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OKAY, MADAM CLERK, I THINK WE'RE READY TO CALL, UH, THE MEETING OF THE LONG BEACH CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER ROLL CALL PLEASE, IF I CAN HAVE EVERYBODY HOLD THEIR COMMENTS FOR ROLL CALL COUNCILWOMAN ZENDEJAS.[CALL TO ORDER]
COUNCILWOMAN THRASH AND TOOK COUNCIL MEMBER RICKS ODI HERE.I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND ASK, UH, COUNCILWOMAN KERR TO LEAD US IN, UH, THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
AND TO EVERYONE IN THE OVERFLOW ROOM, IT'S GOOD TO BE IN
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COMMUNITY WITH ALL OF YOU.WHAT ASSET? YOU JUST TAKE A MOMENT OF SILENCE TOGETHER.
[PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]
THANK YOU.PLEASE STAND IF YOU'RE ABLE AND JOIN US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
WELL, WELCOME TO, UH, THE LONG BEACH CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
THIS ISN'T OUR NORMAL MEETING.
THIS IS A VERY SPECIAL MEETING BECAUSE TODAY WE CELEBRATE AND SWEAR IN FOUR NEW AND REALLY RE AND NEWLY REELECTED MEMBERS OF THE LONG BEACH CITY COUNCIL.
SO, TONIGHT WE'LL HAVE, UH, FOUR, WE'LL, WE'LL ACTUALLY HAVE THREE SWEARING IN, UH, CEREMONIES.
UH, THEY'LL GO DISTRICT 2, 4, 6, 8.
UH, DISTRICT FOUR IS NOT HERE WITH US.
UH, COUNCILMAN SUPER NA IS ILL.
WE ALL WISH HIM A SPEEDY RECOVERY.
[ REMARKS FOR CITY OF LONG BEACH ELECTED OFFICIALS]
WE WANT TO CONGRATULATE HIM AS WELL ON FOUR MORE YEARS.UH, HERE ON THE LONG BEACH CITY COUNCIL.
LET'S HEAR IT FOR COUNCIL MEMBER.
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SO HERE'S, HERE'S HOW THIS IS GONNA GO.UH, WE, UM, ARE GOING TO GO ONE AT A TIME.
UH, I KNOW THAT THERE MAY BE PEOPLE IN OVERFLOW IF YOU'RE HERE TO SEE ONE, UH, AND NOT ALL OF THEM, FEEL FREE TO JUST, YOU KNOW, QUIETLY MAKE YOUR WAY OUT.
THAT CREATES SOME ROOM FOR THE NEXT PERSON TO COME IN.
AND SO WE CAN GIVE AS MANY PEOPLE, UH, AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE, TO SEE THEIR LOVED ONES BEING, UH, SWORN IN, UH, TO ALL OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO ARE BEING SWORN IN TODAY.
AND WE WANNA OFFER OUR CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AND TO YOUR FAMILIES.
UH, PUBLIC SERVICE IS CERTAINLY AN HONOR AND A GIFT, UH, THAT IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND IN LIVES.
AND WE RECOGNIZE YOU FOR STEPPING UP BECAUSE IT IS NOT AN EASY JOB.
UH, WE RECOGNIZE, UH, ALL OF YOUR LEADERSHIP, UH, FOR WANTING TO BE A PART OF THIS BODY.
AND, UH, WE RECOGNIZE THAT YOU'VE SORT OF, UM, YOU HAVE EMBRACED, UH, THIS OPPORTUNITY, THIS GIFT OF, UH, OF, OF PUBLIC SERVICE.
WE ALSO WANNA RECOGNIZE ALL OF THE RESIDENTS WHO VOTE.
EVERY TWO YEARS WE HAVE ELECTIONS.
AND WITHIN THAT, YOU BESTOW YOUR HOPES AND DREAMS FOR A BETTER COMMUNITY IN THESE COUNCIL MEMBERS.
WE DON'T TAKE THAT VERY LIGHTLY.
WE ARE CHARGED WITH LISTENING TO YOUR VOICES AND TRYING TO DO THE BEST FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
I WAS TAUGHT, I WAS RAISED BY MY MOTHER TO WHEN SOMEONE GIVES YOU SOMETHING, THEY LOAN YOU THEIR CAR, OR AN IRON OR WHATEVER, YOU TRY TO GIVE IT BACK IN A BETTER SHAPE THAN IT WAS WHEN THEY GIVE IT TO YOU.
RIGHT? MAYBE YOU WASH THE CAR, YOU FILL UP THE TANK, RIGHT? WELL, ALL OF THESE POSITIONS WE'RE JUST CARETAKERS.
AND THE COMMUNITY GAVE US THESE THINGS AND ENTRUSTED IT WITH US TO DO RIGHT BY OUR CITY AND PASS IT ON TO THE NEXT GENERATION OF COUNCIL PEOPLE AND MAYORS IN A BETTER SHAPE THAN IT WAS WHEN WE RECEIVED IT.
THAT'S REALLY WHAT TONIGHT IS ABOUT, UH, THAT TRANSITION.
UH, AND SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, WE HAVE A LOT TO DO TONIGHT.
UH, AFTER WE DO THE SWEARING IN, WE ALSO, UH, WILL ELECT OUR NEXT VICE MAYOR FOR THE CITY OF LONG BEACH.
SO, A LOT OF EXCITEMENT TONIGHT.
SO WE'RE GONNA START OFF, UH, WITH, UH, THE SWEARING IN, UH, THE FIRST IN.
AND WHAT WE'RE GONNA ASK IS, I'M GONNA READ, I'M GONNA INTRODUCE, AND THEN WHOEVER IS FAMILY MEMBERS ARE GONNA STAND WITH THEM.
UH, FEEL, FEEL FREE TO JUST COME FORWARD.
UH, I'M GONNA ASK THE CLERK'S OFFICE, TAKE THE ROPES DOWN.
LET'S MOVE THE ROPES OUTTA THE WAY.
'CAUSE FOLKS SHOULD BE COMING FORWARD.
LET'S JUST DO THAT NOW, AND JUST MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE FRONT.
IF YOU KNOW THAT YOU ARE NEXT, MAKE SURE YOUR FOLKS ARE PREPARED TO COME IN.
ALL RIGHT? WE'LL TAKE A LITTLE PAUSE IN BETWEEN EACH ONE IN CASE PEOPLE WANNA FILE OUT OR FILE IN SO WE CAN HAVE THEIR UTMOST ATTENTION.
SO, UH, LET'S START OFF WITH, UH, I WANT TO INTRODUCE, UH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER AND VICE MAYOR CINDY ALLEN, COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO, WHO'S BEING SWORN IN BY HER HUSBAND, RANDY ALLEN, PLEASE COME FORWARD, WHO WAS FANCY.
I THINK YOU SHOULD STAND RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE PODIUM.
NOW, JUST SO YOU KNOW, THE CLERK ALREADY SWORE THESE MEMBERS IN.
THIS IS REALLY FOR ALL OF Y'ALL.
SO THEY ALL, THEY'RE ALREADY, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO ARE READY TO GO.
COME OVER HERE AND YOU MIGHT WANNA COME UP TO THE MIC.
DOES SOMEONE HAVE THE PAPER? ALRIGHT.
OKAY, BABY, ARE YOU READY? READY, MM-HMM
DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL SUPPORT AND DEFEND, THAT I WILL SUPPORT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AGAINST ALL ENEMIES, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC, AGAINST ALL ENEMIES, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC, THAT I WILL, THAT I WILL BEAR TRUE FAITH AND ALLEGIANCE, BEAR TRUE FAITH AND ALLEGIANCE TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
THAT I TAKE THIS OBLIGATION FREELY, THAT I TAKE THIS OBLIGATION FREELY WITHOUT ANY MENTAL RESERVATION, WITHOUT
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ANY MENTAL RESERVATION OR PURPOSE OF EVASION OR PURPOSE OF EVASION.AND THAT I WILL, AND THAT I WILL WELL AND FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE WELL AND FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES UPON WHICH I'M ABOUT TO ENTER, THE DUTIES UPON WHICH I'M ABOUT TO ENTER.
I THINK, ACTUALLY, OKAY, WE GET NOW I'LL LEAVE THAT HERE, MADAM CLERK.
SO THE VICE MAYOR, UH, REMINDS US, YOU KNOW, FOUR YEARS AGO WAS COVID.
SHE WASN'T ACTUALLY SWORN IN, IN PERSON FOR HER FIRST TERM.
SO THIS IS HER, HER FIRST S SWEARING IN SPEECH.
SO, LET'S HEAR OUR REMARKS FROM OUR IN-PERSON SWORN IN.
CITY COUNCIL MEMBER, CINDY ALLEN.
I DON'T KNOW HOW THIS IS SUPPOSED TO GO.
I ALWAYS ASK, HOW, HOW DOES THIS WORK? I'M LIKE, I DON'T KNOW.
BUT, UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH, UM, FOR EVERYONE BEING HERE.
UH, THANK YOU TO WARREN, MY VERY DEAR FRIEND, 94 YEAR, YEAR OLD, UH, DEAR FRIEND, UM, THAT WAS ABLE TO BE HERE WITH ME TODAY, UH, TO SWEAR ME IN.
UM, JUST HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO EVERYONE.
UM, I KNOW THAT WE HAD LIMITED SEATING.
UM, SO I, UH, HAVE, I HAVE FAMILY WATCHING FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.
I HAVE MY SON, MY MOM, MY SISTER FROM KENTUCKY.
HE WAS JUST RECENTLY APPOINTED TO DISTRICT ATTORNEY AND, UM, LAS VEGAS.
UM, I KNOW MY SISTER IN NEW YORK.
SO ALL OF THOSE AROUND THE COUNTRY, UM, THAT COULDN'T BE HERE WITH ME.
UM, YOU KNOW, THIS, THE LAST FOUR YEARS HAVE GONE SO FAST.
UM, YOU KNOW, I GOT ELECTED IN 2020 AS YOU ALL, AS YOU ALL KNOW, A TIME WHEN THERE WAS, UH, A LOT OF, UH, UH, THE CITY AND MY DISTRICT NEEDED A STABILITY.
THERE WERE JUST A LOT OF UNKNOWNS.
UH, COVID WAS RAMPANT, YOU KNOW, IN OUR CITY.
WE LOST MORE FOLKS IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH COVID THAN ANY OTHER INCIDENT.
AND, UH, I STILL LOOK FORWARD TO WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IN THE FUTURE.
HOW WE MEMORIALIZE ALL THE LIVES THAT WERE LOST IN OUR CITY.
I CAN'T TELL YOU GOING THROUGH THE LAST FOUR YEARS AND WATCHING, UM, JUST THE, THE CITY TEAM AND THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, ALL THE WORK THAT THEY DID TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE WERE VACCINATED AND ALL THESE BUSINESSES WERE REOPENED SAFELY.
YOU KNOW, WE WORKED VERY CLOSELY, AND I SEE SOME OF THEM HERE TONIGHT WITH OUR, WITH OUR LABOR GROUPS.
UM, WE CO-SPONSORED THE HERO PAY TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR FRONTLINE WORKERS WERE PROPERLY COMPENSATED.
I TELL YOU, THOSE ARE SOME HARD DAYS, BUT I AM SO GLAD, UM, THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, IS BEHIND US.
UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN I STARTED WITH THE CITY IN THE LATE EIGHTIES, UM, AS A RESERVE OFFICER, AND THEN LATER BECAME A POLICE OFFICER, UM, MYSELF, I EVEN REMEMBER THE DAYS WORKING WITH A COUNCIL MEMBER, YANGA.
UM, AND SO, SO MANY, SO MANY THINGS HAVE CHANGED OVER THESE YEARS.
I CAN TELL YOU TODAY, THE PROFESSIONALISM AND THE EXPERIENCE AND THE LEADERSHIP OF OUR CITY WORKFORCE IS JUST REMARKABLE.
THIS IS A VERY, VERY BIG CITY.
AND AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE HAVE COMPLICATED, UM, ISSUES, BUT THE, THE LEADERSHIP HAS JUST BEEN STELLAR.
SO I'M REALLY, IT'S JUST BEEN AN HONOR AND A HIGHLIGHT OF MY LIFE TO SERVE THE LAST FOUR YEARS WITH SO MANY OF YOU.
UM, I THOROUGHLY HAVE ENJOYED WORKING WITH THE MAYOR AND, UM, MY COLLEAGUES, THE CITY LEADERSHIP, THE STAFF, AND, UM, JUST ADDRESSING ALL THE MANY NEEDS OF MY DISTRICT AND THE CITY.
WE CERTAINLY LEAD THE REGION WITH SOME OF OUR MOST PRESSING ISSUES OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS WITH HOMELESSNESS, HOUSING, CRIME, UM, AND, UM, JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE FOCUS ON GOOD HIGHER PAYING JOBS.
UM, I WANNA THANK THE LEADERSHIP OF MY CHIEF OF STAFF.
WHERE ARE YOU, RAHUL? WHERE IT WOULD STAND UP? RAHUL.
WHO ARE YOU? THERE'S MIMI MASHER, PAIGE MCCRACKEN, AND CYNTHIA HARA.
