where more Long Beach residents can easily reach it to enjoy the benefits of swimming and recreation.
Paid for by Long Beach residents who think there’s a better place in Long Beach for a public pool. Contact us: ABetterPlaceForAPool@gmail.com
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Governor Newsom's Issues Regionalized Stay At Home Order, See Details Of What It Does/Doesn't Allow
Locally It Effectively Derails Calls To Have LB Health Dept. Loosen Restrictions On In-Restaurant Outdoor Dining
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(December 3, 2020, 9:20 p.m.) -- As streamed live on LBREPORT.com's Facebook page and reported in summary form on LBPORT.com's front page, Governor Gavin Newsom today (Dec. 3) announced he will issue a "regionalized" stay at home order that will apply for three weeks if a region's hospital ICU capacity falls below 15% (a level he indicated the So Cal region is expected to reach within days.)
The action will effectively ban a number of activities including in-restaurant dining (outside or inside, allowing only take out and delivery. Locally, it effectively derails local calls for LB;s Health Dept. to allow outdoor dining; local areas can't allow activities that the state bans, and Newsom's action blocks cities and counties, like Long Beach and LA County, from easing their current bans on in-restaurant dining.
It may also make moot a now pending lawsuit by the CA Restaurant Ass'n (with a ahoqnsoqn court hearing coming Dec. 8) that challenged LA County's restaurant restriction (and alleged lack of County data to back it up) because Newsom's order will preempt local discretion on the matter.
The order will] remain in effect in a county "if the region’s ICU capacity projected out four weeks (from three weeks since the Stay-at-Home Order started) is less than 15 percent. The order would remain in effect until the region’s ICU capacity meets criteria. assessed on a weekly basis."
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Governor Newsom describes his order as focusing on the need to stop gathering outside of one's household. It includes temporary closure of bars, wineries, personal services; allowing schools to remain open if they get a needed waiver.
[Governor's Dec. 3 media release text]
It instructs Californians to stay at home as much as possible to limit the mixing with other households that can lead to COVID-19 spread. In any region that triggers a Regional Stay at Home Order because it drops below 15 percent ICU capacity, all operations in the following sectors must be closed:
Indoor and Outdoor Playgrounds
Indoor Recreational Facilities
Hair Salons and Barbershops
Personal Care Services
Museums, Zoos, and Aquariums
Movie Theaters
Wineries
Bars, Breweries and Distilleries
Family Entertainment Centers
Cardrooms and Satellite Wagering
Limited Services
Live Audience Sports
Amusement Parks
The following sectors will have additional modifications in addition to 100 percent masking and physical distancing:
Outdoor Recreational Facilities: Allow outdoor operation only without any food, drink or alcohol sales. Additionally, overnight stays at campgrounds will not be permitted.
Retail: Allow indoor operation at 20 percent capacity with entrance metering and no eating or drinking in the stores. Additionally, special hours should be instituted for seniors and others with chronic conditions or compromised immune systems.
Shopping Centers: Allow indoor operation at 20 percent capacity with entrance metering and no eating or drinking in the stores. Additionally, special hours should be instituted for seniors and others with chronic conditions or compromised immune systems.
Hotels and Lodging: Allow to open for critical infrastructure support only.
Restaurants: Allow only for take-out or pick-up.
Offices: Allow remote only except for critical infrastructure sectors where remote working is not possible.
Places of Worship: Allow outdoor services only.
Entertainment Production including Professional Sports: Allow operation without live audiences. Additionally, testing protocol and "bubbles" are highly encouraged.
The Order does not modify existing state guidance regarding K-12 schools.
The following sectors are allowed to remain open when a remote option is not possible with appropriate infectious disease preventative measures including 100 percent masking and physical distancing:
Critical Infrastructure
Non-urgent medical and dental care
Child care and pre-K
Non-Essential Travel Lodging
Except as otherwise required by law, no hotel or lodging entity in California shall accept or honor out of state reservations for non-essential travel, unless the reservation is for at least the minimum time period required for quarantine and the persons identified in the reservation will quarantine in the hotel or lodging entity until after that time period has expired.
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We'll update you when new hearing is scheduled. We’re a group of residents opposed to City Hall building the project just north of beach sand in SE LB because of future sea-level rise (the beach site is expected to flood in 30-50 years), the cost ($82 million, from Tidelands Funds) and the fact that there’s already an existing outdoor pool at this site installed 5 years ago when the old Belmont Pool was demolished in 2015. There are places in Long Beach with a greater need for recreation and sports facilities
