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Jan 20 10:15 am
  • city council

Councilmember Roberto Uranga returns to dais 4 months after stroke

Jason Ruiz

Councilmember Roberto Uranga had been excused by the City Council for his absence since mid-September, when he had a stroke before his son died from a rare form of cancer.

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Jan 12 2:53 pm
  • city council

Ethics Commission recommends censure for mayor, councilman over unauthorized PSAs

Jason Ruiz

The public service announcements funded by the firefighters union looked and sounded “like a campaign advertisement,” according to an outside law firm hired by the city.

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Dec 20 8:27 pm
  • city council

At swearing-in, Mayor Rex Richardson says he will push to declare state of emergency on homelessness

Jason Ruiz

Richardson devoted much of his first mayoral speech to the impending issue of homelessness, as well as inequality and mental health issues.

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Nov 20 7:00 am
  • 2022 election

Long Beach organizers see opportunity with new progressive City Council majority 

Jason Ruiz

This new power on the left could translate into renewed efforts by community organizers to phase out the city’s oil production faster, increase protections for the city’s most vulnerable renters and protect or expand guaranteed basic income programs.

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Oct 19 6:51 am
  • city council

City Council asks for updated language for removing disruptive persons from meetings

Jason Ruiz

Senate Bill 1100 lays out the process by which disruptive people can be removed from public meetings. It was signed into law earlier this year and could soon be added to Long Beach’s municipal code.

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Oct 12 9:44 am
  • city council

City Council signals it will excuse Uranga’s absences as he recovers from stroke

Jason Ruiz

West Long Beach Councilmember Roberto Uranga suffered a stroke last month and will be on leave for an indeterminate amount of time. His absence must be excused by the council or his seat could be vacated.

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Oct 4 7:41 pm
  • city council

Long Beach moves forward with the sale of historic Community Hospital

Kelly Puente

Under terms of the lease agreement, the city will “sell” the 8.7-acre property for $0 to operator MWN Community Hospital LLC to cover the company’s losses.

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Sep 1 11:06 am
  • city council

Long Beach says City Council meetings will be in person again starting Sept. 6

Jason Ruiz

The move away from hybrid meetings means that people who want to address the City Council directly will have to show up in person to give their public comments.

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Jun 14 8:06 pm
  • city council

Long Beach to consider raising minimum wage for health care workers

Kelly Puente

The initiative, which would impact Long Beach’s largest hospitals and smaller clinics, would cover a broad range of workers in a health care setting, including technicians, maintenance workers, janitors, housekeeping staff, groundskeepers and food service workers.

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Jun 14 6:51 pm
  • Development

City to extend ban on development along two West Long Beach corridors until June 2023

Jason Ruiz

A ban on standalone residential developments along segments of Santa Fe Avenue and Willow Street in West Long Beach was set to expire this month, but the City Council appears likely to extend that moratorium through next June to allow new zoning policies to be approved.

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