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EVERYONE FOR JOINING US.IT IS FEBRUARY 17TH, UH, AND WELCOME TO THE MEETING OF THE LONG BEACH CITY COUNCIL.
WE'RE GONNA START OFF WITH A MOMENT OF SILENCE AND THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE LED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SORROW.
CAN WE DO ROLL CALL? YEAH, LET'S DO THAT.
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ANG PRESENT, COUNCILWOMAN THRASH AND TUCK.[ROLL CALL]
OF SILENCE IN THE PLEASE.UM, FOR THE MOMENT OF SILENT, I WANNA WISH YOU A HAPPY LUNAR NEW YEAR, THE 2026 LUNAR NEW YEAR USHERS IN THE YEAR, THE HORSE, SPECIFICALLY THE FIRE HORSE, WHICH SYMBOLIZE ENERGY, FLOW, AND FORWARD MOMENTUM.
SO MAY THE YEAR OF THE HORSE BRING YOU AND YOUR FAMILY AND LOVED ONES BALANCE, PROSPERITY, GOOD HEALTH, AND ABUNDANT JOY.
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AND IN THIS MOMENT OF SILENT, I WOULD LIKE YOU TO CONSIDER HOW YOU MAY RENEW OR RESTORE POSITIVITY, PEACE, AND HOPE FOR YOURSELF, YOUR COMMUNITY, AND THOSE AROUND YOU THIS YEAR.[PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]
I THANK YOU.IF YOU'RE ABLE TO PLEASE RISE AND SALUTE OUR NATION'S FLAG.
RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND OVER YOUR HEART AND BEGIN.
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.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER SORROW.
AND WE'LL BE CLOSING OUT TONIGHT'S MEETING, UH, IN HONOR OF JESSE JACKSON, A TRAILBLAZER.
UH, SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY PRESENTATIONS TODAY, SO WE GET TO GET RIGHT TO WORK.
SO, LET'S, UH, LET'S SEE THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
I'D LIKE TO, UH, MAYOR, SORRY.
I'D LIKE TO PULL ITEM NUMBER FOUR, PLEASE ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
LET'S, LET'S, UH, DO CONSENT MINUS ITEM FOUR.
ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE CONSENT? NO PUBLIC COMMENT.
MEMBERS, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
WE'LL NOW TAKE ITEM FOUR, PLEASE LET HIM READ IT.
COMMUNICATION FROM VICE MAYOR ANG RECOMMENDATION
[CONSENT CALENDAR (1. – 13.)]
TO INCREASE APPROPRIATIONS BY 8,000 TO 150 TO SUPPORT THE FOLLOWING A THOUSAND DOLLARS TO CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY LONG BEACH IN SUPPORT OF THEIR 49 UNDER 49 AWARD.CELEBRATION, $250 TO PARTNERS OF PARK IN SUPPORT OF THEIR SPRING EGG HUNT EVENT.
$500 TO LOVE BEYOND LIMITS IN SUPPORT OF THEIR ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION.
[4. 26-54332 Recommendation to increase appropriations in the General Fund Group in the City Manager Department by $8,250, offset by the Seventh Council District One-Time District Priority Funds, transferred from the Citywide Activities Department, to support the following: $1,000 to California State University, Long Beach in support of their “49 Under 49” Award Celebration; $250 to Partners of Parks in support of their Spring Egg Hunt event; $500 to Love Beyond Limits in support of their Anniversary Celebration, which supports their operations; $500 to St. Baldrick’s Foundation in support of their annual Cars and Clippers 2026 event; $1,000 to Speak Up Empowerment Foundation, Inc. in support of their annual Ms. Single Mom Empowerment Forum; $5,000 to Long Beach Heritage Coalition in support of their 2026 Preservation Awards; and Decrease appropriations in the General Fund Group in the Citywide Activities Department by $8,250, to offset transfers to the City Manager Department. Office or Department: Roberto Uranga, Vice Mayor, Seventh District Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
IN SUPPORT OF THEIR ANNUAL CARS AND CLIPPERS.$1,000 TO SPEAK UP EMPOWERMENT FOUNDATION IN SUPPORT OF THEIR ANNUAL MISS SINGLES MOM EMPOWERMENT FORUM, $5,000 TO LONG BEACH HERITAGE COALITION IN SUPPORT OF THEIR 2026 PRES PRESERVATION AWARDS.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, I MEAN, VICE MAYOR, YOUR HONOR.
UH, PULL, UH, NUMBER FOUR OUTTA THAT LIST AND MAKE THE ADJUSTMENT APPROPRIATELY ON THE TOTAL AMOUNT.
I WILL REVIEW RESUBMITTING THAT ITEM AT A LATER NAME.
SO YOU'RE REQUESTING TO WITHDRAW FOUR? NO, NOT THE WHOLE THING.
YOU'RE GONNA PULL THAT ONE? YES.
SO THE MOTION IS THE OTHER FIVE ITEMS.
UH, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.
UH, ALL IN FAVOR? SAY, UH, EXCUSE ME.
WE'RE NOW GONNA GO TO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT.
WE HAVE 10 SPEAKERS SIGN UP TO SPEAK.
WHEN YOU HEAR YOUR NAME, PLEASE COME FORWARD.
I HAVE EVICT ICE NUMBER ONE, EVICT ICE NUMBER TWO, FRANCESCA GTFO.
CAROLYN ESSEX, UH, LOVE LONG BEACH.
IF YOU HEARD YOUR NAME, PLEASE, PLEASE COME FORWARD.
WHO IS THE VIC ICE NUMBER ONE? SOMEONE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND COMMUNITY? HAPPY TUESDAY.
I'M DISTRICT ONE RESIDENT, AUTONOMOUS TENANT ORGANIZER WITH THE LONG BEACH TENANTS UNION AND A LONG BEACH JUSTICE FUND SELECTION COMMITTEE MEMBER.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO BEGIN BY STATING THAT TODAY IS THE 256TH DAY OF ICE KIDNAPPINGS.
AND OUR COMMUNITIES CONTINUE TO BE DEVASTATED ECONOMICALLY, EMOTIONALLY, AND PHYSICALLY.
I'M HERE AS A PLAY EAST TENANT WITH A FORCED STATUS DIRECTLY IMPACTED AND HAVE SEEN MY LIFE BECOME UNRECOGNIZABLE.
I WANT TO START BY STATING MY UNDENIABLE SUPPORT OF MY COMRADES
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ASK OF ADOPTING THE CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS INVESTMENT SCREENING, CLARIFYING LBPD RESPONSE TO UNLAWFUL KIDNAPPING, DOCUMENTING, INVESTIGATING AND PERSECUTING FEDERAL AGENTS ENGAGING IN MISCONDUCT OR ILLEGAL ACTION, PRESSURING ICE OUT OF LONG BEACH BUSINESSES AND HOTELS, PLUS NO PROMOTION OR CONTRACTS WITH BUSINESSES WORKING IN COLLABORATION WITH DHS ICE OR CBP.AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, UH, TO PASS A 150 DAY MORATORIUM ON EVICTIONS FOR NONPAYMENT AND SUBSTANTIAL REMODEL.
IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT YOU MEET ALL THESE DEMANDS AND PRACTICE ACTIVE LISTENING OF WHAT COMMUNITY NEEDS, NOT WHAT YOU WANT FOR US.
PLAY INESE FAMILIES ARE BEING EVICTED AND DISAPPEARED FROM THE DISAPPEARED AND DISPLACED REPORT BY THE RENT BRIGADE.
IMMIGRANTS ARE PAYING 91% OF THEIR MONTHLY INCOME TO RENT, AND MOST RECENT DATA SHOWS THAT 52% OF THESE FAMILIES ARE CONSIDERING SELF DEPORTING.
WE ARE HERE AS THE LONG BEACH TENNIS UNION IN COLLABORATION WITH COMRADES TO DELIVER YOU A 30 DAY NOTICE TO STRENGTHEN PERMANENT TENANT PROTECTIONS.
WE WERE AT YOUR OPEN HOUSE EVENT ON LAST TUESDAY WHERE YOU SPOKE ABOUT HOUSING POLICIES AND INCLUDED NOTHING ABOUT TENANT PROTECTIONS, NOTHING ABOUT TENANT PROTECTIONS.
WE SHOWED UP AND WE SHUT DOWN YOUR EVENT, AND WE DID IT PROUDLY BECAUSE LAST WEEK, ONE OF OUR TENANTS LOST HER JURY TRIAL.
IT IS NOT OKAY TO SAY RIGHT TO COUNSEL WHEN THERE IS NO POLICIES THAT THE COUNSEL WHO'S REPRESENTING YOU CAN LEAN ON RIGHT TO COUNSEL IS NOT A PREVENTATIVE MEASURE.
WHAT IS A PREVENTATIVE MEASURE IS AN EVICTION MORATORIUM AND STRONGER PERMANENT TENANT PROTECTIONS.
AFTER TWO YEARS OF STRUGGLE, AFTER A JURY TRIAL WIN AND VARIOUS OFFERS TO MY LANDLORD IN GOOD FAITH, I SPENT THE HOLIDAYS AND THE NEW YEAR GATHERING DISCOVERY.
I'M ALSO HERE IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE SEVENTH STREET RESISTANCE IN YOUR DISTRICT, CINDY ALLEN, WHO IS A, IT'S A 10 UNIT APARTMENT COMPLEX, AND THEY'RE ALL BEING WIPED OUT FOR SUBSTANTIAL REMODEL.
MAY SOMEONE COLLECT THESE LETTERS.
I AM A TENANT IN DISTRICT THREE.
UM, AND I AM HERE JUST TO REALLY LIKE, TAKE A MINUTE AND TAKE STOCK OF HOW HORRIFYING AND EXHAUSTING THE LAST 256 DAYS HAVE BEEN FOR FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES ALL OVER THE CITY THAT Y'ALL ARE SUPPOSED TO BE REPRESENTING.
UM, YOU HAVE A WAY TO MAKE AN IMMEDIATE MATERIAL IMPACT IN PEOPLE'S SAFETY, NOT IMPACT IN FIVE YEARS, IN 10 YEARS.
BUT TODAY, UM, YOU CAN SET A 150 DAY EVICTION MORATORIUM FOR NON-PAYMENTS AND SUBSTANTIAL REMODEL IF YOU CARE ABOUT YOUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES, IF YOU CARE ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE BEING BURIED BY THE COST OF LIVING CRISIS, BY UNEMPLOYMENT, BY JUST THE WAY THAT OUR REALITY IS IN SHAMBLES RIGHT NOW.
YOU CAN DO SOMETHING, YOU CAN MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE CAN STAY IN THEIR FAMILIES OR CAN, CAN STAY IN THEIR HOMES WITH THEIR FAMILIES SAFELY.
UM, SO ONCE AGAIN, THAT IS AN IMMEDIATE 150 DAY EVICTION MORATORIUM ON NON-PAYMENT AND SUBSTANTIAL REMODEL.
UM, AND IN THE LONG TERM, Y'ALL CAN JOIN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES IN ABOLISHING SUBSTANTIAL REMODEL EVICTIONS.
THERE ARE 10 UNITS IN YOUR DISTRICT RIGHT NOW THAT ARE AT DANGER OF LOSING THEIR HOMES.
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS EXERCISE THE ACTUAL WILL TO MAKE MATERIAL CHANGE THAT DOESN'T BENEFIT YOUR POCKETS.
I'M HERE TO SHOW MY SUPPORT WITH THE LONG BEACH TENANTS UNION AND THE TWO PREVIOUS SPEAKERS, AS WELL AS OUR RAPID RESPONSE NETWORK HERE IN LONG BEACH.
AND I'M PRIMARILY HERE TO ALSO ASK THAT THE CITY COUNCIL AGENDAS AND ADOPT THE CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS INVESTMENT SCREENING POLICY AS RECOMMENDED BY THE EQUITY AND HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION SEVERAL MONTHS AGO.
THIS POLICY MATTERS NOW AT THIS MOMENT BECAUSE RESIDENTS ARE INCREASINGLY INTERESTED IN HOW PUBLIC FUNDS REFLECT COMMUNITY AND CITY VALUES.
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A SCREENING POLICY CAN ENSURE THAT OUR INVESTMENTS ARE NOT SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES AND ENSURES THAT INVESTMENTS ALIGN WITH OUR VALUES.THE RACIAL EQUITY AND RECONCILIATION INITIATIVE DECLARES A CORE VALUE IS TO OFFER GREAT COMPASSION, EMPATHY, AND HUMILITY.
AND THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT THIS POLICY ACCOMPLISHES LONG BEACH STATES IN THE CODE OF CONDUCT AND ETHICS, THAT THE PEOPLE OF LONG BEACH DEPEND ON A CITY GOVERNMENT THAT OPERATES EQUITABLY.
ETHICALLY, IN THAT RO WORKS TO PROMOTE AND PRESERVE PUBLIC TRUST AND CONFIDENCE.
WITHIN THE VALUE STATEMENT, IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT IT OUTLINES KEY CHARACTERISTICS THAT INCLUDE ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY.
THIS IS AN INDICATION THAT THESE ARE CITY COMMITMENTS AND THAT THIS POLICY, UH, AND THIS POLICY WOULD ENSURE THAT WE BRING OUR VALUES INTO ACTION.
THIS POLICY WOULD PROHIBIT INVESTMENTS THAT ARE COMPLICIT IN CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS, WHICH REQUIRE TRANSPARENCY, MONITORING, AND PUBLIC REPORTING, MAKING THIS PROCESS VISIBLE AND CLEAR.
THIS POLICY ALIGNS WITH EXISTING EQUITABLE CITY INITIATIVES LIKE THE GROW LONG BEACH ECONOMIC BLUEPRINT, LONG BEACH VALUES ACT, AND THE RACIAL EQUITY AND RECONCILIATION INITIATIVE.
POLICIES LIKE THIS CAN REDUCE HARM TO CITIES.
THE CITY'S MOST SYSTE, SYSTEMICALLY IMPACTED RESIDENTS.
POLICIES LIKE THIS CAN ADVOCATE IN ADVANCE FOR CLIMATE JUSTICE AND LABOR EQUITY.
POLICIES LIKE THIS SAY, OUR INVESTMENTS WILL NOT GO TOWARDS ACTS OF STATE VIOLENCE, LABOR VIOLATIONS, GENOCIDE, APARTHEID, MILITARY OCCUPATION, ENVIRONMENTAL HARM OR SUPPLY CHAIN AND HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES.
THIS GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO INVEST IN COMMUNITY SAFETY AND, AND, UH, VIOLENCE PREVENTION, WHICH IS A DECLARED GOAL OF THE RACIAL EQUITY AND RECONCILIATION INITIATIVE.
THIS POLICY HOLDS LEGAL FOUNDATIONS AND SIMILAR POLICIES HAVE BEEN ADOPTED ELSEWHERE, WHICH TELLS US THIS CAN HAPPEN.
THIS ENDS CONTRADICTORY INVESTMENTS MISALIGNED WITH THE CITY'S VALUES, AND STRENGTHENS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND TRUST.
IN SHORT, IF WE ARE SAYING IT, THEN WE SHOULD ACT UPON IT.
TO SUMMARIZE, THIS POLICY ALIGNS WITH OUR CITY'S VALUES.
THIS POLICY ALIGNS WITH OUR CI CITY'S EXISTING COMMITMENT.
THIS POLICY IS POSSIBLE BECAUSE SIMILAR POLICIES ALREADY EXIST ELSEWHERE.
THE COALITION THAT ADVOCATED FOR THIS POLICY HAS BEEN ENGAGED WITH LONG BEACH'S COMMUNITY CONSISTENTLY FOR YEARS.
WHAT WE HEAR FROM OUR COMMUNITY IS THAT THERE IS A NEED FOR THESE TYPES OF ACTIONS THAT WE WANT TO SEE FROM OUR CITY.
THESE ARE THE TYPES OF POLICIES THAT WE WANT TO SEE IN ACTION.
I STAND WITH MY COMMUNITY AND I ASK THAT YOU
[ 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. ]
ACTIVELY LISTEN TODAY.AND THEN AMY, SORRY, WHO IS IT? G-G-T-F-O.
RENEE WILL TAKE THE NE THE LAST TWO.
IF YOU CAN'T DO ANY OF THE FOLLOWING NOW, I'M, I'M HONESTLY IMPLORING YOU TO STEP DOWN FROM YOUR SEAT AND LET ONE OF THE FOLKS IN THIS ROOM HAVE IT BECAUSE THEY COULD DO A BETTER JOB.
IF YOU'RE NOT WILLING TO HAVE AN EVICTION, MORATORIUM, GET RID OF SUBSTANTIAL REMODELS.
PASS THE CIVIL RIGHTS, CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS INVESTMENT AND CONSIDER DEFUNDING YOUR POLICE FORCE.
THERE'S LIKE SIX POLICE IN HERE.
I CAN POINT AT ONE OF THEM WHO'S PUT HANDS ON ME.
AND I KNOW THAT MANY PEOPLE CAN POINT AT POLICE IN THIS VERY ROOM WHO HAVE PUT HANDS ON THEM.
I, I, I HONESTLY DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING WITH YOUR ROLES.
I WOULD HEAVILY IMPLORE YOU TO CONSIDER IF THIS IS THE RIGHT ROLE FOR YOU.
IF YOU ARE NOT ABLE TO REPRESENT THE PEOPLE OF LONG BEACH, STEP DOWN.
THERE ARE 10 PEOPLE FOR EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU WHO COULD DO THE JOB THAT YOU HAVE.
AND IF YOU ARE NOT WILLING TO STAND UP FOR THE PEOPLE OF LONG BEACH, PLEASE.
I'M GONNA GIVE THE REST OF MY TIME TO RESIGN.
I TRIED TO GET HERE LAST WEEK, BUT, OH, I'M SICK.
DID ANY OF YOU BOTHER TO READ IT? PROBABLY NOT.
LET ME REMIND YOU, I'M 71 YEARS OLD, A SENIOR CITIZEN, AND I'VE BEEN BRUTALIZED BY YOUR POLICE FORCE.
AND I WANT AN INVESTIGATION AGAIN TODAY.
I WAS HARASSED REPEATEDLY BY OFFICER FOX.
GOD BLESS HIM, THAT I'D LOVE ONE OF YOU TO FREAKING CALL ME SO WE CAN DISCUSS THIS INSANITY THAT I HAVE TO GO THROUGH TO TRY TO FREAKING SAVE MY LIFE.
THERE ARE SO MANY SENIORS THAT ARE BECOMING HOMELESS.
AND DO ANY OF YOU GIVE A DAMN? NO.
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THE RICH PEOPLE WITH THEIR MERCEDES, BMWS AND AUDIS LIKE MY RICH MULTIMILLIONAIRE DAUGHTER AND HER FAMOUS HUSBAND WHO DON'T GIVE A S**T ABOUT ME.OH, ARE YOU GONNA MAKE A PIPELINE TO TRUMP'S CONCENTRATION CAMPS FOR THE HOMELESS? WHAT'S NEXT? SOYLENT GREEN.
IS THAT WHAT WE HAVE TO LOOK FORWARD TO? THANK YOU.
BEFORE WE CONTINUE THE LAST 20 SECONDS, WE MIGHT AS WELL BEFORE WE CONTINUE, GO AHEAD.
OH, I, I JUST, I, I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING.
WE, WE FEED, UM, HOUSELESS PEOPLE EVERY SUNDAY AT, AT A PARK NEARBY.
AND YOUR POLICE FORCE CIRCLED US NO LESS THAN FIVE TIMES.
AND I'M LIKE, WHAT ARE YOU ALL DOING? WHY ARE YOU CIRCLING US? WE ARE SHARING IN COMMUNITY, WE ARE SUPPORTING OUR COMMUNITY.
WE ARE GIVING OUT TENTS FOR THIS RAINSTORM THAT COULD HAVE DESTROYED PEOPLE'S LIVES AND PROBABLY DID.
SO, BEFORE WE, UH, CONTINUE, UH, I WANNA, I WANNA, UM, EXPLAIN TO THE PUBLIC THAT THIS IS GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT IS CONSTITUTIONALLY PROTECTED.
UM, UH, FOUL LANGUAGE RACIAL SLURS, UM, ARE TECHNICALLY PROTECTED UNDER FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS.
AND SO IT'S NOT A BACK AND FORTH FOLKS CAN MAKE CLAIMS, BUT THE CITY COUNCIL DOESN'T RESPOND TO THOSE CLAIMS. AND SO WE SHOULD BE, UM, JUST CLEAR THAT THIS IS, THIS IS A ONE-SIDED, UH, DISCUSSION.
UH, SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CONTINUE CLEARLY.
I AM A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT TWO.
UM, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT.
I'VE HEARD A LOT OF PEOPLE TALK ABOUT THE POLICE.
I'VE MENTIONED THEIR $344 MILLION BUDGET BEFORE.
UM, I'M REALLY NOT SURE FOR WHAT.
WE'VE ALSO TALKED ABOUT HOW, UM, YOU GUYS PUSH MILITARIZED WEAPONS ON LONG BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT TO BE USED ON PEOPLE LIKE MYSELF AND MY COMRADES BACK HERE, WHICH IS INSANE.
UM, BUT I ACTUALLY WANNA TALK ABOUT ANDEL BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE AREN'T UP HERE TALKING ABOUT THAT.
AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF A LOT OF PEOPLE REALIZE WHAT'S COMING TO NORTH LONG BEACH THAT IS SET TO BE BUILT STARTING THIS YEAR AND FINISH IN 2027 RIGHT BEFORE THE OLYMPICS, WHICH IS SUPER CONVENIENT.
UM, SO LET'S, LET'S TALK ABOUT ANDEL.
I'M GONNA READ YOU SOMETHING RIGHT DIRECTLY.
SO ANDEL IS LED BY SELF PRO PROCLAIMED RADICAL ZIONIST, CEO PALMER, LUCKY AND OREL DESIGNS AND MANUFACTURES SPY AND COMBAT DRONES, CRUISE MISSILES, AI POWERED SURVEILLANCE SOFTWARE AND SURVEILLANCE TOWERS FOR THE US GOVERNMENT.
THEIR MOBILE CENTURY TOWER IS USED BY THE US BORDER PATROL TO FIND MIGRANTS ACROSS THE MEXICO US BORDER AND SEND VIOLENT THUGS TO KIDNAP THEM.
THAT'S WHAT'S COMING TO LONG BEACH.
AND REX, WHEN YOU WERE ASKED ABOUT THIS, YOU SAID IT WAS FOR JOBS.
AM I THE ONLY ONE THAT'S F*****G SANE IN HERE? THESE ARE WEAPONS THAT ARE GONNA KILL CHILDREN.
CHILDREN THAT YOU GUYS HAVE DEHUMANIZED AND ARE OKAY WITH CALLING TERRORISTS.
ARE YOU GUYS OKAY? LIKE, I'M LOOKING AT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU.
AND HOW DO YOU SLEEP AT NIGHT? I KNOW YOUR PARENTS.
I'M NOT A F*****G PARENT AND I CARE ABOUT THESE KIDS.
WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU? YOU DON'T REPRESENT THE PEOPLE.
AND SO I'M GONNA TAKE THE REST OF THE TIME TO TALK TO MY COMMUNITY.
THIS YEAR IS ELECTION YEAR, JUNE 2ND, 2026.
AND THESE ARE THE SEATS THAT ARE UP.
CITY ATTORNEY, CITY AUDITOR, CITY PROSECUTOR, MARY ZENDEJAS, COUNCIL CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE, CHRISTINA DUGGAN, DISTRICT THREE, UM, MEGAN KERR, DISTRICT FIVE, ROBERTO YANGA, DISTRICT SEVEN.
THESE PEOPLE ARE PUT IN THESE SEATS BY US.
THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE IN THESE SEATS IF THEY'RE NOT REPRESENTING US.
AND YOU GUYS ARE OKAY WITH THIS COMING TO LONG BEACH.
NEXT SPEAKER IS CALEB BENNETT.
WE DON'T WANT SURVEILLANCE IN LONG BEACH.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TONIGHT.
MY NAME IS KAYLA AND I AM HERE TO STAND IN SOLIDARITY
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WITH MY COMRADES BEHIND ME.UM, I WANTED TO BRING A TO ATTENTION.
LAST WEEK WE SAW A PRESENTATION ON, UM, NON-VIOLENT, NON-CRIMINAL SAFETY RESPONSE.
UM, NOT ONCE DID I HEAR ANYBODY TALK ABOUT HOW WE COMMUNICATE WHEN HELP IS GOING TO BE GIVEN TO WHOEVER IS REPORTING THAT SOMETHING IS NEEDED.
UM, I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT HOW FAST IT TAKES FOR, YOU KNOW, POLICE TO SHOW UP IN AN EMERGENCY.
UM, AND WE KEPT TALKING ABOUT HOW, YOU KNOW, THEY NEED TO BE PRIORITIZED IN, YOU KNOW, WHAT NON-EMERGENCY IT IS.
BUT WE HAVE OVER FIVE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO HELP US AND PEOPLE AREN'T GETTING THE HELP THAT THEY NEED.
UM, SO I REALLY WOULD LOVE TO SEE SOME MORE, UH, I DON'T KNOW, MARKETING ON THESE PROGRAMS SO THAT PEOPLE ARE AWARE OF THEM AND ALSO SOME SORT OF COMMUNICATION SO THAT THE PEOPLE FEEL CONFIDENT WHEN THEY'RE CALLING AND ASKING FOR HELP.
UM, ON TOP OF THAT, I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT ALL THE UNLAWFUL KIDNAPPING HAPPENING IN OUR CITY.
I AM IN DISTRICT ONE AND I WANT LONG BEACH TO HOLD THESE AGENTS ACCOUNTABLE.
THEY NEED TO, YOU KNOW, THEY NEED TO BE PERSECUTED FOR MISCONDUCT.
UM, WE NEED TO PUT PRESSURE ON THESE COMPANIES THAT ARE HOUSING KIDNAPPERS IN OUR CITY.
UM, WHAT ELSE? WE NEED TO REJECT ANY PROMOTIONS AND CONTRACTS WITH BUSINESSES THAT ARE WORKING IN COLLABORATION WITH ICE.
AND WE ALSO NEED TO CONSIDER ADOPTING THE CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS INVESTMENT SCREENING POLICY.
AND LASTLY, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE A LITTLE BIT MORE PASSION BEHIND YOUR WORDS.
YOU KNOW, LAST WEEK IT WAS LIKE PULLING TEETH, TRYING TO GET YOU TO SAY ABOLISH ICE.
'CAUSE WE KNOW YOU DON'T WANNA SAY F**K ICE, BUT LIKE PUT A LITTLE BIT OF, YOU KNOW, LIKE A LITTLE BIT OF PASSION BEHIND IT.
IT WAS LIKE WE WERE LITERALLY PULLING IT OUTTA YOUR MOUTH.
ALRIGHT, NEXT SPEAKER IS CAROLYN ESSEX.
UM, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR REX AND COUNCIL MEMBERS CAROLYN ESSEX HERE, DISTRICT ONE RESIDENT REPRESENTING THE COALITION FOR A JUST IN EQUITABLE CALIFORNIA.
UM, I HEAR A LOT OF FEAR HERE.
UM, I, UH, WEEK AFTER WEEK, UM, ANGER IS FEAR.
AND, UM, AND FEAR IS, IS, UM, DISPLAYING ITSELF AS IS ANGER.
I HOPE THE RESIDENTS WILL GET INFORMATION 'CAUSE LOW INFORMATION ALSO PRODUCES FEAR AND ANGER.
AND I HOPE THAT WE FIGURE OUT A WAY TO GET THE RESIDENTS INFORMATION ON HOW TO KEEP SAFE AND, UM, AND HOW TO STAY HOUSED.
UM, I'M HERE TO URGE THIS COUNCIL TO TAKE A CLEAR AND PUBLIC STANCE IN SUPPORT OF RESTORING AND STRENGTHENING SECTION EIGHT HOUSING ASSISTANCE IN OUR CITY.
HOUSING STABILITY IS PUBLIC SAFETY.
WHEN FAMILIES LOSE HOUSING, THE COSTS DON'T DISAPPEAR.
THEY SHOW UP IN EMERGENCY ROOMS, SCHOOLS, SHELTERS, AND PUBLIC SAFETY BUDGETS.
WE END UP PAYING MORE FOR CRISES THAN WE WOULD HAVE PAID FOR STABILITY.
TOO MANY WORKING FAMILIES, SENIORS, PEOPLE AND DISABILITIES AND RESIDENTS ON FIXED INCOMES ARE BEING PRICED OUT OF THEIR OWN NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND ASKING FAMILIES TO JUST FIGURE IT OUT IN THIS HOUSING MARKET IS NOT REALISTIC.
SECTION EIGHT IS ONE OF THE FEW TOOLS WE HAVE THAT DIRECTLY CONNECT PEOPLE TO STABLE HOUSING AND PRIVATE MARKET.
YET THIS PROGRAM IS CHRONICALLY UNDERFUNDED, STIGMATIZED, AND CONSTRAINED BY LOW LANDLORD PARTICIPATION.
THIS IS NOT A FAILURE OF FAMILIES, IT IS A FAILURE OF POLICY AND POLITICAL WILL.
I'M ASKING THIS COUNCIL TO DO THREE THINGS.
FIRST, PUBLICLY ADVOCATE FOR THE FULL FUNDING AND PROTECTION OF HOUSING VOUCHERS, INCLUDING STATE AND FEDERAL BACKFILL WHEN FUNDING IS THREATENED.
SECOND, SUPPORT REASONABLE INCENTIVES AND, UM, IN INCENTIVES AND PROTECTIONS FOR HOUSING PROVIDERS WHO PARTICIPATE IN VOUCHER PROGRAMS. SO RESPONSIBLE PROPERTY OWNERS CAN PARTNER WITH THE CITY TO KEEP FAMILIES HOUSED.
THIRD, STRENGTHEN ENFORCEMENT OF SOURCE OF INCOME
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PROTECTION.SO VOUCHER HOLDERS ARE NOT TURNED AWAY THROUGH LOOPHOLES AND QUIET DISCRIMINATION.
WE KNOW WHAT HAPPENS WHEN HOUSING ASSISTANCE IS WEAKENED.
BRINGING SECTION EIGHT BACK IN A MEANINGFUL WAY IS NOT CHARITY.
I URGE YOU TO MAKE HOUSING STABILITY A PRIORITY.
IF ELECTED FOR STATE ASSEMBLY OF WHICH I AM RUNNING, I WILL AUTHOR A BILL.
PROTECT SECTION EIGHT HOUSING BECAUSE KEEPING TIME KEEPING HOUSED IN PUBLIC SAFETY ARE, AND OUR THANKS CAROLYN.
UH, GOOD EVENING CITY COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS NOEMI AND I'M A LOCAL COMMUNITY MEMBER.
UM, I'M HERE TO ADDRESS THE SAME POINTS, WHICH I'VE ADDRESSED MULTIPLE TIMES FOR THE LAST FIVE MONTHS, UH, TO ESTABLISH A PROCESS, UH, TO NOTIFY RESIDENTS AND TRACK ICE AND CBP KIDNAPPINGS ON, UM, THAT OCCUR IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH.
I COME HERE EVERY WEEK ASKING FOR THAT.
I'VE ASKED THROUGH EMAIL, I'VE ASKED IN PERSON, UH, THROUGH OUR MEETINGS LIKE YOU SUGGESTED.
WE HAVE HAD A LARGE NUMBER OF FAMILIES WHO ARE LIVING IN FEAR AND LACK THE SUPPORT THEY VERY WELL DESERVE.
OUR SCHOOL ENROLLMENT IS DOWN AND BUDGET CUTS ARE ON THE TABLE, WHICH INCLUDES MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES.
UH, SCHOOL ENROLLMENT IS DOWN, IF CASE YOU GUYS DIDN'T KNOW BECAUSE KIDS ARE AFRAID TO GO TO SCHOOL.
UH, PARENTS ARE AFRAID TO LEAVE THEIR HOUSE.
AND I HAVE TESTIMONIES OF CHILDREN HAVING SEVERE ANXIETY SO BAD THAT THEY'RE VOMITING.
I KNOW MAYOR REX, THAT YOU SUGGESTED MEETING IN PERSON AND WE HAVE HAD MEN IN PERSON AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
BUT I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU, IT'S NOT FOR A LACK OF INTEREST OR EFFORT.
IT'S BECAUSE WE'RE SO SWAMPED HELPING VICTIMS OF ICE ON TOP OF MY DAYTIME JOB THAT, UM, IT'S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO GIVE THAT HOUR AWAY TO YOU WHEN I'M HELPING SOMEBODY ELSE ON SOMETHING THAT'S EXTREMELY URGENT.
UM, I WANNA BRING A MOMENT, UH, FROM OUR LAST MEETING WITH, UH, UH, MAYOR RICKS RICHARDSON AND TEAM, UH, WHERE YOU SHARED THAT YOU BLOCK OFF A FRIDAY NIGHT FOR GAME NIGHTS AND YOU TEND TO HAVE DEDICATED SUNDAYS WITH YOUR FAMILY.
UM, AND I'M NOT TRYING TO NITPICK AT YOU, UH, FOR DOING THAT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE, OUR FAMILIES DO DESERVE THE HEALTH.
I MEAN, THE TIME I, BUT, UM, YESTERDAY I TOOK TWO KIDS TO VISIT THEIR FATHER AT ADELANTO, A 13-YEAR-OLD AND AN 8-YEAR-OLD.
UM, THE FATHER WAS RACIALLY PROFILED AND KIDNAPPED WHILE RIDING HIS BACK BIKE TO WORK.
UM, HIS 8-YEAR-OLD ASKED HIM IF SHE COULD STAY WITH HIM AT THE DETENTION CENTER.
UM, SO JUST PUTTING THOSE THINGS IN PERSPECTIVE, UM, ASKED TO, JUST THE DISCONNECT THAT I FEEL THAT'S GOING ON AND THAT'S HAPPENING BETWEEN THE CITY COUNCIL AND WHAT'S ACTUALLY HAPPENING WITH OUR FAMILIES, THEIR CHILDREN, AND WHAT THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH VERSUS WHAT YOU HAVE TO SACRIFICE ON AN EVERYDAY BASIS.
UM, FURTHERMORE, UH, POLICE CHIEF WALLY HEB, I'M SORRY ABOUT IF I MISPRONOUNCE IT.
UM, HIS REFUSAL TO DENOUNCE THE AGGRESSIVE TACTICS USED BY FEDERAL IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT AGENTS.
UM, AN AGENCY THAT'S SUPPOSED TO PROTECT AND SERVE OUR COMMUNITY IS DOING EVERYTHING.
BUT WITH THAT STATEMENT, UH, THE NAME ICE IS PURELY SEMANTICS.
THE TACTICS, TACTICS THAT THEY USE MIRROR THOSE OF HISTORICALLY FASCIST REGIMES, GESTAPO.
UM, AND THAT WORD CAN EASILY, THAT NAME CAN BE EASILY REPLACED WITH THE WORD NAZI BECAUSE THEY ARE ESSENTIALLY THE SAME.
AND SO THE FACT THAT HE HAS REFUSED TO DENOUNCE THAT SAYS A LOT MORE BECAUSE SOMETIMES SILENCE SPEAKS VOLUMES.
SO I'M ASKING YOU HERE TODAY TO BE MORE PROACTIVE, TO PLEASE TAKE THE INITIATIVE AND DON'T WAIT FOR ME FOR AN EMAIL OVER A CONVERSATION.
ALRIGHT, NEXT IS DAVE SHUKLA AND THEN ADAM HIJA.
UM, I THINK WE HAVE TO BE HONEST WITH OURSELVES THAT WE ARE NOT YET OUT OF A PERIOD WHERE FASCISM HAS TAKEN ROOT IN THIS COUNTRY.
AND I THINK ONE OF THE MORE INSTRUCTIVE THINGS ABOUT WHY THERE'S A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN RIGHT NOW, UH, THE ISSUE OF WEARING MASKS, UH, THE, THE, THE ISSUE OF DOXING ASIDE
UM, THE REAL REASON WHY, UH, THE MASKS ISSUE IS, UH, AN ISSUE AT ALL IS THAT IT WOULD GIVE US INSIGHT INTO THE HIRING PRACTICES OF THIS ESSENTIALLY, UH, PERSONAL ARMY, UH, FOR, YOU KNOW, KIND OF EXTRA JUDICIAL STATE POLICY.
AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S UGLY IN THAT IT'S RE-LITIGATING A LOT OF THE QUESTIONS AROUND THE ROLE OF POLICING THAT WE HAD AFTER, UH, THE MURDER OF GEORGE FLOYD.
BUT, UH, WORSE THAN THAT, IT'S COMMITTING US AS
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A PEOPLE TO DECIDE IF WE'RE WILLING TO DEBASE OURSELVES, TO TREAT SOME PEOPLE LIKE THEY'RE SUBHUMAN AND THEREFORE CONTINUE CERTAIN SYSTEMS OR IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE COURAGE TO TRY AND, UH, APPEAL TO DO SOMETHING ELSE.YOU KNOW, IT'S THE, THE MIDDLE OF THE WINTER OLYMPICS.
