The budget includes $290.5 million in public safety and would support the agency’s Reimagining Public Safety Framework, “a multi-layered strategy for enhancing public safety” on the system.
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Changes to parking requirements in Long Beach head to the Planning Commission
Currently, businesses often get turned away when they submit plans to the city because of parking requirements, meaning they have to look for a new space in the city to operate—or not open in Long Beach at all.
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New report says Cal State has $1.5 billion funding gap, suggests tuition hikes
Still, tuition hikes alone may not be enough to plug CSU’s operating hole. A tuition hike would only generate between $150 million and $200 million in its first year.
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Deborah Goldfarb to reassume CEO position for Jewish Long Beach, Alpert Jewish Community Center
Goldfarb has reemerged from retirement to pick up her role as CEO once more. Over the next two years, she aims to confront antisemitism and to use the results of a new local demographic study to inspire more participation within Long Beach’s Jewish community.
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Longtime marketing VP to leave Convention & Visitors Bureau
Anyone who attended Long Beach’s Christmas tree lighting ceremony has heard Forney’s voice as emcee of the performance.
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The late Tina Turner’s early days rocking in Long Beach
Former youngsters recall the Ike and Tina Turner Revue performing shows at the legendary Cinnamon Cinder in 1965 and 1968.
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Things to do in Long Beach this weekend including… a sprawling makers festival and L.A. Fleet Week
Plus, L.A. Zine Fest comes to Long Beach.
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New York-New Jersey port cargo volumes continue to lead Long Beach
Port of Los Angeles Executive Director Gene Seroka said he expects a tentative labor agreement for port workers “soon,” which will bring at least some of the lost market share back to West Coast ports.
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Mayor requests audit of how oil production phase-out will affect Long Beach
The city’s phase-out plans could be complicated by Senate Bill 1137, which voters are slated to weigh next year. The law would prohibit new well operations within 3,200 of sensitive areas likes homes, schools and parks.