The Long Beach City Council on Nov. 11 directed the city manager to return within 45 days with a late\u2011night public safety plan for the Belmont Shore commercial corridor after residents cited homicides and a spike in violent incidents.<\/p>\n
Councilwoman Christina Duggan, who represents the district, introduced the motion asking the city to analyze a temporary one\u2011year moratorium (later removed), feasibility and cost to reestablish Long Beach Police Department walking beats, reactivate a Belmont Shore substation, increase DUI enforcement during peak egress times and strengthen targeted late\u2011night nuisance enforcement.<\/p>\n
Duggan said bar owners in the corridor had agreed to “voluntarily close at midnight for 30 days while we work together” with residents and staff to develop permanent operating requirements. She framed the request as a short, district\u2011focused review intended to produce enforceable options quickly.<\/p>\n
Police Chief Hebeish told the council that crime has fallen in many categories but acknowledged the late\u2011night incidents that prompted the item; he said, “Our murders are down nearly 30% city wide,” while also confirming the city will review data and deployment options.<\/p>\n
Mayor Rex Richardson noted rapid investigative response in a recent case and urged a measured approach that balances enforcement and long\u2011term solutions. “Our detectives identified the suspect very quickly, and he was in our custody within 24 hours,” he said, describing police work on a recent homicide.<\/p>\n
Councilmember Thrash Ntuk offered amendments calling for a broader, data\u2011driven citywide hotspot analysis and an equitable deployment strategy. The council combined the approaches: Duggan’s 45\u2011day, Belmont Shore\u2011specific report and a separate 90\u2011day citywide hotspot study to identify high\u2011need areas and inform where walking beats and other resources should be deployed.<\/p>\n
The motion passed after extensive public comment from residents and business owners. Speakers at the hearing described nights when amplified music, large crowds and open containers spill from 2nd Street into adjacent residential areas, and several urged immediate action to prevent further violence.<\/p>\n
Next steps: the city manager will return with the requested feasibility, costing and community engagement plan for Belmont Shore in 45 days; a separate, 90\u2011day citywide hotspot report will follow to inform longer\u2011term policy and resource allocation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Long Beach City Council on Nov. 11 directed the city manager to return within 45 days with…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":52731,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[131,133,132],"class_list":["post-52730","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\/52730","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=52730"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52730\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}