AND, UH, THE TOWN CORTINA WHERE THEY'RE HAVING THE OLYMPICS, UH, FOR A LOT OF THE SNOW EVENTS, UH, HAS, UH, WARMED SIX DEGREES FAHRENHEIT, UH, SINCE THE LAST TIME THEY HAD THE OLYMPICS THERE.
UM, THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT ARE ENTIRELY VOLITIONAL AND A RESULT OF SOME PEOPLE DECIDING.
THEY HAD A MANDATE TO CREATE POLICY, UH, IN A WAY THAT THEY THOUGHT WOULD APPEAL TO THEIR BASE, NO MATTER HOW THEY JUICE AND MANIPULATE THE STATISTICS, UH, THAT THEY TRY AND SELL TO THEIR CONSTITUENCIES.
BUT, UH, IT'S ENTIRELY VOLITIONAL.
NOT ONLY DID NO ONE VOTE FOR IT, BUT, UM, IT, IT, IT'S REALLY JUST A CHOICE.
AND IT MAKES ONE WONDER WHY IN THE FACE OF REAL, UH, SERIOUS THREATS, UH, FACING ALL OF US AS, UH, YOU KNOW, KINDA COMMON PEOPLE, UH, UH, HUMANITY AS A WHOLE ON THIS PLANET.
UH, NOT JUST, UH, CLIMATE, BUT OBVIOUSLY, UH, THE GROWING, UH, CONCERNS AROUND AI AND DATA CENTERS AS WELL AS, UH, THAT, UH, BIG RED BUTTON.
UH, THE FACT THAT WE HAVE SO MANY NUCLEAR WARHEADS, UH, IN COUNTRIES THAT ARE CURRENTLY AT WAR.
UM, YOU KNOW, THERE THERE'S A, A LOT ONE WISH, UH, WISHES THAT LOCAL GOVERNMENT WOULD BE ENOUGH FOR, UM, JUST IN MAINTAINING SO-CALLED LAW AND ORDER, UH, AS WELL AS SOME SEMBLANCE OF A FUTURE.
AND I THINK IT'S ONE OF THE UGLIEST THINGS ABOUT THIS TOWN'S RECENT TRAJECTION, SORRY, RECENT TRAJECTORY, THAT NOT ONLY WAS ICE ALLOWED TO STAY HERE AND STAGE HERE, BUT EVEN THOUGH THEY, THEY'RE SUPPOSEDLY THE BUS FOR A WHILE, UM, THE LONG-TERM KIND OF POLITICAL ECONOMY OF HAVING ANDREW WILL LIKE SET UP SHOP IN TOWN ISN'T QUESTIONED.
LIKE THE IDEA IS LIKE, IF THAT'S THE KIND OF AMERICANS WE WANT TO BE LIKE, THAT QUESTION ISN'T EVEN ASKED.
AND I JUST HOPE THAT WE CAN FIND IT WITHIN OURSELVES TO FIND, YOU KNOW, ALTERNATIVES THAT WE, THE TIME HAS INCLUDED.
GIVE US A SENSE OF A BETTER FUTURE AS AMERICANS.
UH, I'M HERE IN STRONG SUPPORT FOR THE CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS, UH, CIVIL SCREENING.
UM, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT DOES THE CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS, UH, DO? UH, IT'S SIMPLE AND NECESSARY ENSURES THAT LONG BEACH DOES NOT INVEST PUBLIC FUNDS IN ENTITIES COMPLICIT IN THE MOST ATROCIOUS AND SEVERE HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS.
UH, THIS IS NOT A RADICAL OR RECKLESS IDEA, IT IS A RESPONSIBLE ONE.
UH, THIS CRITERIA IS A POLITICAL OPINIONS.
THEY COME STRAIGHT FROM THE MOST CELEBRATED LAWS THAT WE HAVE HERE IN THE UNITED STATES AROUND CIVIL RIGHTS AND HUMAN RIGHTS.
UH, THEY'RE VERY NARROW, PRECISE, AND DESIGNED TO PROVIDE COMPLICITY IN THE GRAVES HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, INSTITUTIONS HAVE IMPLEMENTED ETHICAL ALIGNED INVESTMENTS SCREENS TO UPHOLD BOTH FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY AND INTEGRITY.
THIS APPROACH HAS SHOWN WHEN DONE, UH, THOROUGHLY AND THOUGHTFULLY.
INVESTING WITH CONSCIOUS IS NOT A RISK.
IT IS A SAFEGUARD FOR LONG-TERM STABILITY AND PUBLIC TRUST.
UNDER THE CALIFORNIA GOVERNMENT CODE, THE PRUDENT INVESTOR, STANDARD PUBLIC DO DOLLARS ARE REQUIRED TO CONSIDER NOT ONLY SAFETY AND LIQUIDITY, BUT ALSO, UH, RISK FACTORS SUCH AS REPUTATIONAL IMPACTS THAT MAY AFFECT THE PORTFOLIO.
UM, IGNORING THESE, UH, COULD BE DETRIMENTAL.
THIS POLICY HELPS FULFILL THAT DUTY.
IT ALIGNS THE CITY WITH FINANCIAL PRACTICES, WHICH STAND WITH THAT STANDS WITH VALUES AND STRENGTHENS CONFIDENCE AND LONG BEACHES, AND HOW LONG BEACH MANAGES PUBLIC FUNDS.
UM, AGAIN, THIS IS NOT ABOUT AN IDEOLOGY, IT'S ABOUT OUR LONG BEACH VALUES.
IF WE BELIEVE IN HUMAN DIGNITY AND OUR, UH, OUR INVESTMENT SHOULD REFLECT.
SO, UM, ALL THINGS, YOU KNOW, CONSIDERED.
I THINK IN TODAY'S WHERE WE ARE TODAY, UH, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE, THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
WE HAVE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS BEING VIOLATED.
WE HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, KIND OF OUR, OUR PUBLIC TAX DOLLARS AND, UH, REMARKS AND TAKING THE STEPS SOMETIMES GET KIND OF CONFUSING.
WE'RE DEALING WITH ICE, WE'RE DEALING WITH SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS.
BUT THE BEST THING THAT THE COUNCIL CAN DO WITH THE POWER THAT YOU HAVE IS PUSH A POLICY.
RIGHT? PUSH THE POLICY THAT COULD SPEAK FOR ITSELF.
AND I THINK THIS IS WELL ALIGNED WITHIN OUR LONG BEACH VALUES.
I MEAN, WE'VE BEEN DOING SOCIAL JO SOCIAL, UH, SOCIAL JUSTICE MOVEMENTS HERE FOR THE LAST 17 YEARS.
AND LONG BEACH IS THE PLACE WHERE THESE TYPES OF POLICIES HAVE AIR AND ROOM TO BREATHE AND GROW, RIGHT? AND WE WE'RE LEADERS FOR A REASON, AND I DO BELIEVE THAT THIS IS WELL ALIGNED WITH WHAT OUR VALUES ARE.
AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, UH, IZE THIS SOMETIME NEXT MONTH.
I KNOW THIS IS THE LAST MEETING OUR
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BUDGET STARTS IN, IN JUNE, SO WE APPRECIATE YOU LOOKING REALLY CLOSE TO THIS AND, AND TAKING ACTION.ALRIGHT, SO THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT.
THANK YOU MRAM, SPEAKERS FOR PARTICIPATING.
CAN I SEE SOMETHING BEFORE WE MOVE ON? YEAH, SURE.
I HAD MY NOTE THAT WHILE THE MAYOR HAS STATED THAT FREE SPEECH IS AVAILABLE, YOU CAN SAY ANY WORDS YOU WANT.
HOWEVER, MR. AZI HAD HIS SON WITH HIM.
HE DOES NOT NEED TO HEAR THAT.
IF YOU CAN'T SAY WHAT YOU NEED TO SAY WITHOUT USING
BUT WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT KIDS WHO ARE HEARING YOU AND LISTENING TO YOU, THAT BOTHERS ME.
THEY DON'T WANNA GO TO SCHOOL.
VICE MAYOR YANGA, YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO SPEAK FREELY AS WELL.
ALRIGHT, WE'RE GONNA GO TO, UM, UH, WE HAVE A QUICK HEARING AND THEN WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA GO, UH, RIGHT TO, UH, UH, THE NAMING OF FOR DALE CLINTON FACILITY CENTER.
SO THANK YOU FOR BEING PATIENT.
LET'S TAKE CARE OF HEARING 14TH BRIEFLY.
REPORT FROM LONG BEACH AIRPORT.
RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION INTO THE RECORD.
CONCLUDE PUBLIC HEARING AND ADOPT RESOLUTION.
AMENDING THE MASTER FEES AND CHARGES SCHEDULED FOR CHANGES TO THE AIRLINE LANDING GATE USE APRON PARKING, AND COMMON USE FEES AT THE LONG BEACH AIRPORT
[14. 26-54293 Recommendation to receive supporting documentation into the record, conclude the public hearing, and adopt resolution amending the Master Fees and Charges Schedule for changes to the airline landing, gate use, apron parking, and common use fees at the Long Beach Airport. (District 5) Office or Department: Long Beach Airport Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
DISTRICT FIVE.MY UNDERSTANDING, WE'LL GO STRAIGHT TO THE STAFF PRESENTATION.
GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.
UH, YES, THIS, THIS EVENING'S ITEM IS TO AMEND, UH, REALLY TO INCREASE THE MASTER FEE AND, AND CHARGES SCHEDULE FOR AIRLINE FEES AT THE AIRPORT.
UM, DUE TO VARIOUS FACTORS, UH, NEXT TO ME IS MS. CLAUDIA LEWIS, WHO IS OUR BUREAU MANAGER OVER AT AIRPORT ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCIAL SERVICES TO PROVIDE THE STAFF REPORT.
GOOD EVENING MAYOR, HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
THE AIRPORT'S FY 26 PASSENGER FORECAST HAS BEEN REVISED DOWNWARD FROM 1.75 MILLION TO 1.67 MILLION TOTAL IN PLACEMENTS BASED ON AIRLINE SCHEDULES RELEASED IN DECEMBER, 2025, AND CURRENTLY PUBLISHED THROUGH SEPTEMBER, 2026.
THIS REDUCTION OF APPROXIMATELY 160,000 PASSENGERS IS PROJECTED TO DECREASE AIRPORT REVENUES BY AN ESTIMATED $2.2 MILLION, PRIMARILY FROM PASSENGER DEPENDENT SOURCES, INCLUDING AIRLINE FEES, PARKING, AND CONCESSION ACTIVITY.
TO ADDRESS THIS REVENUE SHORTFALL, THE AIRPORT IS WORKING WITH ITS AIRLINE PARTNERS TO RECOVER APPROXIMATELY $1.7 MILLION THROUGH A 13% RATE ADJUSTMENT.
THE REMAINING GAP WILL BE MITIGATED THROUGH TARGETED EXPENSE REDUCTIONS.
HOWEVER, THE TIMING OF THIS REVISION LEAVES LESS THAN EIGHT MONTHS IN THE FISCAL YEAR TO IMPLEMENT CORRECTIVE MEASURES.
WHILE THE AIRPORT IS REDUCING DISCRETIONARY EXPENDITURES AND HOLDING SELECT POSITIONS, VACANT, CERTAIN FIXED AND SUPPORT SERVICES COSTS ARE NOT DECLINING.
ADDITIONALLY, ANTICIPATED COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENTS AND INFLATIONARY PRESSURES CONTINUE TO INCREASE OPERATING EXPENSES.
STAFF WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR PASSENGER ACTIVITY AND FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE TO SAFEGUARD SELF-SUFFICIENCY COMPETITIVE AIRLINE COSTS, AND ENSURE THE AIRPORT MAINTAINS NECESSARY RESERVES AND FUND TARGETS IN COMPLIANCE.
WITH ALL APPLICABLE NOTICING REQUIREMENTS, THE CITY PROVIDED TIMELY AND COMPREHENSIVE PUBLIC NOTICE THROUGH MULTIPLE CHANNELS, INCLUDING PHYSICAL POSTINGS AT DESIGNATED PUBLIC FACILITIES, ONLINE PUBLICATION, DIRECT EMAIL DISTRIBUTION TO INTERESTED PARTIES AND PUBLICATION OF REQUIRED LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS IN A NEWSPAPER OF GENERAL CIRCULATION.
FURTHER AIRPORT STAFF CONDUCTED OUTREACH TO AIRLINE PARTNERS, INCLUDING A CONSULTATION MEETING AND RECEIVED A NO FORMAL FEEDBACK.
THIS CONCLUDES MY STAFF REPORT.
YOU'LL NOW GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
ROGELIO GOING ONCE, GOING TWICE.
ALRIGHT, WE'LL NOW TAKE IT BACK.
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UH, COUNCIL MEMBER TH TOOK NO SUPPORT.UH, MEMBERS, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
COMMUNICATION FROM COUNCILWOMAN SORROW RECOMMENDATION TO REQUEST PARKS AND RECREATIONS COMMISSION TO CONDUCT A STUDY AND SUBSEQUENT RECOMMENDATION TO THE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS AND EFFICIENCY COMMITTEE WITH 30 DAYS TO RENAME THE CENTRAL FACILITY CENTER AT MARTIN LUTHER KING PARK TO THE DALE CLINTON FACILITY CENTER.
THE COMMITTEE SHALL STUDY AND CONSIDER THE RECOMMENDATION TO SEND BACK TO CITY COUNCIL FOLLOWING THE ADMINISTRATIVE POLICY FOR NAMED DESIGNATIONS OF BUILDINGS IN PARKS.
[15. 26-54331 Recommendation to request Parks and Recreation Commission to conduct a study and subsequent recommendation to the Government Operations and Efficiency Committee with 30 days to rename the Central Facilities Center at Martin Luther King Park to the Dale Clinton Facilities Center. Government Operations and Efficiency Committee shall study and consider the recommendation to send back to City Council, following City of Long Beach administrative policy (AR8-7) for name designations of buildings in parks. Office or Department: Suely Saro, Councilwoman, Sixth District Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SORROW.I AM PROUD TO BRING FORWARD A RECOMMENDATION TO RENAME THE CENTRAL FACILITY CENTER AT MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
PARK TO THE DALE E CLINTON FACILITIES CENTER.
AS WE CONTINUE TO CELEBRATE BLOCK HISTORY MONTH, I WANT TO ENSURE THAT THIS UNSUNG HERO WHO HAS SHAPED OUR CITY PERMANENTLY IS PERMANENTLY WOVEN INTO THE PHYSICAL AND CIVIC FABRIC OF LONG BEACH.
MOTHER DALE IS A TIRE, YES, IS A TIRELESS ADVOCATE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS, ANTI-POVERTY EFFORTS, WELFARE RIGHTS, FAIR HOUSING, RACIAL EQUITY, YOUTH DEVELOPMENT, AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY.
SHE HAS GONE ON TO BUILD A DECADE'S LONG CAREER WITH THE CITY OF LONG BEACH, HELPING OPEN PATHWAYS INTO PUBLIC SERVICE AND LEADERSHIP FOR WOMEN AND PEOPLE OF COLOR.
SHE IS WIDELY RECOGNIZED AS A MATRIARCH OF THE BLACK COMMUNITY IN LONG BEACH.
AND HER LEADERSHIP HAS BEEN FOUNDATIONAL TO THE PROGRESS WE HAVE SEEN IN THIS CITY, INCLUDING HER WORK WITH THE HONORABLE ALLEN LENTAL, WORKING TO SOLVE RACIAL TENSION IN OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM AT POLLY HIGH SCHOOL BACK INTO THE, IN THE 1960S.
THANK YOU HONORABLE LENTAL FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT TO SUPPORT THIS ITEM.
THE CENTRAL FACILITY CENTER, WHICH OPENED IN 1974, IS DIRECTLY CONNECTED TO HER LEGACY.
DALE CLINTON PLAYED A MEANINGFUL ROLE IN INITIATING AND SHAPING THE FACILITY AND LATER WORKED WITHIN IT, ENSURING IT RESPONDED TO THE HEALTH AND SERVICES SERVICE NEEDS OF THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY.
RENAMING THIS BUILDING REFLECTS HER DIRECT CONTRIBUTION TO ITS CREATION AND MISSION.
WITH THE RENAMING WILL COME BE, WILL COME UPDATED.
AND I WOULD LIKE THAT SIGNAGE TO ALSO INCLUDE A PHOTO OF HER AND A BRIEF BIO, ACTUALLY A BIOGRAPHY, UH, INSIDE THE BUILDING THAT CLEARLY CONNECTS HER LEGACY TO THE FACILITY SHE HELPS BUILD.
SO THIS EFFORT IS GROUNDED IN STRONG COMMUNITY SUPPORT.
WE HAVE RECEIVED NEARLY 400 PETITION SIGNATURE, ALONG WITH NUMEROUS LETTER OF SUPPORT FROM RESIDENTS, COMMUNITY LEADERS, AND ELECTED OFFICIALS.
THANK YOU TO SENATOR GONZALEZ AS SOME AND ASSEMBLY MEMBER JOSH ENTAL.
UM, AND THAT WAS EMAILED TO ALL MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES' OFFICE AS WELL, THE MAYOR, THE PETITION CALL ON THIS COUNCIL TO SUBMIT HER LEGACY FOR GENERATIONS TO COME BY FORMALLY RENAMING THIS FACILITY IN HER HONOR.
I WANT TO GIVE A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO THOSE WHO HELP ORGANIZE THIS ITEM.
CHARLES CLINTON, DARLENE HAYWOOD, ERROL PARKER, WANDA MOBLEY, ANITA HARRIS, BOXLEY ANGIE AND MATTHEW HAMLET, DENNIS NOLTON, AND D DENISE.
BECAUSE THE CENTER IS LOCATED WITHIN MLK JUNIOR PARK CITY POLICY REQUIRES THAT THIS REQUEST MOVE THROUGH THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION FOR STUDY AND RECOMMENDATION BEFORE PROCEEDING TO THE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS AND EFFICIENCY COMMITTEE, AND ULTIMATELY RETURNING TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
THE NAMING OF THE PUBLIC SPACE SIGNALS OUR VALUES.
IT TELLS FUTURE GENERATION WHO WE ARE, WHO WE ARE, UM, WHO WE CHOOSE TO UPLIFT, EXCUSE ME, AND WHY DALE CLINTON'S LIFE REPRESENT RESILIENCE AND ADVOCACY, COURAGE AND COMMUNITY BUILDING.
I RESPECTFULLY ASK MY COLLEAGUES SUPPORT IN ADVANCING THIS RECOMMENDATION.
AND I ALSO ASK IN ADVANCE FOR THE SUPPORT FROM THE, FOR SUPPORT FROM THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION AND THE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS AND EFFICIENCY COMMITTEE TO ALSO ADVANCE RENAMING.
ALRIGHT, WELL, WELL, I THINK THIS IS A WONDERFUL IDEA, COUNCILWOMAN, I WANNA CONGRATULATE IN ADVANCE, UH, THE CLINTON FAMILY, QUEEN MOTHER, UH, CLINTON.
UM, AND WHEN I FIRST HEARD OF THIS, IT WAS, IT WAS THE HAMLETS THAT CALLED ME AND ASKED ME WHAT MY, WHAT MY THOUGHTS WERE.
ANYBODY, UM, KNOW MS. ANGIE HAMLET, WHO'S, UH, BEEN IN LEADERSHIP OF OUR BLACK AND INFANT HEALTH PROGRAM FOR MANY YEARS, AND HER SON WAS ACTUALLY MY CHIEF OF STAFF WHEN I WAS A COUNCIL MEMBER FOR A FEW YEARS.
AND THEY HAVE A DEEP RELATIONSHIP WITH, UH, UH, MOTHER CLINTON.
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WHEN I FIRST MET HER AND THE VICE THAT SHE WOULD GIVE ME AS A, AS A YOUNG LEADER IN THE CITY AND PERSPECTIVE.AND I JUST THINK THE WAY WE NAME AND RECOGNIZE OUR BUILDINGS, IT CERTAINLY MATTERS.
AND WE'VE GONE THROUGH SOME GREAT EXAMPLES OF THAT.
UH, DORIS TOPSY COMMUNITY CENTER UP IN NORTH LONG BEACH.
UH, EVEN THE DRAMA WE WENT THROUGH TO NAME THE MICHELLE OBAMA NEIGHBORHOOD LIBRARY.
ANYBODY REMEMBER THAT? A LITTLE BIT OF DRAMA.
UH, BUT IT WAS, IT, IT'S THE LARGEST, MOST, MOST ICONIC NEIGHBORHOOD BRANCH LIBRARY IN OUR CITY.
AND IT HAS A BEAUTIFUL NAME AFTER A INCREDIBLE PERSON.
AND I THINK, UH, THIS IS GONNA, UH, CREATE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO KNOW THE TRUE MEANING OF PUBLIC SERVICE AND THE, THE EMBODIMENT AND THE LEGACY OF, UH, MOTHER CLINTON, QUEEN, MOTHER CLINTON, AND, AND HER FAMILY.
SO, UH, YOU HAVE MY FULL SUPPORT COUNCIL MEMBER, RICK OTI.
UM, I ACTUALLY HAVE NOTHING TO SAY EXCEPT FOR I'M A STRONG SUPPORT OF THIS.
UM, I'M A FIRM BELIEVER IN GIVING PEOPLE THEIR FLOWERS WHILE THEY WERE WITH US.
AND SO I THINK THIS ABSOLUTELY DOES THAT.
AND SO I'M GONNA YIELD MY TIME SO THAT HER FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND SUPPORTERS HAVE THE ABILITY TO GIVE HER HER FLOWERS AS WELL.
THANK YOU VICE MAYOR, YOUR HONOR.
UH, I MET NAIL CLINTON ABOUT 30 YEARS AGO.
MORE THAN THAT ACTUALLY, WHEN SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION, I WAS AN EMPLOYEE WITH THE COMMISSION AND BEFORE SHE BECAME MY CONSTITUENT, SHE WAS MY FRIEND.
I KNOW, I, UH, I TOTALLY, COMPLETELY SUPPORT THIS.
IT IS AMOUNT, TIME THAT WE START RECOGNIZING THOSE GREAT LEADERS THAT WE'VE HAD OVER THE YEARS BY GESTURES LIKE THIS, THAT WE'RE HERE TONIGHT.
SO THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER DR.
SORROW FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, UH, RIBBON CUTTING WHEN WE NEED A NEW FACILITY.
COUNCIL MEMBER THRASH, UH, THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN SORROW FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.
IT IS SO WONDERFUL TO SEE, UH, OUR PEWS HERE SET UP WITH SO MANY FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND SUPPORTERS OF MOTHERS.
UH, I GET THE PRIVILEGE OF SITTING HERE DURING BLACK HISTORY MONTH BEING ON THE COUNCIL AND PRESSING THAT BUTTON.
BUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY IT OUT LOUD, UH, HOW EXCITED I WILL BE TO BE ABLE TO NAME A FACILITY WITHIN OUR CITY, UH, AFTER SUCH, UH, A WONDERFUL WOMAN.
ALRIGHT, WE'RE NOW GONNA GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
UH, FIRST IS CHARLES CLINTON, THEN ALAN LOWENTHAL AFTER THAT, LEON WOOD.
UH, LILLIAN PARKER, SHARIF, AB BATZ, ERROL PARKER, EVAN BRODY AND LIO.
UM, MAYOR RICHARDSON, COUNCILWOMAN SORROW, UM, OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, CITY OFFICIALS, UH, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT MY MOTHER.
UM, I'M HER SON, ONE OF HER SONS, CHARLES CLINTON, HER YOUNGEST.
UM, AND ALSO I WANNA THANK THE COMMITTEE THAT WORKED ON THIS TO BRING THIS OPPORTUNITY FORWARD.
UM, SHE WOULD'VE BEEN HERE, BUT AT 98, ALMOST 99, SHE'LL BE IN JUNE.
SHE JUST GOT OUTTA HOSPITAL A SHORT TIME AGO AFTER BEING THERE FOR FIVE DAYS WITH THE FLU.
SO SHE'S STILL GAIN GRAINING HER STRENGTH BACK.
BUT IF THERE'S A RIBBON CUTTING, I GUARANTEE YOU SHE'LL BE THERE.
UM, HER HISTORY AND LEGACY IS TWO VAST TO CONDENSE INTO TWO OR THREE MINUTES.
SO I WOULD TRY TO USE A FEW WORDS, PHRASES, AND SHORT EXAMPLES TO ENCAPSULATE, ENCAPSULATE HER LIFE AND STORY, WHICH HAS BEEN CHRONICLED AND TOLD MANY TIMES AND IN MANY PLACES.
UM, BORN AND RAISED IN TUPELO, MISSISSIPPI IN CHICAGO, AND MIGRATED TO THE LONG BEACH AREA IN 1959 AFTER SPENDING, UH, A LITTLE BIT OF SHORT TIME IN WATTS AND THEN MOVING BACK DOWN HERE.
IT WAS SHORTLY THEREAFTER IN HER MID TO LATE THIRTIES THAT HER WORK BEGAN.
SHE DIDN'T SEEK OUT THIS KIND OF WORK, BUT THE WORK SOUGHT HER OUT BY CHANCE, WHEN THE PRINCIPAL AT ROOSEVELT UNI, UH, ELEMENTARY, UH, ACROSS THE STREET FROM LONG BEACH POLY, WHICH WAS DIFFERENT CONFIGURATIONS THAN IT IS NOW, IT'S NOT THAT IT WASN'T THE NEW STUFF.
WE HAD ONE BIG BUILDING THAT LOOKED OUT AND REST BUNGALOWS, UM, ASKED HER BECAUSE OF HER INTERACTION, BECAUSE OF HIS INTERACTION WITH HER AS A CONCERNED PARENT TO ATTEND A MEETING BEING HELD REGARDING THE POVERTY PROGRAM.
AND IF ANY HERE IS OLD ENOUGH TO REMEMBER, IT WAS IN THE SIXTIES UNDER JOHNSON STARTING KENNEDY UNDER JOHNSON, WHEN A LOT OF POVERTY AND SOCIAL TYPE OF PROGRAMS STARTED TO COME FORWARD FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, LIKE THE EQUAL OPPORTUNITY ACT AND, AND SOME OF THOSE OTHER THINGS.
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BUT AGAIN, THAT'S, THAT'S WHEN HER WORK REALLY STARTED TO, UM, TO HAPPEN.UM, AGAIN, I'M TRYING TO USE SOME WORDS TO TRY TO DESCRIBE HER, UH, IN A SHORT TIME THAT I, WHOA, 40 SECONDS LEFT.
IT WAS ISSUES CONCERNING THE WELFARE PROGRAM AND HEAD START PROGRAM THAT PROMPTED HER IN THE MID SIXTIES, THE LATE TO, TO THE LATE SIXTIES TO WRITE A LETTER TO PRESIDENT JOHNSON REGARDING THE WELFARE PROGRAM BECAUSE THERE WERE SOME, INCLUDING THE FORMER MAYOR OF LA THAT WANTED TO GET RID OF THE WELFARE PROGRAM.
BUT IT WAS AT THAT PROMPTED HER ACTIVIST, POLITICAL, CIVIL RIGHTS, SOCIAL, BOTH LOCAL AND NATIONAL.
UM, SHE WOULD'VE BEEN AT THE AMBASSADOR HOTEL WHEN KENNEDY WAS KILLED, BUT SHE WAS CALLED OUT FOR SOME WORK IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH, SO SHE WASN'T ABLE TO ATTEND.
OH, IT, IT GOES FAST, RIGHT? WOW.
YOU'LL, YOU'LL HAVE MORE, YOU'LL HAVE MORE TIME AT, AT THE GRAND OPENING, BUT THIS, THIS THREE MINUTES IS PRETTY GENEROUS.
THE COUNTY ONLY GIVES YOU 60 SECONDS.
THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND THANK YOU SI COUNCIL AND THANK YOU DR.
SORROW FOR THAT BEAUTIFUL INTRODUCTION TO WHAT WE'RE DOING TONIGHT.
I'VE KNOWN DALE FOR OVER 50 YEARS.
IT WAS A DIFFERENT LONG BEACH.
SHE WAS A FIGHTER WHEN IT TOOK, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF GUTS TO, TO STAND UP TO THE INSTITUTION TO BE PART OF THE SOCIAL CHANGE THAT WAS TAKING PLACE IN LONG BEACH TO MAKE IT A GREAT MULTICULTURAL CITY THAT, THAT THAT RESPONDED TO, TO ALL PEOPLE.
UH, MAYBE WE'RE NOT PERFECT, BUT WITHOUT DALE CLINTON, WE WOULD NEVER BE WHERE WE ARE TODAY.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S THE REASON I'M HERE.
I JUST WANNA SAY NAMING A BUILDING IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT TELLS THE PEOPLE THAT COME IN THERE, IT REMINDS THEM, AND IT SENDS A MESSAGE FROM THE CITY WHEN WE DO THAT.
UM, THAT THOSE THAT CANNOT REMEMBER THE PAST ARE CONDEMNED TO, TO DO IT AGAIN.
AND WHAT WE WANT IS TO GROW FROM THE FOUNDATION THAT, THAT DALE CLINTON HAS PROVIDED US.
UH, SHE'S ONE OF, OF THE GREAT TRAILBLAZERS OF HER ERA.
THAT ERA WILL GO DOWN AS, AS WHAT MADE LONG BEACH TODAY.
THE LEGENDS ARE COMING OUT TONIGHT.
SO I'M SO HAPPY THAT YOU GAVE THIS HONOR TO DALE CLINTON.
FOR SOME OF US WHO HAVE BEEN AROUND A LONG TIME, THE AREA THAT YOU'RE GIVING HER THIS HONOR, A LOT OF YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN CAME UP THROUGH THAT AREA.
A LOT OF 'EM NOW ARE, SOME HAVE NOT COME OUT SO WELL.
SOME ARE COLLEGE GRADUATES AND SO MANY PEOPLE ARE DOING DIFFERENT THINGS.
BUT, BUT WE KNOW NOW THAT SOMEONE CARES.
THE SIGN THAT YOU'LL PUT UP WITH HER NAME ON IT WILL LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT LONG BEACH DOES CARE ABOUT A WIDE VARIETY OF PEOPLE.
I'VE COME DOWN HERE WITH A LITTLE BOY FROM BAKERSFIELD AND LONG BEACH WASN'T QUITE LIKE THAT.
PEOPLE LIKE MRS. CLINTON HELPED MAKE A CHANGE THAT WAS MUCH NEEDED AND YOU ARE NOW CARRYING ON THAT CHANGE.
AND, AND MAYOR RICHARDSON, WE THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE LEADERSHIP FOR DOING SO.
SO I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
MRS. CLINTON IS A FANTASTIC PERSON.
MANY, MANY PEOPLE HAVE BENEFITED FROM HER SERVICE AND THIS NOW WILL BE, UH, A, A SIGN THAT LONG BEACH UNDERSTANDS, CARES AND WILL CONTINUE.
HE GOT THAT DONE IN LIKE 70 SECONDS.
UH, MAYOR REX AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
UM, TODAY I STAND HERE, UM, HUMBLE AND GRATEFUL.
UM, I'M HERE FOR FRIENDS OF MLK PARK AND AS WE PROUDLY SUPPORT THE PROPOSED RENAMING OF THE CENTRAL FACILITY CENTER AT MARTHA LUTHER KING PARK, DALE CLINTON'S FACILITY, I AM CHOKED UP ON THE WORK THAT SHE DID IN OUR COMMUNITY.
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TO SPEAK ON THAT BEHALF.CHANGING THE NAME TO THEC CLINTON FACILITY CENTER.
SHE'S A REVERED COMMUNITY ELDER WHO HISTORICAL LEGACY IN THE SIX DISTRICTS SPANNED OVER 60 YEARS.
MOST NOTABLY, MS. CLINTON HELPED TO ESTABLISH THE CENTRAL CENTER DURING A PIVOTAL TIME AND CH AND CHALLENGING TIME IN THE CENTRAL DISTRICT.
AND FOR THE CITY OF LONG BEACH, DALE CLINTON PROVIDED STEADY AND STRONG LEADERSHIP.
SHE PLAYED A FOUNDATIONAL ROLE IN THE EARLY DEVELOPMENT OF THE FACILITY, ENSURING THAT IT ADDRESSED THE HEALTH SERVICES AND THE WELL WELLNESS NEEDS FOR THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY, AND PARTICULARLY FOR THE BLACK RESIDENTS AND OTHER UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS.
SHE WORKED HARD IN OUR COMMUNITY AND SHE SERVED OUR CITY WELL.
AS SHE CONTINUES, HER LEGACY LIVES ON DALE CLINTON'S VISION, ADVOCACY AND COMMITMENT TO COMMUNITY WELLBEING REFLECTS THE VERY PRINCIPLES OF MARTIN LUTHER KING JR PARK AND REPRESENTS EQUITY SERVICE AND EMPOWERMENT.
IT IS BOTH HONORABLE AND FITTING THAT THE CITY FORMALLY RECOGNIZES HER CONTRIBUTIONS IN A SPACE THAT SHE HELPED BRING TO LIFE.
FRIENDS OF MLK PARK STAND IN FULL SUPPORT OF THIS NAME CHANGE AND CELEBRATE DEL E CLINTON'S ENDURING LEGACY OF LEADERSHIP AND SERVICE.
AND SO WE RESPECTFULLY SUBMIT THAT WE SUPPORT THIS AS A COMMUNITY SERVANT IN THIS VERY DISTRICT.
I, I'M SO PROUD AND I SAY THANK YOU TO HER FAMILY AND GIVE HER MY BEST REGARDS AND WILL DO MY VERY BEST TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE SERVICE TO THE DISTRICT AND TO THE CITY AS A WHOLE.
GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL.
SHARIFA BATZ AND I SERVE AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE N-A-A-C-P LONG BEACH BRANCH.
ON BEHALF OF OUR BRANCH, I RISE IN SUPPORT OF THE RECOMMENDATION TO REQUEST THAT THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION CONDUCT A STUDY AND BRING FORWARD A RECOMMENDATION TO RENAME THE CENTRAL FACILITY CENTER AT MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
PARK TO THE DELL CLINTON FACILITY CENTER.
THE NAACP'S MISSION IS TO SECURE THE POLITICAL, EDUCATIONAL, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC EQUALITY OF RIGHTS IN ORDER TO ELIMINATE RACE-BASED DISCRIMINATION AND ENSURE THE HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF ALL PERSONS.
THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF DALE CLINTON REFLECTS THAT MISSION AND ACTION.
BORN IN TUPELO, MISSISSIPPI, HER FAMILY FLED THE SOUTH DURING THE GREAT MIGRATION SEEKING SAFETY AND OPPORTUNITY.
WHEN SHE ARRIVED IN LONG BEACH IN 1959 WITH FIVE CHILDREN AND LIMITED RESOURCES, SHE DID NOT RETREAT FROM HARDSHIP.
SHE BECAME A LEADER IN THE WAR ON POVERTY PROGRAMS, HELPED RECRUIT FAMILIES FOR THE FIRST HEAD START CLASSES IN LONG BEACH.
AND EVEN WROTE PRESIDENT LYNDON B JOHNSON TO PRESERVE FEDERAL FUNDING FOR HEAD START.
HER ADVOCACY HELPED PROTECT EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR GENERATIONS OF CHILDREN THAT IS EDUCATIONAL EQUITY IN ACTION.
DURING SCHOOL'S INTEGRATION EFFORTS.
SHE TRAINED PRINCIPALS AND TEACHERS IN RACE RELATIONS AND WORKED WITH THE POLY COMMUNITY INTERRACIAL COMMITTEE TO CALM RACIAL TENSIONS AND PRESERVE POLYTECHNIC HIGH SCHOOL THROUGH MAGNET PROGRAMMING THAT IS SOCIAL JUSTICE IN ACTION.
AND AS THE CITY OF LONG BEACH EMPLOYEES, SHE COORDINATED YOUTH ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS, EXPANDED OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNDERSERVED CHILDREN, ADVOCATED FOR SERVICES FOR FAMILIES EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, AND SPENT MORE THAN TWO DECADES STRENGTHENING COMMUNITY RELATIONS THAT IS ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT IN ACTION.
DALE CLINTON DID NOT SIMPLY WITNESS HISTORY.
SHE HELPED MOVE THIS CITY FORWARD DURING SOME OF THE MOST CHALLENGING AND DEFINING MOMENTS.
SHE OPENED DOORS IN THE CITY GOVERNMENT AND HELPED ENSURE THAT COMMMUNITIES HISTORICALLY EXCLUDED, HAD A SEAT AT THE TABLE.
SO RENAMING THE CENTRAL FACILITY CENTER AT MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
PARK IN HER HONOR IS DEEPLY APPROPRIATE.
DR. KING SPOKE OF SERVICE AS A TRUE MEASURE OF GREATNESS.