WHERE ARE YOU GUYS AT? STANDUP, CYNTHIA AND, AND PAIGE.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE ALL WORKED COUNTLESS HOURS, UM, WORKING AND
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LISTENING TO OUR CONSTITUENTS.AND, UM, MY OFFICE HAS BROUGHT FORTH SOME IMPORTANT POLICY AND LEGISLATION.
AND I CAN TELL YOU BEHIND THIS DIOCESE, NOTHING GETS DONE WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF MY COLLEAGUES.
UM, I AM SO PROUD THAT WITH THEIR HELP, WE COLLECTIVELY GOT SO MANY IMPORTANT ISSUES TO THE FINISH LINE.
YOU KNOW, UH, POLITICS IS A TEAM SPORT.
YOU NEED FIVE VOTES TO GET ANYTHING DONE.
AND, UM, AND SO I'M SO PROUD OF THE, THE, THE TEAM THAT I WORK UP PAIR WITH.
UM, WE WERE ABLE TO, UM, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE PUT TOGETHER IS THE COMMISSION OF WOMEN AND GIRLS.
YOU KNOW, WOMEN AND GIRLS REPRESENT 50% OF OUR POPULATION.
AND, UM, THEY NEEDED TO BE REPRESENTED ON A COMMISSION.
SO I'M REALLY PROUD OF, OF, OF THE COUNCIL KID ZONES, WHICH, YOU KNOW, PREVENT ADULTS FROM BEING IN THE PARKS.
UH, WE WORKED ON GENDER INCLUSIVE LANGUAGE POLICY, WHICH WAS REALLY IMPORTANT TO OUR L-G-B-T-Q COMMUNITY.
UM, OUR LOCAL PREFERENCE ENSURED THAT BUSINESSES, UM, GET PREFERENCE.
UM, IF YOU ARE A LOCAL BUSINESS IN OUR CITY, YOU'RE GONNA GET SOME PREFERENCE.
UM, I ALSO ASKED THE CITY AND THE PORT TO JOIN ARCHES, WHICH SUPPORTS OUR CLEAN HYDROGEN AND ENERGY GOALS.
AND WE WORKED ON POLICIES ON, UM, ON TAXES FOR LOWERING TAXES, UH, CULTIVATION ON, UM, ON CANNABIS.
AND WE ALSO PUT FORWARD A FREEDOM TO MARRY RESOLUTION, WHICH HELPS ENSURE THAT GAY MARRIAGES IN CALIFORNIA ARE CONSTITUTIONALLY PROTECTED.
WE BROUGHT FORTH POLICY THAT REQUIRED DRINKING ESTABLISHMENTS IN THE CITY TO OFFER, UH, TESTING KITS TO PATRONS TO HELP MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, IF THEY FEEL THAT THEY'RE DRUGGED IN THESE BARS, THEY HAVE THOSE AVAILABLE.
AND WE JUST RECENTLY PUT FORWARD A MEASURE TO PREVENT THE OVERDOSE FROM FENTANYL, BECAUSE LONG BEACH, UNFORTUNATELY, UM, WE HAVE A LOT OF FENTANYL, UH, DEATHS, UH, IN, UM, MORE THAN ANY, ANY PLACE IN THE COUNTY.
SO I JUST WANNA PERSONALLY SAY THANK YOU.
IF YOU'RE A DISTRICT TWO RESIDENT, PLEASE STAND UP RIGHT NOW.
ANY DISTRICT TWO RESIDENTS, PLEASE STAND UP.
THANK YOU FOR ELECTING ME TO SERVE A SECOND TERM.
AND, UM, MORE IMPORTANTLY, UH, THANK YOU FOR, UH, GETTING ME THERE IN THE PRIMARY.
UM, I ALSO HAVE TO SAY, I WANNA THANK MY COLLEAGUES AGAIN FOR UNANIMOUSLY SELECTING ME TO SERVE AS VICE MAYOR OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS.
I HAVE TO SAY, I HAVE REALLY ENJOYED THE LEADERSHIP ROLE.
AND I'M ALSO, UH, INCREDIBLY EXCITED, UM, TO, UH, CONTINUE MY LEADERSHIP IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AS PRESIDENT OF SCAG.
SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT NEXT YEAR.
UM, I COULD NOT HAVE DONE ANY OF THIS WITHOUT THE LOVE AND SUPPORT OF MY FAMILY, ESPECIALLY MY NUMBER ONE DUDE, MY HUSBAND, RANDY, 31 YEARS.
I'M, I'M GONNA TAKE HIS LINE, 31 YEARS, SAME MAN, NO BREAKS,
UM, YOU KNOW, HE SPENT, I DON'T KNOW, THE 28 YEARS IN, IN, UH, IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH, AND THEN HOW MANY YEARS IN, IN, IN LOS ANGELES.
SO, YOU KNOW, WELL OVER THREE DECADES, UH, OF PUBLIC SERVICE.
SO HE ALSO HAS A LOVE AND DEVOTION, UM, TO SERVING, UM, OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, I'M ALSO EXCITED ABOUT OUR FUTURE COUNCIL.
UM, A SUPER MAJORITY OF WOMEN.
UM, BUT I HAVE TO SAY WE HAVE AMAZING MEN TOO WITH, UH, SONA AND WITH, WITH, UH, ANG.
YOU'RE PRETTY AMAZING AND AWESOME.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE AMAZING WOMEN SERVING, UH, IN KEY ROLES LIKE OUR CITY ATTORNEY, DON MCINTOSH OVER THERE, AND OUR CITY AUDITOR, LAURA DOWD.
I DON'T KNOW IF SHE'S HERE, LAURA.
AND THEN ALSO, UM, UH, OUR CITY CLERK, MONIQUE, UM, DELA, GAZA GARZA.
AND THEN ALSO, UM, OUR CITY PROSECUTOR, DOUG HALER, WHERE ARE YOU AT? SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR, FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.
UM, AND THEN LASTLY, I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO MY COLLEAGUES ON YOUR REELECTION, DARRYL SONA AND MY, UH, GOOD FRIEND SULI SORROW.
AND, UH, CONGRATULATIONS TO THE NEWLY MINTED COUNCILWOMAN TO NUA AND TUCK THRASH ON HER REELECTION.
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I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU GUYS, BUT I THINK SHE'S GONNA MAKE AN AWESOME COUNCILWOMAN FOR THE EIGHTH DISTRICT.I REALLY LOOK FORWARD, UH, TO WORKING WITH ALL OF YOU.
I KNOW WE HAVE SOME TOUGH DAYS AHEAD, BUT I'M CONFIDENT THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO ENSURE THAT ALL THE RIGHTS OF ALL EVERYONE THAT LIVES IN LONG BEACH IS PROTECTED.
I'M OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE FUTURE AND WILL CONTINUE TO LEAD WITH INTEGRITY AND GOOD INSTINCTS.
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME FOUR MORE YEARS TO SERVE THE GREAT CITY OF LONG BEACH.
ALRIGHT, LET'S HEAR IT FOR, FOR COUNCIL MEMBER CINDY ALLEN.
THANK YOU SO MUCH AND CONGRATULATIONS.
UH, WE'LL NOW MOVE ON AGAIN, UH, IN COUNCIL DISTRICT FOUR, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, SUPERMAN CAN'T BE HERE THIS EVENING TO PARTICIPATE.
WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO COUNCIL DISTRICT SIX.
UH, SO LET'S WELCOME COUNCILWOMAN DR.
SULI SORROW, WHO IS BEING SWORN IN THIS EVENING BY SENATOR LENA GONZALEZ AND JOINED BY HER BEAUTIFUL FAMILY.
WILL YOU SAY A FEW WORDS? YES, ABSOLUTELY.
BEFORE I GET STARTED, I MUST, UH, SAY SOMETHING INCREDIBLE ABOUT THIS DYNAMIC COUNCILWOMAN.
SHE'S A DOCTOR, UH, SULI SORROW COUNCILWOMAN OF THE SIXTH DISTRICT.
SORROW, HOW INCREDIBLY WONDERFUL IT IS TO KNOW YOU.
UM, OVER THESE LAST FOUR YEARS, HER WORK ETHIC IN THE SIXTH DISTRICT IN CENTRAL LONG BEACH, IN A PLACE THAT LIKE MESHES CULTURES AND BACKGROUNDS, HAS BEEN SO INCREDIBLE.
SHE'S FOCUSED ON PEOPLE, SHE'S FOCUSED ON THE, THE BEST POLICIES AND PROJECTS TO UPLIFT WORKING PEOPLE ACROSS LONG BEACH.
I KNOW THAT THESE NEXT FOUR YEARS, UH, YOU WILL CONTINUE TO BE PATIENT AS YOU HAVE BEEN LISTENING TO YOUR RESIDENTS, DOING THE CONTINUED, UH, COMMUNITY EVENTS, GOING OUT AND PICKING UP TRASH.
YOU'VE BEEN EVERYWHERE, BUT YOU'LL ALSO BE IMPATIENT.
I KNOW YOU WILL, BECAUSE YOU WANT THAT PROGRESS TO HAPPEN FAST FOR YOUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, JUST LIKE MANY OF US DO IN ELECTED OFFICE.
AND I KNOW YOU'LL CONTINUE TO SERVE WITH INTEGRITY AND YOU'LL CONTINUE TO DO THE GREAT WORK, ESPECIALLY WITH JAYA AND YOUR BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN BY YOUR SIDE.
SO, WITH THAT, CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR REELECTION.
CONGRATULATIONS TO VICE MAYOR ALLEN, AS WELL AS COUNCIL MEMBERS.
SUPER NA AS WELL AS COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, NUIT THRASH TOOK AND VICE MAYOR ALLEN, IF I DID NOT MENTION THAT ALREADY.
AND THEN, WAIT, HOW DOES IT WORK? YOU PUT YOUR RIGHT HAND RAISE RIGHT HAND, RIGHT HAND.
WELL, I LOVE FOR THEM TO DO IT.
I KNOW IN FRONT OF PEOPLE WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THIS.
DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM DO SOLEMN SOLEMNLY SWEAR AND DO AFFIRM THAT I WILL SUPPORT AND DEFEND, THAT I WILL SUPPORT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AGAINST ANY AND ALL ENEMIES.
AGAINST ANY AND ALL ENEMIES, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC.
THAT I WILL BEAR FAITH, TRUE FAITH, AND THAT I WILL BEAR TRUE FAITH AND ALLEGIANCE, AND ALLEGIANCE TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
THAT I WILL TAKE THIS OBLIGATION FREELY, THAT I WILL TAKE THIS OBLIGATION FREELY WITHOUT ANY MENTAL RESERVATION, WITHOUT ANY MENTAL RESERVATION OR PURPOSE OF EVASION OR PURPOSE OF EVASION, AND THAT I WILL WELL AND FAITHFULLY, THAT I WILL WELL AND FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES, DISCHARGE THE DUTIES UPON WHICH I AM ABOUT TO ENTER UPON WHICH I AM ABOUT TO ENTER.
CONGRATULATIONS COUNCIL MEMBER.
THANK AND THANK YOU SO MUCH, SENATOR FOR SWEARING ME IN.
DO YOU WANNA STAY UP HERE WITH ME? OKAY.
YOU GUYS CAN, IF YOU WANT, YOU COULD STAND WITH ME.
UM, SO FIRST I JUST WANNA THANK SENATOR LENA GONZALEZ, WHO IS OUR SENATE MAJORITY LEADER IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR SWEARING ME IN.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND REALLY TAKING BOLD CHARGE TO MAKING SURE THAT CALIFORNIA LEADS IN OUR COUNTRY AND ACTUALLY IN THE WORLD.
I WANNA THANK MAYOR AND HIS TEAM FOR COORDINATING, COORDINATING TODAY'S SWEARING IN REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
I WANNA CONGRATULATE MY NEWLY AND
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REELECTED COLLEAGUE, UH, VICE MAYOR CINDY ALLEN, UM, AS WELL AS, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER DARRELL AUGH, AS WELL AS NEWLY ELECTED TO THRASH AND TOOK.SO I'VE HAD THE HONOR OF SERVING AS A SIXTH DISTRICT COUNCILWOMAN OF THE CITY OF LONG BEACH SINCE DECEMBER, 2020.
AND WHILE I STAND HERE, I WASN'T GONNA BE HERE.
I DIDN'T EXPECT HIM TO STAY, BUT I WAS GONNA SAY WHILE I STAND HERE ALONE, UM, I, I DIDN'T GET HERE BY MYSELF.
I AM SO GRATEFUL TO, FOR THE VOTERS, FOR THEIR SUPPORT AND TRUST TO REELECT ME TO CONTINUE SERVING THANK YOU TO ALL THOSE WHO HAVE SUPPORTED, VOLUNTEERED, AND BELIEVE IN OUR CAMPAIGN TO UPLIFT THE SIXTH DISTRICT.
I WANNA THANK YOU MY DEAR HUSBAND,
THEY HAVE MADE MANY SACRIFICES FOR ME TO SERVE, AND I COULD NOT HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT THEIR ENCOURAGEMENT AND SUPPORT.
I WOULD NOT STAND HERE BEFORE YOU IF IT WEREN'T FOR MY PARENTS.
AFTER SURVIVING THE GENOCIDE, THEY MADE THE COURAGEOUS DECISION TO WALK THROUGH THE LANDMINE JUNGLE OF WARREN TORN CAMBODIA TO THE REFUGEE CAMPS IN THAILAND WHERE I WAS BORN.
