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Nov 19 2020 11:51 am
  • homeless shelter

Council approves contract to expand services at winter shelter in North Long Beach

Sebastian Echeverry

The shelter will be open daily through March 31, 2021, with the option to extend through Nov. 1, 2021, if needed.

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May 14 2020 3:48 pm
  • homeless shelter

‘Full steam ahead’: Year-round homeless shelter on track to be completed in June, officials say

Stephanie Rivera

City officials hope to have the year-round shelter completed by late June and operational by early July.

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Apr 2 2020 4:54 pm
  • homeless shelter

City opens fourth temporary homeless shelter at MLK Park

Stephanie Rivera

The park facility will shelter about 70 people with appropriate social distancing space between each bed.

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Mar 28 2020 5:05 pm
  • coronavirus

City opens a third temporary homeless shelter at Silverado Park

Kelly Puente and Valerie Osier

The Silverado Park shelter will operate 24-7 and house about 50 people in the main room, with appropriate social distancing space between each cot, and seven additional people in a separate isolation room to be used as needed, according to the city. 

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Aug 1 2019 4:36 pm
  • homeless shelter

Marijuana collective says it plans to grow pot at site of year-round homeless shelter; city officials say not so fast

Kelly Puente

Long Beach says it has not issued any license or permit to operate any cannabis cultivation activities at future site of a year-round homeless shelter.

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Feb 6 2019 5:50 am
  • homeless shelter

City Council approves $9.5 million purchase for year-round shelter

Jason Ruiz

Once the 24-hour shelter opens it could add as many as 125 beds to the city’s inventory with separate sections for men, women, families, LGBTQ individuals and pets.

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Jan 28 2019 9:40 am
  • homeless shelter

City reveals location of year-round homeless shelter with goal for 2020 opening

Stephanie Rivera

A 3-acre lot on Atlantic Avenue in North Long Beach will be the site of a the new homeless shelter, replacing a liquor store and warehouse.

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Jan 2 2019 4:41 pm
  • homeless shelter

Catholic Charities-run homeless shelter in Long Beach may become a 24/7 facility

Stephanie Rivera

The planning commission on Thursday will consider a request by Catholic Charities of Los Angeles to convert its homeless shelter in the Washington neighborhood to a 24-hour facility.

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