DELL'S CLINTON LIFE EMBODIES THAT PRINCIPLE.
HER LEGACY IS WOVEN INTO THE FABRIC OF THIS CITY.
AS YOU HAVE HEARD, PROGRESS IN CIVIL RIGHTS, EDUCATION, YOUTH DEVELOPMENT, AND COMMUNITY STABILITY.
THE NACP LONG BEACH BRANCH PROUDLY SUPPORTS THIS INITIATIVE BECAUSE IT REFLECTS OUR SHARED VALUES OF
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JUSTICE, OPPORTUNITY, DIGNITY, AND COMMUNITY ADVANCEMENT.WE RESPECTFULLY URGE YOU TO MOVE THIS RECOMMENDATION FORWARD AND HONOR A WOMAN WHO IS ALIVE TO TODAY.
JODY SAID, THIS LADY, YOUR FLOWERS WHOSE WORK CONTINUES TO BENEFIT LONG BEACH.
COUNCILMAN BRODY, MR. MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
UM, HAVING BEEN ON THE CITY COUNCIL BACK IN 86, UM, I MET DALE, ACTUALLY I MET DALE BEFORE I WAS ON, SO IT'S MORE THAN 40 YEARS.
'CAUSE SHE WORKED IN MY DAD'S CAMPAIGN
BUT I HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT, UM, ALL THE YEARS THAT I WAS ON THE COUNCIL, I MEAN THE EIGHT YEARS I WAS ON THE COUNCIL, SHE WAS ALWAYS THERE.
UM, NOT ONLY BEING SUPPORTIVE, BUT ALSO PUSHING, PUSHING AGENDA THAT WAS POSITIVE AS HAS ALREADY BEEN MENTIONED, UH, BY THE OTHERS WHO SPOKE BEFORE ME.
UM, BONNIE LOWENTHAL, WHO'S NOT HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE SHE'S IN SACRAMENTO ON BEHALF OF THE PORT, WANTED ME TO ALSO, UM, MENTION THAT SHE WORKED WITH DALE ON THAT THE POLY MATTERS AND THE INTEGRATION OF THE, OF THE STUDENT BODIES.
AND THAT SHE, SHE JUST MENTIONED TO ME JUST A MINUTE AGO THAT SHE SAID, DALE USED TO ALWAYS SAY WHEN SHE FIRST MET HER, SHE SAID, YOU JUST GET OFF THE BOAT.
AND I'M NOT SURE I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT WAS ABOUT, BUT SHE, BUT BONNIE SAID THAT SHE LEARNED A LOT FROM DALE'S, UM, EDUCATION, EDUCATING HER ON, ON WHAT THIS COMMUNITY WAS ALL ABOUT.
SO I APPRECIATE, I WE BOTH APPRECIATE VERY MUCH THAT YOU HAVE MOVED THIS, YOU'RE MOVING THIS FORWARD TO NAME THE BUILDING AFTER HER.
AND WE, UH, HOPED THAT IT WILL BE NOT ONLY UNANIMOUS HERE, BUT UNANIMOUS ON THE, UM, THE PARKS MIGRATION COMMISSION.
THANK YOU SO MUCH MR. MR. PARKER.
WELL, I'M NOT GONNA REPEAT EVERYTHING THAT PEOPLE SAID BECAUSE IT'S BEEN SAID VERY WELL, BUT I'M JUST GONNA SAY TWO THINGS.
I WAS ON MY WAY TO UCLA IN 1968 WHEN I GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL AND I WANTED TO GO TO UCLA.
I ALWAYS WANTED TO GO TO UCLA, BUT JOE WHITE TOLD ME THERE'S A WOMAN DOWN IN LONG BEACH THAT YOU GOTTA MEET.
AND SO, BECAUSE UCL HAD THE QUARTER SYSTEM, I SAID, I'M, I'M GONNA GO DOWN TO LONG BEACH STATE.
AND I MET DALE CLINTON THERE AND SHE'S BEEN MY MOTHER EVER SINCE.
THAT'S ALMOST SIX, SEVEN YEARS AGO.
AND ALL THE THINGS SHE SAID IS TRUE, BUT LEMME BE PERSONAL, REX.
WE SAT WHEN YOU WERE ELECTED AS THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN MAYOR OF THIS TOWN.
AND I SAT WITH DALE AND SHE WAS SO PROUD OF YOU.
WE, WE SAT ON HER PORCH AND THE LOOK IN HER EYES WHEN THEY ANNOUNCED THAT YOU WERE THE NEW MAYOR OF, OF LONG BEACH.
I CANNOT DESCRIBE HOW PROUD SHE WAS BECAUSE WE ALWAYS WANTED, UH, AFRICAN AMERICAN MAYOR, MAYOR IN THIS TOWN.
UH, SHE'S ALMOST, UH, A HUNDRED YEARS OLD.
UH, AND UH, SHE'S BEEN MY MOTHER, MY QUEEN MOTHER.
WE CALL HER CHICAGO RED 'CAUSE SHE USED TO HAVE RED HAIR AND SHE WOULD COME DOWN THE CITY COUNCIL LIKE YOU PEOPLE DID.
AND SHE WOULD STORM AND TALK, HAD CHOICE WORDS.
I CANNOT REPEAT HERE, BUT, UH, I LOVE HER VERY MUCH.
SHE'S LOOKING AT IT ON TELEVISION NOW.
IF YOU HEAR HER SUPPORT, RAISE YOUR HAND.
SHE'S SO VERY PROUD OF YOU AND THE CITY COUNCIL.
OUR DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS ARE BEING ATTACKED.
AND DALE CLINTON, WHETHER SHE LIVES TODAY OR TOMORROW, HER SPIRIT WILL ALWAYS BE WITH YOU, PARTICULARLY TO REX.
LIO, ROGELIO MARTINEZ, UH, LONG BEACH MAYOR CANDIDATE.
I JUST WANTED TO COME ON HERE AND SUPPORT AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 15.
UM, I THINK THIS IS A GREAT, THIS IS WHAT GOOD LOOKS LIKE.
AGAIN, WHEN YOU GUYS DO GOOD, I WILL DEFINITELY ACKNOWLEDGE IT.
BUT THIS IS WHAT GOOD LOOKS LIKE.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THE REMAINING TIME AS A MOMENT OF SILENCE, UH, FOR THE PASSING AWAY OF REVEREND JESSE JACKSON.
SORRY, I JUST COULDN'T GET THAT OUT 'CAUSE I DO FEEL AN EMPTINESS.
BUT I'D LIKE TO TAKE THE REST OF THE MOMENT FOR THE MOMENT OF SILENCE.
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THANK YOU TO THE FRIENDS AND FAMILY OF DALE.ALRIGHT, WELL THANKS EVERYONE FOR YOUR, YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.
MEMBERS, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
MAYOR, COULD WE DO A PHOTO? WE'RE GONNA DO THAT AFTER THE VOTE.
ALRIGHT, NOW, UH, WE'RE GONNA CONGRATULATIONS.
WE'RE GONNA INVITE, UH, THE FAMILY, THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, UH, UH, WHO CAME TO SUPPORT MS. CLINTON BACK BEHIND THE RAIL.
WE'RE GOING TO, UH, JOIN YOU DOWN HERE WITH THE COUNCILWOMAN FOR A PHOTO.
THREE MINUTES GOES FAST, RIGHT?
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WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND CONTINUE THE COUNCIL MEETING.
ITEM 16, PLEASE REPORT FROM CITY ATTORNEY RECOMMENDATION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION CALLING FOR FEDERAL IMMIGRATION ACCOUNTABILITY.
EXPRESSING SUPPORT FOR THE IMPEACHMENT OR REMOVAL OF THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY URGING AN END TO FEDERAL POLICIES AND ENFORCEMENT OPERATIONS THAT SUBJECT LOCAL COMMUNITIES TO VIOLENCE AND HARM, AND AFFIRMING THE CITY'S COMMITMENT TO PROTECTING CIVIL RIGHTS, COMMUNITY TRUST, AND THE DIGNITY OF ALL RESIDENTS.
[16. 26-54334 Recommendation to adopt resolution calling for federal immigration accountability, expressing support for the impeachment or removal of the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, urging an end to federal policies and enforcement operations that subject local communities to violence and harm, and affirming the City’s commitment to protecting civil rights, community trust, and the dignity of all residents. Office or Department: City Attorney Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
UH, WE REQUESTED THE RESOLUTION A FEW WEEKS AGO.UH, I REVIEWED THE RESOLUTION.
I THINK YOU CAPTURED THE SENTIMENT OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
UH, WHAT THIS DOES IS, UH, THIS ALLOWS LONG BEACH TO ADD ITS VOICE IN CALLING FOR ACCOUNTABILITY AT THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF DHS, INCLUDING THE REMOVAL OF SECRETARY CHRISTIE NOME.
UH, BASED ON THE DEVASTATING IMPACTS THAT ONGOING FEDERAL IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS CONTINUE TO HAVE ON OUR DIVERSE AND IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES LIKE LONG BEACH, THIS RE RESOLUTION MAKES LONG BEACH AMONG, AMONG THE FIRST MAJOR CITIES IN CALIFORNIA AND ACROSS THE US, UH, TO FORMALLY CALL FOR ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE HARMLESS AND FUL ACTIONS OF THE CURRENT LEADERSHIP OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HU, UH, DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN OF HOMELAND SECURITY LONG BEACH STANDS, OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES.
WE MUST HOLD ALL THOSE ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE HARMS AND HORRORS COMMITTED OVER THE LAST, UH, FEW MONTHS IN MINNEAPOLIS AND AROUND THE NATION, UH, INCLUDING HERE IN LONG BEACH, WHICH HAS SINCE SENSELESSLY TORN FAMILIES APART, CALLS DEEP FREES IN THE COMMUNITY, AND UNDERMINE PUBLIC SAFETY.
THE DIRECTION OF THIS FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION DOES NOT REFLECT OUR VALUES, AND WE URGE OTHER CITIES TO JOIN US IN THIS IMPORTANT CALL FOR ACCOUNTABILITY.
WE'RE GONNA GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
UH, WE HAVE SEVEN MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
ELLIE ROGELIO, ELLIE ROSE, OSCAR ARTURO SVIA, DAVE SHUKLA, ANNA CHRISTIANSEN, AND CAROLYN ESSEX.
I ALMOST HAVE NO WORDS, BUT I'M GOING TO SAY SOMETHING.
ANYWAYS, I, IS THIS A JOKE TO YOU? HONESTLY? GENUINE QUESTION.
DO YOU ACTUALLY THINK THIS IS A USEFUL ALLOCATION OF YOUR TIME? YOU ARE SO LUCKY THAT WE ARE MORE HUMANE THAN YOUR POLICE FORCE.
YOU ARE SO LUCKY THAT WE ARE MORE HUMANE THAN THE ICE KIDNAPPERS.
YOU ARE CONSENTING TO ROAMING OUR STREETS.
HAS ANYONE ASKED FOR THIS IMPEACHMENT RESOLUTION? SHOW ME THE PROOF THAT THIS IS WHAT YOUR CONSTITUENTS ARE ASKING FOR.
I HAVE BEEN TO COUNCIL SO MANY TIMES.
I HAVE NEVER ONCE HEARD A PUBLIC COMMENT OF PEOPLE ASKING FOR THIS IMPEACHMENT RESOLUTION.
YOU CAN'T EVEN ACTUALLY IMPEACH CHRISTY NOAM.
AND MY 2 CENTS IS IF YOU'RE GONNA HAVE YOUR HANDS IN FEDERAL HAPPENINGS, TAKE CARE OF YOUR CITY FIRST, AND YOUR CITY IS NOT TAKEN CARE OF, YOU HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING BESIDES PUT OUT, KNOW YOUR RIGHTS VIDEOS ON REX'S FACEBOOK, AND RAISED SOME FUNDS TO SUPPORT FOLKS IMPACTED BOTH OF WHICH YOUR CITIZENS CAN AND HAVE HANDLED FAR BETTER THAN YOU.
YOU DON'T GET TO PLEAD THAT THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN DO.
YOU DON'T HAVE THE EXCUSE THAT YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING.
WE KNOW WHERE THEY'RE STAYING.
WE KNOW WHO THEY ARE TARGETING.
LIKE I SAID, YOU ARE LUCKY THAT WE ARE HUMANE, BUT I GENUINELY FEAR THAT THIS WON'T ALWAYS BE THE CASE.
I CANNOT STAND TO SEE MY NEIGHBORS TAKEN, MY NEIGHBOR'S STRUGGLING TO EAT, MY NEIGHBOR'S GETTING EVICTED DUE TO SUBSTANTIAL REMODEL THAT YOU JUST WILL NOT GET RID OF.
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WHAT, WHAT, WHAT DO YOU THINK IS GOING TO HAPPEN? WHAT WILL MAKE YOU LISTEN TO US? BECAUSE WE WILL DO IT.WE CANNOT SCHEDULE MEETINGS WITH YOU.
WE CAN'T EVEN TAG YOU ON INSTAGRAM.
WE, WE CAN'T EVEN TAG YOU ON INSTAGRAM.
THROW THIS RESOLUTION IN THE TRASH.
DO SOMETHING THAT'S ACTUALLY BEING ASKED FOR, OR JUST GO AHEAD AND IMPEACH YOURSELF.
UH, SHE ACTUALLY SAID, SHE SAID IT PERFECTLY.
I MEAN, THESE ARE JUST MEANINGLESS WORDS.
WHAT ELSE ARE YOU GONNA BE DOING? BECAUSE SHE'S ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
REPRESENTATIVES REPRESENT LONG BEACH.
WHAT ARE YOU SPECIFICALLY DOING ABOUT LONG BEACH? YOU HAVE ICE AGENTS IN FOUR HOTELS.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING? REMEMBER, I WILL BE LAUNCHING AN INVESTIGATION ON THE TOT TAX.
AND IF I FIND THAT YOUR NAMES ARE ON THAT PIECE OF PAPER THAT ELIMINATES THEM FROM PAYING TAXES, THE TOT TAX SPECIFICALLY, I WILL HOLD YOU ACCOUNTABLE.
WHEN I BECOME MAYOR, YOU WILL BE FIRED.
'CAUSE GUESS WHAT, REX? BECAUSE I WILL BE MAYOR.
EVERY POLE THAT I'VE RUN, I COME IN FIRST.
AND IT SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN THIS WAY UNTIL YOU BROKE THE LAW.
ONCE YOU BROKE THE LAW, YOU CROSSED THE BOUNDARY.
YOU BECAME JUST ANOTHER DIRTY POLITICIAN.
YOU HAVE SEVEN OTHER PEOPLE THAT BROKE THE LAW WITH YOU.
AND I WILL HOLD THE OTHER SEVEN ACCOUNTABLE.
EVERY TUESDAY YOUR RESPONSIBILITY IS THE BUDGET YOU SUCK AT YOUR JOB.
IF NOT, WHEN I COME INTO OFFICE IN DECEMBER, YOU WILL BE THE FIRST TO BE TERMINATED.
AND DON, YES, YOU DON, YOU HAVE NOBODY RUNNING AGAINST YOU, BUT THERE WILL BE.
I'M ACTIVELY LOOKING FOR CITY ATTORNEYS TO RUN AGAINST YOU BECAUSE RIGHT NOW YOU HAVE NO COMPETITION.
BUT GUESS WHAT? YOU DID BREAK THE LAW.
AND I WILL HOLD YOU ACCOUNTABLE TO THAT.
I'VE ONLY RAISED $550, BUT YET MARK ZUCKERBERG HIMSELF HAD TO TAKE DOWN THE VIDEO THAT HAS GARNERED 253 MILLION VIEWS WORLDWIDE.
YOUR VOICE IS NOTHING COMPARED TO MINE.
LET THEM TAG YOU ON INSTAGRAM.
UM, REAL QUICK, SO I KNOW I'VE HEARD FROM YOUR VOICE MANY, MANY TIMES.
UM, WE CANNOT COMMENT ON THINGS THAT ARE NOT ON THE AGENDA.
SO JUST, UH, FOR OUR CLARIFICATION, DOES THAT MEAN THAT IF WE HAVE QUESTIONS DURING OUR PUBLIC COMMENT, YOU ARE ABLE TO ANSWER THEM TO THE BEST OF YOUR ABILITY? IT'S ACTUALLY ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT.
SO IF ANY COUNCIL MEMBER YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT SAID AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT, THEY CAN ADDRESS ANYTHING THAT'S BROUGHT UP.
SO YEAH, UM, I JUST, UM, LEMME ANSWER ON HOW, HOW THIS AGENDA ITEM RECONCILES WITH THE CITY'S DECISION TO, UH, BUILD A FACILITY FOR, UH, ANDRE IN THE CITY.
UH, ANDRE IS, UM, PEOPLE HAVE STATED PREVIOUSLY IS A, A WEAPONS MANUFACTURER.
UM, THAT IS, UH, MAKING TECHNOLOGY SPECIFICALLY, UH, AI TECHNOLOGY, UH, FOR ICE THAT IS, IS BEING USED TO, TO TARGET PEOPLE, BUT AT THE BORDER, UM, VERY LIKELY BEING USED TO TARGET PEOPLE IN OUR OWN COMMUNITIES.
SO IF, IF THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THE CITY IS CLEARLY SHOWING ITS
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SUPPORT FOR IN GIVING MORE TO ICE THAN WHY DO WE HAVE THIS RESOLUTION ON THE TABLE TO THAT IS GOING AGAINST THAT.I JUST, IT DO, I WE, WE NEED TO, WE NEED TO EITHER GO ONE WAY OR GO THE OTHER.
LIKE IF WE SUPPORT MILITARIZED POLICE IN OUR COMMUNITIES AS THIS DECISION WITH ANDRE IS SHOWING, THEN JUST SAY IT.
LIKE, WOULDN'T, WOULD NOT IMPEACHING CHRISTIE NOAM OR HOLDING ICE ACCOUNTABLE IMPACT ANDRE'S BOTTOM LINE AND IMPACT JOBS IN LONG BEACH, WHICH IS THE STATED GOAL OF BUILDING THAT FACILITY.
SO YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S MY QUESTION.
JUST LOOKING FOR SOME COMMENT ON THAT.
I'M AN OFFICIAL, UM, NOMINEE FOR DISTRICT SEVEN.
UM, FOR THE PAST 12 YEARS, YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO HANG ONTO TO THAT POSITION.
A LOT OF THINGS I NEED TO SAY RIGHT NOW, BUT JUST SO LITTLE TIME.
AND FOR THAT, THANK YOU FOR THE MEASLY THREE MINUTES BECAUSE FOR SOME REASON I FELT IT WAS A BADHAND COMPLIMENT.
HE GAVE TO THE CLINTONS, HEY, YOU SHOULD BE THANKFUL WE GAVE YOU THREE MINUTES.
HEY, BE THANKFUL WE DON'T ONLY GIVE YOU ONE.
THEN ANOTHER BADHAND COMPLIMENT.
OH, HE GOT HIS TALKING DONE SO QUICK, MR. ORANGA, YOU WANNA MAKE THAT COMMENT ABOUT A CHILD AND SPEAKING FOUL WORDS LIKE F**K OR SOMETHING.
EVEN THOUGH MOST OF US ARE ADULTS HERE, EVEN THOUGH LANGUAGE IS USED AS A CONSTRUCT TO TAKE MESSAGES AND TO INVOKE THEM, DON'T NOT IMPLY THAT BECAUSE WE USE SUCH FOUL LANGUAGE IS BECAUSE WE ARE UNINTELLIGENT, IS BECAUSE WE FEEL THE PASSION.
AND SOMETIMES THE STRONG LANGUAGE NEEDS TO BE SAID.
LIKE EACH OF YOU GUYS, F**K EACH OF YOU GUYS FOR NOT, FOR FAILING TO F*****G MEET THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY TO CONSIST IN THE CITY, F**K YOU ARANGA FOR HAVING LOST YOUR SON AND STILL HAVING THE NERVE TO ACT LIKE YOU CARE ABOUT OTHER F*****G CHILDREN.
I'M SORRY IF THAT'S A LOW BLOW OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
BUT AGAIN, THAT DOESN'T GIVE YOU THE RIGHT TO JUST OB BE LIKE, OKAY, WELL MY SON IS GONE.
ALL THESE OTHER SONS, ALL THESE OTHER DAUGHTERS, ALL THESE OTHER UNCLES, FATHERS FAMILY MEMBERS, WHO CARES WHAT HAPPENS TO THEM? YOU KNOW, LIKE, I WANT YOU TO THINK OF EACH MEMBER OF THE CITY AS YOU THOUGHT OF YOUR SON IN A WAY YOU CHOSE THIS, THIS POSITION, YOU CHOSE THIS POSITION TO STAND UP FOR PEOPLE.
AGAIN, IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT, I'M NOT TRYING TO DO A LOW BLOW, BUT I'M JUST, YOU NEED TO BE TOLD SOMETHING AS ADULT TO ADULT.
SO NOW APPARENTLY YOU GO AGAINST YOUR OWN WORDS AND USE SUCH FOUL LANGUAGE WHEN OTHER CHILDREN ARE PRESENT.
I'VE LOST BROTHERS, DEAD BROTHERS AS WELL.
BUT YOU NEED TO BE TOLD ADULT TO ADULT AND MAN TO MAN.
AND AS COUNCILMAN MEMBER OF DISTRICT SEVEN, YOU HAVEN'T BEEN DOING MUCH.
YOU TALK A LOT, BUT YOU DO NOT WALK THE WALK.
ALL OF YOU GUYS DO NOT WALK THE WALK.
WHAT'S UP WITH BLACK KNIGHT PATROL? DO YOU EVEN WHAT
ANY PARTICIPATION THEY HAVE WITH LVPD.
BEFORE WE CONTINUE WITH PUBLIC COMMENT.
ALTHOUGH FOLKS HAVE A FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT, WE DO NOT.
WE SHOULD NOT BE DISRESPECTING PEOPLE'S FAMILIES AND POLITICIZING ICE MY TURN.
YOU GOT YOUR THREE MINUTES DISRESPECT, DISRESPECTING SOMEONE'S FAMILY SHOULD BE DENOUNCED.
WE ALL, WE ARE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS HERE.
YOU OUGHT TO BE ASHAMED OF YOURSELF.
YOU SHOULD, YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF YOURSELF.
ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE WITH WITH PUBLIC COMMENT.
HOW FUNNY IS IT? THAT NEXT IS NEXT.
HI, NEXT I, NEXT I HAVE DAVE SHUKLA AND CHRISTIANSEN AND CAROLYN ESSEX.
I DIDN'T HAVE YOU SIGNED UP ON THIS ONE? YEAH, I'M SORRY.
I JUST, I GOT THE LIST OF NAMES, IF THAT'S OKAY.
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I HAVE LIST OF NAMES OF FAMILIES THAT HAVE BEEN KIDNAPPED.THAT'S NOT, YOU'RE NOT ON PUBLIC COMMENT.
YOU NEED TO SIGN UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
CAN I GO AT THE END? THE LIST IS CLOSED.
YOU CAN SPEAK AT THE END OF IT.
SENATOR RENO GURA TO MARTINEZ.
JESUS RODRIGUEZ, PAULA BARONA, UH, ANNA R SO, SO WHEN YOU DON'T, WHEN YOU DON'T RESPECT THE, THE RULES OF THE CHAMBER, BUT EXPECT US TO RESPECT, TO RESPECT YOUR THREE MINUTES.
THAT'S NOT HOW, THAT'S NOT HOW IT WORKS.
SO I'M GONNA ASK, WE NEED TO CONTINUE THE MEETING.
I'M GONNA ASK THAT WE RESOLUTION CALLING FOR A FEDERAL IMMIGRATION ACCOUNT.
WE NEED ORDER FOR THE MEETING.
WHAT ABOUT YOUR ACCOUNTABILITY? HOW ABOUT THESE NAMES? MA'AM? THIS IS THE SECOND WARNING.
IAN, SARA, THESE ARE PE THESE ARE, MA'AM, THIS IS THE THIRD WARNING.
ISRAELI PRISONS WHO TAKE A BREAK.
YOU WANNA TAKE A RECESS? I'M RUNNING.
OKAY, SO WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA CALL A RECESS FOR THE MEETING AND RESTORE ORDER TO THE ROOM.
WE GONNA CALL THE COUNCIL MEETING BACK TO ORDER.
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IT'S GONNA HAPPEN.JUST SIGN UP AND YOU CAN SPEAK.
JUST HELD TWO MINUTES FOR JESSE JACKSON.
THAT WAS A PARTY'S THREE MINUTES.
AND, AND I SAID THERE'S ANOTHER PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE END.
EITHER WE CAN CONTINUE WITH THE MEETING AS, AS AGENDIZED OR, OR WE CAN EVEN YOU GET YOUR TIME NEXT.
WANTED TO KNOW YOU'RE GONNA GET YOUR CHANCE TO SPEAK AS SOON AS THE COUNCIL GETS BACK.
ALRIGHT, ROLL CALL COUNCILWOMAN ZENDEJAS.
COUNCILMAN SUPER NOW COUNCILWOMAN KERR.
PRESENT VICE MAYOR ANG COUNCILWOMAN THRASH AND TUCK HERE.
ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GONNA PICK IT UP WITH PUBLIC COMMENT.
THANK YOU MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UM, I'M NEVER GONNA RUN FOR OFFICE OR, UH, CALL FOR MOMENTS OF SILENCE FOR PEOPLE WHOM I'VE NEVER MET OR ANY OF THIS HORSE S**T.
BUT, UH, I DO THINK, UH, SAYING THINGS ON THE SAYING THINGS ON THE RECORD IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF, UH, PUBLIC DISCOURSE, UH, ESPECIALLY WITH, UH, SOMETHING LIKE THIS THAT PUBLIC PRESSURE HAD TO CREATE.
I MEAN, UH, THIS RESOLUTION COULD HAVE BEEN PASSED A YEAR AGO.
UH, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS AGENDA ITEM FORWARD.
AND THANK YOU FOR THE INSTITUTIONAL COMMITMENT, UH, TO ADDRESS, UH, THE PROBLEM OF WHAT ICE AS A FEDERAL AGENCY HAS BECOME IN THIS COUNTRY.
UH, THIS RESOLUTION, UH, THAT YOU'RE VOTING ON THIS EVENING, UM, AS YOU'RE AWARE, I THINK PERSONALLY, THAT IT SHOULD BE AMENDED, UH, TO ADDRESS, UH, THE CLEAR, UH, STATISTICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL, UM, SHORTCOMINGS OF, UH, THESE ACTIVITIES AND DEPLOYMENT OF RESOURCES GENERALLY IN FISCAL YEARS 25 AND 26.
UM, AND FOR THE RECORD, CITY ATTORNEY, UM, I THINK THE ICE ACTIONS, UH, IN LONG BEACH, UH, ON ELLIOT STREET ON THE MORNING OF, UH, THE 20TH OF JANUARY LAST MONTH.
I, I THINK THAT INCIDENT, WHICH INCLUDED, UH, INVOLVED A US CITIZEN, UH, I THINK IT CALLS INTO QUESTION, UH, NOT ONLY, UM, HOW THIS AGENCY IS BEING DEPLOYED, BUT ALSO THE POLITICAL NATURE AND DIRECTION OF A LOT OF ICE ACTIVITIES.
UM, AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, THE PROOF IN THE PUDDING FOR THE EATING, OF COURSE, IS THE LONGER TERM KIND OF CONSEQUENCES.
UH, POLITICAL ECONOMIC DIRECTION, BRICK AND MORTAR DECISIONS LIKE ANDREW WILL.
UH, THINGS LIKE, UH, THE PIECE OF IT IN THAT NEVER REALLY HAPPENED IN THIS TOWN IN THE NINETIES.
UM, WE JUST KIND OF LIMPED ON AND LET THE PORT KIND OF GLOBALIZE.
UH, I PERSONALLY, UM, HAVE MY OWN REASONS FOR COMING HERE EACH WEEK, BUT I THINK, UH, VICE MAYOR RANGA, IT'S, IT'S UNFORTUNATE SOMETIMES, ESPECIALLY, UH, IN PART OF PUBLIC DISCOURSE THAT PEOPLE WILL, UH, GET PERSONAL, ESPECIALLY ABOUT THINGS THAT THEY HAVE NO BUSINESS SPEAKING ABOUT, UH, PUBLIC PRESSURE.
BUT, YOU KNOW, UM, I'M NOT GONNA MAKE CALLS FOR MORE EFFECTIVE ACTION.
BUT, UH, I, I WOULD LIKE TO THINK, UH, THAT EVERYONE'S TIME HERE IS NOT WASTED.
ALL RIGHT, NEXT IS ANNA CHRISTENSEN.
AND TODAY WE WERE ABLE TO HONOR A DISTINGUISHED WOMAN.
THE ROOM WAS FILLED WITH PEOPLE WHOSE LIVES SHE CHANGED, RIGHT? AND MADE BETTER.
UM, I, I WOULD ALMOST LIKE TO HAVE A MINUTE OF SILENCE FOR BLACK LIVES MATTER, THOUGH, BECAUSE I DON'T SEE HOW ALL THESE PEOPLE MARCHING TOGETHER
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LIKE WE DID HERE IN LONG BEACH, HELPED US REDUCE POLICE PRESENCE.IN FACT, I KNOW COMING UP ON THE AGENDA, THERE'S ALL THESE BONUSES AND BENEFITS JUST TO GET PEOPLE TO WORK FOR OUR CITY.
I THINK IT'S ALMOST A MILLION DOLLARS WORTH, WORTH PER PERSON.
IF WE COULD TAKE JUST SOME OF THAT MONEY AND PUT IT ASIDE FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT SAFE, WHO ARE, ARE, ARE HIDING AND, AND TRAUMATIZED AND NOT ABLE TO SHOP OR PAY RENT, THEN, THEN WE COULD DO SOMETHING LOCALLY.
I MEAN, IT'S GOOD TO BE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY IN OUR MINDS.
AND THIS LETTER IS, IS IS SOMETHING, IT'S NOT A NOTHING, BUT WE KNOW THAT WE CAN DO MORE HERE.
I WOULD'VE LOVED, AND I DID LOOK AROUND TO SEE IF ANY OF YOU MIGHT HAVE COME TO THE VIGIL THAT WAS HELD, UH, ON THE BLUFF.
UM, A COUPLE, I THINK IT WAS ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF AGO, BUT YOU WEREN'T THERE.
BUT MAYBE THE NEXT ONE YOU'LL COME BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE SAID SOME REALLY GREAT THINGS.
IT WAS, UH, THERE WAS A WOMAN THERE WHOSE HUSBAND HAD JUST BEEN TAKEN.
AND YOU KNOW, I, I HAVE ABOUT A MINUTE LEFT, SO I WANNA SAY A COUPLE OF THINGS.
I WAS AT MY DOCTOR'S YESTERDAY AND HER FAMILY'S URGING HER TO MOVE TO CANADA.
BUT WE'LL START LOSING PEOPLE LIKE THAT.
NOT JUST THE PEOPLE WHO ARE THREATENED AND, AND SWEPT AWAY AND DEPORTED, BUT THE PROFESSIONALS, THE PEOPLE WHOSE, WHOSE FAMILIES, YOU KNOW, WANT A BETTER LIFE AND CAME, CAME MAYBE FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE FOR A BETTER LIFE.
THIS IS NOT A BETTER LIFE RIGHT NOW.
IT'S NOT BETTER FOR ANY OF US, I DON'T THINK, IF YOU HAVE A HEART.
AND THEN I WANNA SHARE MY FORMER STUDENT FROM LINWOOD HIGH SCHOOL, WHOSE DAUGHTER GOT SCARED WHEN HER, FOR HER MOM TO GO TO WORK, EVEN THOUGH SHE'S BORN HERE.
HER, HER DAISY'S ES WAS BORN HERE.
SHE'S A GREAT COMMUNITY ACTIVIST.
HER DAUGHTER BROKE DOWN IN TEARS.
I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'LL BE HERE.
I DON'T BECAUSE, AND SHE'S FIVE.
BUT HER FRIEND'S MOM DIDN'T, THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHERE SHE WAS.
HER, THEY HAD TO DO LAST MINUTE ARRANGEMENTS.
BUT THESE ARE REAL, REAL PEOPLE IN OUR LIVES.
AND IF, IF WE CAN'T HELP IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND THAT'S WHAT THE, THAT'S WHAT THE VIGIL WAS ABOUT.
THEY SAID, EVERYBODY CAN DO SOMETHING.
YOU CAN GO ON A TUESDAY AND HELP PACK GROCERIES AND FOOD FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE AFRAID TO WORK AND GO OUT.
BUT WHAT CAN YOU DO? YOU CAN PASS SOME RENT CONTROL.
ALL THE EMERGENCY HELP WE GAVE PEOPLE DURING COVID.
WE, WE DID THIS TO NATIVE AMERICANS, WE DID THIS, THANK YOU JAPANESE PEOPLE.
AND NOW WE'RE DOING IT TO IMMIGRANTS.
AND MOST OF YOU ARE THE CHILDREN OF IMMIGRANTS.
SO DO SOMETHING HERE RIGHT NOW.
ALRIGHT, CAROLYN, FINAL SPEAKER.
DISTRICT, UH, ONE, UM, I'M A BIT TRIGGERED TONIGHT.
I'M A BLACK AMERICAN, AND, UH, THIS SEEMS LIKE, UH, HISTORY IS BEING REPEATED.
AND, UM, I'M A BIT OF A, UH, I KNOW I AM AN EMPATH AND SO I FEEL EVERYBODY'S PAIN AT THIS POINT.
AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN RESPECT ONE ANOTHER AND TRY TO PUT OURSELVES IN EACH OTHER'S SHOES AND, AND SHOW SOME TYPE OF, UM, SYMPATHY AND EMPATHY FOR PEOPLE AT THIS POINT.
UM, I WANNA SAY RESPECTFULLY, THIS RESOLUTION FEELS SYMBOLIC TO MANY RESIDENTS.
AND SYMBOLISM, UM, IS PRETTY FRUSTRATING TO PEOPLE WHO ARE DEALING WITH REAL FEAR AND REAL HARM.
I CAN ONLY IMAGINE, UH, WHAT MY NEIGHBORS ARE FEELING, BUT I, I COULD FEEL IT.
AND, UM, MANY RESIDENTS COME TO CITY HALL CONFUSED AND AFRAID, OR THEY'RE UNSURE OF THEIR RIGHTS WHEN INTERACTING WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT OR FEDERAL AGENTS.
SIMPLE HANDOUTS THAT EXPLAIN BASIC CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS.
LIKE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN SILENT, THE RIGHT TO ASK FOR A PROPER WARRANT, WHAT A REAL WARRANT LOOKS LIKE.
UM, AND THE RIGHT TO LEGAL COUNSEL CAN GO A LONG WAY IN REDUCING THE FEAR AND ANGER, PREVENTING MISUNDERSTANDINGS AND PROTECTING CIVIL LIBERTIES.
MAYBE, MAYBE HAVE A SMALL, I I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL COULD DO THAT HERE, BUT HAVE A SMALL
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TABLE, A QR CODE OR SOMETHING THAT, UM, IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM THAT LINKING TO THE CIVIL RIGHTS RESOURCES, UM, I ENCOURAGE THE CITY TO WORK WITH, WITH, UH, LEGAL ORGANIZATIONS AND PROMINENTLY DISPLAY IT ONLINE LIKE YOU WOULD AN EMERGENCY, LIKE A TSUNAMI.THIS SOMETHING IS REALLY HAPPENING HERE.
AND I PRAY IT DOESN'T GET WORSE.
I PRAY THEY DON'T BRING, BRING OUT THE HOSES.
I PRAY THEY DON'T BRING OUT THE DOGS.
I PRAY THAT THAT DOES NOT HAPPEN HERE.
'CAUSE I SEE AND HEAR ALL THE FEAR AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN NEXT.
WHAT IS TRUMP'S RACE ARMY GOING TO DO NEXT? AND WHAT IS THIS CITY GONNA DO TO PROTECT US? I CANNOT SLEEP NIGHT MYSELF.
I'M AFRAID THAT SOMEONE IS GOING TO BREAK INTO MY HOME AND SAY, COME WITH US BECAUSE WE HEARD YOU TALKING S**T ABOUT, THANK YOU.
ALRIGHT, WE'RE GONNA TAKE IT BACK BEHIND THE RAIL.
BEFORE I CONTINUE WITH OTHER COMMENTS, I, I APOLOGIZE THAT I BROKE DOWN AND USE THE NEXT WITH THAT.
ALWAYS THINK KEEP THE HIGH ROAD.
AND I UNFORTUNATELY HAD A, A FULL POLE ON THAT, SO I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.
BUT I WANNA SAY, I DO WANNA SAY THAT IN ALL THE YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN IN PUBLIC, THE OFFICE OR, OR PULL THE PERSON BEFORE THAT, I WAS AN ACTIVIST.
I WAS ON THAT SIDE OF THE ROAD OF THE, OF THE RAIL AND I NEVER BROKE PROTOCOL.
