{"id":276851,"date":"2026-04-20T14:17:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T14:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/276851\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T14:17:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T14:17:11","slug":"a-mid-income-block-project-coming-to-downtown-long-beach-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/276851\/","title":{"rendered":"A Mid-(income) Block Project coming to downtown \u2022 Long Beach Post"},"content":{"rendered":"

Good morning, Long Beach. It\u2019s Monday, April 20. Here\u2019s what you need to know to start your week. Get this in your inbox each week by signing up at LBPost.com\/newsletters<\/a>.<\/p>\n

City meetings<\/p>\n

After years of delays, developers are bringing plans<\/a> to the City Council on Tuesday to build a pair of eight-story apartment complexes on the dirt lot next to Lincoln Park in the heart of downtown Long Beach.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Plans include two mid-rise buildings on the 4.6-acre site that will combine for 729 units. There will be a 2,650-square-foot retail space in the northern building and a promenade that cuts between the complexes with a view of City Hall. Each tower will have a courtyard, pool, sky lounge, gym and a parking garage.\u00a0<\/p>\n

As part of the request<\/a>, city officials will recommend council members let the project dodge portions of its inclusionary housing policy, which mandates a certain amount of affordable housing in new construction. With this carve out, the buildings would include 73 moderate-income units \u2014 or between 80% to 120% of the area\u2019s median income \u2014 as opposed to 88 units split between low and very-low income apartments.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"\"\"\"A rendering included in city planning documents for a pair of eight-story apartment buildings at Ocean Boulevard and Chestnut Avenue. The Port of Long Beach headquarters on Ocean Boulevard can be seen in the background.<\/p>\n

Current local housing laws would typically require a project like this to have 12% of its units priced at low- or very-low income levels.<\/p>\n

Officials argue the project\u2019s land-use plans were approved prior to the enshrining of the city\u2019s 2021 policy on inclusionary housing. They also argue the project is too important to not be built, saying in the report it \u201cis essential to achieve the Civic Center vision and prepare downtown for the 2028 Games and beyond.\u201d They also pointed out that the developer guaranteed these rates for 55 years.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThe proposed project is not truly a new project, it is an adjustment of a project approved before the Inclusionary Housing Ordinance went into effect,\u201d the city staff report reads.\u00a0<\/p>\n

To read more about the project, see our past coverage here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Other city meetings to watch:<\/p>\n

The city\u2019s Climate Resilient and Sustainable City Commission on Thursday will hear a feasibility study<\/a> on an electric vehicle battery reuse and recycling facility that would collect dead car batteries and sell them to recyclers, pulling in $860,000 to $3.2 million a year.\u00a0<\/p>\n

No one ever griped about a new park: The city will consider whether to move forward with a 4-acre park between 2301 and 2322 Cover Street.<\/a> It\u2019s right at the edge of Long Beach Airport, next to the Teamsters\u2019 parking lot. The union says it wants to help build a \u201cPlayground With No Bounds\u201d there, complete with multi-play equipment, roller slides, ramps, ground-level play areas and calm spaces.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The city wants to contract with Los Angeles County to start a homelessness prevention unit<\/a> centered on young people aged 18 to 24, often called transitional-age youth. The program, previously administered in a similar fashion by the April Parker Foundation<\/a>, will connect young adults at risk of becoming homeless with counselors who help them with financial assistance, housing relocation and mediation with landlords.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Business events and information<\/p>\n

Long Beach had the busiest seaport in the nation last month, handling nearly 775,000 cargo containers, as well as the busiest through the first quarter of the year. This comes despite the month seeing a 5.2% decline compared to last March and 8.6% dip from Q1 in 2025. Port CEO Noel Hacegaba attributed<\/a> the numbers to the Iran war that has caused fuel costs to spike across key trade lines, from ships to trucks and planes.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Snoop Dogg will open his second cannabis dispensary, S.W.E.D. Long Beach<\/a>, during a grand opening ceremony on May 9 at 2115 E. 10th St.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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

Organizer cancels Big Bang Independence Day celebration after Coastal Commission says no fireworks (Long Beach Post<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Long Beach\u2019s new homeless shelter still hasn\u2019t opened, as fight over billing unfolds behind the scenes (Long Beach Post<\/a>)<\/p>\n

In Pasadena, a 600-goat herd is taking a bite out of fire fuel (LAist<\/a>)<\/p>\n

CA hasn\u2019t signed off on a promised deal to help bail out LA if the Olympic Games lose money (LAist<\/a>)<\/p>\n

The truth about business in California \u2014 the Golden State hasn\u2019t lost its luster (LA Times<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Good morning, Long Beach. It\u2019s Monday, April 20. Here\u2019s what you need to know to start your week.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":276852,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[131,133,132],"class_list":["post-276851","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\/276851","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=276851"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276851\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/276852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=276851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=276851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=276851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}