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The Belmont Beach Aquatics Center, with 2 Olympic-size pools and a platform diving pool, will cost $82 million and was approved in January 2020 by Long Beach City Council. The project must now get permits from the California Coastal Commission because the project site is in the coastal zone. were not adequately consulted and considered during the planning and approval of this pool project. THEY WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU! HOW: We urge you, and your friends and neighbors, to send your email comments to the California Coastal Commission by 02/04/21. Send it to:dani.ziff@coastal.ca.gov
Subject Line: Public Comment on 02/04/21 - Agenda Item Th14a - Application No. 5-18-0788
We’re a group of residents opposed to the project 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.
But only you can tell the Coastal Commission that 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 and 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.
Subject Line: Public Comment on 2/4/21-Agenda Item Th14a - Application No. 5-18-0788 Paid for by Long Beach residents who believe there’s a better place in Long Beach for this public pool.
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(February 1, 2021, 12:25 p.m.) -- In January 2021, by population per capita, the area covered by four Long Beach mainly working class City Council districts -- CD 1 (Zendejas), CD 6 (Saro), CD 8 (Austin) + CD 9 (Richardsoj) had the same level of person-hit shootings as Chicago citywide. The area covered by three of them -- CD 6 (Saro), CD 8 (Austin) + CD 9 (Richardson -- had a level of person hit shootings exceeding Chicago.
In other words, if Vice Mayor Rex Richardson, a speculated candidate for LB Mayor if incumbent Garcia exits for a speculated Biden administration position, were Mayor of a city encompassing his 9th Council district plus CDs 6 and 8, it would have a per capita level of hit shootings in January exceeding that of Chicago citywide. Our data and math follow Based on the most recent map presented to LB's redistricting committee, the four Council districts above have the following individual populations: CD 1 = 48,314 Chicago's 2019 population estimate was 2,693,976 which we've rounded to 2.7 million. That means Chicago's population is 13.126 times that of CDs 1 + 6 + 8 + 9 (2,700,000 divided by 205,691) and 17.16 times the population of CD's 6 + 8+ 9 (2,700,000 divided by 157,377). We applied these numbers to the following record, compiled by us from daily LBPD checks. (As previously reported by LBREPORT.com, the City of LB doesn't list shootings as part of its crime stats. LBREPORT.com coverage here.) |
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15 person-hit shootings (below) in CDs 1+6+8+9 and 13 person hit shootings in CDs 6+8+9.
Applying the per capita (population) factors above: 15 person-hit shootings x 13.126 = 196.89 13 person-hit shootings x 17.16 = 232.08 Chicago's HeyJackass.com website (non-government operated and considered numerically credible) says that in January, Chicago had 197 persons shot and wounded. That's almost exactly what LB CDs 1+6+8+9 had per capita (196.89). LB CDs 6+8+9 significantly exceeded per capita Chicago's level of shootings with 232.
Councilmembers Richardson and Zendejas were among the more energetic Council voices supporting defunding police officers following the May Minneapolis PD's killing of George Floyd. In September 2020, the Council approved (9=0) a Garcia-recommended budget eliminating nearly 50 officers on top of roughly 180 officers not restored from previous Council defunding (2009-2014, supported by then-Councilman/Vice Mayor Garcia.)
As a CD 6 candidate, Dr. Saro said she opposes restoring LBPD's field anti-gang and other officers and advocated using those funds for other community programs,. in November 2020, candidate Saro unseated long-time incumbent Councilman (2018-20 Vice Mayor) Dee Andrews who during his terms of office also didn't take action to restore the field anti-gang unit. CD's 1 and 6 have historically led other Council districts in shootings, the majority of which LBPD has indicated have gang ties. On the Feb. 2, 2021 City Council agenda, Mayor Garcia proposes making Councilwoman Saro chair of the Council's "Public Safety Committee," a position in which she can control the Committee's agenda items. If approved by the Council on Feb. 2, Saro would replace Councilwoman Suzie Price as chair. (For roughly six years, Price declined to use her Committee chair position to advocate restoring the field anti gang unit or other portions of the roughly 180+ previously defunded officers for taxpayers.) LBREPORT.com has been conservative in our calculation; we haven't included multiple other shootings -- with casings-found/building/vehicles struck shootings but missed hitting people -- because we don't have a similar metric for Chicago. For June 1-Dec 31, 2020, click here. Red = Homicides. Blue = Persons hit. Yellow = Casings found or vehicle or bldg hit
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