I ALWAYS MAINTAINED THE HIGH ROAD.
WE, WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE IT.
ALRIGHT, UH, MEMBERS, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
17 REPORT FROM CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A PRESENTATION FROM THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE REGARDING AN UPDATE ON THE EDUCATION STRATEGY AND PARTNERSHIP ACTION PLAN CITYWIDE.
ALRIGHT, UH, WE, WE WELCOME THIS, THIS BRIEF PRESENTATION THIS EVENING.
I'M REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE OUR TEAM HERE TO GO OVER, UM, OUR OFFICE'S EDUCATION STRATEGY AND PARTNERSHIP ACTION PLAN UPDATE.
SO FIRST I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE THERESA CHANDLER, WHO IS OUR DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, AND SHE'LL INTRODUCE
[17. 26-54304 Recommendation to receive and file a presentation from the City Manager’s Office regarding an update on the Education Strategy and Partnerships Action Plan. (Citywide) Office or Department: City Manager Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
LEO IDA SLOAN, WHO IS THE BRAIN BEHIND ALL OF THIS AMAZING WORK.GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
WE'RE VERY EXCITED, UH, FOR THIS EVENING FOR THE PRESENTATION WE'RE ABOUT TO PRESENT TO YOU.
HE'S OUR EDUCATION STRATEGY AND PARTNERSHIP MANAGER.
HE'S BEEN WITH THE CITY FOR A LITTLE, A LITTLE OVER TWO YEARS NOW, AND HE'S BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY ON THIS ACTION PLAN.
UM, AND HE IS WORKING WITH US IN THE AUSPICE OF EQUITY AND WE ARE JUST VERY EXCITED FOR WHAT HE'S GONNA PRESENT.
SO I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO LEO.
GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE THIS EVENING TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON OUR EDUCATION STRATEGY AND PARTNERSHIPS ACTION PLAN.
THIS WORK IS GROUNDED IN A SIMPLE BUT POWERFUL BELIEF THAT EDUCATION OPPORTUNITY SHOULD BE ALIGNED, ACCESSIBLE, AND RESPONSIVE TO THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
TONIGHT, I'LL SHARE HOW WE ARE BUILDING STRONGER PARTNERSHIPS AND ADVANCING THAT VISION ACROSS THE CITY.
OVER THE PAST YEAR, OUR FOCUS HAS BEEN ON STRENGTHENING ALIGNMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND OUR EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, ENSURING THAT OUR EFFORTS ARE NOT SILOED, BUT COORDINATED, STRATEGIC AND RESPONSIVE TO COMMUNITY NEED.
I'LL HIGHLIGHT KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS, NEW AND EXPANDED PARTNERSHIPS AND PROGRAM ACTIVATIONS THAT ARE DEEPENING COLLABORATION AND CREATING CLEAR PATHWAYS FOR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES.
IMPORTANTLY, THIS WORK IS NOT JUST ABOUT EDUCATION AND ISOLATION.
IT DIRECTLY SUPPORTS BROADER CITY PRIORITIES, ADVANCING EQUITY, EXPANDING ACCESS, STRENGTHENING WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, AND CONTRIBUTING TO OVERALL COMMUNITY WELLBEING.
BEFORE DIVING INTO SPECIFIC UPDATES, I WANT TO BRIEFLY GROUND THE COUNCIL AND THE SCOPE OF MY ROLE AND HOW THIS WORK IS STRUCTURED.
MY ROLE SERVES AS A CITY CENTRAL LIAISON TO L-B-U-S-D, LBCC AND C-S-U-L-B, ENSURING CONSISTENT COMMUNICATION, COORDINATED PLANNING AND ALIGNMENT BETWEEN EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES AND THE CITY'S LONG-TERM PRIORITIES.
I SUPPORT THE DESIGN AND COORDINATION OF PROGRAMS THAT EXPAND ACCESS TO HIGH QUALITY LEARNING PATHWAYS, STRENGTHEN STUDENT SUPPORTS, AND, AND IMPROVE TRANSITIONS FROM K 12 TO HIGHER EDUCATION
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AND CAREER OPPORTUNITIES.A KEY FUNCTION OF THIS ROLE IS BUILDING BRIDGES ACROSS CITY DEPARTMENTS, COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS AND EDUCATIONAL PARTNERS TO ADVANCE SHARE GOALS AROUND EQUITY, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, AND YOUTH EMPOWERMENT.
FINALLY, THIS WORK PRIORITIZE PARENT ENGAGEMENT, COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP, AND UPLIFTING STUDENT VOICE, ENSURING THAT OUR STRATEGIES ARE INFORMED BY THOSE DIRECTLY IMPACTED AND THAT OUR SYSTEMS OF SUPPORT FEEL SEAMLESS RATHER THAN FRAGMENTED.
SINCE 2021, WE'VE SEEN AN IMPORTANT EVOLUTION WITH DEDICATED STAFFING AND INFRASTRUCTURE ADDED ACROSS EACH INSTITUTION LBCC IN 2021, C-S-U-L-B IN 2022, AND THE CITY ESTABLISHING ITS OWN DEDICATED CAPACITY IN 2023.
THIS REFLECTS A SHIFT FROM PARTNERSHIP AND PRINCIPLE TO PARTNERSHIP AND PRACTICE.
WHAT THIS TIMELINE DEMONSTRATES IS THAT THE LONG BEACH COLLEGE PROMISE IS NO LONGER JUST AN AGREEMENT.
IT IS A STRUCTURED RESOURCE IN COORDINATED SYSTEM.
THE ADDITION OF INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY ACROSS ALL PARTNERS POSITION US TO MOVE FROM ALIGNMENT CONVERSATIONS TO MEASURABLE OUTCOMES AND LONG-TERM IMPACT.
NOW AT THE CORE OF THIS WORK IS A COMMITMENT TO EQUITY, NOT AS A CONCEPT, BUT AS A PRACTICE EMBEDDED IN HOW WE DESIGN AND DELIVER EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES.
EMPOWERING EQUITY THROUGH EDUCATION MEANS CREATING A SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT WHERE EVERY STUDENT, REGARDLESS OF BACKGROUND, ZIP CODE, OR CIRCUMSTANCE, AS A REAL OPPORTUNITY TO THRIVE, LEARN, AND ACHIEVE THEIR GOALS.
THE CITY PLAYS A CRITICAL ROLE IN ALIGNING RESOURCES, PARTNERSHIPS, AND PROGRAMS. SO THAT OPPORTUNITY IS NOT LEFT A CHANCE, BUT INTENTIONALLY STRUCTURED ACROSS EDUCATIONAL CONTINUUM.
THE EDUCATION STRATEGY AND PARTNERSHIPS ACTION PLAN IS ANCHORED IN THREE INTERCONNECTED FOCUS AREAS THAT GUIDE THIS WORK.
THE FOCUS AREA, THE FIRST FOCUS AREA CENTERS ON STRENGTHENING AND EXPANDING COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS, ENSURING ALIGNMENT BETWEEN THE CITY EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS.
THIS INCLUDES DEEPENING COLLABORATION, IMPROVING COORDINATION, AND BUILDING SHARED ACCOUNTABILITY AROUND THE STUDENT OUTCOMES.
THE SECOND FOCUS AREA PRIORITIZES CAREER AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, ALIGNING EDUCATIONAL PATHWAYS WITH ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY AND LOCAL WORKFORCE NEEDS.
OUR GOAL IS TO ENSURE STUDENTS ARE NOT ONLY PREPARED ACADEMICALLY, BUT POSITION FOR LONG-TERM ECONOMIC MOBILITY.
THE THIRD FOCUS AREA EMPHASIZES EMPOWERMENT AND CONNECTEDNESS, STRENGTHENING STUDENT VOICE, INCREASING PARENT AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AND CREATING MORE SEAMLESS SYSTEMS OF SUPPORT ACROSS INSTITUTIONS.
WHILE DISTINCT, THESE FOCUS AREAS ARE INTENTIONALLY INTERCONNECTED.
TOGETHER THEY CREATE A MORE COORDINATED AND RESPONSIVE EDUCATIONAL ECOSYSTEM.
NOW, UNDER OUR FIRST FOCUS AREA ENHANCING COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS, WE HAVE PRIORITIZED BOTH INSTITUTIONAL ALIGNMENT AND COMMUNITY FACING ACTIVATION.
OUR FIRST GOAL IS STRENGTHENING RELATIONSHIPS WITH LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS, SCHOOLS, AND HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS, ENSURING THAT COLLABORATION IS PROACTIVE AND NOT REACTIVE.
A KEY STRATEGY IN PROGRESS IS THE LAUNCH OF THE LONE BEACH COLLEGE PROMISE AMBASSADOR PROGRAM.
THIS INITIATIVE EXPANDS OUR OUTREACH CAPACITY BY ENGAGING STUDENT LEADERS TO RAISE AWARENESS, TO SUPPORT PEER-TO-PEER ENGAGEMENT, AND SERVE AS CONNECTORS BETWEEN INSTITUTIONS AND THE COMMUNITY.
OUR SECOND GOAL FOCUSES ON DEEPENING PARENT AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND EDUCATIONAL PATHWAYS.
WE'RE STRENGTHENING SCHOOL, PARENT AND COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATION RELATIONSHIPS, DEVELOPING WORKSHOPS AND INFORMATIONAL RESOURCES TO BETTER INFORM FAMILIES.
AND PARTNERING WITH L-B-U-S-D ON INITIATIVES SUCH AS DECISION DAY, WE ALSO CONTINUE CELEBRATING GRADUATING SENIORS MATRICULATING THROUGH THE COLLEGE PROMISE PIPELINE, INCLUDING DISTRIBUTING 2,900 SPECIALIZED GRADUATED GRADUATION STALLS TO RECOGNIZE COLLEGE BOUND STUDENTS AND REINFORCED POST-SECONDARY ASPIRATION.
COLLECTIVELY, THESE EFFORTS INCREASE AWARENESS, BUILD COMMUNITY OWNERSHIP, AND REINFORCE A SHARED CULTURE OF EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT ACROSS LONG BEACH.
NOW I'D LIKE TO INVITE ONE OF OUR LONG BEACH COLLEGE PROMISE AMBASSADORS TO BRIEFLY SHARE HIS PERSPECTIVE.
PATRICK ROLAND'S EDUCATIONAL JOURNEY REFLECTS THE POWER OF STRUCTURED ACCESS AND INTENTIONAL PARTNERSHIP THROUGH THE LONG BEACH COLLEGE PROMISE.
HE MOVED FROM LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE TO C-S-U-L-B WITHOUT PLACING A FINANCIAL BURDEN ON HIS FAMILY.
AND TODAY HE'S GIVING BACK AS A MENTOR AND A CONNECTOR FOR THE NEXT GENERATION.
HELLO, COUNCIL MEMBERS, I AM PATRICK ROLAN.
AS YOU CAN SEE, I'M A DIRECT BENEFICIARY OF THE LONG BEACH COLLEGE PROMISE, AND MY ROLE AS A LONG BEACH COLLEGE PROMISE AMBASSADOR IS JUST TO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY THAT RAISED ME.
AND THIS ROLE TRULY DOES GRANT ME THAT OPPORTUNITY.
I'M A FIRM BELIEF OF THE THE OLD SAYING THAT IT TAKES
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A VILLAGE TO RAISE A CHILD.AND THE LONG BEACH COLLEGE PROMISE, IT'S NOT JUST A PROGRAM, IT'S A COMMUNITY.
AND I'VE BEEN PART OF THAT COMMUNITY EVER SINCE, EVER SINCE I WENT TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ALL THE WAY IN DULEY.
AND AS FOR MY ROLE AS A LONG BEACH COLLEGE PROMISE AMBASSADOR, IT IS TO GO OUT TO VARIOUS COMMUNITY EVENTS, EVEN IF IT'S CITY HOSTED OR HOSTED BY OTHERS, JUST TO SPREAD THE GOOD WORD AND GIVE ALL OF THESE KIDS A CHANCE.
AND WE ARE TRULY DOING THIS SO THAT THE KIDS CAN GO FROM CLASSROOM TO CAREER WITHOUT EVER FEELING LEFT OUT.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO INVITE DESTINY RODRIGUEZ, A CURRENT LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE STUDENT AND COLLEGE PROMISE AMBASSADOR TO SHARE A FEW WORDS.
DESTINY REPRESENTS THE FOUR MOMENTUM OF THIS INITIATIVE.
STUDENTS WHO ARE ACTIVELY NAVIGATING THEIR PATHWAY WHILE SUPPORTING OTHERS IN DOING THE SAME.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS DESTINY RODRIGUEZ AND I'M A LONG BEACH COLLEGE PROMISE AMBASSADOR.
REPRESENTING THE CITY OF LONG BEACH.
IN 2012, AS A FIFTH GRADER, I TOURED CAL STATE LONG BEACH AS PART OF THE FIELD TRIPS OFFERED TO LONG BEACH STUDENTS.
THAT WAS MY FIRST EXPOSURE TO HIGHER EDUCATION AND MY INTRODUCTION TO THE LONG BEACH COLLEGE PROMISE.
AT THAT AGE, I WAS AWARE OF IT, BUT I DIDN'T FULLY UNDERSTAND WHAT IT MEANT FOR ME.
IT WASN'T UNTIL MY SENIOR YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL THAT A COUNSELOR SAT DOWN WITH ME AND CLEARLY EXPLAINED THAT THROUGH THE LONG BEACH COLLEGE PROMISE I COULD ATTEND LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE AND RECEIVED TWO YEARS TUITION FREE IF I ENROLLED STRAIGHT AFTER GRADUATION.
THAT CONVERSATION CHANGED EVERYTHING FOR ME AND I TOOK THAT OPPORTUNITY.
LAST DECEMBER, I COMPLETED MY ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE FOR TRANSFER AND SOCIOLOGY.
THIS SPRING, I'M COMPLETING MY AA IN PSYCHOLOGY AND I HAVE ACCEPTED MY ADMISSIONS TO CAL STATE LONG BEACH.
AS A LONG BEACH, AS A COLLEGE PROMISE STUDENT, I'VE EXPERIENCED FIRSTHAND THE LEVEL OF SUPPORT AVAILABLE.
WHEN YOU UNDERSTAND THE PATHWAY AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT, IT PROVIDES STRUCTURE, GUIDANCE, AND A CLEAR DIRECTION FORWARD.
THAT'S WHY INCREASING AWARENESS ABOUT THE LONG BEACH COLLEGE PROMISE IN OUR COMMUNITY MATTERS.
LAST WEEK, MY LITTLE SISTER, WHO IS A FIFTH GRADER, ATTENDED THAT SAME CAL STATE LONG BEACH FIELD TRIP.
THE DIFFERENCE NOW SHE HAS SOMEONE IN HER CORNER WHO UNDERSTANDS THE PATHWAY AND GUIDE AND CAN GUIDE HER THROUGH IT.
WHEN WE MAKE THE PATHWAY CLEAR, STUDENTS RISE TO MEET IT.
THAT IS THE IMPACT OF THE LONG BEACH COLLEGE PROMISE.
PATRICK AND DESTINY REPRESENT WHAT THIS STRATEGY IS DESIGNED TO PRODUCE, NOT JUST ACCESS TO EDUCATION, BUT EMPOWERED LEADERS WHO STRENGTHEN THE ECOSYSTEM.
FOR OTHERS, THEIR STORIES DEMONSTRATE THAT WHEN ALIGNMENT, PARTNERSHIP AND EQUITY ARE INTENTIONAL, THE IMPACT BECOMES PERSONAL.
OUR SECOND FOCUS AREA CENTERS ON CAREER AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, ENSURING THAT EDUCATIONAL PATHWAYS ARE DIRECTLY CONNECTED TO MEANINGFUL ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY.
WE'VE SUPPORTED WITH OUTREACH EFFORTS FOR THE LONG BEACH PUBLIC SERVICE COURT WITH A STRONG EMPHASIS ON EQUITABLE ENGAGEMENT.
THIS INCLUDES INTENTIONAL OUTREACH TO DIVERSE STUDENT SUPPORT PROGRAMS AND AFFINITY SPACES AT BOTH LBCC AND C-S-U-O-B, ENSURING UNDERREPRESENTED STUDENTS ARE AWARE OF AND POSITION FOR PUBLIC SERVICE AND CAREER OPPORTUNITIES.
WE ALSO COLLABORATED WITH OUR EDUCATIONAL PARTNERS AND COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS TO SUCCESSFULLY RELAUNCH THE LONG BEACH COLLEGE AND CAREER EXPO REINSTATING A KEY ANNUAL EVENT THAT BROADENS CAREER EXPLORATION AND ACCESS FOR STUDENTS ACROSS THE CITY.
THIS YEAR'S EXPO INCLUDED 63 COLLEGE BOOTHS, 70 CAREER BOOTHS, PARTICIPATION FROM 11 L-B-U-S-D SCHOOLS AND SERVED APPROXIMATELY 2300 STUDENTS AND FAMILIES BY ALIGNING EDUCATION WITH WORKFORCE OPPORTUNITY.
WE ARE STRENGTHENING BOTH INDIVIDUAL ECONOMIC MOBILITY AND THE CITY'S LONG-TERM TALENT PIPELINE.
OUR THIRD FOCUS AREA CENTERS ON EMPOWERMENT AND CONNECTEDNESS, ENSURING THAT YOUNG PEOPLE FEEL SUPPORTED, SEEN, AND CONNECTED TO OPPORTUNITY ACROSS THE CITY.
A KEY STRATEGY WITHIN THIS FOCUS AREA IS SUPPORTING THE RETURN OF CERTIFICATION FOR MY BROTHER'S KEEPER LONG BEACH.
THIS EFFORT BUILDS UPON THE ORIGINAL INTRODUCTION OF MY BROTHER'S KEEPER TO LONG BEACH WHEN MAYOR RICHARDSON WAS SERVING AS A COUNCIL MEMBER, REFLECTING A CONTINUE AND SUSTAINED COMMITMENT TO ADVANCING EQUITY FOR YOUNG MEN IN OUR COMMUNITY.
RE ESTABLISHING CERTIFICATION, STRENGTHENING OUR STRENGTHENING, UM, OUR MENTORING NETWORK FOR BOYS AND YOUNG MEN OF COLOR, AND REINFORCES THE CITY'S COMMITMENT TO LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT AND CONNECTEDNESS.
IT ALSO DIRECTLY ADVANCES OUR STRONG BEACH'S FOCUS ON EQUITABLE YOUTH PATHWAYS, ENSURING YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE CONSISTENT SUPPORT SYSTEMS, POSITIVE ROLE MODELS, AND ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITY.
MOVING FORWARD, OUR FOCUS IS ON SUSTAINING MOMENTUM AND STRENGTHENING LONG-TERM IMPACT.
WE WILL CONTINUE PURSU PURSUING NEW FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES, ALIGN DIRECTLY WITH OUR ACTION PLAN PRIORITIES AND ACTIVELY SEEK SUPPLEMENTAL
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GRANT FUNDING TO ADVANCE KEY INITIATIVES.INTERNALLY, WE ARE STRENGTHENING COORDINATION ACROSS CITY DEPARTMENTS TO BETTER MOBILIZE RESOURCES AND ALIGN POLICY EFFORTS WITH THE PLAN'S OBJECTIVES.
WE WILL CONTINUE PARTNERING WITH L-B-C-C-C-S-U-L-B AND LBSD TO IDENTIFY AND ONBOARD ELIGIBLE STUDENT AMBASSADORS EXPENDING OUR OUTREACH CAPACITY.
FURTHERMORE, AT THE SAME TIME, WE ARE GROWING STUDENT ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS AND REINFORCING A STRONG CONNECTED SUPPORT NETWORK THAT PROMOTES ACADEMIC SUCCESS.
AND FINALLY, WE WILL MAINTAIN REGULAR STAKEHOLDER UPDATES TO ENSURE COORDINATED IMPLEMENTATION AND SUSTAINED PROGRESS.
THIS WORKS STRENGTHENS LONG BEACH EDUCATIONAL PIPELINE AND ENSURE STUDENTS HAVE CLEAR AND SUPPORTED PATHWAYS TO OPPORTUNITY.
THANK YOU AND I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.
UH, GREAT PRESENTATION LEONIS, UH, THERESA, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
UM, I LOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT IT.
I THINK WE NEEDED TO HEAR SOME, SOME, YOU KNOW, SOME PROGRESS PUTTING POINTS ON THE BOARD FOR YOUNG PEOPLE IN OUR CITY.
PATRICK AND DESTINY, GREAT COMMENTS.
DESTINY, WERE WERE YOU ON THE YOUTH? WHERE IS DESTINY? THERE? SHE, THERE SHE IS.
WERE YOU ON THE YOUTH ADVISORY? YEAH, I REMEMBER YOU.
I'M GLAD TO SEE YOU CONTINUE YOUR LEADERSHIP.
SO, SO I, I'M GLAD TO SEE A LOT OF ELEMENTS, UH, CONNECTED HERE.
I'M GLAD TO SEE YOU REFERENCE THE PUBLIC SERVICE CORPS.
THAT'S AN INCREDIBLE PROGRAM IN ACTION THAT IS DIRECTLY THE MANIFESTATION OF, OF THESE EDUCATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS IS CREATING OPPORTUNITIES TO GET HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE RIGHT HERE AT CITY HALL.
UH, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE DOTTED LINE CONNECTION BETWEEN THESE EDUCATION, EDUCATION STRATEGIES AND PARTNERSHIPS AND THE LONG BEACH JOBS PROMISE, WHICH WAS ADOPTED BY VOTERS, WHICH NOW IF YOU ATTEND, GRADUATED FROM LONG BEACH STATE, CAL STATE DOMINGUEZ HILLS, GO TOROS, CAL STATE, OR, UH, LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE AND COMPTON COLLEGE, YOU GET A PREFERENCE ON HIRING IN THE CITY.
A DIRECT CONNECTION AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK HERE.
AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE THINK ABOUT GOING TO COLLEGE, THE NEXT THING IS HOW DO WE GET A JOB? AND IF WE, IF WE CAN INSPIRE THE NEXT GENERATION OF PUBLIC SERVANTS AND CONNECT IT THROUGH THIS PIPELINE TO WHERE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY AT THE END, I THINK THAT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE.
AND ALTHOUGH YOU'RE NOT AS ENGAGED IN IT, I, I I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE, YOU KNOW, UM, UH, JUST A A AN EXPLAN EXPLANATION OF SOME OF THE OTHER WAYS THAT WE'RE CONNECTING WITH THESE INSTITUTIONS TOO.
'CAUSE I KNOW WE'RE WORKING WITH LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE ON HOUSING IN NORTH LONG BEACH, RIGHT? MM-HMM
UH, WE'RE PARTNERING ON OTHER OPPORTUNITIES, ALL THAT TOGETHER.
TO ME, REP REPRESENTS AN EVEN STRONGER EDUCATIONAL STRATEGY AND PARTNERSHIP THAT WE DIDN'T USE TO HAVE AND NOW WE HAVE.
SOMETHING WE NEEDED TO SEE AND, UH, KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK.
WE'RE GONNA GO TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
I THINK WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER SORROW.
UM, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
I ACTUALLY WAS GONNA MAKE SOME OF THOSE COMMENT AND WE, IT'S REALLY GREAT TO HEAR AN UPDATE FOR, I THINK THERE IS MANY INTERRUPTION IN THE LONG BEACH COLLEGE PROMISE PRO PROGRESS BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC AND THE VARIOUS OTHER CHALLENGES.
SO IT'S GREAT TO HEAR ABOUT THE WORK BEING DONE.
AND I THINK THAT TWO AREAS THAT REALLY YOU, YOU SHARED A LOT OF, UM, I THINK PROGRESS AND ACCOMPLISHMENT IS AROUND THE ENHANCING COMMUNITY, EXTERNAL PARTNERSHIPS AS WELL AS THE EMPOWERMENT AND CONNECTEDNESS.
AND, UH, DESTINY, FOR BEING HERE TO SHARE YOUR STORY IS REALLY IMPORTANT, UM, TO CONTINUE THAT WORK.
THE AREA WHERE I DID WANNA HEAR MORE I FELT, UM, HOPEFULLY CAN BE FLUSHED OUT IN THE NEXT STEP IS THE CAREER WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.
I DID ALSO WONDER HOW WOULD THAT BE EVENTUALLY CONNECTED TO THE LONG BEACH JOB PROMISE.
MORE SPECIFICALLY, I THINK WITHIN THE LONG BEACH UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, THERE ARE PATHWAYS WITHIN THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AND PARTICULARLY I'M INTERESTED IN THE PORT OF LONG BEACH ROLE BECAUSE THEY'RE LISTED THERE IN THAT CHART.
BUT THERE WAS KIND OF NO KIND OF FURTHER UPDATE ON WHAT THEIR ROLE IS IN WORKING WITH THE SCHOOL PARTNERSHIPS AS WELL AS, BUT THE CITY, BECAUSE I DO KNOW THEY HAVE AN AMAZING ACADEMY OF GLOBAL LOGISTICS AT CABRILLO HIGH SCHOOL, BUT I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON AS FAR AS THE METRICS AROUND THE OUTCOME FROM IT.
AND DOES THAT ACTUALLY HELP THEM GET ON A PATHWAY TO EVENTUALLY WORKING IN THE HARBOR, UH, RIGHT.
UH, WORKING AT THE PORT OF LONG BEACH.
SO THAT'S JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF WHAT I LIKE TO HEAR A LITTLE BIT MORE.
IT'S JUST THE CONNECTEDNESS AROUND, YOU KNOW, ONE OF OUR BIGGEST EMPLOYMENT ECONOMIC ENGINE IS OUR PORT, RIGHT? AND AS WELL AS OBVIOUSLY OUR CITY, MAKING SURE WE DO BRING ON, UH, FELLOWS AND HOPEFULLY BRINGING THEM ON AS A, A STAFF MEMBERS OR EMPLOYEE OF THE CITY.
SO THAT I'LL SHARE JUST BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S SO MUCH INFORMATION THERE.
BUT I THINK AS SOMEBODY WHO'S BEEN, I THINK CHAIRING
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THE ECONOMIC AND ECO, UH, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMITTEE, THAT'S AN AREA WHERE I'M REALLY JUST REALLY INTERESTED.JUST BECAUSE MY DISTRICT ITSELF, UM, HAS HUGE DISPARITY AROUND, UH, ENSURING THERE'S EMPLOYMENT AND PATHWAYS TO EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY.
AND I WANNA MAKE SURE, UH, YOUNG PEOPLE AS WELL AS THOSE WHO ARE IN CAREER TRANSITION, ABLE TO HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO FIGURE OUT HOW, HOW ARE WE REALLY HELPING THROUGH THE TRANSITION PERIOD.
'CAUSE THAT'S THE PERIOD WHERE WE LOSE PEOPLE IS EITHER WHEN THEY FINISH HIGH SCHOOL AND WHETHER THEY'RE IN COLLEGE OR FROM COLLEGE TO ACTUALLY EMPLOYMENT, UM, BEING EMPLOYED.
SO, UM, BUT THANK YOU, OVERALL A GREAT PROGRESS.
I I LOVE TO HEAR MORE AND THUS BEING PART OF BEING FLUSHED OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE.
UM, THANK YOU FOR THAT WONDERFUL PRESENTATION, THERESA AND LEO.
IT'S ALWAYS SO UPLIFTING TO HEAR, UM, WHAT THE POSSIBILITIES ARE FOR OUR YOUTH.
UM, AS, AS A CITY LEADING ON MIDI ITEMS, IT MATTERS TO HAVE A CLEAR VISION, UH, WITH CLEAR INTENTIONS AND THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK THAT ADVANCES OUR EQUITY GOALS.
SINCE 2022, WHEN THE FIRST BUT THE FIRST BUDGETED FOR THE LAUNCH OF THE OFFICE OF EQUITY, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO COORDINATE CLEAR GOALS AND STRATEGIES TO ADDRESS MANY COMPLEX ISSUES, UM, THROUGH AN INTERSECTIONAL AND EQUITY FOCUS LENS.
AND I THINK THAT THAT'S WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO SEE IN THIS PRESENTATION.
UM, I BELIEVE IN THE COLLEGE PROMISE.
I BELIEVE FURTHER EDUCATION IS THE WAY TO BRIGHTEN OUR FUTURE.
AND IT IS VERY OBTAIN, UM, IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, COLLEGE IS ATTAINABLE TO ALL OF OUR YOUTH IN OUR CITY.
AND SO, UH, THE REASON THAT I BELIEVE SO IS BECAUSE EDUCATION IS ALWAYS TIED TO CAREER OPPORTUNITIES.
UM, WHICH IS TIED TO THE DEGREE OF RESILIENCE AND STRENGTH OF OUR CITY AS A WHOLE.
INVESTING IN OUR YOUTH WILL ALWAYS BE AN INVESTMENT IN GROWTH, WELLBEING, AND ECONOMIC PROS PROSPERITY FOR OUR CITY.
UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH PATRICK AND DESTINY FOR BEING THE REAL LIVE EXAMPLES OF WHAT A COLLEGE PROMISE CAN DO.
AND I KNOW THAT THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING FOR YOU BOTH AND I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHERE THE, UH, COLLEGE PROMISE TAKES YOU, UH, IN YOUR CAREER.
SO THANK YOU FOR BEING THAT PRIME EXAMPLE.
AS NOTED, UM, 20,000 HAS BEEN ALLOCATED FOR THE COLLEGE PROMINENT AMBA PROGRAM.
20,000 HAS BEEN ALLOCATED FOR THE COLLEGE PROMISE AMBASSADOR PROGRAM AND CITY STAFF IS SUPPORTING AND IDENTIFYING THE STUDENT AMBASSADORS.
AND I WAS WONDERING IF YOU COULD SHARE A LITTLE BIT MORE ON WHAT THE ROLE OF THE CITY IS WHEN IDENTIFYING OUR STUDENT AMBASSADORS.
AND CLEARLY YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB JUST BY SHOWCASING BOTH PATRICK AND DESTINY TODAY.
UH, VICE MAYOR YOUR HONOR, IF, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND, IS YOUR RESPONSE SHARING A LITTLE BIT? UM, GREAT QUESTION.
UM, AND SO PART OF THE IDENTIFYING PRO PROCESS IS COLLABORATIVE.
SO IT'S WORKING WITH, OUR DISTRICT IS WORKING WITH LBCC AND CAL STATE LONG BEACH, UM, ON THROUGHOUT THE HIRING PROCESS.
UM, AND SO, UM, PART OF IT IS ALSO CONNECTING WITH OUR AFFINITY SPACES.
UM, WE WORK DIRECTLY WITH, UM, OUR OUTREACH TEAM AT CAL STATE LONG BEACH.
WE WORK DIRECTLY WITH SOME OF THEIR STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES AND AFFINITY SPACES TO HELP IDENTIFY STUDENTS ON CAMPUS, UM, WHO ALIGNED WITH THE COLLEGE PROMISE MISSION, UM, AND WITH THE AMBASSADOR PROGRAM, UH, ONE SPECIFIC AND UNIQUE THING ABOUT OUR COLLEGE PROMISE AMBASSADORS IS THAT WE WANTED TO ENSURE THAT THEY WERE L-B-U-S-D GRADUATES, UM, AND EITHER THEY WERE ATTENDING LBCC OR CAL STATE LONG BEACH.
AND SO IT WAS A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT IN THAT PROCESS.
VICE MAYOR URANGA, UH, THANK YOU MAYOR.
UH, MAYOR WITH A PRESENTATION WHEN I WAS A MEMBER OF THE COLLEGE BOARD, UH, OF LOBBY CITY COLLEGE.
WE BROUGHT THIS FORWARD BACK IN 2009, 2008.
SO THE COLLEGE PROMINENCE, WHAT, 15, 16 YEARS OLD, YEARS OLD.
AND I'M VERY HAPPY TO SEE THAT IT HAS EVOLVED.
IT IS A MODEL FOR THE COUNTRY IN TERMS OF WHAT
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WE'RE DOING HERE IN LONG BEACH.WHEN I WAS NATIONAL CHAIRMAN OF THE NATIONAL JEWISH ASSOCIATION, I BROUGHT THIS FORWARD AS WELL AND EVENTUALLY BECAME AMERICANS PROMISE AND THEN BECAME CALIFORNIA'S PROMISE.
SO THERE'S A, AN EVOLUTION THAT'S TAKING PLACE WITH EDUCATION, AND THIS IS PART OF THAT.
I'VE ALWAYS BELIEVED THAT LONG BEACH SHOULD BE A LEADER IN EDUCATION.
THAT WE, SOME NEIGHBOR PERHAPS IN THE FUTURE DECLARE LONG BEACH AS THE EDUCATION, EDUCATION CITY BECAUSE OF ITS CAL STATE LONG BEACH.
LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE AND AFFILIATION WITH, WITH THE CITY AND DEPARTMENTS AND THE NEXT EVOLUTION JOBS.
BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, THAT'S WHAT WE WANT.
WE WANT TO CREATE A WORKFORCE THAT IS EDUCATED AND WILLING AND ABLE TO TAKE OUT THE JOBS IN THE FUTURE.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT THE COLLEGE PROMISE DOES FOR, FOR OUR, UH, STUDENTS AND ALUMNI.
SO I'M VERY HAPPY TO HEAR THIS AND, UH, I HOPE THAT, THAT WE CONTINUE TO GROW AND EXPAND AND BE CREATIVE IN OUR WAY THAT WE HANDLE OUR EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS AND OUR EDUCATOR INSTITUTIONS.
KEEPING THEM ENGAGED IS VERY IMPORTANT AND GIVING THE CITY ENGAGED IN JUST AS MUCH SO.
SO THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER THRASH AND TU.
UM, SO THANK YOU DEPUTY, UH, CITY MANAGER THERESA, AS WELL AS LEONIS FOR UPDATING US ON THIS EDUCATION STRATEGY AND PARTNERSHIP.
EDUCATION IS THE CORNERSTONE OF A HEALTHY, FULFILLED LIFE.
AND SO THIS PLAN ENSURES THAT OUR PRIORITIES ARE ALIGNED IN A MEANINGFUL AND MEASURABLE WAYS.
SO UNDER FOCUS AREA NUMBER ONE, THE LAUNCH OF THE LONG BEACH COLLEGE PROMISE AMBASSADOR PROGRAM IS A STRONG STEP FORWARD ELEVATING STUDENT VOICES AND EXPANDING STUDENT TO STUDENT ENGAGEMENT CHANNELS AND ENSURES THAT OUTREACH IS BOTH AUTHENTIC AND RELATABLE.
IT IS POWERFUL, AND I'M SO PLEASED TO SEE BOTH PATRICK AND DESTINY HERE REPRESENTING WHAT IS POSSIBLE WHEN ONE HAS ACCESS, SUPPORT, AND OPPORTUNITY.
DESTINY IS A NORTH LONG BEACH RESIDENT WHO'S INCREDIBLY COMMITTED, UH, TO OUR CITY, AND I'M PROUD TO SEE THAT SHE'S PART OF THE INAUGURAL COLLEGE PROMISE AMBASSADOR PROGRAM.
AND YES, MAYOR, SHE PRESENTED LAST YEAR AS PART OF THE PARTICIPATORY BUDGET PROGRAM, UH, WITH OUR YOUTH, UH, INITIATIVE.
SO IT'S GREAT TO SEE HER INFLUENCE CONTINUE TO GROW HERE AT THE COUNCIL.
UH, WHEN IT COMES TO, UH, CONNECTING STUDENTS, UH, CONNECTING THEM WITH CAREERS IS ALSO REALLY IMPORTANT AND ENSURING THAT THERE IS EQUITABLE ENGAGEMENT.
I'M PLEASED TO SEE THE CONNECTION WITH OUR PUBLIC SERVICE CORE FELLOWSHIP AS WELL AS THE POTENTIAL RETURN OF THE COLLEGE AND CAREER EXPO.
UM, I WANT TO JUST ASK A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS RELATED TO THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
UH, THE COLLEGE AND CAREER EXPO ON SLIDE 11, UM, MIGHT YOU CONSIDER ROTATING THAT ACROSS THE CITY IN TERMS OF WHERE IT MIGHT BE LOCATED SO THOSE, ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTH, HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE.
UM, ANY SENSE OF THE TIMELINE REINSTATEMENT? AND ARE THERE SPECIFIC INDUSTRIES THAT YOU THINK YOU MIGHT BE, UH, FOCUSING ON OR PRIORITIZING WHEN IT DOES RETURN? UM, I KNOW IT HASN'T BEEN MADE PUBLIC YET, UH, BUT WE HAVE DISCUSSED, UM, HAVING IT IN OCTOBER.
I BELIEVE OCTOBER 13TH WAS THE IDENTIFYING DATE.
UM, HAVING, UH, LOCATED AT THE CONVENTION CENTER MADE THE MOST SENSE IN TERMS OF SPACE.
WE KNEW WE WANTED IT TO BE LARGE.
