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City meetings

Sorry, folks, Thanksgiving is next week. Yet much like a holiday turkey, this week is stuffed, at least with city governance. 

Meetings will commence Monday at 2 p.m. with the Homeless Services Policy Subcommittee, which will review impacts to city policy on homelessness in light of the Grants Pass V. Johnson ruling in June. Later in the day, an advisory committee on pedestrian safety will decide whether to approve a study on where to place and remove school crossing guards in the city. 

At 5 p.m. Tuesday, the Long Beach City Council will have its regular meeting, where members will review an appeal from the Harbor Commission for certification for the World Oil Tank Installation Project, approve an interim plan for the Civil Service Department as the city enacts the voter-approved Measure JB, and request an investigation into elevated levels of the toxic pesticide methyl bromide near Hudson Elementary School, among other items. 

The next day, those on the Commission on Youth and Families at 6 p.m. will hear a presentation on the Long Beach Recovery Act, which ends this year. And at their 9 a.m. board meeting, the Long Beach Utilities Commission is expected to accept a $6.8 million federal grant to replace a pipeline on the Anaheim Street Bridge. 

Without a scheduled meeting this week, the Long Beach Harbor Commission will have a Clean Air Action Plan Stakeholder Meeting on Thursday at 1 p.m. To join the meeting virtually, click here. 

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors will not meet Tuesday morning. They do not have their next meeting posted.

Business events and information

  • The Downtown Long Beach Alliance will once again have its “Mug-to-Mug” social at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Auld Dubliner. Attendees can exchange business cards and horror stories about deadlines and bedraggled bosses, all for the price of a coffee. For more information, visit here. 
  • The Willmore City Heritage Association is inviting the public to the Bembridge House on Wednesday at 7 p.m., where the Rivers and Mountains Conservancy and others will speak on ways to create more green spaces along the lower LA River. Speakers will also include representatives from the Council District office of Mary Zendejas, DTLB Alliance, and the Police Department. For more information, click here. 

ICYMI — California and national news

  • Toys aren’t just for kids, apparently. Companies are focusing on a new audience that has coin to back: Adults. (LA Times)
  • With local news writhing nationwide, one Atlanta newspaper publisher has a $150 million plan to save it. (NPR Business)
  • The incoming Trump Administration promised strict tariffs on goods from China. How will that affect the Port of Long Beach? (Long Beach Post)