State legislators recently authored two bills that would expand California’s Earned Income Tax Credit and its Young Child Tax Credit, but the bills would cost about $1.1 billion annually, in a year the state is predicting a $22.5 billion to $25 billion deficit.
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Community members raise questions, offer support for proposed affordable housing project
The proposed 14-story project in Long Beach’s East Village would dedicate 75% of its units to unhoused people and could break ground as early as 2025.
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Judge dismisses pollution case against Big Bang on the Bay organizers
Judge Mark C. Scarsi ruled that the evidence offered by Coastal Environmental Rights Foundation (CERF), a group of environmentalists dedicated to protecting California’s coasts, was not enough to prove continuous and ongoing violations of the Clean Water Act by the event organizers.
Posted inNews, Pets
Doggies debut at City Council meetings
Long Beach Animal Care Services has restarted the pre-COVID tradition of bringing adoptable dogs into City Council meetings.
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New zoning aimed at increasing commercial space in West Long Beach heads to City Council
West Long Beach could finally be getting updated zoning that will require commercial uses along some of its biggest corridors to try and draw businesses like banks and grocery stores to the side of the city that currently lacks them.
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Atrial fibrillation and stroke: Top three things you can start doing today to manage your atrial fibrillation
It’s important to talk with your doctor to come up with a plan that will help you achieve a healthy lifestyle while managing AFib.
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A year on, mother pleads for help finding hit-and-run driver who killed her husband and 3-year-old daughter
Esnelia Palacios had to watch as her husband and daughter died after a truck crashed into the family’s North Long Beach apartment.
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Record Store Day is tomorrow. Here’s where to buy vinyl in Long Beach
The vast majority of Long Beach’s nine independent record stores don’t officially participate in Record Store Day for one reason or another, but they all deserve some love (and big sales) tomorrow.
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250,000-gallon sewage spill closes street in Downey, beaches in Long Beach
An equipment malfunction sent the sewage spilling into the street in Downey before it flowed into the LA River.
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6-story residential development near 2ND & PCH gets green light from Planning Commission
The 281-unit project will replace a commercial building at PCH and Studebaker.