City receives $10M more in property taxes than anticipated, boosting budget
The spike came thanks to an unexpected stream of funds from reassessments in the city’s former Redevelopment Agency project areas.
Lawsuit challenging Long Beach’s vacant lot fee rests on Proposition 218
Proposition 218, also known as the Right to Vote on Taxes Act, added two new articles to the California Constitution that limit local governments’ ability to raise certain taxes without voter approval, particularly those pertaining to property ownership.
Photos: Long Beach Airport celebrates completion of $26M new ticketing lobby
City and airport officials gathered this afternoon for the ribbon-cutting of the new facility, which opens for public use on May 4.
4 CSULB startups awarded cash prizes in Sunstone Innovation Challenge
The campus-wide business plan competition seeks to reward concrete and innovative ideas from young entrepreneurs that have been developed over a six-month period.
Long Beach is determining how to spend HUD funds over the next 5 years—and changes could be coming
Long Beach is in the midst of updating its Consolidated Plan, a five-year document the city compiles as part of the application process for HUD funds, which city officials anticipate will total over $8 million this year.
Port of Long Beach takes a step forward on Pier B on-dock rail project
The U.S. Maritime Administration issued its final environmental impact statement for the port’s proposed Pier B On-Dock Support Facility last week, allowing the port to claim federal funding for the project.
Long Beach Convention Center general manager Charlie Beirne takes similar position in Florida
Beirne has been appointed general manager of the Fort Lauderdale/Broward County Convention Center in Florida, the same post he has held at the Long Beach Convention Center since 2012.
SpinLaunch inks NASA deal amid plans to disrupt aerospace
The question of how to launch cargo into space without a massive fuel burden is a long-standing conundrum—and it’s one that Long Beach-based SpinLaunch is out to solve.
Port of Long Beach welcomes SpaceX, ABL Space Systems as aerospace interest grows
The recent aerospace boom has come to the Port of Long Beach in the form of two new tenants that have arrived in the last year.