Good morning and welcome to Monday Morning Coffee — your weekly roundup of upcoming city meetings and business news. It’s time to find out what this week will bring. Grab your coffee and let’s get to it.

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City meetings

It’s a light week in the world of local government. Long Beach council members will not convene, and a whopping four meetings are scheduled through Oct. 30.  

The most notable session may come from a citizens’ advisory committee on Transactions and Use Tax on Wednesday at 3 p.m. inside the Civic Chambers. 

Members will hear an update from the City Auditor on the city’s tax-funded infrastructure projects as well as a presentation by the Long Beach Fire Department. 

Across the courtyard, Harbor Commissioners will not meet this week. They will convene next on Nov. 11. 

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors will meet Tuesday morning. At the 9 a.m. session, supervisors will hold a hearing on ticket prices for the Hollywood Bowl 2025 season, authorize a new charter school and hear potential changes to its rules on accessory dwelling units, among other items.

Business events and information

  • The Women’s Business Council is holding a Business Owners’ Sisterhood Social at 8 a.m. Tuesday at the Long Beach Exchange retail center at 4069 North Lakewood Blvd. The social is meant to connect female entrepreneurs and “share the ups and downs of business ownership in a small, supportive setting.” No registration is required. For more information, click here.
  • Mix the frights of Halloween with the terrors of networking. The Long Beach Young Professionals and Long Beach LGBTQ Chamber of Commerce are set to host a themed mixer on Wednesday from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Attendees can expect ghosts, goblins, appetizers and cold pitches. Admission is $15 for members and $35 for non-members. For more information, click here. Costumes are encouraged.

ICYMI — California and national news

  • Plans are moving along for a multimillion-dollar entertainment park in San Pedro’s West Harbor. Its latest addition to the rendering: a towering, 150-foot Ferris wheel. (LA Times)
  • The recent E. coli outbreak at McDonald’s has been linked to onions from a California company. (NPR Business)
  • Survey: most Long Beach residents want cannabis to be sold and smoked at festivals, events (Long Beach Post)