Longbeachize

• Housing

January 15, 2019

Landlords may soon be prohibited from discriminating against Section 8 renters

by City News Service    in Longbeachize

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday, Jan. 15, to spend $5 million to prevent housing discrimination, including drafting an ordinance to prohibit landlords from denying renters who use Section 8 vouchers.

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• Long Beach Lost
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January 15, 2019

Long Beach Lost: The Jungle, Downtown’s play den for ‘immorality and sexual deviation’

by Brian Addison    in Longbeachize

The Jungle was described as a place of "immorality and sexual deviation" that was "beyond the control" of the Long Beach Police Department.

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• Affordable Housing

January 14, 2019

Crews break ground on 271-unit, mixed-income residential project in Downtown

by Brian Addison    in Longbeachize

Crews have broken ground on an an eight-story, mixed-income residential complex at the southeast corner of Seventh and Pacific in Downtown.

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• El Dorado Park

January 12, 2019

El Dorado Frontier, the mini-theme park inside Long Beach’s biggest park, moves forward on construction

by Brian Addison    in Longbeachize

Long Beach resident Patricio Wolovich and his crew of creatives are quickly moving forward on El Dorado Frontier, a mini-theme park housed inside the city's largest park.

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• Planning

January 11, 2019

As more drive-thrus move into city, Long Beach’s planning bureau seeks to slow the process

by Brian Addison    in Longbeachize

Long Beach is looking to regulate where drive-thrus are placed, how they look, and how they'll interact with the surrounding environment.

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• Business Development

December 21, 2018

Laserfiche unveils massive plan for new headquarters in Los Cerritos

by Brian Addison    in Longbeachize

Laserfiche, the Long Beach-based software development company, has unveiled its massive plan to build a 74-foot-high, 102,848 square-foot office building and separate, three-story parking garage.

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• Development

December 21, 2018

Surface parking lots across county equal four times the size of Manhattan

by Brian Addison    in Longbeachize

101 square miles. Four times the size of Manhattan. That is the amount of space dedicated to surface parking lots across Los Angeles County.

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• Hotels

December 20, 2018

Workers break ground on 34-room, five-story boutique hotel in Downtown

by Brian Addison    in Longbeachize

Construction workers have begun work on a 34-room boutique hotel that will be located at the northwest corner of First Street and Long Beach Blvd.

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• Transit

December 19, 2018

Research unveils that Uber and Lyft increase traffic deaths and congestion, lack sustainability

by Brian Addison    in Longbeachize

Rideshare apps like Uber and Lyft have been detrimental toward creating a cleaner, safer and more sustainable form of transit, the University of Chicago study revealed.

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• Blue Line

December 17, 2018

Metro announces dates for Blue Line closures in 2019

by Brian Addison    in Longbeachize

Metro has announced that the first portion of its eight-month long closure of the Blue Line will begin on Jan. 26 of 2019.

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