WE KNEW WE WANTED TO ENSURE THAT, UM, THE WHOLE COMMUNITY CAN COME.
UH, THE, THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING IT IN A CENTRAL LOCATION IS BECAUSE, UH, PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC, WE DID HAVE THE COLLEGE AND CAREER FAIR THAT WAS HOSTED AT CAL STATE LONG BEACH AT THE PYRAMID, UM, POST THE PANDEMIC, IT, IT, IT DECENTRALIZED A LOT OF THE FAIRS THAT WAS HAPPENING AND THEY WERE OCCURRING AT SELECTED HIGH SCHOOLS.
AND WHAT THAT CAUSED WAS MORE EQUITY GAPS.
UM, CERTAIN COLLEGES WOULDN'T GO TO POLY, BUT THEY WOULD GO TO MILLIKEN.
CERTAIN COLLEGES WOULD SHOW UP TO SPECIFIC HIGH SCHOOLS, BUT WOULDN'T SHOW UP TO ALL DURING THEIR FAIRS.
AND SO, UM, CENTRALIZING THE EVENT, IT MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR US TO INVITE MORE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES, UM, MORE, UM, EMPLOYERS AS WELL IN ADDITION TO CITY DEPARTMENTS TO ILLUSTRATE, UM, THE ACCESS AND PATHWAYS THAT STUDENTS WERE ABLE TO HAVE ACCESS TO.
UM, IN TERMS OF INDUSTRY SECTORS, UM, UM, AEROSPACE, WE DID HAVE SPACE SPEECH THERE, UH, STEM PATHWAYS, UH, CIVIL SERVICES,
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UM, UH, PUBLIC SERVICE, UM, IS IT'S, IT WAS, IT WAS VERY ROBUST TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.AND SO, UH, RIGHT NOW WE DON'T SPECIFICALLY HAVE LIKE A LANDSCAPE OF WHO WE'RE INVITING, UM, BUT IT'S GONNA BE PRETTY ROBUST.
I'M PLEASED TO HEAR THAT THERE'LL BE SO MANY LOCAL EMPLOYERS.
UH, THERESA, JUST, JUST REAL QUICKLY ALSO, I WANTED TO, UH, REMIND EVERYONE THIS WAS REINSTATED LAST YEAR, THE COLLEGE AND CAREER FAIR.
UM, AND SO IT WAS ON HIATUS FOR A WHILE AND THEN ALSO WE HAD SHUTTLES ACROSS THE CITY.
SO WE DO WANNA MAKE SURE FOR ACCESS THAT PE EVERYBODY HAS A CHANCE AND CAN MAKE IT BECAUSE THE LOCATION DOWNTOWN WAS SO MUCH LARGER AT THE CONVENTION CENTER, BUT SHUTTLING FOLKS ACROSS THE CITY AND IT WENT REALLY WELL.
I THINK THERE WAS LOTS OF FOLKS, UH, LOTS OF YOUNG PEOPLE AND THEIR FAMILIES THAT WERE JOINING THEM AT THE, AT THE EVENT.
THAT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING WE'D WANNA MAKE SURE WE LET, UM, OUR CONSTITUENTS KNOW ABOUT THE ACCESS IN THAT WAY.
UM, AND I TOO WANT TO, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST RECENTLY LAST WEEK I BROUGHT FORTH A MATTER REGARDING JOBS.
UM, AND SO I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S ALIGNMENT THERE.
I'LL BE WORKING WITH MY TEAM TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE CONNECTED, UH, WITH THERESA AND LEONARDO ON THIS.
UM, BUT I'LL SAY THAT I TOO THINK THAT WE SHOULD BE MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE CONNECTED WITH THE LONG BEACH PROMISE, UH, INITIATIVE.
AND I WANNA SEE CONNECTION WITH LONG BEACH WIN AS WELL.
UM, AS SO THAT WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, A FULL COMPREHENSIVE SENSE OF WHAT PE YOUNG PEOPLE CAN DO FROM EDUCATION AND THEN ACCESSING CAREER OPPORTUNITIES RIGHT HERE IN LONG BEACH.
UH, THANK YOU TO THE TEAM AND TO THE STAFF FOR THE REALLY HARD WORK OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
UM, GETTING THINGS RESTARTED POST PANDEMIC AND HAVING THOSE PARTNERSHIPS BE ABLE TO THRIVE IS REALLY, UM, INTENTIONAL AND CRITICAL WORK.
AND I WANNA THANK YOU FOR THE ATTENTION AND THE DETAIL TO WHICH YOU HAVE PAID, UH, TO BUILDING THOSE PARTNERSHIPS.
UM, I KNOW, UH, VICE MAYOR YENGO WAS ON THE COLLEGE BOARD AND I WAS ON THE SCHOOL BOARD FOR EIGHT YEARS.
SO I THINK BOTH OF US FEEL DEEPLY INVESTED IN THIS WORK AND FEEL LIKE IT'S VERY PERSONAL.
UH, SO I DO WANNA GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO PAST LEADERSHIP AT L-B-U-S-D, LBCC AND C-S-U-L-B.
THAT WAS SUPERINTENDENT STEINHAUSER, SUPERINTENDENT PRESIDENT OAKLEY AND PRESIDENT KING ALEXANDER AT THE TIME, WHO SAID IN 2008 WE'RE GONNA DO THIS THING.
AMONG OUR EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS THAT NO ONE IN THIS COUNTRY HAD EVER SEEN BEFORE OR HEARD THE COLLEGE PROMISE IS, IS EVERYDAY LANGUAGE ACROSS THE COUNTRY NOW BECAUSE OF THE WORK THAT WAS STARTED IN THE LATE NINETIES AND EARLY TWO THOUSANDS BY INNOVATORS AT THOSE INSTITUTIONS.
AND I REALLY WANNA TO GROUND US IN THIS WORK OF INNOVATION AND TAKING A LEAP WHERE IT HASN'T BEEN DONE BEFORE AND SEEING THE PROGRESS THAT WE'RE MAKING IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
AND THE INTENTIONALITY WITH WHICH WE GO FORWARD I THINK REALLY MIRRORS THAT IDEA OF WANTING TO BE INNOVATIVE AND SUPPORTIVE OF STUDENTS IN WAYS, UM, THAT OUR STATE AND OUR COUNTRY HAVE NEVER SEEN BEFORE.
SO I WANNA THANK YOU FOR ANCHORING THE WORK ON BEHALF OF THE CITY AND ALSO TO OUR PARTNERS AT L-B-U-S-D, LBCC AND C-S-U-L-B FOR CONTINUING TO INVEST IN THIS.
THEY DON'T HAVE TO SAVE THOSE SEATS AT CAL STATE LONG BEACH FOR OUR STUDENTS.
THEY GET A HUNDRED THOUSAND APPLICATIONS FROM PEOPLE ALL OVER THIS COUNTRY.
BUT FOR AN EDUCATION INSTITUTION TO SAY WE ARE TAKING CARE OF OUR OWN FIRST IS REALLY MONUMENTAL IN INVESTMENT BACK INTO, UM, OUR COMMUNITY.
I WANNA THANK PATRICK AND DESTINY AND I THINK PATRICK MIGHT BE A NORTH LONG BEACH KID TOO.
'CAUSE I THINK I HEARD HIM SAY HE WENT TO DUALLY, WHICH MEANS HE MIGHT BE A NORTHTOWN KID TOO.
UM, BOTH OF YOU FOR BEING HERE.
UM, AND AS A MOM OF PUBLIC SCHOOL KIDS IN THE CITY, I UNDERSTAND THAT THAT FOURTH GRADE AND FIFTH GRADE TRIP TO LBCC AND C-S-U-L-B UM, IS A MOMENT OF AWAKENING AND AWARENESS, UM, FOR MANY OF OUR FAMILIES.
SO THANK YOU FOR RELATING IT BACK TO THAT THING YOU DID WHEN YOU WERE A KID THAT YOU WEREN'T SO SURE WHAT IT WAS FOR.
AND THEN IN HIGH SCHOOL, SEEING THE POSSIBILITIES.
UH, SO THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR STORIES TONIGHT.
UM, I ALSO DO WANNA SHOUT OUT THE ACE ACADEMY AT JORDAN IN NORTH LONG BEACH THAT ALSO IS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE PORT OF LONG BEACH AND THEIR STEM ACADEMY.
AND I THINK IT WOULD BE REALLY INTERESTING FOR THE ECONOMIC, UH, AND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE TO HEAR MAYBE FROM OUR EDUCATIONAL PARTNER AT THE PORT AND AT JORDAN AND AT CABRILLO TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THE NEXUS OF JOBS LOOKS LIKE FOR STUDENTS IN THOSE PROGRAMS AND WOULD ENCOURAGE US TO DO THAT.
UM, AND I DO HAVE AN IN AT CAL STATE LONG BEACH THESE DAYS, SO I DID GET TO HEAR SOMEONE SAY HOW THRILLED AND EXCITED THEY WERE LAST WEEK THAT 5,000 ACCEPTANCE LETTERS FOR COLLEGE PROMISE STUDENTS WE'RE GOING OUT LAST WEEK.
SO I JUST WANNA SHOUT OUT THE HISTORY OF WHERE WE'VE BEEN AND THE DESIRE TO CONTINUE TO INNOVATE ON BEHALF OF OUR STUDENTS.
AND I WANNA THANK YOU BOTH FOR THE WORK AND THE PRESENTATION.
WELL NOW GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT RO ROGELIO, THIS IS YET AGAIN ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF WHAT GOOD LOOKS LIKE.
SO I JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE UM, EFFORT THAT
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EVERYBODY HAS DONE TO MAKE THIS POSSIBLE.UH, THE P WORD THAT WAS USED VERY EFFECTIVELY TONIGHT WAS PATHWAY.
UM, AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS PROVIDE PATHWAY OPPORTUNITIES TO THE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN THAT LIVE IN OUR COMMUNITY SO THAT THEY HAVE HOPE SO THEY HAVE, UH, DREAMS THAT THEY CAN FULFILL WITHIN THEIR CITY THAT THEY LIVE IN.
SO I JUST WANTED TO COME UP HERE JUST TO SHOW MY SUPPORT FOR THIS, UM, AGENDA ITEM.
ALRIGHT, THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT.
MEMBERS, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
ITEM 18, REPORT FROM CITY MANAGER.
RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A PRESENTATION FROM THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF LONG BEACH REGARDING THE CITY OF LONG BEACH'S OLYMPIC LEGACY CITYWIDE.
ALL RIGHT, I THINK IT WAS, UH, MAYBE TWO YEARS AGO WE ASKED FOR THIS IN THE BUDGET.
PUT SOME DOLLARS ASIDE TO START LOOKING AT THE OLYMPICS WITH OUR PARTNERS AT THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY BECAUSE THIS IS THE THIRD TIME THAT LONG BEACH HAS ACTUALLY SERVED AS A VENUE CITY.
AND THERE'S A LOT OF HISTORIC THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED.
THERE'S OLYMPIANS THAT HAVE COME OUTTA LONG BEACH, BUT YOU CAN'T GO ANY ONE PLACE AND AND SEE IT.
[18. 26-54294 Recommendation to receive and file a presentation from the Historical Society of Long Beach regarding the City of Long Beach’s Olympic legacy. (Citywide) Office or Department: City Manager Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
WE NEEDED TO GO AND COLLECT ALL THIS INFORMATION TO FIGURE OUT HOW IT CAN HELP INFORM OUR LEGACY.'CAUSE VERY FEW CITIES IN THE WORLD HAVE HOSTED EVENTS THREE TIMES, UH, THREE TIMES, ONLY A FEW IN THE WORLD HAVE DONE THAT.
AND WE'VE HOSTED CONSECUTIVE EVENTS LIKE ROWING IN 1984 AND AGAIN NOW.
AND SO IT, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE DOCUMENT THIS SO THAT WE CAN TELL THE FULL STORY.
SO THAT SAID, WE'LL HAND IT TO MR. MOKA FOR THE PRESENTATION.
SO WE ARE EXCITED TO BE HERE WITH THE TEAM.
UM, AS YOU SAID, UH, THIS WAS IMPORTANT TO REALLY LOOK BACK ON OUR HISTORY AND, UH, OUR PARTNERS HERE AT THE HISTORIC SOCIETY.
UH, THEY REALLY HELPED US OUT.
UH, AND THEY'VE BEEN HERE ALL DAY.
UH, THEY, UH, BROUGHT THE PARTY EXHIBITS.
I HOPE YOU GET TO BE OUT FRONT AND, AND TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THE MATERIALS THAT THEY CAME UP WITH.
SO, UH, I'LL HAVE APRIL INTRODUCE OUR TEAM AND WE'LL GIVE THE PRESENTATION.
TONIGHT WE HAVE OUR, UM, OLYMPIC, OR I LIKE TO SAY 22 8 GAMES DREAM PLANNING TEAM.
SO WE HAVE, UH, I'LL KICK IT OFF WITH OUR DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, TYLER, TYLER BONANO CURLY.
AND I'LL BE BRIEF BECAUSE, UH, THE MAYOR GAVE A GREAT INTRO AND SAME WITH TOM.
UM, BUT ONE THING I WANTED TO MENTION, YES, WE DID GET FUNDING IN FY 25 BUDGET TO START A PARTNERSHIP WITH HISTORICAL SOCIETY TO LOOK AT THE CITY'S HISTORY AND INVOLVEMENT IN THE 32 AND 84 OLYMPICS WITH THE EYE TO WHAT IS OUR LEGACY GONNA BE IN 2028.
UM, AND SO HOPEFULLY YOU ALL GOT A GLIMPSE OF THE EXHIBIT THAT THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY PUT TOGETHER A PIECE OF IT OUT IN OUR LOBBY, UM, THIS AFTERNOON.
BUT, UM, WHAT WE'RE HOPING TO DO IS NOT GIVE, YOU KNOW, A, A MASTER'S THESIS PRESENTATION AND DEFENSE TONIGHT, BUT REALLY GIVE A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW SO THAT, UM, WE CAN PEAK PEOPLE'S INTEREST AND HOPEFULLY THEY CAN STOP BY THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY, CHECK OUT THE EXHIBIT AND CHECK OUT THE REPORT THAT'S AVAILABLE ONLINE AS WELL.
UH, SO WITH THAT, I, I WILL TURN OVER TO A QUICK VIDEO THAT LBTV DID, UM, ABOUT THE EXHIBIT AND THEN THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY WILL GIVE A QUICK OVERVIEW OF PRESENTATION AS WELL.
DID YOU KNOW IN 1984 THE OLYMPIC TORCH ALMOST DIDN'T MAKE ITS WAY THROUGH LONG BEACH BECAUSE OF A PERMITTING ISSUE? JOIN ME AS I EXPLORE THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF LONG BEACH'S NEW EXHIBIT OLYMPICS ON THE GOLDEN SHORE, WHICH EXPLORES LONG BEACH'S HISTORY WITH THE OLYMPICS.
OLYMPICS ON THE GOLDEN SHORE IS AN EXHIBITION ABOUT THE 1932 AND 1984 OLYMPIC EVENTS THAT WERE HELD HERE IN LONG BEACH.
YOU CAN COME HERE TO SEE PHOTOGRAPHS, NEWSPAPER ARTICLES, ACTUAL TICKETS FROM THE GAMES.
WE HAVE UNIFORMS FOR VOLUNTEERS.
WE HAVE A BATHING SUIT FROM AN OLYMPIAN FROM THE 1960S, ALL KINDS OF EPHEMERA AND MEMORABILIA.
WE WORKED WITH THE CITY OF LONG BEACH TO PRODUCE AN OLYMPIC LEGACY REPORT AND PRODUCE THIS EXHIBITION.
THE CITY WAS INTERESTED IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS IN THE LEGACY OF BOTH OF THE GAMES.
SO THE CITY SUPPORTED, UM, THAT RESEARCH AND SUPPORTED THE EXHIBITION.
THE OLYMPICS ON THE GOLDEN SHORE WAS METICULOUSLY CRAFTED USING THE HISTORICAL, SO SOCIETY'S ARCHIVAL COLLECTIONS, ACADEMIC RESEARCH AND JOURNALISTIC ACCOUNTS.
A COMMUNITY CALL FOR ARTIFACTS LIKE THE ONES ON DISPLAY HERE LEND THE
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EXHIBIT A LOCAL VOICE THAT GIVES YOU AN INSIGHT INTO LONG BEACH'S OLYMPIC PAST.ONE OF THE REALLY INTERESTING THINGS ABOUT THE REPORT IS WE LEARNED THAT THERE WERE PRE-OLYMPIC EVENTS IN 1925 THAT GATHERED ATTENTION TOWARDS LONG BEACH AS A AQUATIC CENTER TO GET ATTENTION FROM OLYMPIC OFFICIALS TO MAKE IT THE SPOT FOR THE 1932 OLYMPICS.
ANOTHER THING WE FOUND OUT WAS FOR THE TORCH RELAY TO COME THROUGH LONG BEACH, THERE NEEDED TO BE A $25 PERMIT FEE PAID, AND IT WAS NOT BEING PAID.
BUT EVENTUALLY A GENEROUS DONOR PAID THE FEE AND WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE THE TORCH COME THROUGH LONG BEACH, BOTH IN 32.
AND IN 84, THE COMMUNITY CAME TOGETHER TO SHOW OFF THE CITY, AND THOSE GAMES PUT LOS ANGELES AND LONG BEACH ON THE MAP.
AND 28 WILL REINFORCE OUR PLACE OF THE WORLD, CLASS CITY NOW NEARLY A CENTURY AFTER THEY FIRST ARRIVED, AND MORE THAN FOUR DECADES SINCE THEIR LAST APPEARANCE, IT ALMOST FEELS POETIC THAT THE GAMES WERE RETURNED FOR A THIRD TIME IN 2028.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE OLYMPICS IN LONG BEACH, MAKE SURE TO GO TO OUR WEBSITE, LONG BEACH.GOV/ 2028 GAMES.
UNTIL NEXT TIME, I'M JESSE LOPEZ AND WE'LL SEE YOU IN LONG BEACH HISTORY.
ALL RIGHT, DO I NEED TO ADVANCE? I THINK OKAY.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR RICHARDSON AND CITY COUNCIL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SERVING.
UM, TONIGHT WAS ONE OF THOSE TOUGH MEETINGS.
THE ADVANCING OUR OLYMPIC LEGACY PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY PRESENTED AN IMPORTANT OPPORTUNITY FOR THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF LONG BEACH TO UTILIZE OUR RESOURCES, BOTH OUR ARCHIVAL RESOURCES AND OUR HUMAN RESOURCES TO CREATE UNDERSTANDING AROUND LONG BEACH'S OLYMPIC LEGACY.
THE PROJECT DEMONSTRATES THE HS LBS VALUE TO THE COMMUNITY BY PROVIDING UNDERSTANDING OF LONG BEACH'S ROLE IN THE 32 AND 84 GAMES AND BEYOND.
AND WHAT WE LEARNED WAS SO MUCH MORE THAN JUST ABOUT THE GAMES WE LEARNED ABOUT THE CONTEXT OF BECOMING SO IMPORTANT TO AQUATICS IN 1925, UM, IN THE AREA AND PARTICIPATION FROM ALL PARTS OF THE CITY, FROM STUDENTS AT POLY HIGH SCHOOL, THE YACHT CLUBS, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, AND MORE.
IT'S A FASCINATING AND POIGNANT STUDY TO LEARN ABOUT THE PAST STRATEGIES USED BY BOOSTERS TO ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY, THE CITY DECISION MAKERS, THE OLYMPIC COMMITTEE, AND THE OLYMPIC COMMITTEES.
TO RECOGNIZE LONG BEACH, WE DUG INTO SOME OF THE MYTHS AND LORE AROUND LONG BEACH'S GEOGRAPHY AND INFRASTRUCTURE, AND PROVIDED HISTORICAL FOOTNOTED EVIDENCE TO CORRECT AND REINFORCE DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF THE RECORD.
THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY'S GOAL WAS TO CREATE A FOUNDATION FOR UNDERSTANDING LONG BEACH'S OLYMPIC LEGACY.
WE ASSEMBLED A TEAM OF HISTORIANS, ARCHIVISTS, GRAPHIC DESIGNER, VIDEOGRAPHER AND EDITOR TO EXECUTE THE PROJECT AND TO REPRESENT OUR TEAM THIS EVENING, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE HS.
B'S EXECUTIVE, UH, DEPUTY DIRECTOR.
I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, UM, OUR DEPUTY DIRECTOR AND ARCHIVIST JEN MALONE, WHO'S BECOME MORE OF AN EXPERT IN THE SUBJECT THAN SHE MIGHT'VE WANTED.
AND SHE'LL PRESENT AN OVERVIEW OF THE EXHIBITION AND THE REPORT PACKED FULL OF INFORMATION AND SOME FUN STORIES.
SO WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH SOME SLIDES TALKING ABOUT JUST THE PURPOSE AND SCOPE, UM, THE 19 32, 19 84 OLYMPICS AND SOME OTHER THINGS.
SO THE OLYMPIC LEGACY REPORT WAS COMMISSIONED TO PROVIDE HISTORICAL CONTEXT AROUND THE PREPARATION ORGANIZATION FUNDING AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 1932 AND 1984 OLYMPIC GAMES AND CONTINUE LEGACY OF LONG BEACH AS AN AQUATIC CAPITAL AND OLYMPIC DESTINATION.
HSLB WORKED TO CREATE AN ACCURATE REPRESENTATION OF LONG BEACH'S RELATIONSHIP WITH THE OLYMPICS THROUGH THREE DELIVERABLES, A REPORT, UH, DOCUMENTATION AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR LEGACY INSTALLATIONS AND AN EXHIBITION.
THE REPORT IDENTIFIES AND EXPLORES THE DEVELOPMENT OF LOCAL VENUES THAT WERE VITAL TO SECURING THE 1932 AND 1984 OLYMPIC GAMES SUCH AS MARINE STADIUM, THE ARCHERY RANGE AT EL DORADO, UH, PARK, THE ENTERTAINMENT AND PERFORMING ARTS CENTER IN SHORELINE
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MARINA.IT ALSO IDENTIFIES KEY CITY OFFICIALS, DIRECTS READERS TO OUTSIDE RESOURCES ABOUT LOCAL OLYMPIANS, DISCUSSES LOCAL INVESTMENTS IN INFRASTRUCTURE, THE CIVIC ROLE, CULTURAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACTS, INVESTMENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOLLOWING THE OLYMPIC GAMES.
THE REPORT IS AVAILABLE ON BOTH THE CITY AND HSLB WEBSITES.
LONG-TERM COMMEMORATIVE OLYMPIC INSTALLATION RECOMMENDATIONS ARE PRESENTED AT THE END OF THE REPORT.
THE SECTION IDENTIFIES POSSIBLE INSTALLATION SITES AND PRESENTS, POTENTIAL INSTALLATIONS AND POSSIBLE TOPICS BASED ON THE HISTORY OF THE OLYMPIC GAMES IN LONG BEACH.
CHAPTER ONE EXPLORES THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN AQUATIC SPACE WORTHY OF NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION.
PRIMARY SOURCE RESEARCH UNCOVERED NEW INFORMATION FROM 1923 ABOUT THE PURCHASE AND DEDICATED USE REQUIREMENTS FOR RECREATION PARK AND THE SUBSEQUENT DREDGING PROJECTS THAT CREATED WHAT WE KNOW AS THE COLORADO LAGOON AND THE CHANNEL THAT BECOMES MARINE STADIUM FOR THE OLYMPIC GAMES.
EVENTS SUCH AS THE ANNUAL PRE-OLYMPIC WATER CARNIVAL OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND THE AMATEUR ATHLETIC UNION, SWIMMING AND DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS BROUGHT ACCOLADES TO RECREATION PARKS, AQUATIC AREAS, INCLUDING THE WIDE, LONG STRAIGHT CHANNEL, AKA MARINE STADIUM THAT CAPTURED NATIONAL INTENTION.
ALTHOUGH ROWING WAS THE ONLY OLYMPIC EVENT HELD IN LONG BEACH IN 1932, THE REPUTATION OF THE CITY AS AN AQUATIC CAPITAL LED TO IMPORTANT NATIONAL COMPETITIONS AND A PROVEN TRAINING GROUND FOR ATHLETES.
AFTER YEARS OF PROPOSING LOS ANGELES AS A REPEAT OLYMPIC HOST, THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE FINALLY ACCEPTED THE BID IN 1977, BUT THERE WAS A CATCH.
TAXPAYERS WOULD NOT FUND THE OLYMPIC GAMES.
A SPARTAN APPROACH TO MANAGEMENT INCLUDED CREATIVE REUSE OF EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE AND AVAILABLE FUNDS.
THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY PROJECTS IN DOWNTOWN LONG BEACH AND GREECE SPACE DEVELOPMENT IN EAST LONG BEACH IN THE 1960S.
IN THE 1970S PROVIDED AN ECONOMICALLY SOUND SOLUTION TO HOST ARCHERY, FENCING, VOLLEYBALL, AND YACHTING THE MOST OLYMPIC EVENTS OUTSIDE OF LOS ANGELES.
IN 1984, THE SHORELINE MARINA WAS FUNDED THROUGH SOURCES SUCH AS THE CITY TIDELANDS AGENCY THAT REQUIRED NO ECONOMIC STRAIN ON RESIDENTS.
THE LOS ANGELES OLYMPIC ORGANIZING COMMITTEE WAS FORMED TO ACT AS A BUFFER BETWEEN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES AND THE IOC TO SMOOTH NEGOTIATIONS AND ENTER INTO AGREEMENTS WITH PARTICIPATING CITIES.
OFFICIAL PERMITS BETWEEN REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE CITY OF LONG BEACH AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE LA OOC BEGAN IN 1983.
THESE PERMITS OUTLINE ALL SPECIFICATIONS FOR YOUTH SPACE BEFORE, DURING, AND AFTER EACH EVENT.
BRINGING IN A SUCCESSFUL OLYMPIA TO TOWN TAKES COOPERATION FROM EVERY ASPECT OF THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR FOR BOTH THE 1932 AND 1984 OLYMPIC GAMES.
LONG BEACH CITY AND CIVIC LEADERS WORKED WITH ENTHUSIASTIC COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO CREATE A PLACE THAT NOT ONLY PROVIDED SUPERIOR INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT ALSO A WELCOMING ATMOSPHERE IN A VARIETY OF NEIGHBORHOOD DOWNTOWN AND MARINA BEAUTIFICATION PROJECTS, CHAPTERS ONE AND TWO, AS WELL AS A PROVIDED TIMELINE DOCUMENT, THE NAMES AND ORGANIZATIONS WHO CAME TOGETHER TO PUT FORTH SUCCESSFUL AND UNLIKE MANY OTHER HOST CITIES, A FINANCIALLY VIABLE OLYMPIAD.
SO WHY WAS THIS HISTORY DOCUMENTED? DURING THE RESEARCH PHASE, WE FOUND THAT ALTHOUGH INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE, IT ISN'T EASILY ACCESSIBLE.
THE ARCHIVED COLLECTIONS AT HSLB WERE SUPPLEMENTED BY INFORMATION FROM THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, COLLECTIONS FROM THE CITY CLERK, UH, THE DIGITAL COLLECTION AT UCLA LA 84 FOUNDATION AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
THIS REPORT IS NOT EXHAUSTIVE, BUT IT IS MEANT TO BE A BRIEF, HISTORICALLY ACCURATE RECORD AND AN ACCESSIBLE RESEARCH OR RESOURCE, SORRY.
DURING THE RESEARCH PHASE, THE HSLB DID A COMMUNITY CALL FOR INFORMATION STORIES, MEMORABILIA AND ARTIFACTS, MEDIA OUTLETS INCLUDING LBTV AND THE LONG BEACH POST REPORTED ON THE COLLECTION.
THE RESOURCES AND THE EXHIBITION AND H-H-S-L-B INCLUDED MENTIONS ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND THROUGH THE NEWSLETTER, UTILIZING MANY DIFFERENT MODES OF COMMUNICATION, INCREASED AUDIENCE REACH AND DROVE TRAFFIC TO THE DIGITAL SITE AS WELL AS THE PHYSICAL LOCATION.
THE EXHIBITION IS AN ACCESSIBLE RESOURCE FOR ALL WHO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT THE GALLERY OR SEE THE TRAVELING VISION VERSION IN THE FUTURE.
UPON REQUEST, RESEARCHERS CAN INTERACT ONSITE WITH PRIMARY SECONDARY SOURCES AS WELL AS ARTIFACTS IN THE HSLB ARCHIVAL COLLECTION.
THE REPORT ABOUT THE HISTORIC ROLE LONG BEACH PLAYED IN BRINGING THE 1932 AND 1984 OLYMPICS TO THE LOS ANGELES AREAS AVAILABLE TO ANYONE WITH INTERNET ACCESS.
AND YOU GUYS ALL PROBABLY RECEIVED A TICKET.
AS ALWAYS, THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF LONG BEACH GALLER IS FREE AND OPEN TO EVERYONE.
TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY, YOU ARE INVITED TO BRING IN YOUR TEAM TO DO THE OLYMPIC SCAVENGER HUNT WE PUT TOGETHER FOR TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION IN 20 OCTOBER OF 2025.
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AND NOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER.ALRIGHT, WELL THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT RESEARCH.
UH, I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS.
UM, DID WE DO ANY RESEARCH ON THE NUMBER OF OI KEEP HEARING THAT WE HAVE MORE OLYMPIANS PER CAPITA IN ANY CITY IN AMERICA.
I HAVE NO ONE WHO CAN VERIFY THAT.
UH, I THINK THAT THE RESOURCE THAT WE USED TO TALK ABOUT THOSE, UM, NUMBERS WAS FROM THE 9 0 8, THE MAGAZINE.
THEY DID A SPECIAL OLYMPIC AND OLYMPIAN, UM, SECTION AND THERE'S SOME C-S-U-L-B RESEARCH AROUND IT TOO, BUT WE DIDN'T DO DELVE INTO THE EXACT NUMBER OF OLYMPIANS, BUT THAT SOUNDS RIGHT.
WE NEED TO GET IT RIGHT BECAUSE I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA SAY THAT A LOT.
HEADING INTO 2028
TALK TO THE 9 0 8 AND, UH, AND THEY HAVE MORE INFORMATION THAN WE DO ABOUT THAT MAYBE CENTURY CLUB OR FIVE SIX TWO.ORG.
THE 9 0 8 DID THIS, THE 9 0 8 DID A GREAT, UM, OKAY.
REPORT ON, ON OLYMPIANS, UM, TO COME FROM LIKE THE VERY BEGINNING TO RIGHT TO NOW TODAY.
QUESTION, HOW MANY EVENTS DID WE HOST IN 32? 32? WE ONLY HAD THE ROWING, SO THERE WAS ONLY THE ONE TO FOUR IN, UH, 84.
THREEFOLD, ALMOST FOURFOLD IMPROVEMENT.
UM, IT'S NOT LETTING THE COUNCIL MEMBERS QUEUE UP.
COUNCIL MEMBERS AND DEJAS, ANYTHING? YES.
THE TITLE OF THE PRESENTATION IS SO FITTING, ADVANCING OUR OLYMPIC LEGACY.
UM, LONG BEACH HAS ALREADY EXPERIENCED IN HOSTING THE OLYMPICS AND IT JUST, IT EXCITES ME TO LEARN ABOUT THAT.
UM, WE HAVE DONE IT BEFORE AND WE'RE READY TO DO IT AGAIN.
THAT'S WHAT I'VE GOT FROM THIS PRESENTATION.
UM, IT IS INCREDIBLE TO SEE THAT, UM, $223 MILLION IN PROFIT WERE GENERATED IN 1984, UH, WHEN WE ONLY HAD FOR, UH, SPORTS.
SO THAT'S PRETTY GREAT, UM, TO THE POINT THAT THE MAYOR HAD NOW, UM, WE'RE GOING TO BE HOSTING IT WITH 18, BUT IT'S SO RICH TO KNOW THE HISTORY OF THE OLYMPICS AND, UM, HERE IN OUR CITY.
SO THIS PRESENTATION REALLY HITS HOME FOR ME.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THAT OUR DOWNTOWN AREA AND WATERFRONT WAS REDEVELOPED IN THE SIXTIES, JUST IN TIME TO HOST THE OLYMPICS IN 84.
UM, IT IS OUTSTANDING TO LEARN THAT OUR VERY OWN CONVENTION CENTER AND ENTERTAINMENT CENTER WAS ONE OF THE LARGEST REDEVELOPMENT PROJECTS COMPLETED IN PREPARATION FOR THE 1984 OLYMPICS.
UM, THAT REFLECTS THAT WE ARE NOW, UM, IN RELATION TO WHERE WE ARE NOW.
UM, WE'RE DOING GOOD, UH, ESPECIALLY WITH THE ELEVATE 28 INVESTMENTS.
UM, WE ARE DETERMINED TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THIS A GREAT EVENT FOR US HERE AT THE CITY AND I AM ABSOLUTELY THRILLED TO HAVE THIS HISTORY.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT PRESENTATION AND LET'S KEEP ADDING.
IT'S GONNA BE A GREAT HIT FOR RESIDENTS.
UH, NEXT WE HAVE VICE MAYOR ANG, UH, THANK YOU MAYOR.
AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR, UH, PUTTING THIS TOGETHER, ENSURING THAT WE PUT THIS TOGETHER AGAIN IN 26, 28.
IT'LL BE BIGGER BECAUSE WE HAVE MORE EVENTS THIS YEAR.
IN 20, IN 1984, MY MOTHER-IN-LAW, GOD BLESS YOUR LORD, CONFISCATED A SIGN SAYING FENCING AND WELL, I HAVE IT SOMEWHERE.
BUT I WANNA EVENTUALLY, IF I FIND IT, I'D LIKE FOR YOU GUYS TO HAVE IT.
OH, THE FENCING EVENT THAT WE HAD HERE IN LONG BEACH, WE SPONSOR, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, I'M VERY PROUD OF, OF LONG BEACH.
THE FACT THAT WE'VE GONE FROM ONE EVENT TO 18, THAT IT'S QUITE A, AN ACCOMPLISHMENT AND IT SPEAKS VOLUMES, SOME THE LEADERSHIP THAT WE HAVE HERE IN LONG BEACH.
AND I, UH, WHEN I CLOSE UP MY SAYING THAT I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO THOSE EVENTS
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COMING UP IN, UH, 2028.I CAN SEE SING, BUT I KNOW THAT OUR YACHTING
UH, VENUE IS GOING TO BE THE BEST IN THE WORLD.
I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR, UH, FOR THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU, UM, FOR BRINGING THIS EXHIBIT HERE.
I KNOW THAT COULDN'T HAVE BEEN EASY DRAGGING THAT AROUND, AND I ENJOYED, UH, BEING ABLE TO, TO, TO LOOK AT THAT.
AND I THINK PRESERVING OUR HISTORY AND, AND TALKING ABOUT OUR HISTORY, UM, IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
AND, UM, AND I THINK, UM, PRESERVING AND ELEVATING AND ALSO JUST RECOGNIZING THE IMPORTANCE IS, IS SO IMPORTANT, NOT ONLY, UH, BEFORE, DURING, AND AFTER THE GAME.
SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU YOU'RE DOING TO DO THAT.
COUNCIL MEMBER TH TU THANK YOU.
UM, WELL, I, UH, WANNA THANK THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY, UH, FOR ALL YOUR EFFORTS, UM, IN THIS AREA AND TO BE ABLE TO TAKE THE TIME TO DOCUMENT OUR HISTORY, UM, OVER THE YEARS WITH THE OLYMPICS.
I'M NOT SURE IF THERE ARE ANY MORE RESOURCES LEFT, UH, WITHIN THE, UM, CONTRACT THAT YOU CURRENTLY HAVE.
UM, BUT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE IF THERE WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO ITEMIZE THE NUMBER OF RESIDENTS WHO'VE EVER, YOU KNOW, COMPETED AS AN OLYMPIAD.
SO, SO THAT WE CAN GET THE ANSWER, UH, THAT THE MAYOR IS DESCRIBING HERE.
I WONDER IF THERE MIGHT BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DOCUMENT THE NAMES AND THE EVENTS THAT THE OLYMPIADS HAVE COMPETED IN, THAT WE'RE COMPETING HERE IN LONG BEACH.
IF THERE WAS A WAY TO GET THAT INFORMATION SOMEWHERE.
AND THEN, UM, AT SOME POINT IT'D BE GREAT, UH, TO HAVE SOME LEVEL OF PERMANENT, UH, FACILITY FOR THIS.
MAYBE IT'S THE BELMONT POOL, WHO KNOWS? UM, BUT SOMEWHERE WHERE WE CAN, CAN, UH, TAKE SOME OF THIS INFORMATION AND ENSURE THAT WE, UH, DOCUMENT IT AND HAVE A, A PERMANENT PLACE AND A HOME FOR IT.
