{"id":130298,"date":"2026-01-12T15:14:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T15:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/130298\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T15:14:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T15:14:08","slug":"whats-the-state-of-long-beach-mayor-to-give-his-view-long-beach-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/130298\/","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s the state of Long Beach? Mayor to give his view \u2022 Long Beach Post"},"content":{"rendered":"

Good morning, Long Beach. It\u2019s Monday, Jan. 12. Here\u2019s what you need to know to start your day. Get this in your inbox every week by signing up at LBPost.com\/newsletters.<\/a><\/p>\n

City meetings<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t expect a long meeting at the Long Beach City Council on Tuesday, as it is time for the 2026 State of the City Address by Mayor Rex Richardson. The annual speech is meant to tie off the elected body\u2019s past accomplishments and highlight the goals of this year. Richardson has also been known to reveal a handful of new developments; last year he unveiled the city\u2019s new minor league baseball team and shared details on the city\u2019s new coastal amphitheater<\/a>, set to host shows this fall.\u00a0<\/p>\n

With a theme dubbed \u201cA Future Built by All of Us,\u201d the mayor is expected to touch on advancements his office has seen in housing costs, homelessness, crime and real estate development. In a release Friday, the mayor\u2019s office teased some updates on events expected in Long Beach during the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The speech will be streamed live on the city\u2019s YouTube page<\/a>. It starts at 5:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

\"\"\"\"Long Beach Mayor Rex Richardson gives the State of the City address at the Terrace Theater in Long Beach, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025. Photo by Thomas R. Cordova.<\/p>\n

To accommodate the speech, Tuesday\u2019s City Council<\/a> meeting will be early, starting at 3 p.m. Members are expected to grant permits<\/a>, street closures<\/a> and contracts ahead of this year\u2019s Grand Prix of Long Beach, which takes place annually in April. There is also a request<\/a> to extend by one year a contract for legal services in Long Beach\u2019s ongoing lawsuit against SPCALA,<\/a> which the city is still trying to evict from its animal shelter in an ugly court battle.<\/p>\n

Another major annual address will take place Thursday for the city seaport, delivered by newly picked Port CEO Noel Hacegaba. Expect an update on cargo trends, supply chain expectations and a forecast for 2026. We\u2019ll be there to cover it live, so check back for the full recap. And stay tuned for an in-depth profile we\u2019re planning on Hacegaba.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s what else you should know about this week:<\/p>\n

A three-member subcommittee on city policy will hear recommendations Monday<\/a> on how to handle Long Beach\u2019s homelessness programs. Details are scant on the meeting; there are no public documents attached to the agenda items. A discussion will follow on the cost-effective homeless service models.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Similar case for the Long Beach Continuum of Care meeting on Tuesday<\/a>. The 15-member assembly will decide whether to approve a policy on scoring and ranking for the CoC\u2019s program portfolio, and later hold a discussion on the city\u2019s homeless bureau\u2019s \u201cfunding landscape.\u201d Additional detail is not provided in any of the agenda items.\u00a0<\/p>\n

One month after their approval of a mask ban<\/a> for law enforcement on county land, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors will discuss Tuesday<\/a> the creation of \u201cICE-Free Zones\u201d countywide.<\/a> If approved, county counsel would return within 30 days with a plan that prevents outside law enforcement, like Immigration and Customs Enforcement, from staging, processing or operating on county land without a permit. Supervisors are also expected to transfer $40 million in grant funding<\/a> to the L.A. County Parks Foundation for the repair of parkland damaged during last year\u2019s wildfires.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Los Angeles Metro Board of Directors will meet on Wednesday<\/a> to discuss projects and priorities ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Business events and information<\/p>\n

The Long Beach Chamber of Commerce will host its monthly \u201cGood Afternoon\u201d luncheon on Tuesday at Parkers\u2019 Lighthouse (435 Shoreline Dr.). The event will start with a 30-minute period to network before a guest speaker begins at noon. Tickets start at $30 for members; $40 for non-members. For more information, click here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Long Beach Young Professionals will have the next iteration of their distinguished speaker series on Thursday from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Terrence Theater (300 E. Ocean Blvd. #300). Dr. Laurie Santos, director of Yale\u2019s Comparative Cognition Laboratory and Canine Cognition Lab, will deliver guest remarks. Tickets start at $30. For more information, visit here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

California\u2019s Employment Development Department has released its newest findings on the state and county\u2019s job markets. To review the data, visit here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

To those people with disabilities who live, work, attend school or frequent Long Beach: Give the city your feedback. Long Beach is launching a survey Jan. 15 through May 1 to gauge the community\u2019s feelings on the state of the city\u2019s accessibility, from its sidewalks to its careers. To answer the survey starting Thursday, visit here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

ICYMI \u2014 California and national news<\/p>\n

Agencies \u2018cracked down\u2019 on 2nd Street. Police say they found zero violations (Long Beach Post<\/a>)<\/p>\n

War Secretary Pete Hegseth visits Long Beach-based Rocket Lab as part of his \u2018Arsenal of Freedom Tour\u2019 (Long Beach Post<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Elon Musk\u2019s Grok bot restricts sexual image generation after global outcry (Los Angeles Times<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Newsom proposes governor controls the California Department of Education (EdSource<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Planet Books, a cavernous haven for used books and collectables, must move or face closure (LAist<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Good morning, Long Beach. It\u2019s Monday, Jan. 12. Here\u2019s what you need to know to start your day.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":130299,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[131,133,132],"class_list":["post-130298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130298","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=130298"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130298\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/130299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}