RESETTLING IN AMERICA WAS FOREIGN AND CHALLENGING IN EVERY POSSIBLE WAY, BUT TOGETHER AS A FAMILY, WE OVERCAME ALL THE OBSTACLES WE FACE.
I AM REGULARLY INSPIRED BY THE CAMBODIAN COMMUNITY'S RESILIENCE OF WHICH I AM PROUDLY PART OF.
AND I CAN NEVER FORGET WHERE I COME FROM.
THOSE EXPERIENCES HAVE SHAPED ME TO BE AN ORGANIZER AND AN ADVOCATE AND A FIGHTER FOR THOSE WHO ARE MARGINALIZED AND DISENFRANCHISE.
BREAKING BARRIERS AS THE FIRST CAMBODIAN AMERICAN CITY COUNCIL WOMAN MEANS I AM NOT.
I AM MAKING SPACE AND ROOM FOR VOICES NOT OFTEN HEARD, AND THAT I AM BUILDING BRIDGES TO ENSURE THAT I AM NOT THE LAST.
MY PRIORITY HAS BEEN TO MAKE LONG BEACH WORK FOR RESIDENTS, AND I HAVE BEEN COMMITTED TO BEING A RESPONSIVE AND TIRELESS ADVOCATE FOR EVERY PERSON WHO LIVES AND WORK IN THE SIXTH DISTRICT.
DURING MY TENURE AS A SIXTH DISTRICT COUNCILWOMAN, I'VE BEEN DEDICATED TO MAKING TANGIBLE IMPROVEMENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND I WANNA THANK ALL THE PARTNERS AND, AND, AND MY AMAZING TEAM.
CHO NIM, MY CHIEF OF STAFF, JASMINE PISANO, FIELD DE DEPUTY AND MEN FOR ALL THEIR DEDICATION AND HARD WORK.
SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE SOME KEY ACHIEVEMENTS.
ONE IS CREATING AND IMPLEMENTING A VISION WITH RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES AND OTHER STAKEHOLDER FOR A STRONGER, CLEANER, HEALTHIER, SAFER, AND MORE UNITED DISTRICT.
AND ALSO BUILDING DISTRICT PRIDE THROUGH THAT, MAKING SURE THAT THROUGH OUR NUMEROUS PARTNERSHIPS IN NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS, BUSINESSES, RESIDENTS, AND ORGANIZATION TO CLEAN AND BEAUTIFY THE DISTRICT, AS WELL AS MAKING SURE TO SECURE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN INVESTMENT TO IMPROVE THE STREETS, RENOVATE PARKS, ESPECIALLY MACARTHUR PARK.
AND WE'RE ON OUR WAY WITH MLK PARK AND IMPROVING MCBRIDE PARK AS WELL AS OUR TWO LIBRARIES.
MARK TWAIN AND BURNETT HAVE SUPPORTED THE CREATION OF MANY AFFORDABLE HOUSINGS UNITS IN MY DISTRICT, PROVIDING RESIDENTS WITH ACCESS TO SAFE AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND ENSURING THAT WE HELP WORKING FAMILY THRIVE THROUGH WAGE IMPROVEMENTS.
SO THESE ACCOMPLISHMENTS REFLECTS MY COMMITMENT TO IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR EVERY RESIDENCE AND PERSON IN THE SIXTH DISTRICT.
TOGETHER WE HAVE MADE GREAT STRIDES AND I'M SO PROUD OF WHAT WE HAVE ACHIEVED TOGETHER.
SO LOOKING AHEAD, WE WILL FACE MANY CHALLENGES, BUT I AM COMMITTED TO MAKING SURE THAT OUR SIXTH DISTRICT IS AN EVEN BETTER PLACE TO LIVE, WORK, AND RAISE A FAMILY.
MY MISSION FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS IS TO CONTINUE ADVANCING THE QUALITY OF LIFE THROUGH HEALTH, ECONOMIC, AND ENVIRONMENTAL EQUITY FOR RESIDENTS, WORKERS, AND BUSINESSES.
SO I'M GONNA CONTINUE TO ENGAGE AND WORK WITH RESIDENTS AS SMALL BUSINESSES OWNER TO UNDERSTAND THEIR NEEDS AND WORK TOGETHER.
I WILL WORK TO IMPROVE AND ENHANCE OUR BUSINESS, AND THEN UTILIZE CULTURE, HISTORY, AND ARTS TO BRING VITALITY TO THE BUSINESS CORRIDORS IN THE SIXTH DISTRICT.
I WILL STRENGTHEN COLLABORATION WITH NEIGHBORS BUSINESSES, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS TO ELIMINATE BLIGHT, PROACTIVELY REDUCE CRIME IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, AND RESPOND TO AND ADDRESS THE ISSUES OF PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
SO LONG BEACH IS AND ALWAYS WILL BE MY HOME.
IT IS MY GREAT HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO SERVE THIS COMMUNITY THAT I LOVE SO MUCH.
AND I PROMISE TO WORK EVERY DAY TO LIVE UP TO THE FAITH YOU HAVE PLACED IN ME AND TO CONTINUE TO SERVE.
SO, SIXTH DISTRICT, LET'S DO IT TOGETHER.
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YEAH.CONGRATULATIONS AND WELL WELCOME BACK TO THE DAAS DR.
SOLI SORO SIX DISTRICT COUNCIL MEMBER.
LET'S HEAR IT FOR ONE MORE TIME.
SO NEXT UP IS COUNCIL DISTRICT EIGHT.
AND WITH THIS, UH, WITH THIS SWEAR IN, WE, WE MAKE A LITTLE MORE HISTORY TONIGHT WITH SEVEN MEMBERS OF THE LONG BEACH CITY COUNCIL.
MORE THAN ANY TIME IN LONG BEACH HISTORY.
SO, COUNCILWOMAN, ARE YOU READY? READY.
WE READY TOO? SO, SO, UH, I'M PROUD TO INTRODUCE COUNCIL MEMBER ELECT UA THRASH INTU, WHO'S BEING SWORN IN BY LA CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT MARQUISE HARRIS DAWSON, I STAND, I'M GONNA HAVE YOU STAND THIS SIDE.
UH, TO THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL, LET ME NOT GET IN YOUR SHOT.
COUNCILWOMAN
UH, AND ON BEHALF OF, UH, OUR MAYOR, MAYOR KAREN BASS AND THE 4 MILLION PEOPLE OF OF LOS ANGELES, WE TRULY APPRE APPRECIATE THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF LONG BEACH AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, ADMINISTER THE OATH, UH, TO MY DEAR FRIEND, UH, TO ETH THRASH.
TOOK, UH, JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HERE, AND I KNOW I'M ON THE CLOCK HERE, BUT THERE'S A LOT TO BE SAID, UH, ABOUT, UH, TUA AND THE THRASH INTU FAMILY THAT YOU SEE BEFORE US.
AND I WILL JUST GIVE YOU THESE FEW WORDS.
LONG BEACH, YOU'RE GETTING A SUPERSTAR FOR YOUR CITY COUNCIL.
THE EIGHTH DISTRICT IN LOS ANGELES IS NOT UNLIKE THE EIGHTH DISTRICT IN OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS IN LONG BEACH.
AND I, I'LL JUST SAY THIS, BEFORE IT WAS COOL, AND ON THE FRONT PAGE OF THE PAPER, SHE WAS BUILDING HOUSING FOR LOW-INCOME PEOPLE IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES AND IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
BEFORE ANYBODY TALKED ABOUT FOOD DESERTS AND, AND, AND LACK OF, UH, HEALTHY FOODS, SHE WAS BUILDING SUPERMARKETS IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT STAND TO THIS DAY.
AND SO, I'M EXCITED ABOUT WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN IN LONG BEACH AND IN OUR REGION, AND LOOK FORWARD TO STANDING SHOULDER TO SHOULDER WITH HER AND THE REST OF THIS COUNCIL.
AND MY DEAR FRIEND THE MAYOR, AS WE WELCOME THE WORLD TO OUR DOORSTEP IN 2026 FOR THE WORLD CUP AND 2028, UH, TO BE IN OUR STREETS, TO VISIT OUR SHORES, OUR HILLS AND OUR VALLEYS, AND MOSTLY TO CONNECT WITH OUR PEOPLE AND PROVIDE OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR BUSINESSES.
AND SO, WITH THAT, I'LL ASK YOU TO RAISE YOUR PROMINENT HAND AND PUT YOUR HAND ON THE PINK BIBLE THAT WE HAVE HERE.
THAT I WILL SUPPORT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AGAINST ALL ENEMIES, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC, AGAINST ALL ENEMIES, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC, THAT I WILL BEAR TRUE FAITH AND ALLEGIANCE TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE CONSTITUTION.
THAT I WILL BEAR TRUE FAITH AND ALLEGIANCE TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.
THAT I WILL BEAR TRUE FAITH AND ALLEGIANCE TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
THAT I TAKE THIS OBLIGATION FREELY, THAT I TAKE THIS OBLIGATION FREELY WITHOUT ANY MENTAL RESERVATION, WITHOUT ANY MENTAL RESERVATION OR PURPOSE OF EVASION OR PURPOSE OF EVASION.
AND THAT I, AND THAT I WILL WELL AND FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES AND THAT I WILL WELL AND FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE THE DUTY UPON WHICH I'M ABOUT TO ENTER UPON WHICH I AM ABOUT TO ENTER.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE HONORABLE COUNCILWOMAN TENA THRASH SO MUCH.
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OKAY, WE'LL TAKE THE, WE'LL TAKE A QUICK PHOTO.TAKE THE NAME TAG OFF, GRANDMA.
UM, LET'S GIVE IT UP ONE MORE TIME.
SO I WANNA TAKE THIS MOMENT, UH, JUST TO SAY A FEW WORDS AND THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE.
SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MYSELF THAT GIVES YOU AN INDICATION OF HOW I WILL GOVERN FROM THIS DAAS.
SO LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, HONORED GUESTS, ALL OF THE ELECTED OFFICIALS THAT ARE HERE, FELLOW LONG BEACH RESIDENTS, AND THOSE FROM ACROSS THE REGION TO OUR GREAT MAYOR, MAYOR REX RICHARDSON, CITYWIDE LEADERS WHO ARE HERE TO ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES ON THE DAAS, THOSE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, INCLUDING THOSE WHO WERE RECENTLY REELECTED TO THEIR POSITIONS HERE IN THE 2, 4, 6 DISTRICTS OF LONG BEACH.
AND THANK YOU TO THE HARDWORKING STAFF AND STAFF LEADERSHIP HERE IN OUR CITY.
I STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY WITH IMMENSE GRATITUDE AND A DEEP SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY AS THE INCOMING AND ONLY MEMBER OF THE LONG BEACH CITY COUNCIL FRESHMAN CLASS FOR 2024.
IT IS TRULY AN HONOR TO BE ENTRUSTED WITH THE ROLE OF CITY COUNCILWOMAN FOR A BRI VIBRANT, DIVERSE, AND BEAUTIFUL CITY.
FIRST AGAIN, I WANNA THANK AND EXTEND MY HEARTFELT THANK YOU TO ALL THE FAMILY AND FRIENDS WHO HAVE COME HERE, UM, AND SHARED YOUR KIND WORDS, YOUR TIME AND YOUR TREASURE IN ORDER FOR ME TO GET TO THIS DAY.
YOUR ENCOURAGEMENT HAS BEEN MY STRENGTH AND YOUR TRUST IS MY COMMITMENT.
YOU SEE, PUBLIC SERVICE IS A FAMILY AFFAIR FOR THE THRASH IN TOOKS, WHETHER IT'S IN THE MILITARY, PEACE CORPS, SCOUTING, GIRL, SCOUTING, NONPROFIT, BOARD, STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT, YOU'LL FIND US JUST ABOUT EVERYWHERE.
I WANNA THANK MY CHILDREN CORINNE AND JUSTICE FOR ATTENDING COUNTLESS COMMUNITY EVENTS, SPEECHES, FUNDRAISERS, AND FOR SHARING THEIR SMILING FACES ON THE MAILERS TO ALL OF THEIR NEIGHBORS IN THEIR MAILBOXES.
TO MY HUSBAND, I WANNA THANK YOU FOR LIFTING MY WINGS AND SUPPORTING ME SO THAT I CAN SOAR.
IT AIN'T EASY BEING MR. THRASH INTO
SO, TODAY MARKS A NEW CHAPTER FOR NORTH LONG BEACH.
IN OUR COMMUNITY, WE FACE A FUTURE FIELD WITH CHALLENGES AS WAS SHARED, BUT IS BRIMMING WITH OPPORTUNITIES.
WE LIVE IN A MAJOR METROPOLITAN CITY, KNOWN FOR ITS BREATHTAKING COASTLINE, INNOVATIVE SPIRIT, AND RESILIENT PEOPLE.
TOGETHER WE HAVE THE POWER TO SHAPE A FUTURE THAT REFLECTS THE VERY BEST OF US.
AS I TAKE ON THIS ROLE, I AM REMINDED OF THE VALUES THAT HAVE BROUGHT ME HERE, THAT HAVE BROUGHT US HERE, PERSEVERANCE.
'CAUSE SOME OF YOU KNOW, THIS ROAD FOR ME WAS QUITE LONG.
