Monday Morning Coffee: City Council to consider '908 Day' • Long Beach Post

Good morning and welcome to Monday Morning Coffee! It’s time to find out what this week will bring — grab your coffee and let’s get to it.

Don’t expect the Equity and Human Relations Commission to meet this week, as their Wednesday session is canceled. Similar cancellations have been called for the city’s Economic Development Commission as well as its subcommittee on revolving loans.

Expect a packed agenda at the Long Beach City Council meeting this week (Sept. 3), including discussion of a multi-million dollar contract with Ocean Blue for waste removal services and an audit on the Long Beach Airport’s Passenger Facility Charges program. The Council will also consider recognizing Sept. 8 as “908 Day,” a citywide day of celebration. The meeting will commence Tuesday at 5 p.m. inside the Civic Chambers.

Prior to the City Council, the Long Beach Budget Oversight Committee will meet at 3 p.m. Tuesday to hear presentations on the Grow Long Beach development campaign and the potential earnings from tax measures placed on the November 2024 ballot.

Several reports will come before the city’s Planning Commission scheduled Tuesday at 1 p.m. inside the Civic Chambers. These include approval of a site plan review and permitting the construction of a five-story, 75-unit building and renovation of an existing 14-story office building into residential units.

The Los Angeles Board of Supervisors Sept. 3 meeting is canceled. Supervisors will next convene on Sept. 10 at 9:30 a.m.

AI is complicated, yes, but that doesn’t mean we can’t try more to understand it. Braven is hosting a “Get Smart with AI,” an online introductory workshop on Wednesday (Sept. 4) at 10 a.m. The webinar is the first in a four-part installment that will go over the tools readily available to interested businesses, including customer service, graphic design and video creation. For more information or to register, click here.

The Long Beach Chamber of Commerce, in partnership with the Women’s Business Council, will host the “Experience Speaks” Eligibility Panel on Thursday (Sept. 5) at 9 a.m. at the chamber building at 1 World Trade Center, suite 101. The panel will go over rules and policies to help any business meet requirements set by the Americans with Disabilities Act and provide excellent service to those with special needs. Several speakers will add to the discussion, including Labor and Employment Attorney Linda Krieger, as well as Art Director Adrienne Grace. Tickets start at $20 for chamber members, $30 for non-members. For more information, click here.

Attention veterans: A career workshop will take place Thursday (Sept. 5) at 8:30 a.m. at The Workplace, located at 4811 Airport Plaza Dr., Suite 120. The workshop is provided through the Off-Base Transition Training pilot program, which is geared towards veterans, including those in the National Guard and Reserve, and their spouses. The morning will feature two workshops on evaluating career choices and preparing for them, starting with “My Next Move” at 8:30 a.m., followed by the “Marketing Yourself,” workshop at 10:45 a.m. To register, visit dol.gov/obttworkshops or call Charles Navarro Jr. at 626-201-2504. You can also email him at [email protected].

Allstate just got approved for a massive raise in homeowners insurance, affecting more than 350,000 policyholders across California. (LAT)

Recent federal tariffs on electric vehicles made in China will have significant implications for U.S. consumers and jobs (NPR)

Column: the recent celebrity around Ozempic, a weight-loss injection, marks another reminder of the nation’s flaws in how it prices its drugs and insurance. (LAT)