An ordinance addressing alcohol service and bar sizes was approved Tuesday night following a packed meeting at Long Beach City Hall, where residents voiced both support and concern over the proposed changes.<\/p>\n
Lawmakers heard public comments on two alcohol-related amendments that sparked significant discussion. One measure will reverse an existing policy that had prohibited restaurants along the boardwalk from serving alcohol. Supporters argued the change could boost local businesses and increase revenue, especially during the busy summer season.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think allowing alcohol on the boardwalk would be great for community revenue and businesses,\u201d said Long Beach resident Joe Gilmen. \u201cMore people are going to be out on the boardwalk later in the summer, and that money will go back into the town.\u201d<\/p>\n
However, not everyone was in favor. Some residents raised safety concerns, particularly about beach access after drinking. One speaker noted that even if alcohol isn\u2019t allowed directly on the boardwalk or beach, people may still head onto the sand after consuming drinks nearby.<\/p>\n
\u201cPeople are going onto the beach, even after they have a drink,\u201d the resident said. \u201cAfter six o\u2019clock, we don\u2019t have lifeguards anymore, so that raises concerns.\u201d<\/p>\n
The second amendment approved by lawmakers lets the length of bars be longer than 10 feet.<\/p>\n
Despite the changes, the ordinance maintains strict rules prohibiting drinking on the boardwalk outside of licensed establishments, as well as banning alcohol consumption on the beach.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An ordinance addressing alcohol service and bar sizes was approved Tuesday night following a packed meeting at Long…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":256896,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[1630,131,133,132],"class_list":["post-256895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-alcohol","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\/256895","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=256895"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256895\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/256896"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=256895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=256895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=256895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}