SO, MAYOR, AS THE COMMITTEES THAT YOU HAVE PUT TOGETHER FROM AMONG THE PUBLIC, UM, WHO ARE WORKING ON THE OLYMPICS FOR 2028, UH, YOU MIGHT ADD TO THEIR AGENDA, UH, SOME OF THESE ITEMS THAT I'VE MENTIONED HERE AND CERTAINLY, UH, FINDING A PERMANENT LOCATION FOR THIS HISTORY.
WELL, BEFORE WE MOVE ON, I MEAN, SINCE YOU BROUGHT IT UP, UH, WE ARE HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH OUR PORT ABOUT THE GROUND FLOOR OF THEIR PORT.
A VERY WELL DEVELOPED CONVERSATION.
I THINK I BROUGHT IT UP IN THE BUDGET LAST YEAR FOR THE PORT TO LOOK AT THEIR GROUND FLOOR OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS AS AN INTERNATIONAL WELCOME CENTER TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF OUR SISTER CITY RELATIONSHIPS AND OUR OLYMPICS HISTORY.
SO THEY'RE EXPLORING THAT RIGHT NOW.
THERE'S ALSO SOME OTHER OPPORTUNITIES.
WE JUST HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO FUNDRAISE AND PAY FOR IT FOR LONG-TERM LEGACY.
LIKE WHEN I LIKE, UH, CHING DAO, FOR EXAMPLE, IN CHINA, THEY'VE ONLY HOSTED SAILING ONE TIME.
YOU WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO TELL BECAUSE THEY STILL HAVE THE FLAGS FLYING OF EVERY COUNTRY WHO COMPETED IN SAILING FOR BEIJING.
AND IT WAS IN BEIJING, WHICH IS FAR AWAY FROM QINGDAO.
BUT THEIR ENTIRE WATERFRONT, UH, RECOGNIZES THAT MOMENT.
THEY CHANGED THEIR CITY MONIKER TO THE SAILING CITY AND THEY HAVE, UH, A, A SORT OF A MUSEUM DEDICATED TO OLYMPICS HISTORY, CHINESE OLYMPICS HISTORY AND SAILING MM-HMM
SO THEY DID IT ALL FOR ONE EVENT.
AND HERE WE ARE HOSTING OR SERVING AS VENUE CITY THE THIRD TIME AND WE HAVEN'T DONE THAT.
SO THIS IS THE RIGHT OPPORTUNITY FOR US RIGHT NOW.
SO MAYOR, WE'RE GONNA BE THE OLYMPIC CITY AT SOME POINT.
AND THANK YOU TO THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF LONG BEACH FOR THIS WONDERFUL PRESENTATION.
IT'S POWERFUL TO SEE OUR CITY'S HISTORY WITH THE 1932 AND 1984 GAMES AND THE DOCUMENTATION OF THAT LEGACY IN A WAY THAT'S ACCURATE AND NOW MORE ACCESSIBLE AND INFORMATIVE.
SO, YOU KNOW, THE OLYMPICS ARE A GLOBAL EVENT, BUT THE LEGACY IS LOCAL AS WE ARE DISCUSSING.
AND SO THE QUESTION BEFORE US IS NOT ONLY HOW WE HOST THE EVENT, BUT HOW WE REMEMBER IT.
SO I KNOW THAT THIS DAY AND AGE, THERE'S PROBAB YOUR PROBLEM WILL PROBABLY BE HOW ARE YOU GONNA ARCHIVE ALL THE POTENTIAL MATERIALS THAT MAY OCCUR IN 2028? SO I DID HAVE A QUESTION AROUND HOW CAN WE MAKE SURE, UH, TO LET PEOPLE KNOW, OR ACTUALLY, DO YOU HAVE PLANS TO FIGURE OUT, I OBVIOUSLY IT REQUIRES FUNDING, BUT I THINK THAT IF YOU HAVE A PLAN IN HOW YOU WILL DO A CALL OUT TO THE PUBLIC FOR CONTRIBUTING THEIR MATERIALS FOR THE 2028 ARCHIVE, I THINK THAT, UM, WITH THE CALL THAT WE DID TO THE PUBLIC FOR THIS ROUND, WE SAW WHAT PEOPLE KEPT AND, UM, WHAT THEY THOUGHT
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WAS IMPORTANT.AND I THINK IT'S WORTH IT TO MENTION THAT WE DIDN'T GET AS MANY PERSONAL PHOTOGRAPHS OF PEOPLE IN LONG BEACH AS I WOULD'VE EXPECTED.
AND THAT, UM, I THINK GOES TO SHOW THAT NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK THAT THEIR OWN HISTORY IS WORTH SAVING OR SHARING.
'CAUSE WHO CARES? IT'S JUST ME.
UH, BUT IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE AND IT MAKES THE EXHIBITION SO MUCH MORE POIGNANT AND TO SHOW OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY AND HOW WE CAME OUT AND INDIVIDUALLY SUPPORTED OR AS A GROUP SUPPORTED, THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE DEFINITELY THINGS THAT WE WERE LACKING.
SO I THINK MOVING FORWARD, WE WOULD MAKE IT A POINT TO SAY, YOUR HISTORY IS LONG BEACH HISTORY AND IT'S IMPORTANT AND, UM, AS FAR AS YEP, THE MONEY IS, BUT WE'RE ALSO TALKING ABOUT WATCHING HOW THE CITY SHIFTS AND DOES IT FOLLOW KIND OF THE SAME STRUCTURE AS WHAT HAPPENED IN THE 1930 AND 31 BEFORE THE GAMES COME HERE IN 1980 AND 82 AND 83, UM, PAYING ATTENTION.
WE'RE, WE'RE PAYING ATTENTION NOW TO HOW, HOW EVENTS THAT ARE HAPPENING, HOW DOES THE CITY HANDLE THE VANCE WARP TOUR WORK AND HOW ARE THEY GONNA HANDLE GIANT MUSIC FESTIVALS? AND THAT'S ALL GONNA LEAD TO HOW DO WE HANDLE THE OLYMPICS, WHICH WE'RE DEFINITELY PAYING ATTENTION TO.
SO I TOTALLY SEE THIS AS A FUNDERS OPPORTUNITY TO FUND THOSE, TO TELL THEIR STORY FOR THE 2020 OLYMPICS.
UH, THOSE, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THAT'S A REALLY GREAT LEARNING FROM HAVING, UM, PUT TOGETHER THE PRESENTATION FOR THE 1932 AND 84 GAMES BECAUSE I, I DIDN'T, I I WOULDN'T HAVE KNOWN THAT.
UM, THE LAST QUESTION I HAVE IS, IS THERE ANY WAY THAT ONCE WE GET THESE KIOSKS, PILOT PROGRAM KIOSK SET UP, IF THERE'S WAYS THAT WE CAN ADD SNIPPETS OF THESE HISTORY IN THOSE, UM, I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT EXACTLY IT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE, BUT SLIDESHOWS OR ADS OR SOMETHING? YES.
I THINK YOU'RE REFERRING TO THE NEW IKE KIOSKS THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO, TO PUT DOWNTOWN THAT ARE WAY FINDING.
THEY'LL HAVE ALL KINDS OF PROGRAMMABLE, UH, OPPORTUNITIES AND WE GET A CERTAIN PORTION OF THAT SPACE TO BE ABLE TO PUT OUT WHAT WE WANT FOR PUBLIC SERVICE.
SO, UH, THAT COULD BE SOMETHING WE CONSIDER.
WOULD THAT BE A POTENTIAL SITE FOR THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF LONG BEACH TOO? AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S PROHIBITED BECAUSE, BUT SINCE THEY'RE A NONPROFIT, CAN THEY FUNDRAISE AND SAY, HEY, IF YOU WANNA SUPPORT THE 2028 ARCHIVE, YOU KNOW, DONATE HERE.
SOMETHING WE CAN EXPLORE ASKING FOR A FRIEND,
UH, THANK YOU, UH, TO THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND YOUR TEAM FOR THE PRESENTATION TONIGHT.
UM, THE PRESENTATION, I WAS GONNA SAY BACK THERE, BUT IN THE LOBBY FOR THE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO EXPERIENCE IN PERSON, UM, DISCUSSING OUR STORIED HISTORY WITH THE OLYMPICS AS WE CONTINUE TO GET MORE AND MORE EXCITED AS WE GET CLOSER TO THE 2028 GAMES, UM, IT'S IMPORTANT.
I THINK ONE OF THE SLIDES WE TALKED ABOUT IS HOW WE USED EXISTING FACILITIES AT THE TIME MM-HMM
WHICH WE ARE ECHOING THAT AS WELL AT THIS TIME, TO NOT INCUR COSTS TO THE CITY.
SO LOOKING AT THE RESOURCES THAT WE ALREADY HAVE HERE, UM, IS A LESSON LEARNED FROM LAST TIME.
AND SO IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT WE CONTINUE TO LEARN, UH, FOR NEXT TIME.
UH, IF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW, THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY IS LOCATED IN BIXBY KNOWLES IN THE FIFTH DISTRICT.
YOU HAVE YOUR HOURS ON THAT LAST SLIDE THERE, UH, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, FRIDAY, ONE TO FIVE, THURSDAYS ONE TO SEVEN.
SO YOU CAN GO AFTER WORK SATURDAYS 11 TO FIVE.
ARE YOU OPEN LATER ON? FIRST FRIDAYS FOR PEOPLE WHO GO FIRST FRIDAYS ASKING, WE ARE OPEN UNTIL, UH, NINE O'CLOCK ON FIRST FRIDAYS.
SO IF YOU CAN'T MAKE ONE OF THE TIMES LISTED ON THE SLIDE, YOU COULD GO BY FIRST FRIDAYS, GRAB A MEAL, SEAL SOME ART, AND STOP INTO THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
AND THEN THE OTHER QUESTION IS, I WAS SO IMPRESSED WITH THE PORTABILITY OF WHAT YOU BROUGHT TO US HERE AT CITY HALL AND WONDERING IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OTHER GROUPS TO PARTNER WITH YOU TO MAYBE BRING THE EXHIBIT TO THEM, WHETHER IT'S A SCHOOL OR A NONPROFIT OR SOMEWHERE THAT THEY'RE HAVING AN EVENT AND THEY'RE INTERESTED IN SHOWING THIS.
HOW WOULD THEY, WHO DO THEY TALK TO? IS THAT AN OPPORTUNITY? HOW COULD PEOPLE MOVE FORWARD IN, IN BRINGING YOU TO THEM OR TO THEIR AUDIENCE? I THINK THIS IS, UH, WE TALKED WITH THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, YOU HAVE AN ANSWER, I THINK.
YEAH, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE DEFINITELY WORKING ON WITH THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
SO PART OF THE SCOPE, UM, THAT WAS DISCUSSED IS MAKING THIS A TRAVELING EXHIBIT.
SO WE HAVE SOME IDEAS, YOU KNOW, AS A CITY BRINGING THIS OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY, THINGS THAT WE WANT TO DO.
A LOT OF WHAT WAS MENTIONED ABOUT THE LONG, HOW DO WE REALLY SHARE THIS LONG-TERM LEGACY, UM, IN LONG BEACH WITH THE COMMUNITY.
UM, BUT THEN THERE'S GONNA BE OPPORTUNITIES, CERTAINLY IF THERE'S GROUPS THAT WANT TO BRING THAT OUT TO, IF IT'S A SCHOOL OR A DIFFERENT EVENT, UM, THAT TYPE OF THING.
I THINK THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT.
UM, SO I WOULD RECOMMEND THEY CAN REACH OUT TO OUR GROUP, WHICH IS THE, IT'S 2028 GAMES@LONGBEACH.GOV.
UM, AND THEN WE CAN HELP COORDINATE EITHER THROUGH OUR TEAM OR WITH HISTORICAL SOCIETY, KIND OF FIGURE OUT THE RIGHT APPROACH
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DEPENDING ON THE EVENT.UM, BUT OUR HOPE IS DEFINITELY TO GET THIS OUT THERE, UH, SO MORE PEOPLE CAN LEARN ABOUT THIS.
AND THEN OF COURSE, LEARN ABOUT THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY, UM, YOU KNOW, AND THEN GET EXCITED AND THINK ABOUT OUR LONG-TERM LEGACY AS WELL.
AND THEN JUST ONE LAST POINT, I WANNA THANK YOU I FOR BRINGING UP WHAT FOLKS, WELL, WE WOULD SAY EVERYDAY FOLKS, ALL OF US HERE IN LONG BEACH WHO THINK IT'S JUST MY STORY.
AND IT ISN'T SIGNIFICANT TO THE BIGGER STORY.
AND SO CALLING OUT THAT YOUR NEIGHBOR'S STORY AND YOUR STORY AND OUR STORIES ARE PART OF WHAT MAKES LONG BEACH SPECIAL, REMINDING US, UH, THAT WE ARE PART OF THE HISTORY WAS SUPER IMPORTANT.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER THRASH INTU.
YEAH, THANKS FOR COMING BACK TO ME.
UM, THAT STUCK WITH ME AS WELL.
I HAVE TO ADMIT, UM, THE IDEA THAT YOUR HISTORY IS LONG BEACH HISTORY AND THAT IT MATTERS.
UM, AND SO I'M NOT SURE IF THERE'S STILL ROOM ON YOUR RECOMMENDATION LIST, BUT IF THERE IS, I'D BE INTERESTED IN HOW WE IDENTIFY, UM, POSSIBLY A SET OF RESIDENTS WHO WOULD SERVE AS AMBASSADORS DURING THE OLYMPICS AND WOULD BE TAKING PHOTOS AND ENGAGING WITH THEIR NEIGHBORS AND THEIR COMMUNITY, UM, AND BE A WAY TO COLLECT THAT.
AND THERE'D BE A WAY TO COLLECT THOSE PHOTOS, UM, SO THAT WE AT LEAST HAD THAT AS WELL AS WE WENT INTO THE 28 OLYMPICS.
ALRIGHT, WELL THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.
WE'RE GONNA GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT NOW.
WE HAVE THREE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
EVAN BRODY ROGELIO AND ELLIE ROSE.
CAN YOU, OH, AND DAVE SHUKLA, CAN YOU PLEASE PUT THAT SLIDE BACK UP? NO, I A COMMENT.
UM, SO THE SLIDE WAS MISSING THE DATES, SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT YEAH, THE, THE EXHIBIT IS AT THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY NOW.
THE DATES, THE DATES WERE MISSING ON THE SLIDE.
WHAT DATES? WELL, IT SAID THE DATES OF WHEN THEY'RE OPEN.
IT JUST HAD, IT HAS DAYS AND TIMES, NOT THE DATES.
DO YOU NOT UNDERSTANDING ENGLISH? THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS RIGHT THERE.
I'M SURE YOU COULD JUST TALK TO HER ABOUT IT.
THE DATES ARE MISSING 24 HOURS.
IT'S IN THE CITY HALL LIBRARY.
I MEAN, THE CITY, THE DATES JUST GIMME THE DATES.
WHAT DATES? THE HISTORICAL DESIGN.
WE'LL MAKE SURE IT'S POSTED ON THE WEBSITE.
AGAIN, THIS IS WHAT ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF WHAT GOOD LOOKS LIKE.
SO EVEN THOUGH TODAY THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING WAS REALLY, REALLY HEATED, UM, THIS HAS PROBABLY BEEN THE BEST MEETING.
I'VE ACTUALLY CITY COUNCIL MEETING I'VE ATTENDED BECAUSE IT'S A THIRD EXAMPLE OF WHAT GOOD LOOKS LIKE.
SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND, UM, YEAH, THAT'S ALL.
FIRST OF ALL, I WANNA SHOW MY APPRECIATION TO THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF LONG BEACH AND ALL THE WORK THAT THEY PUT INTO THIS PROJECT.
UH, I THINK COUNCILWOMAN ALLEN IS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT IN THE NEED TO, UH, JUST HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO PRESERVE OUR HISTORY AND MAKE SURE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THE CITY HAS BEEN AROUND FOR SO MANY YEARS, THERE'S, UM, SO MUCH GOOD HISTORY HERE, AND Y'ALL ARE JUST DOING REALLY INCREDIBLE WORK IN PRESERVING THAT.
UM, AND TELLING A WONDERFUL STORY WITH REGARDS TO THE CITY'S, UH, PARTICIPATION IN THE OLYMPIC GAMES IN THE PAST.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S WHY IT MAKES IT SO DIFFICULT.
I SAY THAT, UH, UNFORTUNATELY, GIVEN THE CURRENT CIRCUMSTANCES, I THINK WE DO NEED TO TAKE A SERIOUS LOOK AT WEATHER HOSTING ANY PART OF THE 2028 OLYMPIC GAMES IS THE RIGHT CHOICE FOR THIS CITY.
THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE OF THE GAMES IS CASEY WASSERMAN, WHO WAS RECENTLY NAMED MULTIPLE TIMES IN THE EPSTEIN FILES, AND WHO JUST TODAY WAS CALLED UPON BY LOS ANGELES MAYOR KAREN BASS RESIGN FROM THE COMMITTEE AS OF THIS TIME.
HE HAS NOT THAT IF LONG BEACH HOSTS A GAMES THAT ARE OVERSEEN BY THIS MAN.
IT DOES UNFORTUNATELY, SEND A CLEAR MESSAGE THAT OUR CITY DOES NOT BELIEVE IN OR SUPPORT SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL ABUSE AND DOES NOT VALUE THE SAFETY OF WOMEN AND GIRLS.
HOWEVER, THE ISSUES WITH THE 2028 OLYMPICS RUN MUCH DEEPER THAN JUST WHO IS IN CHARGE OF THEM.
THE OLYMPICS ARE DESIGNATED AS A NATIONAL SECURITY SPECIAL EVENT, WHICH MEANS THEY WILL BRING THOUSANDS MORE, UH, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND ICE AGENTS TO LONG BEACH THAN WE ALREADY HAVE.
THE SECURITY PERIMETERS FOR OLYMPIC EVENTS WILL BE CONTROLLED BY DHS,
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AND THESE PERIMETERS WILL EXTEND INTO THE NEIGHBORHOODS SURROUNDING THESE VENUES WITHOUT CLEAR BOUNDARIES ON WHAT DEFINES THEIR JURISDICTION.HOWEVER, EVEN IF THERE WERE DEFINED BOUNDARIES AS TO ICE'S JURISDICTION ON THIS EVENT, WE HAVE SEEN VERY CLEARLY IN THE PAST EIGHT MONTHS THAT THESE AGENCIES HAVE LITTLE TO NO RESPECT FOR WHAT THEY'RE LEGALLY ALLOWED OR NOT ALLOWED TO DO.
AND REGARDLESS OF WHAT RESTRICTIONS WE TRY TO SET ON THEM, THEY WILL INFLICT TERROR ON OUR MOST VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES IF WE ALLOW THEM INTO OUR CITY.
BEYOND THE INCREASE IN ICE OCCUPATION IN OUR CITY, THE OLYMPICS WILL BRING AN INCREASE IN NEW MILITARY GEAR AND FACIAL RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY TO THE LONG BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT.
WE SAW IN THE LOS ANGELES OLYMPICS IN 1984, AN INCREASE IN SURVEILLANCE AND REPRESSION OF BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES THAT ULTIMATELY CREATED THE CONDITIONS THAT LED TO THE BRUTALIZATION OF RODNEY KING IN 1992.
THE THEME THAT SEEMS TO BE REPEATED OVER AND OVER, UH, THROUGHOUT OUR COMMENTS TONIGHT, WE ARE SEEING HISTORY REPEAT OURSELVES ITSELF.
UH, THERE'S A CLEAR MOMENT WHERE WE CAN SIMULTANEOUSLY CELEBRATE OUR HISTORY WITH REGARDS TO CELEBRATING THESE GAMES AND ALSO TAKE DEFINITIVE ACTION TO LEARN FROM OUR HISTORY AND SAY, UNFORTUNATELY, THERE ARE TOO MANY PROBLEMS WITH THESE GAMES RIGHT NOW FOR US TO ALLOW THIS INTO OUR CITY.
UM, OUR LAST SPEAKER IS DAVE SHUKLA.
UH, I'D LIKE TO THANK, UH, THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF LONG BEACH, UH, FOR OUR, AN EXCELLENT PRESENTATION.
I, UH, LEARNED QUITE A BIT, UH, FROM THE ENGINEERING HISTORY OF MY NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, TO, UH, THE LOOK AND FEEL OF PAST GAMES IN TOWN, UH, ALONG WITH ASPECTS OF THE 84 OLYMPICS I NEVER KNEW ABOUT, UH, IS A REALLY GREAT PRESENTATION.
UM, AND IT SPEAKS TO THE, THE VALUE OF THIS, UH, IMPORTANT NONPROFIT.
UM, SORRY THAT MY MEMBERSHIP HAS LAPSED.
UM, I ALSO HAVE, UH, A COUPLE OF SUGGESTIONS FOR THE FUTURE.
UM, NOW I APOLOGIZE, FORGIVE ME IF I MISSED IT, BUT I I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING SUBSTANTIVE ON THE, THE IMPORTANCE OF IDEOLOGY, UH, IN THE 84 OLYMPICS.
UH, NOT JUST WITH THE BOYCOTTS AND NOT JUST WITH, UH, BEING THE FIRST ONE TO TURN A PROFIT, UH, BUT BEING THE FIRST EXPLICITLY CAPITALIST OLYMPIC GAMES THROUGH SUCH INNOVATIONS AS, UH, CORPORATE SPONSORSHIPS OF THE TEAMS AND WALL TO WALL ADVERTISING BY US MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS.
UM, IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT LA 80 FOUR'S ONE OF THE ONLY ONES THAT HAS REALLY EVER NOT BEEN A FINANCIAL, UH, PROBLEM, UH, FOR THE COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE HOSTED THE OLYMPICS.
IN FACT, UH, A COUPLE OF TOWNS, INCLUDING ATHENS ITSELF, WENT BANKRUPT AFTER, UM, HOSTING THE GAMES.
AND UNLIKE 84, UH, THE CITY, THE COUNTY AND THE STATE ARE ACTUALLY, UH, AND TAXPAYERS ARE ON THE HOOK FOR THE FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF THESE GAMES, REGARDLESS OF THE OUTCOME.
UM, SO I THINK, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT ASPECT IS, UH, SOMETHING THAT, UH, COULD BE PART OF A FUTURE EXHIBIT.
I THINK ALSO, UH, I MEAN, WE REALLY WANNA GET LOCAL.
UM, THE, THE REASON WHY WE DIDN'T GET THE, THE SWIMMING EVENTS, UH, IN, UH, THIS, UH, COMING OLYMPICS AND THE, THE ROLE THAT THE, THE TIDELANDS FUNDING, UH, AND THE FIGHT OVER IT DURING THE LAST MAYORAL ADMINISTRATION PLAYED, UH, IN LOSING, UH, THOSE EVENTS.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD EXHIBIT OR PART OF A GOOD EXHIBIT FOR THE AQUATICS CAPITAL OF AMERICA.
UM, I ALSO THINK ANOTHER ONE WOULD BE JUST THE ROLE OF FOSSIL FUELS, NOT ONLY HERE IN LONG BEACH, BUT UH, TO, UH, THE FUTURE OF THE GAMES.
UM, IT'S RECENTLY BEEN REPORTED THAT OF THE 90 VIABLE SITES WORLDWIDE FOR OUR WINTER OLYMPICS IN THE FUTURE, LESS THAN 50 WILL BE, UH, VIABLE AFTER 2030.
UM, LONG BEACH HAS GOT A ROLE IN THAT.
UH, ANOTHER SUGGESTION FOR THE EXHIBIT, OF COURSE, WOULD BE, UH, THE FACT THAT, UH, LONG BEACH AND LOS ANGELES ARE GONNA BE HOSTING THE ENTIRE WORLD IN 2028 UNDER CONDITIONS OF AMERICAN FASCISM.
THIS, OF COURSE, AFTER THE PAST FEW WEEKS WHERE THE ADMINISTRATION, UH, FLEW ICE TO FLANK TRUMP IN MILAN.
AND, UH, WHERE THE PRESIDENT HAS ATTACKED US ATHLETES FOR, UH, OLYMPIC ATHLETES FOR SPEAKING TO THE REALITIES IN THIS COUNTRY.
ALL RIGHT, WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.
ALRIGHT, MEMBERS, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
19, PLEASE REPORT FROM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND OPPORTUNITY RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE UPTOWN PROPERTY AND BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT ANNUAL REPORT AND ASSESSMENT
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FOR THE PERIOD OF OCTOBER 1ST, 2025 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 31ST, 2026, AN AUTHORIZED PAYMENT OF $38,340 IN CITY PROPERTY ASSESSMENTS DISTRICT EIGHT AND NINE.ALRIGHT, THERE'S NO PRESENTATION HERE.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER TH TOOK ANYTHING.
[19. 26-54295 Recommendation to approve the Uptown Property and Business Improvement District Annual Report and Assessment for the period of October 1, 2025, through September 31, 2026, automatically extending the current agreement with the Uptown Property and Community Association for a one-year period; and, authorize payment of $38,340, in City property assessments for the Uptown Property and Business Improvement District from the Successor Agency Fund and General Fund groups. (Districts 8, 9) Office or Department: Economic Development and Opportunity Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
BRINGING THIS FORWARD TODAY.BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS, AS YOU KNOW, WHEN WELL-MANAGED ARE INCREDIBLE RESOURCES FOR SMALL BUSINESSES.
THEY CAN ELEVATE CORRIDORS, IMPROVE PUBLIC SAFETY AND CLEANLINESS, AND DRIVE ECONOMIC VITALITY THAT INDIVIDUAL BUSINESSES SIMPLY CANNOT ACHIEVE A LOAN.
THE UPTOWN PROPERTY AND BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT WAS CREATED IN 2013 AND RENEWED IN 2018 WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT IT WOULD PROVIDE ENHANCEMENT SECURITY AND MAINTENANCE MARKETING BEYOND WHAT THE CITY CURRENTLY ALREADY DELIVERS.
SO WITH THAT CONTINUED INVESTMENT, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A STRONG SENSE OF WHAT THOSE RESULTS MIGHT BE.
AS WE LOOK TO SET AN INCREASE IN RATES ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, I'D LIKE TO BE CLEAR ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE ABLE TO HAVE OUT, HAVE OUTCOMES BASED ANALYSIS TIED, UH, TO THE THREE STATED BENEFIT CATEGORIES OF AESTHETIC, SAFETY, AND ECONOMIC BENEFIT.
FOR EXAMPLE, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE TAKE SOME TIME TO LOOK AT MEASURABLE IMPROVEMENTS IN CLEANLINESS AND BEAUTIFICATION THAT OCCURRED THIS PAST YEAR.
UH, WE WANNA LOOK AT SOME OF THE DATA POINTS AROUND SAFETY INTERVENTIONS AND OUTCOMES AND HOW MANY BUSINESSES WERE SUPPORTED THROUGH MARKETING OR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS, UM, AND WHAT WERE THE RESULTS.
SO AS I MOVE FORWARD, I SEE, I HAVE A SECOND HERE.
UM, I BELIEVE THAT OUR UPTOWN CORRIDOR HAS TREMENDOUS POTENTIAL, UM, AND IT IS HOME TO HARDWORKING ENTREPRENEURS WHO DESERVE TO FEEL THAT THEIR ASSESSMENT DOLLARS ARE WORKING JUST AS HARD AS THEY ARE.
SO AS I MAKE THIS MOTION, I'D LIKE TO OFFER, UH, A MODIFICATION, AND THAT INCLUDES, UM, ASKING THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, UH, TO CH UH, GO BACK WITH TO THE UPTOWN BID AND LOOK AT SOME CLEAR PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS, WORK WITH THE CURRENT MANAGEMENT TEAM TO DO SO, UH, PROVIDE A PROGRESS UPDATE, UM, AND ENSURE THAT THERE IS AN ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY WITH PROPERTY AND BUSINESS OWNERS TO ENSURE THAT THOSE PRIORITIES DRIVE THAT WORK PLAN.
THIS INFORMATION COULD BE COLLECTED MID-YEAR THIS YEAR, UM, AND MADE AVAILABLE TO THOSE DISTRICTS WHO ARE REPRESENTED BY THE UPTOWN BID DISTRICTS EIGHT AND NINE, AND THEN AGAIN AT THE ANNUAL REVIEW NEXT YEAR, UH, WHEN WE COME, WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS ITEM AGAIN.
SO, UH, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE PERSON WHO HAS SECONDED THE MOTION AGREES TO THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS.
UM, I DO THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILWOMAN.
SO AT THIS POINT, UH, I THINK THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT HAS MY NOTES HERE.
UM, I LOOK FORWARD TO REVIEWING AND PARTNERING ON THE PROGRESS WITH THE UPTOWN BID, UM, REGARDING SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT WE'VE SHARED HERE TODAY.
COUNCIL MEMBER BRIGGS SODE, UM, THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN THRESH AND TOOK, UM, AGAIN, UH, WE HAVE A FANTASTIC COMMUNITY IN UPTOWN, UM, AND THE UPTOWN BID HELPS TO BOLSTER THAT WORK THAT WE ARE DOING TO INVEST IN OUR SMALL BUSINESSES ALONG OUR CORRIDORS AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE WELCOMING TO THE BUSINESSES THAT WE WANT.
UM, AND SO I'M IN FULL SUPPORT, UM, AND LOOKING FORWARD TO AS WE MOVE INTO THE FUTURE.
ALL RIGHT, WELL, I CERTAINLY WELCOME, I CERTAINLY WELCOME THIS AS SOMEONE WHO KNOCKED ON A LOT OF DOORS TO HELP ESTABLISH THIS BID AND RENEW THIS BID.
UH, I, I DEFINITELY HAVE HIGH EXPECTATIONS AND HOPES, UH, FOR THE UPTOWN BID.
UH, AND I LOVE TO SEE THE COLLABORATIVE LEADERSHIP BETWEEN EIGHT AND NINE.
I KNOW YOU CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN.
UH, WE'LL GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT, UH, ROGELIO, THIS IS YET AGAIN ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF WHAT GOOD LOOKS LIKE.
UM, FOR THE RECORD, UH, THE REASON WHY I WANTED TO SPEAK, AND I'LL KEEP IT SUCCINCT, IS, UM, I REMEMBER ANOTHER BUSINESS DISTRICT, UM, SPECIFICALLY IT WAS THE BELMONT SHORE SIGN THAT WAS GOING TO BE IMPROVED, BUT, UM, THE SIGN IS STILL THE SAME OLD SIGN.
SO OBVIOUSLY THERE'S NO BACK AND FORTH, BUT IF SOMEBODY CAN PLEASE LOOK INTO THE WHY THAT SIGN WAS NEVER IMPROVED FOR THE BELMONT SHORE BUSINESS DISTRICT, THANK YOU.
MEMBERS, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
ITEM 20, REPORT FROM FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 YEAR END BUDGET PERFORMANCE REPORT AND INCREASE APPROPRIATIONS
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IN SEVERAL FUNDS ACROSS SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS FOR VARIOUS PURPOSES TO REFLECT FINAL EXPENDITURES AND ADOPT RESOLUTION TO AMEND THE 10 YEAR INTER FUND LOAN OF $21,832,202 CITYWIDE.YES, THIS IS OUR ANNUAL PERFORMANCE REPORT WHERE WE, UH, TALK ABOUT HOW THE, UH, FISCAL
[20. 26-54299 Recommendation to receive and file the Fiscal Year 2025 (FY 25) Year-End Budget Performance Report and increase appropriations in several funds across several departments for various purposes to reflect final expenditures; and, to adopt resolution authorizing Financial Management Department to amend the 10-year interfund loan of $21,832,202, between the Fleet Services Fund Group and the General Fund Group established to reimburse Water Fund Group, pursuant to the outcome of Measure M litigation in 2022, to defer the FY 25 payment under the same 10-year term. (Citywide) Office or Department: Financial Management Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
YEAR OF 2025 ENDED.UM, SO THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION IN HERE.
UH, I THINK AS WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT A SURPRISE THAT THERE, UH, HAVE BEEN SOME PRETTY TROUBLING ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL AND THE STATE LEVEL.
UH, AND WE'RE NOT IMMUNE TO THAT.
UM, SO OUR RESIDENTS ARE NOT IMMUNE TO THAT.
WE KNOW THAT THERE'S FAMILIES AND OTHERS THAT ARE SEEING A LOT OF TURMOIL, UH, LOCALLY, AND WHEN THAT AFFECTS THEM, THAT IN TURN AFFECTS THE CITY AS WELL.
UH, SO, UH, WE ARE SEEING A, A DROP IN, IN REVENUE, UH, DRAMATICALLY, UH, IN THE AREAS OF PROPERTY TAX, SALES TAX AND UTILITY TAX.
UH, ALL THREE OF WHICH ARE THREE BIGGEST GENERATORS OF REVENUE.
UH, AND SO, UH, WE'VE ALSO SEEN SOME INCREASES IN THE COST TO RUN SOME BASIC SERVICES THAT AREN'T REALLY BEING SUPPORTED ANYMORE AT THE SAME LEVELS BY THE STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, PARTICULARLY IN THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES.
AND SO THE GENERAL FUND HAS TO STEP IN, UH, AND, AND PROVIDE THAT, UH, SUPPORT IF WE'RE GONNA FUND THOSE EXISTING SERVICES.
UH, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE, UH, TAKEN VERY ACTIVE MANAGEMENT ON.
UM, AND THE COUNCIL HAS STRONG FISCAL POLICIES THAT, UH, DIRECT US TO GET THINGS BACK INTO BALANCE.
UH, WE'VE, UH, DONE SOME, UH, SAVINGS TARGETS STARTING BACK IN MAY OF 2025 AND THEN, UH, AGAIN IN DECEMBER OF THIS YEAR.
UH, AND, UH, THE REPORT REALLY DETAILS THE STEPS THAT MANAGEMENT IS TAKING, UH, AND RECOMMENDING TO CLOSE THE GAP, UH, INCLUDING THE USE OF RESERVES, WHICH IS EXACTLY WHY WE CREATE RESERVES IN THE FIRST PLACE FOR THOSE UNEXPECTED DROPS IN, IN REVENUE.
UH, AND SO, UH, WE DON'T EXPECT ANY, UH, IN 26, UH, IN 25 AS A RESULT OF THESE ACTIONS.
ANY, ANY MAJOR IMPACTS TO, TO SERVICE OR, OR LAYOFFS OR THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
WE'VE GOTTEN THOSE QUESTIONS, UH, BUT THERE WILL BE SOME IMPACTS AS WE MANAGE THE BUDGET.
WE TIGHTEN THE BELT AS WE HOLD POSITIONS OPEN AND, AND, UH, DELAY CERTAIN EXPENSES TO ADJUST OPERATIONS AND CONTRACTS IN ORDER TO, UH, GENERATE ADDITIONAL SAVINGS.
UH, SO CITIES HAVE TO BALANCE THE BUDGET.
WE'RE NOT LIKE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WHERE YOU GET TO RUN DEFICITS AND BORROW MONEY.
UH, WE ARE REQUIRED EVERY YEAR TO DO THAT, AND THE CITY COUNCIL HAS VERY STRONG FISCAL POLICIES IN THE HISTORY OF MAKING THOSE DECISIONS.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, UH, UH, AS WE GO INTO THE NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET CYCLE, WHICH, UH, IS STARTING NOW AND, AND WILL BE PRESENTED TO THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL IN AUGUST, THAT'LL BE A VERY PUBLIC PROCESS ABOUT, UH, WHAT TYPES OF, OF SERVICE LEVELS WE WANT AND WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO AFFORD AS WE, UH, MAKE THOSE, THOSE TOUGH DECISIONS THAT HAPPEN ON CYCLES.
UM, THERE'S BEEN SEVERAL OF THESE CYCLES THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
UH, WE'RE BEEN LUCKY TO HAVE THE LAST COUPLE YEARS WHEN WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO, UH, NOT HAVE TO GO THROUGH THAT.
UM, BUT, UH, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT DOES HAPPEN FROM TIME TO TIME AND LONG BEACH IS NOT IMMUNE TO THAT.
UH, IF THERE'S ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, UH, SPECIFICALLY ON THE REPORT, UM, OUR, UH, BUDGET MANAGER CAN ALSO, UH, PROVIDE SOME UPDATES.
JUST A, JUST A, A FEW COMMENTS.
THANK YOU AND KEVIN FOR, UH, SOLVING, UH, THE END OF THE YEAR SHORTFALL.
WE KNOW THAT, UH, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, THE STATE GOVERNMENT, AND MOST JURISDICTIONS IN CALIFORNIA ARE SEEING THE, THE POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF, UH, WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR ECONOMY.
IT'S A, IT'S A TELLTALE SIGN OF WHAT'S TO COME.
UH, WE HOPE THAT THE IMPACTS OF TARIFFS AND ALL THOSE THINGS AND, UM, SPENDING AND ALL OF THAT TURNS AROUND AND CONFIDENCE COMES BACK.
