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Long Beach Had 36 Murders In 2020 (Up From 34 In 2019 And Higher Than 5 Year Average); See Which Council Districts Had Most
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(January 8, 2021, 1:50 p.m.) -- Long Beach had 36 murders in 2020 (up from 34 in 2019 and higher than LB's five-year-average of 31.) Our 2020 tally (chart by LBREPORT.com below) is from LBPD.

The Councilmembers in the districts with the three highest number of murders were endorsed/supported by the LB police officers' union (LBPOA PAC): CD 1/Zendejas; CD 9 (Richardson; and CD 6 (Andrews.)

  • LB's 1st Council district under Councilwoman Mary Zendejas had 9 murders plus one on the CD 1/CD 2 border. Councilwoman Zendejas was elected in a November 2019 no-runoff special election, assisted by $10,000 contributions each from LB's police officers union (LBPOA PAC), Mayor Robert Garcia, and immediate past incumbent (now state Senator) Lena Gonzalez. Their contributions exceeded allowable amounts to candidate campaigns, they avoided that limit by giving their sums to the LB's Firefighters union which formed an "independent" (non-candidate) run campaign that "independently" supported Zendejas. (LBREPORT.com named the LBPOA/Garcia/Gonzalez maneuver our 2019 "Outrage of the Year.")

  • LB's 9th Council district under Councilman (now Vice Mayor) Rex Richardson was second with 7.

  • Next, tied for third, were CD's 6 (Andrews) and CD 2 (Pearce) with 5 each.. Andrews was endorsed for re-election in 2020 (and defeated by Suely Saro.) CD 2 (Pearce, declined to seek a second term) had a murder on the border of CD 2/CD 4. Pearce declined to seek a second term; voters replaced her with LBPOA endorsee Cindy Allen.

    LB's annual murder totals for the past seven years are:

    • 2020 = 36
    • 2019 = 34
    • 2018 = 30
    • 2017 = 22
    • 2016 = 33
    • 2015 = 36
    • 2014 = 23
    • 2013 = 33
    • 2012 = 30
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    Council districtDateLocation
    1 / Zendejas1/22/2020Crime scene
    12/16/2020700 block of E. 6th Street
    16/3/20201800 block of W. 25th Street
    16/24/20201400 block of Chestnut Ave
    17/23/2020Anaheim Street and Magnolia Avenue
    19/10/2020400 block Atlantic Ave.
    111/22/20201400 block of Chestnut Ave
    112/4/2020Magnolia Ave./Anaheim St.
    112/12/2020900 block Loma Vista Dr.
    Border CD 1/2 (Zendejas/Pearce)8/4/2020700 block of Cerritos Ave.
    9 / Richardson1/31/202068th St/Paramount Blvd.
    92/18/2020White Ave/Butler St
    93/30/20206800 block of Obispo
    96/10/20206800 block of Harbor Ave
    96/17/20201000 block of Harding St
    96/30/2020400 block of Adair St
    911/19/20201300 block of E. Artesia Blvd
    6 / Andrews4/2/20202000 block of Linden Ave
    64/18/20202800 block of Pacific Ave
    65/16/2020Gaviota Ave and 17th St
    66/29/20201400 block of Rose Ave
    610/24/20202000 block of Cedar Ave
    2 / Pearce4/6/2020400 block of Zona Court
    28/4/2020300 block of Windsor Way
    29/25/2020800 block of E. 7th St
    210/1/2020900 block of Obispo Ave
    210/6/2020Ocean Blvd/The Promenade North<./td>
    Border CD 2/4 Pearce/Supernaw9/8/202010th Street and Cherry Ave
    4 / Supernaw6/9/20202500 block of E. PCH
    412/16/20201400 block of St. Louis
    5 / Mungo3/16/20204600 block of Whitewood Ave
    7 /Uranga3/30/20201300 block of Taper St
    712/1/20203500 block of Eucalyptus Ave
    Border 8/9 Austin/Richardson6/28/20205800 block of Orange Ave
    Border CD 8/96/29/2020Orange Ave/South St
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