UNITY, EQUITY, AND PROGRESS, THESE VALUES WILL GUIDE MY DECISION-MAKING, ENSURING THAT WE BUILD A CITY WHERE EVERYONE IS HEARD AND EVERYONE IS VALUED.
I DO WANNA TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK THE LOS ANGELES COUNCIL PRESIDENT MARQUISE HARRIS DAWSON FOR SWEARING ME IN AND FOR BEING A LONGTIME PERSONAL FRIEND TO ME AND MY FAMILY.
AS YOU MENTIONED, YOU REPRESENT THE EIGHTH DISTRICT IN LOS ANGELES.
THAT WAS THE AREA WHERE MY GRANDPARENTS BOUGHT THEIR HOME AND SETTLED WHERE MY MOTHER KATHLEEN WAS RAISED AND WHERE I GREW UP.
IT IS A COMMUNITY, MUCH LIKE THE EIGHTH DISTRICT THAT I WILL REPRESENT HERE IN LONG BEACH.
TODAY I REPRESENT THE EIGHTH DISTRICT IN LONG BEACH, WHERE MY IN-LAWS BOUGHT THEIR HOME AND SETTLED WHERE MY MOTHER-IN-LAW JOANNE WAS RAISED, WHERE MY HUSBAND AWA GREW UP AND WHERE WE ARE RAISING OUR CHILDREN.
YOU SEE, THE EIGHTH DISTRICT IS A SPECIAL PLACE.
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DAUS, I WILL ALWAYS HAVE MY VALUES WITH ME.THOSE VALUES ARE ROOTED IN MY LIVED EXPERIENCE.
KNOW THAT OUR JOURNEY FORWARD WILL BE ANCHORED IN A COMMITMENT TO SUSTAINABILITY.
AS A KID, I LIVED ON A STREET WITH A ONE 10 FREEWAY AT THE END OF MY BLOCK AND HIGH POWERED ELECTRICAL LINES DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE.
I WAS EXPOSED EARLY ON TO NOISE, POLLUTION, SMOG, AND IN THE INDUSTRIAL MECHANISMS THAT POWER OUR REGION AND OUR WORLD.
AND AS A WORKING MOTHER MYSELF, WHO CURRENTLY LIVES ALONG THE SEVEN 10 CORRIDOR AND ADJACENT TO AN ACTIVE RAIL LINE, I MANAGE THE ASTHMATIC HEALTH OF MY BABY BOY DAILY, UH, WHO WAS BORN WITH THIS CONDITION.
I KNOW ALL TOO WELL THAT WE MUST EMBRACE NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND CLEAN ENERGY TO POWER OUR MODERN TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM AND EQUIP THE GOODS THAT WE ARE MOVING ACROSS THE NATION.
I BELIEVE THAT WE CAN HAVE STRONG ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONS, ECONOMIC GROWTH, YET PROTECT GOOD PAYING JOBS ALL THE SAME.
TOGETHER, WE WILL CHAMPION POLICIES THAT PROTECT OUR ENVIRONMENT, ENSURING THAT FUTURE GENERATIONS CAN ENJOY THE SAME NATURAL BEAUTY THAT WE CHERISH TODAY, AND ENSURE THAT A FUTURE IS BASED ON INNOVATION, GOOD JOBS TO MAKE OUR CITY, OUR LONG BEACH PUBLIC TRANSIT SYSTEM, AND OUR LONG BEACH PORT EVEN GREENER.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO BE A LEADER IN TECHNOLOGY, RENEWABLE ENERGY, AND CONSERVATION EFFORTS, BUT REST ASSURED ECONOMIC VITALITY AND OPPORTUNITY FOR EVERY LONG BEACH RESIDENT WILL ALSO AND EQUALLY BE AT THE FOREFRONT OF OUR AGENDA.
I WAS MOLDED AT A YOUNG AGE BY MY FAMILY'S REVERENCE FOR WORKING PEOPLE.
I AM THE GRANDDAUGHTER OF A TRASH COLLECTOR WHOSE TRASH FINES WERE MY TREASURE TOYS, TRINKETS THAT MADE MY CHRISTMASES, MY BIRTHDAYS, AND OTHER RANDOM DAYS OF JOY.
I'M THE GRANDDAUGHTER OF A DOMESTIC AND COMMERCIAL BUILDING CLEANER AND A CUSTODIAL SUPERVISOR.
I AM THE DAUGHTER OF A PUBLIC SCHOOL PARAEDUCATOR AND A SISTER TO A HIGHLY DECORATED MILITARY VETERAN.
THIS IS THE BASIS UPON WHICH I WILL STRIVE TO CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL SUPPORTING LOCAL BUSINESSES, FOSTERING ECONOMIC INNOVATION AND ENSURING THAT EVERYONE, EVERYONE HAS ACCESS TO GOOD PAYING JOBS AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
A THRIVING ECONOMY FOR REAL PEOPLE WHO ARE IN IT, IS THE BACKBONE OF A PROSPEROUS COMMUNITY.
MOREOVER, OUR GOALS WILL ALSO PRIORITIZE SOCIAL JUSTICE AND INCLUSIVITY.
OUR CITY'S STRENGTH LIES IN ITS DIVERSITY, AND WE MUST ASSURE THAT EVERYONE, REGARDLESS OF BACKGROUND OR ZIP CODE, CAN HAVE THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES TO SUCCEED.
WE WILL WORK TIRELESSLY TO CLOSE THE GAPS IN HEALTHCARE, MENTAL HEALTH, SOCIAL SERVICES, HOME OWNERSHIP, AND EDUCATION SO THAT OUR RESIDENTS CAN LEAD FULFILLING LIVES.
I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH OUR OTHER LOCAL PUBLIC EDUCATION LEADERS AT BARTON COLIN POWELL ACADEMY, JANE ADAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, AND LINDBERGH MIDDLE SCHOOL IN THE DISTRICT.
THE SUCCESS OF OUR CITY DEPENDS ON THE ACTIVE PARTICIPATION AND COLLABORATION OF EACH ONE OF YOU.
SHOWING UP HERE TODAY IS THAT FIRST STEP.
SO YOU MIGHT KNOW THAT DURING THE PANDEMIC I REGULARLY BAKED WITH JUSTICE, MY YOUNGEST SON, I HAD TO GET REAL CREATIVE TO FIND A WAY TO KEEP AN ACTIVE BOY TODDLER BUSY.
AND YES, MOM, I DID ALLOW HIM DURING THAT TIME TO JUMP AND FLIP ALL OVER MY FURNITURE.
BUT I KNEW I NEEDED TO FIND SOMETHING TO OCCUPY HIM.
BAKING ALLOWED US A WAY TO DO SOMETHING CALMING WHILE WE INTRODUCED MATH AND CHEMISTRY LESSONS.
AND I BELIEVE NOW THAT WE CAN CREATE A RECIPE FOR THE STAKEHOLDERS OF THE EIGHTH DISTRICT HERE.
OUR RECIPE BEGINS WITH TWO CUPS OF EQUAL PARTS OF ALL THE NEIGHBORHOODS, FROM LONGWOOD TO COOLIDGE TRIANGLE, ADAM SUITOR, RIDGEWOOD CARLITOS, BIXBY KNOLLS, NORTH CROWN POINT VILLAGE, VIRGINIA VILLAGE, COUNTRY CLUB MANOR AND RIVERDALE.
WE'D ADD A CUP OF PASSION, A CUP OF POSSIBILITIES, A TABLESPOON OF CREATIVITY, A TEASPOON OF NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERSHIPS WITH OUR LOCAL FIRE STATION 11 AND THE NORTH LONG BEACH POLICE STATION.
AND FOR SEASONING, WE'D WANNA MAKE SURE WE'D ADD DASHES OF THE YMCA IN OUR DISTRICT AND THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB, THE UPTOWN BID AND FRIENDS OF THE DEFOREST PARK NATURE TRAIL, JUST TO NAME A FEW AND ALL OF THOSE INGREDIENTS IN OUR EIGHTH DISTRICT BOWL, WE WILL
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DO WHAT I HEAR MY TEEN DAUGHTER SAY ALL THE TIME.TOGETHER WE CAN CREATE A COMMUNITY WHERE DREAMS ARE NURTURED AND POSSIBILITIES ARE ENDLESS.
I ENCOURAGE YOU TO SHARE YOUR IDEAS, YOUR CONCERNS.
GIVE ME SOME TIPS ON THAT RECIPE.
WE CAN TRY IT AGAIN AND AGAIN WITH A DIFFERENT VOICE OR PERSPECTIVE, BUT I ASK THAT YOU JOIN ME IN THIS COLLECTIVE EFFORT TO MAKE OUR DISTRICT AND OUR CITY THE BEST IT CAN BE.
SO AS I TURN TO THE END HERE, I DO WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT MY GRANDMOTHER HAD A GREAT INFLUENCE ON MY LEADERSHIP AND SPIRIT.
SHE SHOWED ME THE IMPORTANCE OF SELFLESS SERVICE.
AS THE PRESIDENT OF HER CHURCH'S USHER BOARD, SHE WAS SKILLFULLY WELCOMELY, WELCOMING AND HANDLED ALL SITUATIONS WITH GRACE.
MY GRANDMOTHER DID LIVE TO SEE ME LAUNCH A CAREER IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLIC SERVICE, BUT PROBABLY WOULD HAVE THOUGHT IT EXTRAORDINARY THAT THE GRANDDAUGHTER OF AN ORPHAN FROM TEXAS WOULD BE SWORN IN AS A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER IN LONG BEACH.
I WANNA THANK YOU ALL FOR SHOWING UP AND SHOWING OUT.
I'M EXCITED AND I'M SO EXCITED THAT YOU ARE AS WELL.
YOU REPRESENT, YOU REPRESENT THE BEST OF WHO I AM, UM, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO KNOW ME AS A REGIONAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING EXPERT, SMALL BUSINESS ADVOCATE AND CHAMPION FOR WORKING PEOPLE.
UH, TO THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE CHILDHOOD FRIENDS, TO MY FELLOW SOCCER PARENTS, PAGEANT MOMS, TO MY BELOVED CONNECTIONS TO JACK AND JILL OF AMERICA AND ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY INCORPORATED.
THANK YOU ALL FOR TRAVELING FROM NEAR AND FAR AND THOSE WHO CROSSED STATE LINES.
I KNOW THAT YOUR PRESENT HERE SIGNIFIES YOUR SHEER, THAT ENTHUSIASM ABOUT THE POSSIBILITIES FOR LONG BEACH.
BUT I ALSO BELIEVE THAT YOU BEING HERE AND THOSE OF YOU WATCHING ONLINE BELIEVE AND UNDERSTAND THAT YOU ARE READY TO WITNESS THE FULL POTENTIAL OF MY LEADERSHIP.
MANY OF YOU HAVE ALREADY STOOD WITNESS TO THE POWER OF MY LEADERSHIP, THE HALLMARK OF WHICH IS GETTING THINGS DONE FOR THE PEOPLE.
THANK YOU FOR THIS INCREDIBLE HONOR.
ALRIGHT, LET'S HEAR IT FOR THE NEW EIGHTH DISTRICT COUNCILWOMAN.
IT'S BEEN COUNCILWOMAN ELECT FOR LIKE EIGHT MONTHS.
COUNCILWOMAN OFFICIALLY COUNCILWOMAN TENA THRASH IN TOOK.
UH, WE HAVE A FEW MORE THINGS TO DO HERE.
I WANT TO THANK AND RECOGNIZE, UH, THE FAMILY MEMBERS AND ALL THE GUESTS WHO JOINED US TODAY.
SENATOR LENA GONZALEZ, COUNCIL PRESIDENT MARQUE HARRIS DAWSON, THANKS SO MUCH TO THE BOTH OF YOU, UH, FOR BEING HERE.
UH, I WANNA OFFER CONGRATULATIONS TO THE NEW COUNCIL.
WE'RE GONNA GET UP AND ALL TAKE A PHOTO IN A MINUTE WITH THE OUR NEW CITY COUNCIL.
UH, JUST, UH, JUST A A FEW WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT.
UH, WE CERTAINLY KNOW THAT, UH, THERE'S A LOT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO TOGETHER.
UH, AND THERE MAY BE DIFFICULT TIMES WHERE THE PATH MAY SEEM UNCERTAIN, BUT JUST REMEMBER, YOU'RE NOT ALONE.
UH, OUR WORK IS GREATER THAN ANY INDIVIDUAL.
WE MAKE DECISIONS AS A TEAM AND WHEN WE WORK TOGETHER, THERE'S CERTAINLY NOTHING THAT THIS CITY COUNCIL AND THIS, THE PEOPLE OF THIS COMMUNITY AND THE CITY OF LONG BEACH, THERE'S NOTHING THAT WE CAN'T OVERCOME.
SO I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING ALONGSIDE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU, UH, OVER THIS NEXT, UH, SESSION OF THIS NEXT PERIOD OF TWO YEARS, UH, TO MAKE SURE WE CONTINUE OUR SHARED VISION OF ENSURING THAT EVERY COMMUNITY HAS WHAT THEY NEED TO THRIVE.
AND NOW I WANT TO INVITE AND WELCOME THE CITY COUNCIL DOWN FOR OUR FIRST OFFICIAL PHOTO AS, UH, THIS NEW CITY COUNCIL.
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ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH.OUR NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS THE ELECTION OF THE VICE MAYOR.
UH, WE WILL OPEN UP NOMINATIONS.
