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Feb 10 7:47 am
  • street improvements

Construction underway on Downtown section of 4th Street expected to last through March

Brandon Richardson

The project between Alamitos and Elm avenues includes sidewalk replacement, new curbs and gutters, ADA-compliant curb ramps, traffic improvements and resurfacing.

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Jul 19 4:17 pm
  • Budget

Long Beach to consider $150 million in bonds to speed up road repairs, other projects

Jason Ruiz

A city memo published last week shows the condition of local roadways has continued to decline since voters passed a sales tax increase to fund infrastructure and public safety.

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Aug 20 2021 12:05 pm
  • Measure A

Judge says LA County election officials do not have to locate ballots for free in Measure A recount decision

Jason Ruiz

Judge Mitchell Beckloff issued a tentative ruling Aug. 13 denying the Long Beach Reform Coalition’s request, and after hearing oral arguments from the county and the coalition’s legal teams, issued a final order upholding his initial decision. 

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Aug 13 2021 12:46 pm
  • Measure A

Judge appears to reject lawsuit alleging county’s election recount fees are unconstitutionally high

Jason Ruiz

A tentative ruling posted Friday morning denied a request for the court to order county election officials to pick up the tab for collecting the roughly 100,000 ballots cast in last March’s election so they could be counted at a “reasonable” cost.

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Jun 28 2021 3:39 pm
  • Measure A

Costs of recounts, fate of Measure A, could hinge on challenge to county’s new recount rules

Jason Ruiz

Unlike statewide contests, for which the governor can initiate a recount, county and citywide elections have no trigger for recounts.

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May 13 2020 1:49 pm
  • Measure A

Lawsuit demands county pick up tab for ballot gathering in Measure A recount

Jason Ruiz

The lawsuit filed Monday seeks legal intervention in a recount that was called off late last month as county election officials and the recount requester argued over the cost of the process.

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May 2 2020 9:00 am
  • Measure A

Measure A reveals a new glitch in county’s new voting system: Costly recounts

Jason Ruiz
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Apr 14 2020 1:58 pm
  • Measure A

Measure A recount halted as opponents take county to court

Staff Reports

The recount was halted Monday after county officials told members of the Long Beach Reform Coalition that they hadn’t deposited enough money to continue.

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Apr 8 2020 4:55 pm
  • Measure A

Recount costs soar as county begins tracking down Long Beach ballots

Jason Ruiz

For the first time voters were allowed to cast their ballots from anywhere in the county and now the task of tracking down all of those ballots could be adding to a local recount effort.

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Apr 1 2020 6:22 pm
  • Measure A

Measure A heads to recount after opponents file request with the county

Jason Ruiz

Head of the Long Beach Reform Coalition said that the group waited until Wednesday to file its official request with the county to initiate a recount so the group could fundraise; the recount is likely to cost tens of thousands of dollars.

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