The city is taking advantage of the pause on the new oil well setback law, as the City Council approved a drilling plan Tuesday that will continue oil production in areas that would have been off limits under Senate Bill 1137.
The changes voted on Tuesday night also make it easier for commissioners to be kicked out of their positions.
Council members had worried about protest stunts that targeted their homes with coffins and U-Haul trucks, but opponents of the law said it would chill vital free speech.
The Long Beach City Council is expected to change the pay structure for most of its city commissioners to remove barriers that advocates say blocked some low-income and undocumented resents from participating in making city policy.
Long Beach is requesting over $1 billion from the state and federal governments to help fund a laundry list of projects that spans from street and alley improvements to bigger ticket items, like replacing the Belmont Veterans Memorial Pier.
Four of the mural designs will be installed as part of the “Community Corners” project, which will also create shorter crossing distances at the intersection.
The man drove himself to a local hospital where he was reportedly in stable condition, the department said.
Supervisors voted last month to look into expanding the size of the board, even as voters have already rejected the idea on eight different occasions.
The Long Beach City Council will discuss on Tuesday a proposed law that would ban “targeted protests” from happening within 300 feet of a person’s home.
The Holy Innocents School in Long Beach’s Wrigley neighborhood could soon begin a three-phase expansion of its property on Pacific Avenue that will transform the existing school to accommodate more students and make room for a new church.