JUST QUEUE UP IF YOU WANNA MAKE A NOMINATION.
EACH NOMINATION NEEDS A SECOND.
AND THEN IF THERE ARE MULTIPLE NOMINATIONS, WE WILL VOTE IN ORDER, UH, IN THE ORDER IN WHICH THE NOMINATIONS CAME IN.
HOWEVER, CLINCHES FIVE VOTES IS THE NEXT VICE MAYOR.
AFTER THIS VOTE, WE WILL VOTE AGAIN IN CASE IT'S A DIVIDED VOTE WE WILL VOTE AGAINST.
SO WE CAN ALL SUPPORT OUR NEW VICE MAYOR.
AND THAT'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT THAT WE, THAT WE DO SO IN CASE IT'S A DIVIDED VOTE.
THE FIRST PERSON I SEE QUEUED UP IS COUNCIL MEMBER JONI RICKS OTI.
UH, I'D LIKE TO ALLOW, UM, VICE MAYOR CINDY ALLENS TO MAKE THE NOMINATION.
NEXT IS VICE MAYOR CINDY ALLEN.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE MY FRIEND AND THE LEADER AND THE COUNCILMAN COUNCILMAN, UH, FROM THE SEVENTH DISTRICT, ROBERTO URANGA.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS? OKAY.
MEMBERS, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE, UH, FOR, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ROBERTO YANGA TO BE THE NEXT VICE MAYOR.
CONGRATULATIONS, VICE MAYOR ROBERTO NDA.
WHAT DO YOU WANNA SAY,
ONE, ONE THING ABOUT OUR, OUR MAYOR, HE LIKES TO RUN AN FISH SHIP, BUT SOMETIMES YOU GOTTA LOOSEN UP A LITTLE BIT, RIGHT? AND AS YOUR VICE MAYOR, I'LL MAKE SURE YOU DO.
FIRST OF ALL, I WANNA THANK, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ALLEN, COUNCIL MEMBER KER FOR MOTIONING AND SECONDING MY, MY, MY, UH, NOMINATION AND OF COURSE MY COLLEAGUES FOR THEIR VOTE, FOR THEIR TRUST IN SELECTING ME AS A VICE MAYOR FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS.
I APPRECIATE THE TRUST AND THE SUPPORT THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN ME.
I WANNA WELCOME PERSONALLY OUR NEWEST MEMBER TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND FOR YOUR VOTE AS WELL.
TODAY, I AM BLESSED AMONG WOMEN.
I'M THE ONLY MALE ON THE CITY COUNCIL.
TODAY, TODAY, TOMORROW IS ANOTHER STORY.
BUT TODAY I'M THE ONLY MALE HERE OTHER THAN MY, MY MAYOR, ALEX, UH, REX RICHARDSON.
I KNOW THEY'RE HERE SOMEWHERE.
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THEIR DEDICATION AND THEIR COMMITMENT TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES AND THE CONCERNS OF THE RESIDENTS IN SEVENTH DISTRICT.NOW AS VICE MAYOR, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE ANOTHER TASK.
WE HAVE A GREATER PURPOSE NOW IN THE CITY TO SERVE ALL OF LONG BEACH, WHICH IS WHAT I INTEND TO DO.
AND WITH THE HELP OF MY COLLEAGUES, I WAS ONLY DO THAT.
IT HAS BEEN A GREAT HONOR THESE LAST 12 YEARS TO SERVE AS A COUNCIL MEMBER OF THE SEVENTH DISTRICT.
I'M A LAY DUCK, BUT I COULD BE A GOOD ONE.
MY WIFE, FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER TONY, RAISE YOU.
NOT ONLY IS SHE MY BIGGEST AND STRONG SUPPORTER, YOU MY BIGGEST, AS STRONGEST CRITIC AS WELL.
YOU CAN'T HAVE A YING WITHOUT A YANG.
AND THAT'S WHAT SHE BRINGS TO THE TABLE WITH ME.
SO WITH THAT, I WANNA THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.
CONGRATULATIONS TO MY COLLEAGUES WHO GOT REELECTED TO MY COLLEAGUES WHO HAVE OUR CONTINUE THEIR SERVICE.
LOOK FORWARD FOR THE NEXT ITERATION OF THE LONG BEACH CITY COUNCIL.
WE'RE GREAT AND WE'RE GONNA BE GREATER.
ALRIGHT, CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN, VICE MAYOR URANGA.
ALRIGHT, SO NOW, UH, WE JUST HAVE A FEW, SO JUST A FEW ITEMS TO TAKE CARE OF IN COUNCIL BUSINESS AND WE SHOULD WRAP UP THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
THE, UH, CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS MINUS ITEMS EIGHT AND 15, PLEASE.
OKAY, IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON, ON, UH, CONSENT? NO
[CONSENT CALENDAR (1. – 17.)]
SEEING NONE, MEMBERS PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES ON CONSENT.NEXT, UH, WE'RE GONNA HEAR ITEM EIGHT PLEASE.
AND LET'S HEAR ITEM EIGHT, REPORT FROM FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE ANNUAL REPORTS ON COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICTS TO COMPLY WITH THE LOCAL AGENCY SPECIAL TAX BOND AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT DISTRICTS TWO, THREE, AND FIVE.
I THINK WE JUST NEED A QUICK CORRECTION ON THIS.
CORRECT? DO YOU WANNA CORRECT THE RECORD? THANK YOU, MAYOR.
ASSISTANT CITY TREASURER AND DEBT MANAGER, JESSE ORTEGA WILL CORRECT THE RECORD.
[8. 24-55812 Recommendation to receive and file annual reports on Community Facilities Districts to comply with the Local Agency Special Tax Bond and Accountability Act. (Districts 2, 3, 5) Office or Department: Financial Management Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
SO THE CORRECTION WILL BE TO UPDATE THE DISTRICTS TO 1, 3, 4, AND FIVE.IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? MEMBERS, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
NOW WE'LL HAVE ITEM 15, REPORT FROM HUMAN RESOURCES RECOMMENDATION TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION APPROVING A LETTER OF AGREEMENT TO THE 2023 THROUGH 2026 MOU WITH THE LONG BEACH CITY PROSECUTOR'S ASSOCIATION BY ADDING TWO NEW CLASSIFICATIONS, CHIEF GANG PROSECUTOR AND CHIEF VIOLENT CRIMES PROSECUTOR CITYWIDE.
WE HAVE ANOTHER, UH, CORRECTION.
HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.
[15. 24-55818 Recommendation to adopt resolution approving a Letter of Agreement to the 2023-2026 Memorandum of Understanding with the Long Beach City Prosecutors Association (CPA) by adding two new classifications: Chief Gang Prosecutor and Chief Violent Crimes Prosecutor. (Citywide) Office or Department: Human Resources Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
THIS EVENING IS TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION APPROVING A LETTER OF AGREEMENT TO THE 2023 TO 2026 MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH THE LONG BEACH CITY PROSECUTOR ASSOCIATION.THERE IS A CORRECTION TO THE CITY COUNCIL LETTER TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION UNDER THE DISCUSSION SECTION.
THE FIRST PARAGRAPH HAS THE INCORRECT CHIEF TITLE MENTIONED CURRENTLY IT READS, CHIEF VIOLENT CRIMES PROSECUTOR IS CHANGING FROM SALARY RANGE 5 0 3 TO 5 0 4.
AND IT SHOULD READ THAT THE SALARY RANGE FOR CHIEF GANG PROSECUTOR IS CHANGING FROM SALARY RANGE 5 0 3 TO SALARY RANGE 5 0 4.
MOVING FORWARD, BOTH NEW CHIEF POSITIONS WILL BE UNDER THE SALARY RANGE 5 0 4.
ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? MEMBERS PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
ALRIGHT, UH, WE'RE GONNA GO TO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT NUMBER ONE, PLEASE.
I SEE THREE PEOPLE SIGN UP TO SPEAK.
STACEY SELLERS, CARL TI AND MICHAEL GEIN.
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ANY OF YOU HERE PLEASE COME FORWARD IF YOU HEARD YOUR NAME, CARL TI[ PUBLIC COMMENT: OBTAIN SPEAKER CARD FROM THE CITY CLERK Opportunity to address the City Council (on non-agenda items) is given to the first 10 persons who submit Speaker Cards to the City Clerk beginning at 15 minutes prior to the commencement of the meeting. Each speaker is allowed three minutes to make their comments. ]
THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.GOOD EVENING AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS.
ON MARCH THE 17TH, COUNCIL APPROVED $3.7 MILLION FOR FIRST TO SERVE INCORPORATED TO MANAGE THE BEST WESTERN PROJECT HOME KEY.
THE CONTRACTOR AGREEMENT OUTLINES THE REQUIRED LEVEL OF SERVICES, SPECIFICALLY STATES.
THE ONLY REASON TO TERMINATE A RESIDENT IS IF THE CLIENT HAS THREATENED THE SAFETY OF HIMSELF, A STAFF MEMBER OR ANOTHER RESIDENT.
ADDITIONALLY, THE CONTRACTOR MUST HAVE AN ENTRY REENTRY POLICY IN PLACE GIVING THE RESIDENT A COPY.
I'M HERE TO INFORM YOU THAT FIRST TO SERVE AS WRONGFULLY EVICTED.
21 PEOPLE SINCE TAKING OVER OPERATIONS ON APRIL THE 15TH.
FIRST TO SERVE AS EVICTION PROCESS IS DESIGNED TO HUMILIATE AND ISOLATE THOSE EVICTED FROM COMMUNICATION WITH THEIR FRIENDS AT THE SHELTER AND HAS INSTRUCTED SECURITY TO PREVENT ANY ACCESS BY A EVICTED RESIDENT.
THIS PROCESS FEEDS THE HOMELESS TO TENDENCY TO ADAPT TO THEIR EVER-CHANGING SITUATION AND NOT CRY FOUL.
I AM SINCERELY DISAPPOINTED AT MY DISCOVERY THAT THEIR EVICTIONS ARE THEIR INGENIOUS METHOD TO SHOW THEIR ABILITY TO RAPIDLY PUT A HOMELESS CLIENT INTO HOUSING BY UPDATING THE CLIENT'S STATUS AS HOUSED.
RATHER THAN TERMINATED FDS ILL-GOTTEN REPUTATION HAS FACILITATED ADDITIONAL CONTRACTS FROM THE CITY.
I REQUEST THIS COUNSEL TO OPEN AN INVESTIGATION INTO MY ALLEGATIONS AND THE INTERIM ISSUED THOSE EVICTED A HOUSING BA, BACHER OR HOTEL VOUCHERS AND PROVIDE FINANCIAL ADD AID TO THOSE WITHOUT AN INCOME SOURCE.
UNTIL YOUR INVESTIGATION IS COMPLETED AND YOU HAVE DEVISED A PLAN TO EDUCATE POTENTIAL MANAGEMENT TO THE REQUIREMENTS AND THE LEVEL OF SERVICES FOR A PROJECT HOME KEY, I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST A SWIFT PROCESS TO PROVIDE THOSE EVICTED, THE NECESSARY BATTLESHIPS AND FINANCIAL AID.
GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
MAYOR REX RICHARDSON, DISTINGUISHED COUNCIL MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS STACY SELLERS AND I RESIDE IN DISTRICT ONE AT CASA CORONE 4 0 8 AL AVENUE.
I WANNA BRING TO THE ATTENTION OF THE COUNCIL CONCERNS ABOUT A NEWLY PROPOSED MICRO LIVING COMPLEX THAT IS SLATED TO BE BUILT AT 4 21 EAST FOURTH STREET, WHICH IS THE LOT DIRECTLY BEHIND THE BUILDING I RESIDE IN.
MY TWO KEY CONCERNS ARE SAFETY AND ACCESSIBILITY FOR RESIDENTS ACOS, THE CORE ZONE IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY, MY BUILDING HOUSES DISABLED PEOPLE, MOST OF WHICH THAT ARE CONFINED IN WHEELCHAIRS.
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS USED THE LOT BEHIND MY BUILDING FOR PERSONNEL TRAINING.
IE DEPLOYING THE LADDER, ATTACHED THE TRUCK TO GAIN ACCESS TO THE ROOF.
SHOULD THIS COMPLEX BE BUILT, HOW DOES THE FIRE DEPARTMENT INTEND TO GAIN ACCESS TO THE ELEVATED FLOORS TO RESCUED ANDRA RESCUE AND TRAPPED INDIVIDUALS SUCH AS THOSE WHO ARE CONFINED TO WHEELCHAIRS OR WHO OTHERWISE ARE PHYSICALLY DISABLED? PARKING AVAILABILITY FOR NEAR, NEARBY SMALL BUSINESSES.
CURRENTLY THE LOT AT 4 21 EAST FOURTH STREET IS USED AS A PAY FOR PARKING LOT, WHICH HAS 43 STANDARD PARKING SPOTS.
THIS PARKING LOT HAS HELPED DECREASE PARKING CONGESTION IN THE LOCAL AREA.
HOWEVER, AT TIMES DURING LOCAL EVENTS, THE GRAND PRIX MUSIC ARTIST EVENTS OF FINGERPRINTS, WEDDINGS, ET CETERA, VEHICLES HAVE TROUBLE FINDING LEGAL PARKING SPACES.
