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Mar 18 9:24 am
  • LBUSD

LBUSD officials see more budget warning signs on horizon

Mike Guardabascio

Lower-than-expected attendance, declining enrollment and protracted labor negotiations may lead to budgetary challenges in the future for the Long Beach Unified school district, officials said this week. 

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Dec 17 8:51 am
  • LBUSD

Continued decline in enrollment will mean a tighter budget next year, LBUSD says

Mike Guardabascio

Long Beach Unified expects to rely heavily on its reserves in the next few years as declining enrollment and lower attendance hurt its bottom line.

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Sep 7 7:38 pm
  • Budget

With billions in backlogged work Long Beach could look to bonds to fix city streets

Jason Ruiz

The citywide pavement condition score is 58 with just 13% of streets being considered “excellent” and 53% of the city’s streets being rated “fair to marginal” or worse.

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Jul 22 3:01 pm
  • Budget

Long Beach cuts recovery programs after receiving less federal funds

Jason Ruiz

The largest reductions came from funding set aside to help businesses, with those funds being reduced by nearly $4.5 million.

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Aug 21 2020 9:00 am
  • Tideland Funds

Tidelands Fund in crisis: Budgetary challenges jeopardize future development timelines

Brandon Richardson

As the end of a strenuous fiscal year nears, city leaders are proposing a new budget with upward of $30 million in cutbacks to multiple departments and funds, including the Tidelands Fund. City staff utilized creative solutions to minimize the impacts on the Tidelands but the future of coastal-area funding and its revenue streams is in question.

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Aug 18 2020 10:15 am
  • Long Beach Police Department

Police union says voter survey shows support for BLM, but opposition to defunding LBPD

Jeremiah Dobruck

The union representing local police officers says it conducted a survey that shows Long Beach voters broadly approve of the Black Lives Matter movement but don’t support for the group’s core goal of shrinking the police department.

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Aug 6 2020 5:01 pm shared from the Hi-lo

Despite proposed budget cuts, arts organizations stand to gain in 2021

Asia Morris

“We actually have about $3.3 million going to the arts in FY21, as compared to $1.2 million last year.”

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May 6 2020 8:47 am
  • coronavirus

Coronavirus knocks large hole in city budget—up to $41 million

Jason Ruiz

Long Beach is in for much more economic pain than originally anticipated as the city’s projected economic shortfalls were adjusted Tuesday night to reveal a hole in the annual budget that could be as much as $41 million.

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Feb 19 2020 9:56 am
  • Budget

Fire, police and homeless shelter will get more money thanks to budget surplus

Jason Ruiz

A staff report given to the council Tuesday night revealed that “general economic growth,” departmental savings, a rise in the price of oil and sales tax largely contributed to the roughly $8 million in surplus that the council distributed Tuesday night.

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Dec 20 2017 10:31 pm
  • Budget

Recent Litigation Leads to Growing Projected Deficits For Long Beach Heading Into 2018

Jason Ruiz

When the Long Beach City Council wound down its budget cycle in September it projected shortfalls in 2019 and 2020 amounting to about $19 million. However, in light of recent litigation, city staff disclosed yesterday that those projections have grown which could leave the city poised for more cuts in services in the coming years as the budget is balanced.

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