WE CERTAINLY, UH, HOPE FOR THAT.
BUT WE, WE NEED TO BE CLEAR-EYED AND RE AND, AND REAL ABOUT, UH, THE REALITY ABOUT REVENUE.
I ALSO KNOW THAT LONG BEACH IS VERY UNIQUE IN THAT, AGAIN, WE'RE ONE OF THREE CITIES, UH, IN THE STATE WITH OUR OWN PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
WE ARE IMPACTED BY HR ONE DIRECT FEDERAL CUTS, AND WE'RE NOT GONNA GIVE UP ON OUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT BECAUSE WE HAVE A BAD GEAR OR TWO IN THE BUDGET.
UM, I REMEMBER WHEN, YOU KNOW, I BEGAN WORKING FOR THE CITY, UM, WHEN I WAS 26, AND MAYOR FOSTER WAS THERE, I THINK SEVEN OUT OF THE EIGHT YEARS.
THEY DEALT WITH, UH, UNCERTAIN ECONOMY THAT IMPACTED THE CITY'S BUDGET BACK THEN.
WE CAN MAKE THROUGH A YEAR OR TWO WITHOUT GIVING UP ON OUR PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
SO WE'RE GONNA, UH, CONTINUE TO FIND WAYS TO FIND NEW REVENUE, BE LESS DEPENDENT ON THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, AND FIGHT FOR EVERY DOLLAR WE'RE ENTITLED TO, UH, LEGALLY FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, UH, WHICH IS, WHICH IS, UH, SOMETHING THAT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE DO.
UM, WE'LL HAVE THE, A MORE FULL CONVERSATION AS WE GET INTO THE BUDGET DISCUSSION IN JULY.
UH, BUT FOR NOW, I'M GLAD THAT WE, UM, WERE ABLE TO, TO SOLVE THESE, UH, CHALLENGES WITHOUT HAVING SER UH, SERVICE REDUCTIONS IN THIS, UH, IN THIS, UM, PARTICULAR, UH, END OF THE YEAR IMPACT.
UH, I'LL GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER OTTI.
UM, I'M ACTUALLY GONNA SAY SOMETHING FAIRLY SIMILAR AND JUST SAY, YOU KNOW, I, TO TO FOLKS THAT ARE LISTENING, YOU KNOW, THE CITY REALLY CONTINUES TO CLOSELY MONITOR IN RESPONSE TO THE FISCAL UNCERTAINTY.
YOU HEARD WHAT OUR, OUR MAYOR SAID AND OUR CITY MANAGER.
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RECOGNIZE THAT EXTERNAL FUNDING, PARTICULARLY FEDERAL FUNDING, UM, POLICY PLAYS A CRITICAL ROLE IN SUPPORTING OUR LOCAL PROGRAMS, PUBLIC SERVICES, AND COMMUNITY WELLBEING.UM, WE ACKNOWLEDGE, YOU KNOW, THAT THE PO POTENTIAL REDUCTIONS OR ELIMINATION OF THESE FUNDS POSES SOME CHALLENGES FOR THE CITY BUDGET.
UM, BUT THIS IS NOT OUR FIRST TIME WEATHERING BUDGET CHALLENGES AS A CITY.
UH, THE CITY REMAINS COMMITTED, UM, AND I CERTAINLY DO TO TRANSPARENCY AND ENGAGEMENT WITH RESIDENTS CONTINUING TO PROVIDE AND ADVOCATE FOR SUSTAINED INVESTMENT IN OUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES.
UH, WE HAVE A BUDGET AND A CITY LEADERSHIP TEAM THAT IS PROACTIVE IN ADDRESSING OUR, UH, A LOT OF THESE CHALLENGES.
UM, AND AS THE BUDGET OVERSIGHT CHAIR, I PLAN TO WORK CLOSELY WITH OUR CITY STAFF TO BRING FORWARD RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, AS NECESSARY TO ADDRESS ANY MATERIAL BUDGET IMPACTS.
SO, UM, I'M CONFIDENT, UH, IN THE WORK THAT WE'RE GONNA DO DURING THE BUDGET CYCLE THIS YEAR.
UH, COUNCILMAN BROWN? UH, YES.
UM, AND I THINK, UM, JUST GOING OFF OF WHAT, UH, THE COUNCILWOMAN JUST SAID, I THINK, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE, UH, COMMITTED TO TRANSPARENCY, I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT, UM, THE PUBLIC KNOW EXACTLY WHERE WE'RE AT.
I KNOW I HAD A PRESENTATION TODAY FROM THE CITY MANAGER AND, UM, SOME OF THOSE, UH, SOME OF THOSE NUMBERS ARE, ARE CONCERNING.
UM, I KNOW IN MY ROLE AS PRESIDENT OF SCAG, I'VE ALSO ASKED FOR PRESENTATIONS FROM A COUNTY LEVEL TO SEE WHAT THAT'S LOOKING LIKE AS A COUNTY.
BUT, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE AT SOME POINT THAT, UM, THAT PRESENTATION BE PUBLIC.
I THINK THAT WE SHOULD KNOW, UM, EXACTLY, UM, WHERE WE'RE AT, UM, WHERE THE SHORTFALLS ARE.
UM, THE PUBLIC SHOULD KNOW WHERE WE'RE DELAYING EXPENSES AND HOW WE'RE BALANCING THE BUDGET.
UM, I KNOW SOMETHING THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST IN MY OFFICE, YOU KNOW, HAVING OUR DIVIDE BY NINE FUNDS, UM, CUT.
I THINK THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, IT HELPS US TO EXPLAIN TO OUR CONSTITUENTS, UH, THE SITUATION THAT WE'RE IN AND WHY WE CAN'T DO THINGS THAT WE USED TO DO ON SOME OF THEIR PROJECTS BECAUSE WE HAVE TOUGH YEARS AHEAD.
BUT IT DOESN'T HELP IF WE'RE NOT GETTING ALL OF THE, THE FULL INFORMATION, THE FULL PICTURE, UH, TO THE PUBLIC.
SO I WOULD ASK, UH, IN THE SPIRIT OF TRANSPARENCY THAT THESE PRESENTATIONS, UM, THAT WE'VE BEEN PRESENTED ARE, ARE, ARE PUBLIC, AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SEE THEM PRESENTED IN A COUNCIL SETTING SO THAT, UM, SO THAT, UH, THE, UM, THE PUBLIC HAS A FULL REPORT AND UM, AND THEN THEY UNDERSTAND HOW WE'RE DURING THESE HARD TIMES, HOW WE'RE FUNDING DIFFERENT SITUATIONS, HOW WE'RE FUNDING THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, WHAT'S BEING CUT.
UM, I KNOW I AGREE WITH THE MAYOR WHEN HE SAID, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOTTA KEEP, UM, OUR VITAL RESOURCES, BUT I THINK UNDERSTANDING THE FULL PICTURE HELPS US UNDERSTAND WHAT CUTS THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE, BECAUSE UNFORTUNATELY, UM, DUE TO SO MANY CIRCUMSTANCES, LIKE THE MAYOR EXPLAINED, WE WE'RE IN, WE'RE IN THE SITUATION WE'RE IN, BUT I DO THINK THAT WE OWE IT TO THE PUBLIC TO HAVE A VERY CLEAR PICTURE OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
MR. MAYOR, FOR THE RECORD, I WOULD POINT OUT THAT TODAY, UH, WE DO HAVE A WRITTEN REPORT, 33 PAGES, RIGHT? SO THAT IS ALL AVAILABLE.
UM, HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS IF WE GET COMMUNITY QUESTIONS LATER AND STUFF, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT WE'RE PUTTING OUT THERE RIGHT NOW TODAY.
SO, AND THEN HOW AND HOW WOULD THE COMMUNITY, UM, BE ABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS LIKE THAT? YEAH, SO, UM, YOU CAN SEND THOSE EITHER TO CITY MANAGER@LONGBEACH.GOV AND WE CAN GET 'EM TO OUR BUDGET OFFICE TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER THAT AND, AND, UH, UM, AND WE'D BE HAPPY TO, TO CONNECT WITH ANYBODY WHO, WHO'S GOT QUESTIONS.
AND WE'LL HAVE A FULL CONVERSATION DURING THE F FY 27 BUDGET PROCESS, BUT I DON'T GET THE BUDGET UNTIL HE GIVES IT TO ME AND THEN I GIVE IT TO YOU ALL.
SO WE, WE GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
PROJECTIONS SOMETIMES CHANGE, IT MAY LOOK ONE WAY TODAY, IT MAY LOOK BETTER OR WORSE IN THREE MONTHS FROM NOW.
SO WE WILL HAVE THAT FULL ROBUST CONVERSATION.
AND, AND THANK YOU MAYOR FOR THAT.
I JUST THINK, UM, JUST IT, THAT THE SPIRIT OF TRANSPARENCY, NO MATTER WHERE WE'RE AT, WE CAN ALWAYS GIVE UPDATES TO THE PUBLIC, RIGHT? BUT I THINK THERE SHOULD BE A FULL PRESENTATION.
ALRIGHT, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT, ROGELIO, CAN YOU PLEASE RESET MY TIME? THANK YOU.
SO TOM, I'M GLAD THAT YOU MENTIONED THAT THERE'S GONNA BE FURTHER DISCUSSIONS IN AUGUST REGARDING THIS.
UM, AGAIN, EVEN THOUGH I AM NOT ELECTED YET, I WOULD LIKE TO BE A PART OF THOSE DISCUSSIONS IF YOU WOULD OFFER THE INVITATION.
UM, IF NOT, I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND, BUT THE CITY'S BUDGET IS OF MAJOR CONCERN FOR ME FOR OBVIOUS REASONS.
AND AS LONG AS YOU'RE IN THE ROW, I'M GONNA HOLD YOU ACCOUNTABLE.
SO HOPEFULLY YOU'LL TAKE MY IN INVITATION.
UH, THE OTHER THING IS, SO THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT I'M GONNA BE ADDRESSING COUNCILWOMAN RICK'S ODI AND CINDY ALLEN.
SO YOU TWO ARE INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE NAMED IN THE UNLAWFUL TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION,
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RIGHT BY THE SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE FROM SACRAMENTO ON NOVEMBER 7TH.SO IN MY OPINION, YOU HAVE NO BUSINESS BEING PART OF ANY BUDGET ITEM.
SO JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT FOR THE RECORD.
AND UM, ALSO, I'M CURRENTLY IN DISCUSSIONS OF HIRING THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS, THE LITIGATION TEAM THAT CAUSED THE CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT AGAINST NAR.
SO IT'S THAT SAME LITIGATION TEAM THAT I'M HOPEFULLY GONNA BE ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY HIRE TO FORM A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT COMPLAINT AGAINST ALL EIGHT ELECTED OFFICIALS THAT BROKE THE LAW.
SO IT IS, IT IS COMING, BUT IT IS NOT OVER.
BY PREMATURELY DOING THAT AT A TUNE OF $48 MILLION TWO YEARS BEFOREHAND, THAT MEANT THAT $2 MILLION WAS ACTIVATED IN THE FORM OF INCREASED SALES TAXES.
SO THAT MONEY BETTER BE IN THE GENERAL FUND AND THERE BETTER NOT BE ANY MISAPPROPRIATION OF FUNDS OR COMMINGLING OF FUNDS BECAUSE THEN THAT CIVIL CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT WILL BECOME A CRIMINAL CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME MEMBERS.
21 REPORT FROM FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT RECOMMENDATION TO ADOPT SPECIFICATION AND AWARDED CONTRACT TO SAFE BOATS INTERNATIONAL FOR THE PURCHASE AND DELIVERY OF TWO SAFE BOATS.
29 FULL CABIN MODEL PATROL VESSELS WITH RELATED EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES IN A TOTAL AMOUNT, NOT TO EXCEED $1,489,908 AND EXECUTE ALL DOCUMENTS NECESSARY TO ENTER INTO THESE CONTRACTS CITYWIDE, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT, ROGELIO.
[21. 26-54297 Recommendation to adopt Specification No. ITB FM-26-671 and award a contract to SAFE Boats International, LLC, of Bremerton, WA, for the purchase and delivery of two SAFE boats 29 full cabin (29FC) model patrol vessels, with related equipment and accessories, in a total amount not to exceed $1,489,908, inclusive of taxes and fees; and, authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary to enter into these contracts, including any necessary subsequent amendments. (Citywide) Office or Department: Financial Management Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
SO I WAS HOPING TO ACTUALLY SAY THAT THIS IS ANOTHER GREAT EXAMPLE OF WHAT GOOD LOOKS LIKE, BUT UNFORTUNATELY THIS IS A TERRIBLE EXAMPLE.AND THE REASON WHY IS BECAUSE WE'RE MORE, WE'RE AWARDING X DOLLARS TO THE TUNE OF 1.5 MILLION TO A COMPANY BASED OUT OF WASHINGTON.
AGAIN, I I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT YOU GUYS ARE NOT LISTENING.
I LIVE IN LONG BEACH, I'M RUNNING FOR MAYOR OF LONG BEACH AND I WANT YOU TO SPEND LONG BEACH DOLLARS IN LONG BEACH, PERIOD.
THIS SPENDING MONEY OUTSIDE OF THE CITY WILL END NOW EITHER YOU CAN CHOOSE TO END IT NOW OR WHEN I GET IN THE OFFICE, IT WILL END.
WE WILL NOT SPEND A DOLLAR OUTSIDE OF THE CITY IF WE DO NOT HAVE TO.
THE, THE MONEY WILL BE KEPT IN THE CITY, NO DIFFERENT THAN THE WAY THAT WE'RE OFFERING PATHWAYS FOR OUR YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN IN THE CITY.
SO PLEASE STOP SPENDING LONG BEACH'S DOLLAR OUTSIDE OF LONG BEACH.
TOM, AGAIN, WHEN I SEE THINGS LIKE THIS, I'M HOLDING YOU RESPONSIBLE BECAUSE THE BUDGET IS UNDER YOUR CONTROL.
TOM, STOP ADDING THINGS TO THE LIST.
SPEND THE MONEY YOU NEED TO SPEND, BUT KEEP IT IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH.
DO YOUR JOB WITHIN THE CITY BOUNDARIES.
ALRIGHT, UH, MEMBERS, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
22 REPORT FROM FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND FIRE DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDATION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT AND ANY NECESSARY DOCUMENTS WITH SOUTH COAST FIRE EQUIPMENT INC.
FOR THE PURCHASE OF A PIERCE ENFORCER URBAN SEARCH AND RESCUE UNIT WITH RELATED EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES IN A TOTAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 1,864,000 $149.
[22. 26-54302 Recommendation to adopt resolution authorizing City Manager, or designee, to execute a contract, and any necessary documents including any necessary subsequent amendments, with South Coast Fire Equipment, Inc., a distributor of Oshkosh Corporation, of Ontario, CA, for the purchase of a Pierce Enforcer Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) unit, with related equipment and accessories, on the same terms and conditions afforded to Sourcewell (Contract No. 082025-PMI), in a total amount not to exceed $1,864,149, inclusive of taxes and fees; until the Sourcewell contract expires on December 8, 2029, with the option to renew for as long as the Sourcewell contract is in effect. (Citywide) Office or Department: Financial Management; Fire Department Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
ILIO ILIO.SO AS THE, UM, MEMBER OF THE PETROLEUM IN PETROLEUM REFINING INDUSTRY AND THE POWER GENERATION INDUSTRY,
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ONE OF THE ROLES THAT I WAS PRIVILEGED TO HAVE IS INDUSTRIAL FIREFIGHTER FOR THE LARGEST PETROLEUM COMPANY IN THE COUNTRY.SO AS A FIREFIGHTER, I UNDERSTAND WHAT EQUIPMENT COSTS, SO IT'S NOT THE COST THAT BOTHERS ME.
FIREFIGHTING EQUIPMENT COSTS A LOT OF MONEY BECAUSE IT'S SPECIALTY EQUIPMENT.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S JUST PRODUCED IN ANY FACTORY, BUT THROUGH MUTUAL AID WE HAVE TWO GREEN UNITS.
SO WHY ARE WE SPENDING MORE MONEY ON FIREFIGHTING EQUIPMENT? WE ALREADY HAVE THE BEST FIREFIGHTING EQUIPMENT FROM ANY SECOND LARGE MUNICIPALITY IN THE COUNTY ALREADY.
THE ONLY ONE THAT HAS A BIGGER BUDGET IS THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES.
SO THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES DOES HAVE SLIGHTLY BETTER EQUIPMENT THAN WE DO, BUT HEY, GUESS WHAT? WE'RE NO SLOUCHES.
AND AGAIN, WE HAVE TWO GREEN ONES THAT WE PROVIDE FOR MUTUAL AID.
SO WHY ARE WE SPENDING MORE MONEY TO BUY MORE FIREFIGHTER EQUIPMENT? OBVIOUSLY IT'S NOT A BACK AND FORTH.
CAN YOU PLEASE PROVIDE ME YOUR NAME, SIR? CHIEF? OKAY, ADDRESS THE CHAIR.
YEAH, BUT I MEAN, YOU'RE NOT GONNA SAY ANYTHING.
SO WHAT YOU GOTTA ADDRESS THE CHAIR.
I'LL FOLLOW THE RULES, BUT MR. AGUIRRE, I WILL BE IN TOUCH WITH YOU BECAUSE AGAIN, YOU ARE A CITY OF EMPLOYEE AND ULTIMATELY YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE TO.
TOM, PLEASE PROVIDE ME A REASON WHY, RIGHT? I WILL, I WILL BE CONTACTING YOU PERSONALLY, BUT WHY WE'RE SPENDING ALMOST $2 MILLION FOR FIREFIGHTER EQUIPMENT WHEN WE ALREADY HAVE WORLD CLASS FIREFIGHTER EQUIPMENT HERE.
I WORKED FOR MARATHON PETROLEUM.
WE HAVE TRAINED TOGETHER AND YOU KNOW THAT MARK PRETO, YOUR, YOUR YOUR FIRE BRIGADE, THE AL, THE LONG BEACH CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT AND MARATHON PETROLEUM.
MY, THE COMPANY THAT I RETIRED FROM, AFTER 26 YEARS OF SERVICE, WE HAVE TRAINED TOGETHER.
WHY ARE WE SPENDING TWO MORE MILLION DOLLARS TO BUY ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT? THANK YOU MEMBERS, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
UH, REMEMBER I JUST HAVE A QUICK LITTLE COMMENT I WAS GONNA MAKE.
UM, I JUST, I'M JUST WANNA JUST SAY ON THIS ITEM THAT, UM, I THINK, UH, THIS, I I'M SUPPORTING THIS ITEM BECAUSE, UH, IT'S JUST IMPORTANT TO EQUIP AND MAKE SURE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS THE RE RESOURCES THEY NEED, UM, TO RESPOND TO THESE, UH, LARGE SCALE FIRES AND, UM, EMERGENCIES.
AND THIS TYPE OF EQUIPMENT IS REALLY IMPORTANT IN PROTECTING OUR, UH, CITIZENS AS WELL AS STRENGTHENING OUR DISASTER UM, RESPONSE CAPABILITIES.
23 REPORT FROM HUMAN RESOURCES RECOMMENDATION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION APPROVING A LETTER OF AGREEMENT TO THE 2025 THROUGH 2028 MOU WITH THE POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION FOR POLICE DEPARTMENT RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION INCENTIVES CITYWIDE.
ALRIGHT, WELL, I WANNA, UM, UH, JUST THANK OUR CITY STAFF AND OUR, OUR POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION, UH, FOR CONTINUING TO WORK TOGETHER BARGAINING, GOOD FAITH AND PLACE A PRIORITY ON THE RECRUITMENT OF NEXT GENERATION OF OFFICERS.
[23. 26-54303 Recommendation to adopt resolution approving a Letter of Agreement to the 2025-2028 Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Police Officers Association (POA) for City of Long Beach, Police Department Recruitment and Retention Incentives for a term of January 1, 2026 to December 31, 2026, with the option to extend for two one-year periods, at the discretion of the City Manager. (Citywide) Office or Department: Human Resources Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
IN THE LAST THREE YEARS.WE'VE NEVER HIRED, UH, THAT MANY OFFICERS IN ANY SPAN SINCE THE CREATION OF THE DEPARTMENT.
AND A BIG PART OF THAT HAS BEEN THE RECRUITMENT, UH, EFFORTS AND STRATEGIES THAT, UH, HAVE BEEN DEPLOYED OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS.
SO, UM, I'LL GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER ALLEN.
UH, YEAH, I JUST, IT, I THINK, UM, AN IMPORTANT PART OF PUBLIC SAFETY IS JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH SWORN OFFICERS, UM, TO EFFECTIVELY, UH, PATROL AND MAINTAIN THE SERVICE IN OUR CITY.
SO I'M ENCOURAGED BY THE, THE CLASS OF A HUNDRED.
IT'S JUST, IT'S EVEN HARD TO WRAP MY, I THINK MY, IT WAS CLASS 28, I THINK WE HAD ABOUT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE 38, 40 PEOPLE.
SO TO THINK LIKE A HUNDRED PEOPLE ARE GOING THROUGH, THAT'S JUST, IT'S, IT'S A, THE LARGEST ACADEMY
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CLASS AND, UM, THE HISTORY OF LONG BEACH AND, UH, I THINK IT ALSO IS A SIGN COMMANDER, UH, DEPUTY CHIEF THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE DOING REALLY GOOD ON, UM, ON RECRUITING, SO I JUST, JUST A HUGE, UH, KUDOS ON THIS AND, UH, I'M JUST HAPPY TO SEE THIS ON, UM, THE AGENDA TODAY.WHAT CLASS DID YOU SAY YOU WERE? 68.
YEAH, I JUST WANNA THANK THE TEAM FOR GETTING THIS TO US.
WE KNOW, UM, COMPETITION FOR RECRUITS IS REALLY INTENSE IN OUR REGION AND WE KNOW WE WANT THE BEST RECRUITS AND SO, UH, I WANNA THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR, UM, CONTINUING TO INVEST IN MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE THE BEST RECRUITS AROUND.
ALL RIGHT, WE'LL GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT, ROGELIO.
SO I'M GONNA BE SPEAKING DIRECTLY TO THE RESIDENTS OF LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA.
SO HOPEFULLY I'M LOOKING RIGHT AT THE RIGHT CAMERA.
AND HOPEFULLY IT'S NOT THAT CAMERA.
I SUPPORT THE LONG BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT.
I WILL NOT BE DEFUNDING THE LONG BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT.
I'LL MAKE THAT VERY, VERY CLEAR.
I SUPPORT THE MEN AND WOMEN THAT MAKE UP THE LONG BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND UNDER MY FOUR YEAR TERM, I WILL NOT BE DEFUNDING THE LONG BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THERE WILL BE REFORM 'CAUSE THERE'S THINGS THAT I'VE SEEN THAT ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE, AND I'LL GO INTO MORE DETAIL AT A LATER TIME.
BUT I SUPPORT THIS AGENDA ITEM.
AND AGAIN, I WANNA BE VERY, VERY CLEAR.
IF YOU DO NOT WANT ME TO BE YOUR MAYOR, THEN REGISTER TO VOTE AND VOTE AGAINST ME.
BUT I WILL NOT BE DEFUNDING THE LONG BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT.
I WILL BE SUPPORTING THE LONG BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT UNION, AND THEY WILL NOT BE DEFUNDED ON THAT ITEM, TOM, THAT'LL DEFINITELY BE TAKEN CARE OF.
ANYWAYS, I JUST WANTED TO SUPPORT, SHOW MY SUPPORT FOR THE LONG BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT.
MEMBERS, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
24 REPORT FROM PUBLIC WORKS RECOMMENDATION TO EXECUTE ALL DOCUMENTS TO AMEND CONTRACT WITH PLENARY PROPERTIES LONG BEACH FOR THE CONTINUED CIVIC CENTER PROJECT FOR A REVISED CONTRACT CONTRACT AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 30,000,580 508,000 $110.
DISTRICT ONE, TWO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SIGNED UP, SPEAK LIO AND DAVE SHUKLA.
[24. 26-54300 Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents, including any directed infrastructure change orders and capital modifications necessary to amend Contract No. 34242 with Plenary Properties Long Beach LLC, of Los Angeles, CA, for continued Civic Center City of Long Beach project, to increase the contract amount by $2,000,000, for a revised contract amount not to exceed $30,508,110. (District 1) Office or Department: Public Works Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
ALMOST $31 MILLION TO GO TO DISTRICT ONE.UM, I DO SEE LONG BEACH, LLC, HOWEVER, IN A VERY CALCULATED MOVE, IT'S LONG BEACH, LLC OF LOS ANGELES.
SO AGAIN, $31 MILLION TO AN ENTITY OUTSIDE OF LONG BEACH, EVEN THOUGH IT IS OUR NEIGHBORING CITY.
MARY, YOU'RE, YOU'RE DISTRICT ONE, CORRECT.
MARY? DOES THAT SMILE MEAN YES OR ALL RIGHT, SO 31 MILLION MARY, IF YOU GET REELECTED, I'M GONNA ASK YOU WHAT THE FREAKING A, THAT'S FOUR.
WHY ARE WE SPENDING THAT MUCH MONEY, TOM, EVEN TO A NEIGHBORING CITY WHEN WE CAN SPEND THAT MONEY INSIDE LONG BEACH? THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
WELL, WELL, I, I, I, I'VE GOT, I'VE,
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I'VE GOT A PLAN FOR HOW EVERYTHING COULD BE BUILT IN LONG BEACH.UM, MAN, IT'S TOUGH TO GO AFTER THAT, DUDE.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, YOU ALWAYS WORRY ABOUT BEING, UH, TAKEN TO BE A CLOWN FOR SPEAKING OF MORE THAN ONE ITEM, BUT, UH, MAN MAKES IT HARD.
UM, UH, I, I, I WANTED TO SPEAK TO THIS ITEM BECAUSE, UH, THERE'S SOMETHING SALIENT.
UH, NOT JUST COST OVERRUNS ON CONSTRUCTION, BUT SOMETHING SALIENT ABOUT THOSE COST OVERRUNS, UH, THAT REALLY SPEAKS TO, UH, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTION THE CITY HAS BEEN TAKING OVER THE PAST FOUR YEARS.
UM, YOU, YOU, YOU KNOW, THE COST OVER'S GONNA BE PART OF THE PROCESS, BUT WHAT THEY'RE FOR, UH, ESPECIALLY FOR THE, UH, AMOUNTS OF ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT AND LOAD, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T HAVE ENOUGH CONCERTS WRECKS TO, TO REPLACE THE KINDA MONEY THAT YOU COULD HAVE BEEN GETTING FROM TAKING CONTROL OF THE ELECTRICITY SYSTEM.
CHEAP WAY FOR ME TO MAKE THE POINT.
I KNOW, UH, LATE IN THE NIGHT, YOU'VE ALREADY HEARD A LOT OF WILD STUFF TONIGHT, SO I DON'T KNOW HOW WELL THAT LANDS.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS PAST WEEK, THE CENTER FOR BI BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY PUT OUT A REPORT ON I, UH, IDLE OIL WELLS IN CALIFORNIA.
UH, AND THE INCREDIBLE SWATH, I MEAN, IMAGINE FIVE TIMES, 10 TIMES THE SIZE OF THE MARINE STADIUM, UH, ACROSS THE BELT OF LONG BEACH, ALONG THE SOUTHERN BORDER OF, UH, SIGNAL HILL, UH, WHERE THESE IDLE WELLS ARE, ARE, ARE A PROBLEM.
AND, YOU KNOW, FOR AS MUCH AS WE, WE HOPE WE CAN PROVIDE, UH, GOOD HOSTING AND OUR, OUR BEST SELVES DURING THE OLYMPICS, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, MAN, THEY'RE GONNA SEE THOSE SMOKESTACKS IN THE BACKGROUND.
THEY'RE GONNA SEE, YOU KNOW, WHERE THE CLIMATE CHANGE HAS BEEN COMING FROM AND WHY, YOU KNOW, THE, WE AS A, NOT JUST A CITY, BUT AS A SOCIETY, ARE STILL HIDE BOUND TO, UH, THE PERILS OF FOSSIL FUELS AS A ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY.
AND IT'S JUST UNFORTUNATE, YOU KNOW, THAT ITEMS LIKE THIS DON'T HAVE SOLAR PANELS ON ALL THE ROOFS OR ALL THE THINGS THAT WE COULD BE DOING, UH, AND COULD BE CREATING JOBS, UH, OUT OF, AND, UH, KEEPING THINGS MADE LOCAL
IT'S KIND OF HARD TO TAKE SERIOUSLY.
UM, BUT YEAH, UH, I, I, UH, WOULD LIKE TO SEE AT SOME POINT, UH, A CITY THAT'S COMMITTED TO, UH, A STABLE AND, UH, ECOLOGICALLY SOUND FUTURE FOR ITS SOCIETY AND FOR ITS RESIDENTS.
MEMBERS, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
25 REPORT FROM PUBLIC WORKS RECOMMENDATION TO ADOPT PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS AND AWARDED CONTRACT TO ELECT NOR BELCO ELECTRIC FOR THE PROTECTED LEFT TURN SIX INTERSECTIONS PROJECT FOR A TOTAL CONTRACT AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $2,077,599.
EXECUTE ALL DOCUMENTS NECESSARY TO ENTER INTO THE CONTRACT AND ACCEPT CATEGORICAL EXEMPTION DISTRICTS FIVE, SEVEN, AND NINE.
[25. 26-54298 Recommendation to adopt Plans and Specifications No. R-7260 and award a contract to Elecnor Belco Electric, Inc., of Chino, CA, for the Protected Left-Turn 6 Intersections Project, in the amount of $1,806,608, authorize a 15 percent contingency in the amount of $270,991, for a total contract amount not to exceed $2,077,599, authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary to enter into the contract, including any necessary amendments; Increase appropriations in the Capital Projects Fund Group in the Public Works Department by $700,500, offset by Highway Safety Improvement Program funds (HSIP-5108[203]); Increase appropriations in the Capital Projects Fund Group in the Public Works Department by $700,500, offset by transfer of Highway Safety Improvement Program funds from the Capital Grant Fund; and Accept Categorical Exemption CE 24-182. (Districts 5, 7, 9) Office or Department: Public Works Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
SO HOW APPROPRIATE AND FIVE, SEVEN, AND NINE ARE, UH, THREE OF THE DISTRICTS THAT ARE COMING UP FOR REELECTION.AGAIN, A TERRIBLE EXAMPLE OF MONEY SPENT OUTSIDE OF THE CITY.
SO IN THIS CASE, IT'S A COMPANY IN CHINO, CALIFORNIA FOR A LEFT TURN AT SIX INTERSECTION PROJECTS.
SO LET'S JUST SAY $2 MILLION DIVIDED BY SIX.
THAT SOUNDS LIKE A FRICKING TON OF MONEY PER INTERSECTION FOR LEFT TURNS.
WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT HERE, TOM? WHAT THE F TOM, ANOTHER THING ON YOUR LIST.
SUCH A QUIET GIVING PUBLIC COMMENT.
YOU ALRIGHT, LET'S, LET'S, LET'S GIVE HIM THE FLOOR.
LET'S DIRECT THE COMMENTS TO THE CHAIR.
ROGELIO DIRECT THE COMMENTS TO THE CHAIR OR, OR, OR THE TIME.
WELL THAT GUY'S A F*****G IDIOT.
LET'S JUST, LET'S JUST, SORRY ABOUT THAT.
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LET'S SPEND THE MONEY WITHIN CITY LIMITS.IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, IT MAKES SOUND FISCAL SENSE TO BE RESPONSIBLE WITH THE BUDGET TO KEEP THE MONEY IN THE CITY.
NOW, IF THERE'S A REASON NOT TO, BECAUSE SOMEONE IN THE CITY CANNOT DO THE JOB, THEN BY ALL MEANS, IF THERE'S A NEED AND IT WAS BUDGETED AND IT WAS APPROVED, THEN LET'S SPEND IT OUTSIDE.
BUT I MEAN, WHY IS IT THAT WE'RE JUST CONSTANTLY THROWING MONEY LEFT AND RIGHT OUTSIDE OF THE CITY? IT MAKES NO SENSE.
THAT IS NOT BEING FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE WITH TAXPAYER MONEY.
I HOPE THAT YOU START TO TAKE THAT VERY, VERY SERIOUSLY BECAUSE BELIEVE ME, I'M COMING.
REX AND I BOTH KNOW ALL WE HAVE TO, ALL I HAVE TO DO IS COME UP TO NUMBER TWO.
THE INCUMBENT IS ALWAYS A STRONG CANDIDATE FOR REELECTION.
SO CLEARLY NUMBER ONE, AND I'M LOUD NUMBER TWO.
SO WE'RE BOTH GONNA GO TO THE GENERAL.
SO LET'S START WORKING TOGETHER.
I DON'T WANT TO SEE THESE ITEMS CONTINUOUSLY ON THE AGENDA, TOM, MAKE IT SENSIBLE.
ASK THE QUESTIONS WHILE I'M NOT THERE.
BE MY FRICKING EYES AND EARS AND SAY WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA.
I DON'T WANNA KEEP ADDING TO THE LIST.
MEMBERS, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
26 REPORT FROM TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION RECOMMENDATION TO EXECUTE A LEASE PURCHASE AGREEMENT AND RELATED FINANCING DOCUMENTS WITH BANK OF AMERICA PUBLIC CAPITAL CORP FOR THE PURCHASE AND FINANCING OF PERSONAL COMPUTERS IN NOT TO EXCEED PURCHASE AMOUNT OF $2,320,500.
I DIDN'T KNOW THERE WAS KIDS RIGHT BEHIND ME.
YEAH, SORRY THAT, THAT DEFINITELY IS NOT ACCEPTABLE AND I REALLY APOLOGIZE FOR THAT OUTBURST, UM, RECOMMENDATION TO AUTHORIZE BY THE CITY MANAGER.
TOM, JUST STOP ADDING TO THE LIST, TOM.
YOU KNOW, YOU'RE NOT ELECTED, YOU'RE APPOINTED.
IT'S NOT A GOOD LOOK, TOM, KEEP THE MONEY WITHIN THE CITY BOUNDARIES.
IF YOU NEED TO SPEND THE MONEY.
'CAUSE THERE'S A NEED, SPEND IT.
I'M SURE YOU'RE A SHARP GUY AND YOU CAN JUSTIFY EVERY DOLLAR DOWN TO THE PENNY, BUT JUST SPEND IT WITHIN THE CITY BECAUSE WHEN I TAKE OVER AND REX IS THE VICE MAYOR, RIGHT?
YOU WILL NEED TO AT, AT, YOU'LL NEED TO DEAL WITH ME.
HAVE VICE MAYOR REX RICHARDSON.
FIRST VICE MAYOR OF LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA.
MEMBERS, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
ALRIGHT, UH, WE ARE NOW AT OUR CLOSING PUBLIC COMMENT.
I HAVE, UH, 27 PEOPLE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
THAT MEANS UNDER OUR COUNCIL RULES, THE TIME WILL BE SET AT 60 SECONDS.
UH, 10 AND LINE UP AND COME FORWARD.
FIRST IS BRIAN MONTOYA, THEN ELLIE, THEN MITCHY, THEN LIO, THEN LORDES DIXON, THEN VIVA LAA, UH, NICOLE, TED GRISWOLD L AND WILLIAM BREAKER ARE THE FIRST 10.
[ 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. ]
YOU.IT'S, GET IT, IT'S 90 AFTER IT IS 90, AFTER 10 IS 60.
AFTER 20, THERE'S 27 SPEAKING.
A LOT OF TENANTS WORKING CLASS PEOPLE CAME OUT HERE TO GET YOUR EAR.
AND WE WOULD LOVE TO GET 90 SECONDS.
IT IS 90 TIMES, 30 IS A LOT OF TIME.
OR IS IT PEOPLE THAT YOU REPRESENT? 90 SECONDS TIMES 30.
WHAT IS THAT ABOUT AN HOUR OR IT'S 28 45.
WAITING FOR HOURS TO SPEAK TO YOU.
I ALSO WANNA REMIND THAT THE, UH, INDIVIDUALS WHO SIGNED
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UP AS GENERAL PUBLIC, AND YOU SPOKE AT THE FIRST NON-AG AGENDA, PUBLIC COMMENT.YOU DO, YOU ARE UNABLE TO SPEAK AT THIS AGENDA.
THIS GENTLEMAN DIDN'T SPEAK EARLIER.
UH, MAYOR RICHARDSON AND, UH, MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS BRIAN MONTOYA, A LONG BEACH RESIDENT, A FATHER OF FOUR BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN BORN IN THE CITY AND A FOUNDER OF BEACH UNITED, UH, COMMUNITY DRIVEN BEACH VOLLEYBALL COMPANY THAT IS FOCUSED ON YOUTH ACCESS AND PUBLIC ACTIVATION.
AT LOS ALAMITOS BEACH, THERE WAS AN OPEN SAND WITH, WITH NO VOLLEYBALL COURTS, NO INFRASTRUCTURE.