THIS SCARCITY OF PARKING HAS LED TO INDIVIDUALS PARKING VEHICLES IN THE DESIGNATED LOADING ZONE IN FRONT OF MY BUILDING.
THE DISABLED RESIDENCE OF CASA CO ZONE LARGELY DEPEND ON THIS LOADING ZONE IN ORDER TO GET TO THEIR DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENTS THROUGH VARIOUS MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION COMPANIES SUCH AS ACCESS DIAL, LIFT, CALL, THE CAR, ET CETERA.
AT TIMES MY OWN MOTHER, WHO IS BLIND, HAS MISSED RIDES TO HER APPOINTMENTS DUE TO THESE SERVICES, NOT HAVING AN AREA TO STOP AND MARKING HER AS A NO-SHOW.
HOW DOES THE CITY INTEND TO REPLACE THE ALREADY SCARCE PARKING IN THE EAST VILLAGE ARTS DISTRICT? WHILE I UNDERSTAND THE LOT AT 4 21 EAST FORESTRY IS PRIVATELY OWNED, I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE THE CITY COUNCIL TO RECONSIDER THE PLANS TO BUILD A MICRO LIVING COMPLEX
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AT THIS LOCATION FOR THE ABOVE REASONS.GOOD EVENING, MICHAEL FROM DISTRICT FIVE.
UH, HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO YOU MAYOR REX AND THE ENTIRE COUNCIL, ESPECIALLY OUR NEW COUNCIL MEMBER.
UH, I CAME TONIGHT TO TALK ABOUT THREE THINGS AND, UH, THEY ALL WEAVE TOGETHER TO ME, MAYBE NOT TO EVERYBODY, BUT IT, IT HAS TO DO WITH THE COMMON THREAD OF MILITARISM HERE IN LONG BEACH.
I'M GONNA START WITH THE MURDER OF BRANDON BOYD AT THE HANDS OF THE LONG BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT.
I CAME LAST WEEK AND HEARD THE TESTIMONY OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS, THE FAMILY OF BRANDON.
AND I WAS APPALLED TO FIND OUT THAT A NEIGHBOR IN MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS WAS MET WITH SWAT TEAMS WITH RIOT GEAR FROM HEAD TO TOE.
AND MILITARY GRADE WEAPONS WERE USED TO, I GUESS, TRY TO DEESCALATE OR END THIS SITUATION.
AND, UH, FLASH BANGS PR IS WHAT REALLY LED TO THE THE DEATH OF THE MURDER OF BRANDON BOYD.
YOUR STATEMENT REX ON INSTAGRAM WAS APPALLING AS WELL.
THAT'S THE MAIN REASON I'M HERE.
YOU CONGRATULATED THOSE POLICE OFFICERS AND MADE ALMOST NO MENTION ONLY IN THE PASSIVE VOICE TO THE DEATH OF A NEIGHBOR OF LONG BEACH.
SHIFTING GEARS, BUT I THINK IT'S CONNECTED.
MILITARY GRADE PLANES WERE FLYING OVER LONG BEACH.
I LIVE UP NEAR THE AIRPORT AND IT WASN'T THE NORMAL F EIGHTEENS THAT RUN THEIR, UH, YOU KNOW, LIKE DRILLS AND STUFF.
THESE, IT MADE LIKE A SONIC BOOM AND IT JUST REMINDED ME OF THE WAY LONG BEACH IS JUST GRIPPED BY THIS MILITARISM.
AND LASTLY, I JUST, I WANT TO REMIND THE DISTRICT, THE, UH, COUNCIL IN ALL OF LONG BEACH THAT YOU TOOK A BRAVE STEP.
MOST OF YOU IN VOTING YES FOR A CEASEFIRE PROCLAMATION IN GAZA AND THE WEST BANK, UH, A YEAR AGO THIS WEEK, I BELIEVE IT WAS ON THE 19TH.
AND I'M REQUESTING THAT YOU MAKE SOME SORT OF ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY STATEMENT ABOUT THAT.
OUR REPRESENTATIVES HAVE NOT CALLED FOR A CEASEFIRE AND THE AGGRESSION OF THE ISRAELI ARMY CONTINUES.
THEY'RE NOW IN SYRIA BOMBING EVERY DAY AS WELL.
THIS ISN'T WITHOUT STANDING AS THE COUNCIL.
ALL OF YOU AND REX DID THE SAME THING ON OCTOBER 7TH, 2024.
YOU COMMEMORATED THAT DAY OF THE ATTACK.
AND I'M REQUESTING YOU DO THE SAME ON THURSDAY, WHICH IS THE ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF OUR CITY STEPPING OUT AND ASKING FOR A CEASEFIRE.
IF PALESTINIAN LIVES ARE WORTH THE SAME AMOUNT AS ALL THE OTHER LIVES LOST, THEN YOU WILL LOOK INSIDE THE CITY AND MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
OTHERWISE, I'M NOT SURE WHAT THAT SAYS ABOUT OUR CITY, BUT I KNOW WHAT IT SAYS ABOUT OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS AND OUR MAYOR.
SO THAT CONCLUDES, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT.
UM, ARE YOU SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, SIR? SO I DID NOT SIGN.
WE'LL, WE'LL ALLOW THIS, THIS ONE ADDITIONAL PUBLIC COMMENT.
I APOLOGIZE FOR, DID NOT REGISTER IN ADVANCE.
MAYOR RICHARDSON, MEMBER CITY COUNCIL.
I DID NOT PLAN TO SPEAK TONIGHT.
IN FACT, THREE MONTHS AGO WHEN I TRIED TO COME HERE, I WAS UN ESPECIALLY TRAVELING, YOU KNOW, OUTTA STATE.
SO TAKING THE OPPORTUNITY OF THIS MEETING TONIGHT, I WANT TO EXPRESS MY FEELING FOR TWO REASON.
FIRST, I WANT TO CONGRATULATE DR.
SHE HAS BEEN VERY HELPFUL TO MY DISTRICT DURING THE PAST THREE MONTHS.
I TRY TO CLEAN UP MY HOME, INCLUDING FURNITURE, HER PROGRAM OR CLEAN UP THE NEIGHBORHOOD HELPED ME A LOT.
NOT JUST ME BUT MY, BUT MY NEIGHBOR.
I TRIED TO COME A FEW MONTHS AGO BUT I DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE.
SO THIS IS JUST TO LET YOU KNOW THAT EVERYBODY IS APPRECIATE.
SECOND THING I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION TO ALL THE ELECTED OFFICIAL AS WELL AS THE UH, CITY MANAGER.
I WOULD LIKE TO APPRECIATE THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORK, THE LONG BIG
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CONSERVATION COURT, AND ALL THE VOLUNTEER WHO HAVE DONE A LOT OF GOOD JOB TO HAVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD CLEAN UP.THIS IS MY OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TODAY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL OF YOU.
YOU WORK FOR OUR TAXPAYER MONEY AND YOU DO A LOT, LOT OF GOOD JOB.
ALRIGHT, THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT.
WE NOW HAVE, UH, TWO BRIEF HEARINGS.
PLEASE REPORT FROM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION INTO THE RECORD.
CONCLUDE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ADOPT A RESOLUTION.
CONTINUING THE BELMONT SHORE PARKING AND BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT AREA ASSESSMENT LEVY AND EXTEND THE AGREEMENT WITH THE BELMONT SHORE BUSINESS ASSOCIATION FOR A ONE YEAR TERM DISTRICT THREE.
THERE IS AN OATH REQUIRED FOR THIS.
ALRIGHT, LET'S ADMINISTER THE OATH PLEASE.
WILL THOSE TESTIFYING IN THIS ITEM PLEASE STAND.
[18. 24-55821 Recommendation to receive supporting documentation into the record, conclude the public hearing, and adopt resolution continuing the Belmont Shore Parking and Business Improvement Area assessment levy for the period of October 1, 2024, through September 30, 2025; and authorize City Manager, or designee, to extend the agreement with the Belmont Shore Business Association for a one-year term. (District 3) Office or Department: Economic Development Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
DO YOU AND EACH OF YOU SOLEMNLY STATE THAT THE TESTIMONY YOU MAY GIVE AND THE CAUSE NOW AND PENDING BEFORE THIS BODY SHALL BE THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH.WE'RE GONNA GO TO A STAFF REPORT.
YES, WE HAVE JULIAN SUNDA, UH, MANAGER OF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT FROM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
GOOD EVENING HONOR MAYORS AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
THE BELMONT SHORE PARKING AND BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT AREA, ALSO KNOWN AS THE BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, WAS ESTABLISHED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IN 1983.
THIS ALLOWS FOR THE LEVY OF AN ANNUAL ASSESSMENT TO BE PAID BY THE BUSINESS LOCATED IN WITHIN THE DISTRICT.
THE CITY CONTRACTS WITH THE BELMONT SHORE BUSINESS ASSOCIATION TO MANAGE THE BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS AND THE ASSOCIATION'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS SERVES AS AN ADVISORY BOARD TO THE CITY COUNCIL ON MATTERS RELATED TO THE DISTRICT STATE LAW GOVERNING THIS DISTRICT REQUIRES THAT AN ANNUAL REPORT BE SUBMITTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL BY THE ADVISORY BOARD.
AND IN OCTOBER, 2024, THE ASSOCIATION ADVISORY BOARD VOTED TO RECOMMEND TO THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL OF THE 24 AND 25 ANNUAL REPORT EXHIBIT A TO THE RESOLUTION.
THE REPORT DESCRIBES THE BOUNDARIES, PROPOSED ACTIVITIES, BUDGETARY INFORMATION, AND THE METHOD AND BASIS OF THE CONTINUATION OF THE ASSESSMENT.
THE ANNUAL REPORT PROPOSES NO CHANGE TO THE DISTRICT BOUNDARIES, METHODS OF ASSESSMENT, AND NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE PROPOSED ACTIVITIES.
STATE LAW ALSO REQUIRES THAT A PUBLIC HEARING BE HELD ON THE PROPOSED PROGRAM AND ASSESSMENT.
UH, AND IT'S DECEMBER 3RD, 2024.
MEETING CITY COUNCIL APPROVED A RESOLUTION GRANTING APPROVAL OF THE ANNUAL REPORT, DECLARING THE INTENTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL TO LEVY THE ASSESSMENT AND SET TODAY AS A DATE OF PUBLIC HEARING.
STATE LAW REQUIRES THE CITY COUNCIL HERE AND CONSIDER ALL PROTESTS AGAINST THE ASSESSMENT PROGRAM, BOUNDARIES OF THE AREA AND OR ANY BENEFIT ZONE AS PROPOSING ANNUAL REPORT.
UH, THIS CONCLUDES MY STAFF REPORT AND THANK YOU, UM, READY FOR ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.
IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS HEARING? NOPE.
WE'LL NOW TAKE IT BACK BEHIND THE RAIL.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER DUGGAN, LET'S HEAR THE HEARING.
UH, VICE MAYOR ALLEN, I MEAN COUNCIL MEMBER ALLEN.
I GOTTA GET USED TO ALL THE NEW HANDLES.
COUNCIL MEMBER ALLEN, ANYTHING? NO, SIR.
MEMBERS, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
FOLKS REPORT FROM FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION INTO THE RECORD.
CONCLUDE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND GRANT AND ENTERTAINMENT PERMIT WITH CONDITIONS FOR ENTERTAINMENT WITH DANCING TO PACIFIC SIX RESTAURANT GROUP, DISTRICT ONE.
AND THERE IS AN OATH FOR THIS HEARING AS WELL.
ALL RIGHT, MR. ADMINISTER THE OATH, PLEASE.
WILL THOSE TESTIFYING IN THIS ITEM, PLEASE STAND.
DO YOU, AND EACH OF YOU SOLEMNLY STATE THAT
[19. 24-55822 Recommendation to receive supporting documentation into the record, conclude the public hearing, and grant an Entertainment Permit with conditions for Entertainment with Dancing to PACIFIC6 Restaurant Group, DBA Fairmont Breakers Hotel. (District 1) Levine Act: Yes Office or Department: Financial Management Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
THE TESTIMONY YOU MAY GIVE AND THE CAUSE NOW AND PENDING BEFORE THIS BODY SHALL BE THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH, SO HELP YOU GOD? I DO.LET'S BEGIN WITH THE STAFF REPORT.
FOR STAFF TODAY, WE HAVE JUNIE SALCITO BUSINESS SERVICES OFFICER, FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT.
UH, GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL BEFORE YOU.
TONIGHT IS AN APPLICATION FOR ENTERTAINMENT WITH DANCING FOR THE FREMONT BREAKERS LONG BEACH.
THE ESTABLISHMENT IS LOCATED AT TWO 10 EAST OCEAN BOULEVARD AND OPERATES AS A HOTEL.
UM, THE FAIRMONT BREAKERS LONG BEACH HOLDS THE FOLLOWING LICENSE TYPES FROM THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL LICENSE, A TYPE 47 ON SALE, GENERAL EATING PLACE, TYPE 58 CATERER PERMIT, AND TYPE 68 PORTABLE BAR.
ALL APPROPRIATE DEPARTMENTS, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, POLICE AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT HAVE REVIEWED THE APPLICATION AND HAVE PROVIDED THEIR RECOMMENDED, RECOMMENDED CONDITIONS AND AS CONTAINED IN THE HEARING PACKET, UH, THE FOLLOWING RECOMMENDED CONDITIONS IN ATTACHMENT A SHOULD BE NOTED
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FROM THE ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS.SECTION ONE, ENTERTAINMENT ACTIVITIES AS INDICATED ON PAGE SEVEN OF YOUR ENTERTAINMENT ACTIVITIES, SHALL BE RESTRICTED TO SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY, 6:00 PM TO 10:00 PM FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, 6:00 PM TO 11:00 PM OUTDOOR ENTERTAINMENT SHALL BE RES RESTRICTED TO EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK, MONDAY THROUGH SUNDAY, 6:00 PM TO 10:00 PM NO AMPLIFIED MUSIC ALLOWED OUTDOORS IN ANY SPACE AND ONLY, UH, AMBIENT MUSIC ON THE ROOFTOP.
UH, TWO ENTERTAINMENT SHALL NOT BE OFFERED ON ANY DAY THAT THE ESTABLISHMENT IS CLOSED.
UH, THREE, THE PERMITTING MUST PROVIDE ALL PROMOTERS, INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS AND DANCERS HIGHER TO CONDUCT ENTERTAINMENT ACTIVITIES WITH A COPY OF THE APPROVED PERMITS, UH, WHICH SHALL INCLUDE A COPY OF THE APPROVED CONDITIONS OF OPERATION, UH, FOUR, THE PERMIT.
HE SHALL DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN A PLAN TO ADDRESS NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERNS, UH, RELATED TO THE OPERATION OF THE FAIRMONT BREAKERS LONG BEACH EXAMPLES, NEWSLETTER MEETINGS, UH, ET CETERA.
UH, AND FIVE INTERIOR LIGHTING SHALL BE SUFFICIENT TO MAKE EASILY DISCERNIBLE THE APPEARANCE AND CONDUCT OF ALL PERSONS AND PATRONS INSIDE THE BUSINESS.
I, ALONG WITH COMMANDER STEPHANIE HALL FROM THE LONG BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT, ARE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY STAFF REPORT.
WE'RE GETTING A JAZZ CLUB AT THE FAIRMONT BREAKERS IN DOWNTOWN LONG BEACH IS WHAT YOU GUYS ARE VOTING IN CASE YOU'RE WORRIED, UH, IN CASE YOU'RE WONDERING.
AND WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT COMING TO BACK TO LONG BEACH LIVE MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT.
SO WE NEED MORE PERMITS LIKE THIS.
RESTAURANTS APPLY FOR YOUR PERMITS.
I WILL SET, JUST SAY, BECAUSE THIS IS LIKE VERY EXCITING.
IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN TO THE FAIRMONT BREAKERS, YOU NEED TO GO AND CHECK OUT THE FAIRMONT BREAKERS.
IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? OKAY, WE'LL TAKE IT BACK BEHIND THE RAIL.
COUNCILWOMAN ZENDEJAS, THANK YOU.
JUST REALLY QUICKLY, I AM SUPER THRILLED THAT HERE IN LONG BEACH WE HAVE OPENED OUR FIRST FIVE STAR LUXURY HOTEL, WHICH IS ALSO GOING TO BE SEEN AS A DESTINATION HOTEL.
AND I'M SO THRILLED AND I'M SO GLAD THAT THE APPLICANT, UM, MET ALL THE REQUIREMENTS.
AND SO THAT'S JUST A TESTAMENT TO HOW THEY WANT TO ELEVATE THE CITY OF LONG BEACH.
AND I'M JUST SO THRILLED AGAIN TO HAVE THEM HERE IN THE HEART OF DOWNTOWN.
COUNCILWOMAN SORROW, UM, JUST VERY, JUST VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS ITEM.
MEMBERS, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
I, AND THIS GOES INTO EFFECT WHEN, UM, IT GOES INTO EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.
AS SOON AS, UH, EVERYTHING'S SIGNED THIS WEEKEND.
PLEASE REPORT FROM FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE FISCAL YEAR 2024 THIRD AND FINAL DEPARTMENTAL AND FUND BUDGET APPROPRIATION ADJUSTMENTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH EXISTING CITY COUNCIL POLICY CITYWIDE.
ANY PUBLIC COMMENT HERE? MEMBERS, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
[20. 24-55823 Recommendation to approve the Fiscal Year 2024 third and final departmental and fund budget appropriation adjustments in accordance with existing City Council policy. (Citywide) Office or Department: Financial Management Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
MOTION IS CARRIED.21 REPORT FROM PARKS, RECREATION AND MARINE RECOMMENDATION TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND GRANT FUNDING FROM THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 3,656,000 FOR DAVENPORT PARK EXPANSION PROJECT DISTRICT EIGHT, UH, MOVED AND SECONDED.
DID YOU WANT I THINK WE'RE, I THINK WE'RE OKAY FOLKS.
[21. 24-55824 Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary to accept and expend grant funds from the State of California Department of Parks and Recreation Land and Water Conservation Fund, in an amount not to exceed $3,656,000, for the Davenport Park Expansion Project. (District 8) Office or Department: Parks, Recreation and Marine Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
UH, MOVED.COUNCILWOMAN THRASHING TOOK SECOND.
IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT HERE? MEMBERS, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
PLEASE REPORT FROM CITY ATTORNEY RECOMMENDATION TO DECLARE ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE 2024 MILITARY EQUIPMENT SPECIAL ORDER OF THE LONG BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT, CREATING A POLICY FOR THE FUNDING ACQUISITION USE AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FROM MILITARY EQUIPMENT AS MANDATED BY ASSEMBLY.
BILL 4 8 1 READ AND ADOPTED IS READ CITYWIDE.
THIS ORDINANCE AND ALL THE ORDINANCE WE'RE VOTING ON TODAY ARE ALL SECOND READINGS.
AND WERE HEARD, UH, PREVIOUSLY, UH,
[22. 24-55838 Recommendation to declare ordinance of the City Council of the City of Long Beach adopting the 2024 Military Equipment Special Order of the Long Beach Police Department creating a policy for the funding, acquisition, use and reporting requirements for military equipment as mandated by Assembly Bill 481, read and adopted as read. (Citywide) Office or Department: City Attorney Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
I SEE ONE MEMBER OF THE PUB PUBLIC SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.MEMBERS, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
23 REPORT FROM COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT RECOMMENDATION TO DECLARE ORDINANCE SETTING ASIDE AND DEDICATING IN PERPETUITY PARCEL A IN WILLOW SPRINGS PARK, LOCATED 2 7 4 5 ORANGE AVENUE FOR PUBLIC PARK PURPOSES AND
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USES READ AND ADOPTED AS READ DISTRICTS ONE AND FIVE.IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? SEEING NONE, MEMBERS PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
[23. 24-55776 Recommendation to declare ordinance setting aside and dedicating in perpetuity Parcel A in Willow Springs Park, located at 2745 Orange Avenue, for public park purposes and uses, read and adopted as read. (Districts 1, 5) Office or Department: Community Development Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
COUNCILWOMAN ANDOW.TWO MORE VOTES REPORT FROM COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TWO.
AND IT'S OFFICIAL RECOMMENDATION TO DECLARE ORDINANCE AMENDING TABLE 35 DASH TWO OF THE LONG BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE TO INCLUDE THE ENTIRETY OF PARCEL A OF WILLOW SPRINGS PARK, THEREBY APPROVING ITS DEDICATION, RED AND ADOPTED AS RED DISTRICTS ONE AND FIVE.
AND SECOND, ANY PUBLIC COMMENT MEMBERS, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
[24. 24-55777 Recommendation to declare ordinance amending Table 35-2 (Park Dedication/Designations) of the Long Beach Municipal Code (ZCA20-016), to include the entirety of Parcel A of Willow Springs Park, thereby approving its dedication, read and adopted as read. (Districts 1, 5) Office or Department: Community Development Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
MOTION IS CARRIED.25 REPORT FROM COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT RECOMMENDATION.
DECLARE ORDINANCE AMENDING THE USE DISTRICT MAP TO CHANGE THE ZONING DISTRICT FOR THAT PORTION OF PARCEL A IN WILLOW SPRINGS PARK THAT IS ZONED MEDIUM INDUSTRIAL TO PARK ZONE RED AND ADOPTED AS RED DISTRICTS ONE AND FIVE.
IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? MEMBERS PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
[25. 24-55778 Recommendation to declare ordinance amending the Use District Map (Zoning Map) to change the Zoning District (ZCHG20-008) for that portion of Parcel A in Willow Springs Park that is zoned Medium Industrial (IM) to Park (P) Zone, read and adopted as read. (Districts 1, 5) Office or Department: Community Development Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
IT'S OFFICIAL, RIGHT? IS THERE ANYMORE? I THINK THAT'S IT, RIGHT? OKAY.ARE WE SKIPPING? 2026 THEN REPORT FROM COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT RECOMMENDATION TO DECLARE ORDINANCE ADOPTING ZONING CODE AMENDMENT THAT AMENDS TABLE 35 DASH ONE USE IN PARKS DISTRICT.
CLARIFYING THAT SIDEWALK VENDING IS A PERMITTED USE REGARDING RE REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO ENCROACHMENT PERMITS FOR VENDORS LOCATED WITHIN THE RIGHT OF WAY RED AND ADOPTED AS RED CITYWIDE.
[26. 24-55780 Recommendation to declare ordinance adopting Zoning Code Amendment ZCA23-006, that amends LBMC Section 21.35.120, Table 35-1, Use in Parks District, clarifying that sidewalk vending is a permitted use subject to the regulations of Chapter 5.73 of the LBMC and repeals Section 21.45.170.L, regarding regulations pertaining to encroachment permits for vendors located within the right-of-way, read and adopted as read. (Citywide) Office or Department: Community Development Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
AGAIN.MEMBERS PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
27 REPORT FROM COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT RECOMMENDATION.
DECLARE ORDINANCE APPROVING A ZONING CODE AMENDMENT AND ADOPT THE PROPOSED FINDINGS RELATED THERETO TO AMEND THE LONG BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE RELATED TO PARKING REQUIREMENTS.
READ AND ADOPTED AS READ CITYWIDE.
ANY PUBLIC COMMENT MEMBERS, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
[27. 24-55782 Recommendation to declare ordinance approving a Zoning Code Amendment (ZCA23-003), and adopt the proposed findings related thereto, to amend Long Beach Municipal Code Chapters 21.15, 21.25, 21.27, 21.41, 21.45, and 21.52 of Title 21 (Zoning) related to parking requirements, read and adopted as read. (Citywide) Office or Department: Community Development Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
ITEM 28, REPORT FROM FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT RECOMMENDATION TO DECLARE ORDINANCE AMENDING THE LONG BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO THE CITY'S TRANSACTION AND USE TAX TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF TAX AND FEE ADMINISTRATION TO EFFECTUATE THE LANGUAGE FROM COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, MEASURE A AS AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE READ AND ADOPTED AS READ CITYWIDE.[28. 24-55908 Recommendation to declare ordinance amending chapter 3.62 of the Long Beach Municipal Code Subsections 3.62.030.A, 3.62.030.B, 3.62.030.C, 3.62.050.A, 3.62.050.B, 3.62.050.C, 3.62.140.B, 3.62.140.C, and 3.62.140.D relating to the City’s transactions and use tax to be administered by the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration to effectuate the language from County of Los Angeles Measure “A”, as an Emergency Ordinance, read and adopted as read. (Citywide) (Emergency Ordinance No. ORD-24-0027) Office or Department: Financial Management Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.WE'RE AT GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT NUMBER TWO.
OKAY, WE HAVE THREE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
MARIO DS DALE, ANGELO DIXON AND LOURDES DIXON.
[ PUBLIC COMMENT: IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO ADJOURNMENT Opportunity is given to those members of the public who have not addressed the City Council on non-agenda items. Each speaker is limited to three minutes unless extended by the City Council. ]
IS MARIO HERE? OKAY.OH, HONORABLE MAYOR REX RICHARDSON.
AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, I JUST THOUGHT I'D COME BY AND SAY HELLO.
UM, I AM THE OWNER OF 1635 WEST PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY.
IT'S THE PLACE BETWEEN CHEVRON AND THE RAYMORE, AND I JUST WANNA LET, UM, MY CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS KNOW THAT, UM, MY PLACE HAS BECOME A PRETTY GOOD EXAMPLE OF WHAT WE REALLY DON'T REALLY WANT AS A CITY.
UM, I'M NOT A LONGSHORE WORKER.
I'VE WORKED IN THE PORTS DELIVERING STUFF TO SHIPS, AND THAT JOB I'M GRATEFUL FOR.
AND IT'S TAKEN ME TO CITIES, UM, ACROSS THE WEST COAST.
I THINK THE ONLY PORT I HAVEN'T BEEN TO IS THE, UH, PORT OF PORTLAND, BUT I'VE BEEN TO SEATTLE, I'VE BEEN TO STOCKTON, I'VE BEEN TO SACRAMENTO, AND UH, I'VE, I'VE SEEN A LOT OF ISSUES ALL OVER THE WEST COAST THAT ALSO APPLY TO, UM, THE CITY OF LONG BEACH AND, AND VERY MUCH TO, UM, UM, MY NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH I THINK IS IN DISTRICT TWO.