AND RECENTLY I SAW YOU MAYOR PLAYING BEACH VOLLEYBALL AT THE COURT THAT WE DONATED TO THE CITY.
I SAW THAT IN THE WEEK ON THE WEEKEND.
AND, UM, AND UNFORTUNATELY TODAY THE COURT WAS REMOVED.
UH, I WAS, I WAS WORKING OUT WITH MY TWO BOYS AND WE, I HAPPENED TO BE AT THERE AT THE SAME TIME WHERE, WHERE IT WAS TAKEN DOWN.
SO, UM, I JUST, I'M HERE RESPECTFULLY ASKING FOR CLARITY.
UM, IF ALAMITOS BEACH IS PREPARED TO HOST OLYMPIC EVENTS, THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR A LONG-TERM LEGACY, NOT JUST A TEMPORARY SETUP.
UH, WE BELIEVE THAT LOS ALAMITOS BEACH CAN BECOME A PROPERTY.
TALK WITH CITY MANAGER ON DUTY.
SO THANK AND THANK THANKS FOR DOING THAT.
UH, I THINK THERE WAS SOME MAINTENANCE CHALLENGES WITH IT, BUT I'M WITH YOU.
I WANNA SEE A LONG TERM PERMANENT, UH, ENHANCEMENT AND MORE, MORE VOLLEYBALL AFTER COMING OUT OF 2028.
YOU HAVE A NICE BIKE,
ROGELIO, THIS IS THE SECOND PUBLIC CALL, NON NON AGENDA.
THIS IS PROCLAMATION LONG BEACH 0 0 1 I ROGELIO MARTINEZ PROCLAIM ON FEBRUARY 5TH, 2026.
WITHIN THE CITY OF LIMITS, KNOWN AS LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA, THAT ANY PERSON WHO HAS OR IS SEXUALLY TRAFFICKING A CHILD OR ADULT WILL BE CHEMICALLY CASTRATED WITHOUT EXCEPTION.
THOSE KNOWN SEX OFFENDERS UNDER THE MEGAN'S LAW DATABASE WILL HAVE 72 HOURS TO VACATE THE CITY.
IF NOT, THEY WILL BE CHEMICALLY CASTRATED.
ONCE AGAIN, THAT'S PROCLAMATION LBC 0 0 1.
NEXT SPEAKER IS LOURDES LOURDES DIXON.
UM, VIVA LAPA IS VIVA LAPA HERE.
NICOLE COURSE, CIVIC AND GEO GROUP ARE OUR PROFIT, UH, FOR-PROFIT DETENTION FACILITIES THAT ARE HOUSING MANY OF OUR DETAINED COMMUNITY.
UM, THERE IS A 55% INCREASE IN IMMIGRATION DETAINEE CONTRACTS THIS YEAR.
ROUGHLY $20 BILLION OF OUR TAXPAYER MONEY IS GOING TO THESE DETENTION CENTERS FOR THE NEXT 30 YEARS.
UM, MEANWHILE, THERE ARE PEOPLE THROWING LOTION BOTTLES WITH NOTES OVER FENCES TO LET US KNOW THE CONDITIONS.
THEY JUST RATED A CHILDREN'S FACILITY TO DISPOSE OF THEIR DRAWINGS AND LETTERS, UH, THAT HAVE BEEN SEEN BY THE PUBLIC.
THERE'S CLEARLY A SCARCITY OF EDIBLE FOOD AND CLEANING, CLEAN DRINKING WATER, AND DISREGARD OF MEDICAL CARE.
44 DEATHS HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED IN FEDERAL CUSTODY.
I'M ASKING THE CITY OF LONG BEACH TO TAKE A, A MORE ACTIVE GOAL OR ACTIVE ROLE IN, UM, WHAT WE ARE DOING AS FAR AS, UH, KEEPING, UH, AFTERCARE WITH THE OUR DETAINEES.
UM, WE HAD FORESTS EARLIER, UM, SPEAK OUT AND WANTED TO, UH, TELL THE PEOPLE YOUR TIME HAS CONCLUDED.
UM, I GUESS I'LL WAIT TILL NEXT TIME 'CAUSE I, YEAH.
AFTER TED IS L AFTER L IS WILLIAM BREAKER.
AND THEN I HAVE, UH, A HUNDRED FEE, 150 DAYS EVICTION FREEZE SPANISH.
THE, THE NEXT 16 SPEAKERS ALL HAVE THE SAME NAME.
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FREEZE.ARE ANY OF THEM HERE? WE'RE ALL HERE.
NOW WOULD BE THE TIME TO LINE UP IN WHATEVER ORDER.
AND WHOEVER'S RE REQUIRING, UH, SPANISH INTERPRETATION, IF WE COULD TAKE THEM FIRST, THAT WOULD BE OKAY.
I'M ACTUALLY GONNA GO FIRST AND SHE'S GONNA GO SECOND.
AND BOTH REQUIRE INTERPRETATION, BOTH SPANISH.
IN 2021, LONG BEACH CITY COUNCIL WAS GIVEN THE DATA TO SUPPORT ABOLISHING RE EVICTIONS WAS GIVEN A PROPOSAL TO DO IT AND STILL CHOSE NOT TO HOW MANY FAMILIES HAVE LOST THEIR HOMES AS A RESULT.
SINCE THEN, YOU'VE HEARD THAT LONG BEACH LANDLORDS USE RE EVICTIONS TO RETALIATE AGAINST TENANTS WHO ASSERT THEIR RIGHTS.
YOU'VE HEARD THAT LANDLORDS HAVE A HISTORY OF ABUSING RE EVICTIONS TO TARGET THE MOST AFFORDABLE HOMES IN THE CITY.
AND YOU'VE HEARD THAT LANDLORD ATTORNEYS PUBLICLY DESCRIBE RUN EVICTIONS AS A WAY TO BEAT RENT CONTROL.
WE'VE EDUCATED YOU THAT 82% OF HOUSING UNITS IN LONG BEACH WILL NEED MAJOR MAINTENANCE IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS.
MEANING THERE'LL BE AN AVALANCHE OF SUBSTANTIAL REMODEL EVICTIONS AND THAT CURRENTLY TENANTS CANNOT SAFELY REQUEST REPAIRS 'CAUSE IT COULD PUT THEM AT RISK OF A RE EVICTION.
YOU KNOW THAT LA CITY ABOLISHED RE EVICTIONS LAST YEAR, EVEN THOUGH THEY SEE FEWER IN ALL OF LA THAN THAT WE DO IN LONG BEACH.
AND STILL, YOU'VE DONE NOTHING TODAY.
WE ASK YOU TO LISTEN TO THESE TENANTS FOR ONE MINUTE EACH WHOSE LIVES HAVE BEEN UPENDED BECAUSE OF YOUR INACTION.
DEAR DUTY TO THESE FAMILIES, PASS A MORATORIUM ON EVICTIONS AND ABOLISH RE EVICTIONS NOW.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ONE MINUTE.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
I'M A MOTHER OF THREE AND I'VE LIVED IN MY HOME FOR 16 YEARS.
I'VE COME BEFORE TO ASK ORANG AND ASK FOR HELP FROM MY COMMUNITY.
SEEMS AS THOUGH NOBODY HEARS US WELL, WHEN ALL WE WANT IS TO REMAIN IN OUR HOMES.
WHEN I'M AT RISK OF EVICTION, BECAUSE OF, UH, RENOVATION LAWS DON'T HELP US.
AND I JUST CAME TO ASK FOR HELP FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE SWORN TO HELP US ACCORDING TO THE CONSTITUTION FOR THE PEOPLE.
AND, BUT IT IS A DECEPTION TO SEE HOW PEOPLE LOSE THEIR HOMES EVERY YEAR.
AND I AM AT RISK OF BECOMING ANOTHER STATISTIC.
ALL OF US HERE PRESENT HAVE FACED A LOSS AT SOME POINT, AND IT IS BY NO MEANS PLEASANT.
ASK THE COUNCIL TO ADDRESS THE REMODEL, TO NOT STOP, STOP TALKING JUST ABOUT THE OLYMPICS AND ADDRESS THESE EVICTIONS FOR REMODELING.
WE NEED YOU TO GET INVOLVED WITH WHAT THE COMMUNITY NEEDS, NOT JUST WHAT GIVES, PUTS MORE MONEY IN THE POCKETS OF OWNERS THE COMMUNITY NEEDS.
ALRIGHT, NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE SIGN.
I'M IN SIXTH GRADER IN LONG BEACH.
I LIVE IN A SINGLE PARENT HOUSEHOLD.
WE NEED STRONGER TENANT PROTECTIONS NOW TO KEEP OUR COMMUNITIES HOUSED.
I DON'T WANT TO BE AFRAID OF LOSING MY HOME ANYMORE.
ALRIGHT, NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.
I'M A RENTER IN LONG BEACH AND I'M A SINGLE PARENT OF TWO YOUNG KIDS.
I WORRY EVERY DAY ABOUT LOSING OUR HOUSING.
I'M ASKING FOR STRONGER TENANT PROTECTIONS.
I AM ASKING FOR COMPLETE REMOVAL OF SUBSTANTIAL REMODEL AS A REASON FOR
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EVICTION IN LONG BEACH.UM, FOR 15 YEARS I HAD RESIDED IN MY HOME IN LONG BEACH.
UH, INSTEAD OF CELEBRATING CHRISTMAS THIS YEAR, I WAS OPEN TO MY DOOR TO EVICT A 60 DAY EVICTION.
NOTICE THAT WE, OUR WHOLE UNIT, OUR WHOLE BUILDING HAD TO BE MOVED ALL BY FEBRUARY 1ST FOR SUBSTANTIAL REMODEL.
THIS COULD CAUSE COMPLETELY STRESS OF NOT KNOWING WHERE I WILL LIVE IN THIS RENTAL MARKET THAT SEEMS UNACHIEVABLE.
THE CITY OF LONG BEACH HAD AGREED WITH US AND TOLD OUR LANDLORD THAT HIS SUBSTANTIAL EVICTION WAS NOT, DID NOT MEET THE STANDARDS OF A SUBSTANTIAL REMODEL.
YET OUR OUR LANDLORD CONTINUED TO PROCEED WITH THIS UNLAWFUL EVICTION.
HE OFFERED US 1800, 18 90 FOR RELOCATION FEES, WHICH BARELY COVERS THE AMOUNT TO MOVE A TRUCK.
AFTER 15 YEARS OF LIVING THERE, LOS ANGELES HAS SINCE RESTRICTED THESE UNSUBSTANTIAL REMODEL EVICTIONS BECAUSE THEY SEEN WHAT WAS GOING ON.
I'M ASKING LONG BEACH TO DO THE SAME THING.
LONG-TERM TENANTS LIKE MYSELF ARE NOT MERELY BEING MOVED, BEING ASKED TO MOVE.
WE ARE BEING DRIVEN OUT BECAUSE THEY AREN'T ENOUGH PROTECTION FOR TENANTS.
HELLO, I'M A TENANT IN DISTRICT TWO.
I LIVE, I WORK AND I GO TO SCHOOL IN LONG BEACH.
MY DAUGHTER ALSO GOES TO SCHOOL IN LONG BEACH.
THIS IS A LETTER FROM THE CITY OF LONG BEACH TELLING OUR PROPERTY MANAGEMENT OUR LANDLORD, THAT WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS WRONG.
THAT THEY DID NOT MEET THE GUIDELINES.
THEY DIDN'T FOLLOW THE PROTOCOLS.
THEY HAVE EMAILED US AND ESSENTIALLY DONE JUST SCARE TACTICS.
THEY JUST KEEP TELLING US THAT THEY ARE WITHIN THEIR RIGHTS, EVEN THOUGH THE CITY OF LONG BEACH HAS ALREADY TOLD THEM THEY HAVE NOT FOLLOWED PROTOCOLS.
THESE LANDLORDS ARE USING THESE SUBSTANTIAL REMODELS AS LOOPHOLES.
WE ALREADY KNOW THAT THAT HAS BEEN PROVEN.
AND NOW EVEN IN PERSON, I HAVE RECEIVED AN EMAIL BASICALLY THEM TELLING US THAT THEY DON'T CARE.
THEY SAID THAT THEY ARE WITHIN THEIR RIGHTS THAT WE NEED TO GET OUT EVEN THOUGH THE CITY HAS TOLD THEM THAT THEY'RE NOT RIGHT.
UM, I JUST WANT YOU GUYS TO REMOVE THIS ESSENTIAL REMODELING BECAUSE IT'S NOT A JUST CAUSE WE HAVE DONE EVERYTHING RIGHT.
WE HAVE PAID OUR RENT, WE HAVE KEPT UP OUR APARTMENTS, AND THEY ARE NOT LISTENING TO US.
YOU'RE PUSHING FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
YET EXISTING AFFORDABLE HOMES ARE BEING EMPTIED, FLIPPED, AND BECOMING AN AFFORDABLE.
WE CANNOT CELEBRATE BUILDING NEW UNITS WHILE ALLOWING FAMILIES CURRENTLY LIVING HERE TO BE PUSHED OUT.
HOUSING POLICY MUST INCLUDE HOUSING PRESERVATION.
I'M A RESIDENT OF LONG BEACH DISTRICT EIGHT AND A PARENT CURRENTLY FACING DISPLACEMENT DUE A SUB DUE TO A SUBSTANTIAL MODEL.
IT IS BEING USED OUT OF, NOT OUT OF NECESSITY, BUT AS A LOOPHOLE BUSINESS STRATEGY TO DISPLACE ROOTED COMMUNITY MEMBERS, RESET RENT BEYOND WHAT INCREASED LAWS ALLOW AND MAXIMIZE PROFIT.
I AM ASKING THE COUNCIL TO TAKE ACTION AND BAN SUBSTANTIAL MODEL EVICTIONS.
EARLIER YOU TALKED ABOUT SUPPORTING BUILDING, UM, BRIDGES TO THE FUTURE, YET THE LACK OF ACTIONS YOU'RE TAKING ARE ALREADY CUTTING THOSE FUTURES SHORT.
BY REMOVING PEOPLE WHO ARE FROM HERE, YOU'RE THREATENING THE VERY FOUNDATIONS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
WHAT HAPPENS TO THE CHILDREN WHO ATTEND SCHOOL HERE? OR YOUNG PEOPLE WHO WANT TO SERVE AND CONTRIBUTE TO LONG BEACH? THEY'RE BEING FORCED OUT BEFORE THEY COULD EVEN START.
THE TWO STUDENTS WHO SPOKE HERE EARLIER ARE JUST LIVING EXAMPLES OF WHAT'S AT STAKE, THEIR EDUCATION, THEIR GROWTH, THE OPPORTUNITIES THEY'RE HANGING ON AND BALANCE IT HAS CONCLUDED.
SHOULD KEEP BUILDING FUTURES NOT DISMANTLING THEM.
THIS COMMUNITY'S JOB, THIS COUNCIL'S JOB, IS TO HELP THE LONG BEACH COMMUNITY.
TO HELP THIS COMMUNITY, YOU NEED TO REMOVE THE SUBSTANTIALLY REMODEL LOOPHOLE WHICH IS PRESENTED TO YOU ALL FIVE YEARS AGO.
OUR NEIGHBORS AND OUR COMMUNITY WHO HAVE LIVED IN LONG BEACH FOR YEARS HAVE BEEN EVICTED AND CONTINUE TO BE EVICTED BECAUSE OF THIS LOOPHOLE.
WHAT WILL YOU ALL DO? THE PEOPLE OF LONG BEACH IS MADE UP OF 60% RENTS.
THE PEOPLE OF LONG BEACH ARE RENT BURDENED WITH 52% OF RENTS BEING BURDENED.
AND 25% OF RENTS BEING SEVERELY RENT BURDENED.
ON TOP OF THAT 82% OF HOUSING UNITS IN LONG BEACH OR MORE THAN 40 YEARS OLD.
THAT MEANS MORE AND MORE SUBSTANTIALLY.
MODEL EVICTIONS WILL BE GIVEN NOT TO BENEFIT THE TENANTS, BUT AS A MEANS TO DISPLACE LOW INCOME IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES AND UNDERCUT RENTAL CONTROL LAWS SUBSTANTIALLY.
MODEL BENEFITS LANDLORDS WHO DON'T LIVE IN LONG BEACH.
THIS COUNCIL IS MADE UP OF 10% RENTS AND 90% HOMEOWNERS.
THIS COUNCIL IS MADE UP OF MORE LANDLORDS THAN RENTERS, AND THIS COUNCIL IS WORRIED ABOUT CREATING NEW AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
WHEN YOU POL WHEN YOUR POLICIES IN PLACE, DISPLACED FAMILIES ALREADY LIVING IN AFFORDABLE HOMES, YOU WILL NEED TO LISTEN TO OUR ASK.
COMMUNITY NEEDS AN EMERGENCY EVICTION MORATORIUM NOW, AND A SUBSTANTIALLY AMOUNT OF EVICTION NOW.
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GOOD EVENING.I'M A LONG-TERM RESIDENT OF LONG BEACH, UH, MARINE CORPS VETERAN.
SPENT ALL MY LIFE HERE IN LONG BEACH AND NOW THAT'S THREATENED.
THREATENED BECAUSE I MAY NOT BE ABLE TO AFFORD TO LIVE IN THE CITY THAT I LIVED ALL MY LIFE IN, WHICH IS AN AWFUL THING.
WE'VE HEARD THE PLEAS OF THE PEOPLE.
I HOPE TO BRING MORE PEOPLE TO THIS MEETING, TO THESE MEETINGS.
IF THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES FOR ALL OF YOU TO HEAR THAT THERE IS AN INJUSTICE, THERE'S AN IMBALANCE.
YOU THE CITY GOVERNMENT ARE THOSE THAT CAN DO THAT FOR US.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, SIR.
I'M A TENANT LONG BEACH AND I LIVE IN DISTRICT TWO OF LONG BEACH.
THE THE REALITY IS THAT THE PROTECTIONS AND SECURITY FOR TENANTS IN LONG BEACH IS NOT A PRIORITY FOR, UH, REX RICHARDSON.
THE CITY PRIORITIES ARE APPARENT THROUGH THEIR PUBLIC COMMENTS.
RICHARDSON, IN THE DISCOURSE, THAT SPEECH THAT WAS GIVEN BY MAYOR RICHARDSON CALLED THE STATE OF THE CITY, MENTIONED NOTHING ABOUT A MORATORIUM, ABOUT EVICTIONS, THE COUNTRY MASS.
INSTEAD, HE MENTIONED HOW ABOUT SUPPOSEDLY BUILDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING? HE, HE PRAISED HOW LONG BEACH WILL HOST THE OLYMPICS.
HE CAN LONG BEACH AND HOW COMPANIES ARE GOING TO SHIFT THEIR HEADQUARTERS TO LONG BEACH.
THIS, UH, THESE WORDS SHOW THAT HIS PRIORITIES ARE TO SERVE THE BUSINESS CLASS.
THE COMMUNITY NEEDS THE EMERGENCY MORATORIUM ON EVICTIONS DUE TO LACK OF PAYMENT OR NO FAULT.
WHILE THE CITY IGNORES OUR DEMANDS, WE WILL CONTINUE ORGANIZING AND PRESSURING THE CITY COUNCIL TO HEAR US.
SO ON MARCH 7TH, 2025, LA CITY COUNCIL VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO PASS AN INTERIM ORDINANCE TEMPORARILY REMOVING RENOVATION WORK AS A BASIS FOR EVICTION.
SO LBC, I THINK, AND I BELIEVE THAT YOU SHOULD FOLLOW THEIR LEAD BY ELIMINATING THE SUBSTANTIAL REMODEL EVICTION, ENSURING SAFE AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND PROVIDING AN ALTERNATIVE SYSTEM FOR REPAIRS ON THE CITY'S AGING HOUSING STOCK.
I THINK THAT THE CITY ALREADY HAS ENOUGH DATA FROM THE PEOPLE HERE AND THEIR LOCAL DATA, AND WE KNOW THAT THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE TO DO.
HOWS AGAINST A HUMAN? RIGHT? THANK YOU.
SO WHAT'S GONNA MAKE YOU LISTEN TO US? CLEARLY, IT'S NOT US ASKING NICELY OR SHOWING UP WITH ANGER.
IT'S NOT PEOPLE DYING IN THE STREETS BEING RIPPED FROM THEIR HOMES.
SO TELL US WHAT'S GONNA ACTUALLY MAKE YOU LISTEN.
I'M NOT SURE THAT YOU ALL ARE ACTUALLY AWARE, BUT WE ARE YOUR CONSTITUENTS, NOT JUST THE ZIONISTS AND LANDLORDS THAT LINE YOUR POCKETS.
HERE'S A INCOMPLETE LAUNDRY LIST OF THE THINGS YOU HAVE BEEN WELL EDUCATED ON BY THE PUBLIC AND YOUR OWN STAFF, BUT REFUSE TO TAKE ACTION ON.
SO PASS THE CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS INVESTMENT SCREENING POLICY AND STOP LONG BEACH BEING COMPLICIT IN GENOCIDE.
GET ICE OUT OF LONG BEACH AND THE SUBSTANTIAL REMODEL LOOPHOLE.
STOP RIPPING PEOPLE FROM THEIR HOMES.
YOU'RE, UH, YOU'RE SO FOCUSED ON RAIDING THE LIVING SPACES OF UNHOUSED PEOPLE TO GET THIS CITY ALL SHINY AND CUTE FOR THE F*****G OLYMPICS.
UM, AND MAYBE ALSO JUST SIDE NOTES.
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STOP HARASSING, UNHOUSED PEOPLE.WE ARE ALL YOUR CONSTITUENTS AND WE'RE ALL HUMAN.
F**K ICE FREE PALESTINE HOUSING IS A HUMAN RIGHT HOUSING.
ALL, UH, CARLOS, DISTRICT EIGHT RESIDENT.
UH, HERE TO ALSO VOICE MY SUPPORT FOR THE FOLKS OUT HERE.
I THINK IT'S PRETTY CLEAR THAT A DATA'S BEEN PROVIDED, BUT ALSO B IN THE FACE OF ALL THIS PAIN AND SUFFERING THAT FOLKS ARE DESCRIBING.
I THINK IT'S PRETTY CALLOUS TO, TO NEED DATA TO MAKE A DECISION.
UM, ON MY OWN TIME, I I WORK WITH, UH, CHECKING IN ON SOME HOMELESS FOLKS TRYING TO SUPPORT THEM.
AND YOU KNOW, RECENTLY I WAS ACTUALLY REALLY RELIEVED TO SEE THAT AN ENTIRE COMMUNITY THAT I MEET WITH A LOT, UH, WAS GONE.
BECAUSE FOR ONCE GOOD NEWS, THEY ACTUALLY ALL GOT A ROOM TO STAY IN.
BUT WHAT SADDENS ME IS THAT THE NUMBER OF FOLKS OUT THERE KEEPS GROWING AND THAT WE ALL KNOW THAT ANY OF THE FOLKS WHO'VE COME HERE TO OPEN UP TO Y'ALL COULD BE JOINING THEM IF WE DON'T TAKE ACTION.
UH, WHAT DOES THAT ACTION LOOK LIKE? UM, WELL, SUBSTANTIAL REMODEL EVICTIONS, CREATING A NON-PAYMENT THRESHOLD.
EMERGENCY EVICTION MORATORIUM.
YOU'RE GONNA KEEP HEARING IT 'CAUSE IT'S WHAT FOLKS NEED.
OKAY, I'M GONNA TAKE THIS OFF.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I'M AN ORGANIZER WITH THE LA TENANTS UNION, LONG BEACH SOUTH BAY LOCAL.
I AM CURRENTLY BEING RETALIATED AGAINST WITH AN EVICTION BY MY LANDLORD FOR HELPING TO DEFEND MY, OR FOR HELPING MY NEIGHBORS TO DEFEND THEMSELVES AGAINST SUBSTANTIAL RUN EVICTIONS AND UNLAWFUL EVICTION ATTEMPTS.
WHICH GOT WENT UNPUNISHED BY THE WAY.
SO WE ALL KNOW OUR REGION IS IN A HOUSING CRISIS AND ONE BIG STRATEGY IS KEEPING PEOPLE IN THEIR HOMES BECAUSE WHEN YOU ADD TENANT PROTECTIONS, YOU SLOW THE PACE OF HOMELESSNESS.
THAT'S WHAT YOU SAID ON MARCH 4TH, 2024, TWO YEARS AGO.
AND IT MATTERS BECAUSE YOU ALSO CHAIR THE COUNTIES AFFORDABLE HOUSING AGENTS.
BUT YOU PRESIDE OVER THE LARGEST RENTER CITY IN THIS COUNTY WITH THE WEAKEST PROTECTIONS.
AND SUBSTANTIAL RENOVATION REMODELS PUT A RENT CAP INCREASE IN PLACE LIKE THE REST OF THE COUNTY.
AND PROTECT TENANTS LIKE YOU MEAN IT.
HOW'S THE GUEST? A HUMAN RIGHT? HOW'S THE GUEST? A HUMAN RIGHT.
UH, WE ARE IN A STATE OF EMERGENCY.
THE LA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
THEY HAVE DECLARED A STATE OF EMERGENCY IN RESPONSE TO ICE TERRORISM IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
UH, MUCH THE SAME AS A STATE OF EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED, UH, WHEN COVID HIT OUR COMMUNITIES AND WHEN, AND THAT STATE OF EMERGENCY, UH, INCLUDED AN EVICTION FREEZE FOR MANY YEARS.
SO THIS, WE'RE STILL IN A STATE OF EMERGENCY.
IT THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IN CO AND THIS IS THAT COVID OS AFFECT WAS AFFECTING EVERYBODY.
THIS IS ONLY AFFECTING THE IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES.
WE STILL NEED AN EVICTION FREEZE.
WE, WE NEED AN END TO SUBSTANTIAL REMODEL.
WE NEED, LIKE I SAID, THE BASIC PROTECTIONS THAT THE REST OF THE COUNTY HAS.
THE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS DECLARED WE'RE IN A STATE OF EMERGENCY.
SO TREAT THIS LIKE AN EMERGENCY.
OH, DID YOU ALREADY SPEAK? OKAY.
ABOUT MY RETALIATORY EVICTION THAT I'M BEING EVICTED.
I HAVE A NAME THAT THAT WASN'T CALLED.
SO, SO THANKS EVERYBODY FOR COMING IN.
UM, WHO'S IN CHARGE? 'CAUSE THIS IS CLEARLY ORGANIZED.
MARIA, WOULD YOU MAKE SOME TIME TO SIT DOWN WITH CONNOR, DEPUTY MAYOR HOUSING AND TALK THROUGH SOME OF THE RECENT ACTIONS THAT COUNTY TAKEN AND SOME OF THOSE THINGS RESPOND TO MY EMAILS THAT I SENT YOU? WELL, AS THE MAYOR, I'M ASKING TO SIT DOWN WITH YOU TO, TO, YEAH, WE'D LOVE TO SIT DOWN.
WELL, I DON'T THINK WE NEED EVERYBODY, JUST THE COURT GROUP.
I THINK EVERYBODY, JUST FOR TRANSPARENCY.
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OKAY.I MET WITH EVERYBODY TONIGHT THEN.
UH, BUT WE'LL, WE'LL MAKE SOME TIME.
'CAUSE I, I'M ACTUALLY INTERESTED IN SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I HEARD TONIGHT.
I WANNA LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE.
WE'LL FOLLOW UP WITH WHO? MAYOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I, I, I CAN'T MEET WITH ALL THESE FOLKS AND HAVE A PRODUCTIVE MEETING, SO GIMME A GROUP OF FIVE OR SIX AND WE'LL MAKE IT HAPPEN.
AND IT'S SO MANY EVICTIONS THAT ARE HAPPENING.
LET'S MAKE SOME TIME FOR US TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION.
PROBABLY THE ENTIRE PARKING GARAGE AS WELL.
YOU REALLY GOT EVERYONE OUT HERE.
DON'T JUST TELLING ME I'VE BEEN HERE FIVE YEARS.
I'VE SEEN SO MANY ILLEGAL EVICTIONS.
HAVE YOU? I'VE ABSORBED 40% RENT INCREASE.
ALRIGHT, WE'RE NOW GOING TO ANNOUNCEMENTS.
CLOSING ANNOUNCEMENTS IN ADJOURNMENT.
SO TONIGHT WE ADJOURN THE MEETING.
IN HONOR OF THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF JESSE JACKSON, UH, TOWERING FIGURE IN THE STRUGGLE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS, ECONOMIC JUSTICE, AND HUMAN DIGNITY, REVEREND JACKSON DEDICATED HIS LIFE TO BUILDING BRIDGES ACROSS COMMUNITIES.
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UPLIFTING THE MARGINALIZED.LET'S NOT DISRESPECT JESSE JACKSON.
LET'S JUST FIT, WRAP UP THE MEETING WITH, WITH, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
SO, UH, REVEREND JACKSON, DEDICATED OF LIFE TO BUILDING BRIDGES ACROSS COMMUNITIES, UPLIFTING THE MARGINALIZED, REMINDING THIS NATION OF HIS HIGHEST IDEALS, HIS VOICE, COURAGE, AND UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO EQUALITY HELPS SHAPE GENERATIONS OF LEADERS AND MOVEMENTS FOR CHANGE.
ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF LONG BEACH, WE EXTEND OUR CONDOLENCES TO HIS FAMILY, LOVED ONES, AND ALL THOSE WHOSE LIVELY TOUCHED, UH, MAY WE HONOR HIS MEMORY, NOT ONLY WITH WORDS, BUT THROUGH CONTINUED ACTION AND PURSUIT OF JUSTICE, UNITY AND OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL.
UM, ANY COUNSEL COMMENTS? IF NOT, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
TONIGHT'S MEETING IN HONOR OF CIVIL RIGHTS ICON AND AMERICAN HISTORY MAKER REVEREND JESSE JACKSON.
EARLIER TODAY IN OUR MEETING, WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE, UH, A MOMENT OF SILENCE.
AND SO I'LL JUST SHARE SOME THOUGHTS.
UH, REVEREND JESSE JACKSON PASSED AWAY EARLIER TODAY AT THE AGE OF 84.
AND FOR DECADES, REVEREND JACKSON STOOD ON THE FRONT LINES FOR THOSE WHOSE VOICES WERE OFTEN IGNORED.
FROM MARCHING ALONGSIDE DR. KING AND BUILDING MOVEMENTS THAT EXPANDED OPPORTUNITY AND REPRESENTATION, HE REMINDED US THAT HOPE IS A DISCIPLINE AND THAT JUSTICE REQUIRES ACTION.
AND ACTION BEGINS WITH SELF-LOVE.
HE WOULD SAY, NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE, RED, YELLOW, BLACK, BROWN, OR WHITE, I AM SOMEBODY.
HIS LIFE WORK CHANGED AMERICA TO BE BETTER AND TO LIVE UP TO ITS PROMISES OF EQUALITY AND DIGNITY FOR ALL PEOPLE.
BECAUSE OF HIS COURAGE, DOORS WERE OPENED BECAUSE OF HIS FAITH.
MOVEMENTS WERE STRENGTHENED, AND BECAUSE OF HIS PERSISTENCE CHANGE WAS POSSIBLE.
AS WE MOURN HIS PASSING, WE ALSO RECOMMIT OURSELVES TO THE WORK.
UH, MAY WE CONTINUE BUILDING OPPORTUNITY, FAIRNESS, LOVE, AND FOREVER KNOW THAT NO MATTER THE CIRCUMSTANCES, WE MUST KEEP HOPE ALIVE.
REVEREND JACKSON FOR THIS EVENING, I'D LIKE TO THANK THE RESIDENTS OF THE RIDGEWOOD TRIANGLE COMMUNITY FOR BEING OUT ON VALENTINE'S DAY, CARING NOT ONLY FOR THEIR NEIGHBORS, BUT FOR OUR SPACES IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AS WE LOOK FORWARD THIS WEEK, I ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS TO ATTEND THE BLACK HISTORY MONTH ART EXHIBIT ON FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20TH, FROM 6:00 PM TO 8:00 PM LOCATED AT 10 22 MARKET STREET, WHICH WILL BE AT THE CENTER FOR BLACK EXCELLENCE, UH, LOCATED AT LINDBERGH MIDDLE SCHOOL.
THIS WILL BE TRANSFORMED INTO A RICH AND IMMERSIVE CULTURAL EXP EXPERI EXPERIENCE.
WITH EACH OF THE ROOMS THERE HIGHLIGHTING IMPORTANT CHAPTERS OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY TO CLOSE OUT THE MONTH, WE HOPE YOU'LL JOIN US AT MY VERY FIRST STATE OF THE DISTRICT ON SATURDAY FEBRUARY 28TH FROM 10:00 AM TO 12:00 PM THIS WILL BE LOCATED AT OUR NEW FIELD OFFICE AT 56 59 ATLANTIC AVENUE.
AS THIS PAST YEAR, DISTRICT EIGHT HAS CONTINUED TO MOVE FORWARD THROUGH PARTNERSHIP, INVESTMENT, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
AT THIS INTERACTIVE EVENT, I WILL SHARE AN UPDATE ON PROGRESS AND THAT WE'VE MADE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
AND OUTLINE PRIORITIES, UH, LOOKING AHEAD, MORE DETAILS WILL BE AVAILABLE ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS.
BEFORE OUR CLOSE, I'D LIKE TO ALSO TAKE A MOMENT TO
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COMMEND THE LONG BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR THEIR SWIFT RECOVERY OF A 14-YEAR-OLD GIRL REPORTED MISSING THIS PAST WEEKEND.IT IS BELIEVED SHE MIGHT HAVE BEEN A VICTIM OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING OFFICERS, LOCATED HER QUICKLY AND CONNECTED HER WITH THE APPROPRIATE SERVICES AND RESOURCES.
THIS SITUATION CONTINUES TO UNDERSCORE THE IMPORTANCE OF COORDINATED PREVENTION, RESPONSE AND VICTIM SUPPORT.
MY THOUGHTS ARE WITH THE SURVIVOR AND HER FAMILY.
AND I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO TAKE PART IN PREVENTION AND AWARENESS EFFORTS, UH, BY CONNECTING WITH LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING OUR VERY OWN LONG BEACH HUMAN TRAFFICKING TASK FORCE.
WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO SAY GOOD EVENING.
UM, ALSO, I WANNA THANK YOU MAYOR FOR CLOSING.
UM, A MEMORY OF REVEREND UH, JESSE JACKSON.
UM, I'D LIKE TO INVITE EVERYONE TO OUR ORCA MEETING, UM, THAT WILL BE HAPPENING IN DISTRICT TWO NEXT MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23RD AT THE PACIFIC FROM SEVEN TO EIGHT 30.
UH, I'D LIKE TO INVITE FOLKS OUT.
UH, THE LA BEACH EXCHANGE THIS WEEKEND IS PARTNERING WITH AN ANIMAL SHELTER TO PROTECT PES AND HAVE A SIMPLY CRAFTED MARKET.
IT'S AN ON ONSITE ADOPTION PROGRAM WITH 40 PLUS CREATIVE MAKERS AND ARTISANS, FOOD OPPORTUNITIES AND FAMILY FUN.
AND NEXT WEEKEND THEY'RE CELEBRATING, UH, MARDI GRAS FROM 11 TO SIX IN COLLABORATION WITH CITY MARKET.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO INVITE RESIDENTS, UH, TO JOIN US FOR OUR MONTHLY COMMUNITY MEETING, WHICH IS TAKING PLACE THIS THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, NEXT THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26TH AT THE EXPO ART CENTER, STARTING AT 6:00 PM JOIN ME AND THE CD FIVE TEAM AS WE HOST OUR LONG BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT CHIEF DENNIS BUCHANAN AND THE CCR, THE COMMUNITY CRISIS RESPONSE TEAM.
TO DISCUSS TOPICS OF LOCAL INTEREST TO YOU AND THE FIFTH DISTRICT.
AND WHILE NOT REQUIRED, WE ASK THAT YOU PLEASE RSVP ON OUR WEBSITE TO PREPARE FOR ADEQUATE SEATING.
UM, UH, I'D LIKE TO ANNOUNCE THAT MY OFFICE IS NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR THE COUNCIL DISTRICT NINE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM.
UM, GAIN HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WHILE SERVING NORTH LONG BEACH.
UM, WE HAVE A SHORT LINK THAT'S THE, UH, BITLY LINK, THAT'S BT LY SLASH DISTRICT NINE INTERNSHIPS.
UH, AND FOR MORE INFORMATION, YOU CAN ALWAYS CONTACT MY OFFICE AT 5 6 2 5 7 0 6 1 3 7 OR DISTRICT9@LONGBEACH.GOV.
ALRIGHT, WELL THAT CONCLUDES, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT AND TO OUR RESIDENTS, UM, WHO CELEBRATE, UH, WE WISH YOU A, A RAMADAN MO ROCK.
UM, AND, UH, HAVE A GOOD, HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.