UM, I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT KNOWING OR FOR REMEMBERING MY DISTRICT, BUT MOSTLY I WANTED TO COME BY AND WISH EVERYONE, UM, HAPPY HOLIDAYS AND, AND LET YOU GUYS SEE MY
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FACE AND LET YOU KNOW I'M NOT AN UNFRIENDLY GUY.UM, IF ANYBODY EVER WANTS TO TALK TO ME OR INTERVIEW ME ABOUT ANY ISSUE, UM, SINCE I'VE SHARED MY BACKYARD AND MY DRIVEWAY WITH PEOPLE FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD, SO TO SPEAK, UM, WHY NOT SHOW MYSELF TO, UM, TO MY LOCAL LEADERS? I THOUGHT, AND I JUST, I WANTED TO GET OUT OF MY HOUSE.
MY KAISER DOCTOR TOLD ME TO TAKE A FEW DAYS OFF WORK, DO SOMETHING THAT SPRUNG UP, UM, AND, AND MY BODY, WHICH I CONSIDER TO BE, UM, MY OV, WHICH I CALL MY ORIGINAL VEHICLE.
SO WITH THAT, UM, I WISH EVERYONE A, UM, AGAIN, MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS AND I HOPE I VISIT YOU AGAIN.
I AM HERE WITH CONCERNS ABOUT THE, THE FOOD VENDING TRUCKS THAT, WHICH I BELIEVE YOU JUST PASSED.
UM, SOME OF THESE FOOD VENDORS, THEY HAVE SOME DISPUTES BETWEEN EACH OTHER, WHICH THAT THEY'VE HAD FIST FIGHTS DOWN THERE.
UM, ONE OF THE VENDORS DOWN THERE THREATENED OTHER PEOPLE SAYING THAT HE'S GOT A GUN, UM, AND THEY JUST MAKE A MESS OF THE STREET.
THEY ALSO TAKE AWAY BUSINESS FROM RESTAURANTS AND EMPLOYEES OF THOSE RESTAURANTS, BUSINESS.
IT'S NOT AS SANITARY DOWN THERE ANYMORE.
SO, WHICH I BELIEVE YOU GUYS JUST ALLOWED ALL THOSE FOOD VENDORS TO PARK IN THE RED AND SELL THERE.
SO IT'S, UH, I I THINK THAT SHOULD BE AMENDED AND DROPPED.
YOU, YOU GUYS HAVE TO CLEAN UP, DOWN THERE, NOT ALLOW EVERYBODY'S TO SELL IT DOWN THERE.
WE, WE HAVE A SMALL FAMILY BUSINESS.
WE PAY RENT TO BE THERE, AND NONE OF THOSE VENDORS PAY RENT TO BE ON THE STREET.
AND, UM, LOURDES, YOU, YOU'RE UP.
SEE, UH, I WAS WALKING WITH YOU AND THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, ONE DAY, YOU KNOW, FROM SHORELINE LOURDES.
DO, ARE YOU REQUESTING INTERPRETATION? UH, I SEE YOU HAD INITIALLY REQUESTED IT.
DO YOU, DO YOU, DID YOU WANT THE SPANISH INTERPRETER? NO.
CAN WE DO THE SIMULTANEOUS INTERPRETATION? YOU JUST GIVE US ONE MOMENT ON A MOMENT.
EVERYBODY RE AND EVERYBODY TO MAYOR RE AND COUNCIL MEMBERS PASSING HAPPY HOLIDAYS.
YOU ARE ENJOYING THEIR HOLIDAYS.
SO I'M HEARING CONCERNING TO THE AREA OF CORN WAY BETWEEN ERS TO, UH, JI OR THE AQUARIUM, THE ERS RESTAURANT AQUARIUM FROM ERS RESTAURANT TO THE AQUARIUM AREA.
AND I'M HERE IN REGARDS TO, OR SPEAKING ABOUT THE VENDORS THAT ARE ON THE STREETS, NO PERMITS WITHOUT PERMITS.
IN THE, UH, LOADING AND UNLOADING ZONE OF 30 MINUTES, ICE CREAM TRUCKS, TACOS IN VENDORS SUCH AS, UH, THOSE THAT SELL ITEMS LIKE ICE CREAM OR HOT DOGS, UH, STANDS, TACOS, THEY'RE ALL, THEY'RE ALL INVOLVED AND THEY COME EVERYWHERE.
AND THERE'S MORE AND MORE OF THOSE VENDORS, TYPE OF VENDORS COMING EVERY WEEKEND AND HOLIDAYS, SHORELINE.
AND THAT'S AFFECTING ALL OF THE BUSINESSES THAT BELONGS TO SHORELINE.
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INVEST AND PAY A LOT OF, UH, SALARIES, UH, TO OUR EMPLOYEES, INSURANCE, ACCIDENT INSURANCE AS WELL IN CASE OF ANY ACCIDENTS.AND WE HAVE SEEN A DECREASE IN INCREDIBLE INCREASE SINCE THEY'VE BEEN COMING HERE FOR THE LAST THREE MONTHS OR SO.
AND I KNOW THE LADY THAT SELLS ICE CREAM, SHE DISTRIBUTES THEM, UH, EQUALLY FOR SHARES, UH, THROUGHOUT THE AREA ENFORCEMENT.
WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE, UM, BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH THERE'S TICKETING OFFICERS THAT COME BY, UH, AND TRY TO HELP THE SITUATION, THEY STILL KEEP COMING.
UM, AND ALSO WE'VE DISCUSSED THINGS OF THIS NATURE, UM, WITH THE CITY COUNCIL, AND THIS IS THE SECOND PROBLEM.
LOS AS FAR AS THE, UH, PUBLIC RESTROOMS GO ACROSS FROM BABA IN FRONT OF BABA IN SHORELINE AND SHORELINE, UM, RESTORE MM-HMM
THERE'S A LOT OF HOMELESS, UH, THAT, UH, STATION THEMSELVES IN THERE.
AND SOME OF THE RESTROOMS, SOMETIMES THEY'RE CLOSED.
THEY JUST, AND THEY LIVED THERE, UH, FOR MANY MONTHS.
AND THE RESTROOMS, UH, NEXT TO THE BABA, THOSE ARE USUALLY CLOSED, THE STORE BUSINESS.
AND I HAVE TO BE PLACING, UH, MANY SIGNS, TELLING PEOPLE WHERE TO GO TO THE RESTROOM.
I'VE BEEN IN THE BUSINESS OF 14 YEARS AND IT'S, UH, ONGOING PROGRESS.
I THANK YOU AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR YOUR HELP IN WHATEVER YOU CAN HELP.
I, AND I'M REPRESENTING A LOT OF THE PEOPLE, UH, THAT AGAIN, ARE WORKING THERE IN THE SHORELINE AREA, UM, THAT ARE JUST PAYING FOR THE LAND OR THE USE OF LAND.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR CORRESPONDENT.
WHOEVER IS IN CHARGE OF THAT AREA, WE DEFINITELY NEED YOUR HELP.
WELL, THAT SATISFIED, GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT.
WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO ADJOURNMENT AND ANNOUNCEMENTS IF THERE ARE ANY.
OKAY, WE GOT ONE COUNCIL MEMBER KERR TWO.
I JUST WANNA EXTEND MY HEARTFELT CONGRATULATIONS TO, UM, OUR NEWEST COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNCILMAN THRASH UNTUCK.
I'M SO EXCITED TO BE WORKING WITH YOU AND YOUR TEAM, UH, FOR THE COLLECTIVE GOOD OF NOT ONLY OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT OUR CITY AS WELL.
IT'S WONDERFUL TO HAVE YOU HERE.
AND TO MY COLLEAGUES, UH, WHO ARE REELECTED AND TO COUNCIL MEMBER SUPER NA, WE WISH YOU, UH, A SPEEDY RECOVERY AND GOOD HEALTH.
UM, IT'S GOOD TO CONTINUE TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY WITH YOU.
UM, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE WORK THAT WE WILL DO AHEAD.
UM, JUST A HANDFUL OF EVENTS THAT ARE COMING UP.
THIS IS OUR LAST COUNCIL MEETING BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR.
UH, SO WE WANTED TO REMIND YOU OF SOME THINGS IN DISTRICT FIVE YOU CAN DO TO BE IN COMMUNITY WITH US.
SO THIS THURSDAY THE 19TH, YOU CAN ATTEND LONG BEACH COMRADES SINGER'S 17TH ANNUAL PERFORMANCE OF HANDLES MESSIAH, WHICH IS REALLY STUNNING IF YOU'VE NEVER BEEN.
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AT SEVEN 30 AT LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE AUDITORIUM.AND THEN ON SATURDAY, UH, DECEMBER 24TH, YOU CAN SPEND THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON AT OUR NEWEST PARK IN, PUT GRATUITY IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH WILLOW SPRINGS PARK, UH, TO CELEBRATE THE WINTER STOLE SOLSTICE.
UM, A PART OF THE PARK, WHICH IS ACTUALLY THE HIGHEST ELEVATION PART OF THE CITY OF LONG BEACH, UM, WAS BUILT IN A WAY THAT AT THE WINTER SOLSTICE, IT ALIGNS WITH A PALM TREE AND A SHADOW AND A PLACE ON THE GROUND.
IF YOU'VE NEVER BEEN, SO, PLEASE JOIN THE FRIENDS OF WILLOW SPRINGS AND OTHER FOLKS, UH, WHO WILL BE OUT THERE IN COMMUNITY FROM NINE 30 TO ONE 30.
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IS AROUND, IS NOON, SO YOU COULD BE THERE FOR THAT AS WELL.UM, YOU CAN THEN HEAD OVER TO THE EXPO, ART CENTER FOR THE SEVENTH ANNUAL PARO LANTERN FESTIVAL, HOSTED BY CUBO LONG BEACH FROM TWO TO EIGHT.
YOU CAN JOIN IN THE CELEBRATION OF PHIL FILIPINO COMMUNITY AND CULTURE, UM, THAT SHOWCASES THE HEARTS SHAPED LANTERN, SIGNIFYING HOPE AND JOY, WHICH BRINGS MEANING TO THIS YEAR'S THEME OF LIGHT THE WAY.
AND LASTLY, I INVITE YOU ALL TO SAVE THE DATE FOR THE AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURAL CENTER OF LONG BEACH'S KWANZA CELEBRATION AT THE EXPO ART CENTER ON MONDAY, DECEMBER 30TH, FROM FIVE 30 TO 8:00 PM SO LOOK FOR MORE INFORMATION THAT TO COME.
UH, HAPPY HOLIDAYS AND WE'LL SEE YOU OUT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND MY, UM, CONGRATULATIONS TO MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES THAT GOT REELECTED AS WELL AS OUR NEWLY ELECTED, UM, AND SITTING, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, TO MY RIGHT, UH, THAT I WILL SHARE NORTH LONG BEACH WITH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, RESH TOOK.
UM, AND I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO, UH, LET EVERYBODY KNOW A FEW EVENTS THAT ARE HAPPENING AS WE WRAP UP THE YEAR.
UM, THERE WILL BE, UH, TWO FAMILY STORY TIMES AT THE MICHELLE OBAMA LIBRARY COMING UP.
UH, THE FIRST WILL BE WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18TH FROM FOUR TO 5:00 PM THE SECOND WILL BE, UH, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20TH FROM THREE 30 TO 4:30 PM THIS WILL BE, AGAIN, AT THE MICHELLE OBAMA LIBRARY AT 58 70 ATLANTIC AVENUE.
IF YOU HAVE SOME QUESTIONS, YOU CAN PLEASE FEEL FREE TO, UH, CONTACT MY OFFICE AT 5 6 2 5 7 0 6 1 3 7 OR DISTRICT9@LONGBEACH.GOV.
AND FROM MY FAMILY TO YOURS, HAPPY HOLIDAYS.
HAVE A WONDERFUL HOLIDAY SEASON.
UM, I HOPE THAT YOUR TIME IS JOYOUS AND PROSPEROUS AND WE WILL SEE YOU IN THE NEW YEAR.
AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS TO MY COLLEAGUES WHO GOT REELECTED.
SO EXCITED FOR YOU AND SO EXCITED FOR, UM, FOR OUR NEWEST MEMBER TO COUNCIL, UM, COUNCILWOMAN UA UNTUCK TRASH UNTUCK.
UH, THAT IS SO EXCITING FOR US TO HAVE YOU WITH US.
UM, AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS ALSO TO OUR NEW VICE MAYOR.
HE DESERVES A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
SUPER HAPPY TO HAVE YOU AS OUR, OUR NEW VICE MAYOR.
UM, ALSO WANTED TO INVITE THE COMMUNITY OUT TO OUR DISTRICT ONE TOY DRIVE THAT'S GONNA BE TAKING PLACE THIS SATURDAY, DECEMBER 21ST AT GUM BINDER PARK BETWEEN 10 AND TWO.
SO WE'LL SEE YOU GUYS OUT THERE.
WHAT A, WHAT A GREAT, UH, END TO THE YEAR WITH OUR, UH, DIDN'T THAT FEEL GOOD? DIDN'T THIS MEETING FEEL GREAT? UH, A GREAT END TO THE YEAR.
THIS IS OUR FINAL MEETING OF THE YEAR.
WE WILL RETURN ON JANUARY 7TH.
AND THEN, UH, THE STATE OF THE CITY IS ON JANU STATE OF THE CITY.
ANNUAL STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS IS ON JANUARY 14TH.
UH, THANKS EVERYONE FOR JOINING US.
THIS MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED.