{"id":95969,"date":"2025-12-16T00:41:14","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T00:41:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/95969\/"},"modified":"2025-12-16T00:41:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T00:41:14","slug":"a-flurry-of-legislation-hits-city-hall-before-holiday-break-long-beach-post-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/95969\/","title":{"rendered":"A flurry of legislation hits City Hall before holiday break \u2022 Long Beach Post"},"content":{"rendered":"

Good morning, Long Beach. It\u2019s Monday, Dec. 15. Here\u2019s what you need to know to start your day. Sign up to get this in your inbox each week at LBPost.com\/newsletters.<\/a><\/p>\n

City meetings<\/p>\n

It is a busy week for local governance, as Long Beach leaders look to cross items off their wishlist before their holiday recess.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s especially busy on Tuesday. The Long Beach City Council will review 50 recommended adjustments to the 2026 budget<\/a>, a four-year data agreement <\/a>with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, and another to add $1 million<\/a> to cover some unexpected costs of decommissioning its Southeast Resource Recovery Facility trash-burning plant<\/a>. There are also some updates<\/a> on plans to install booths for translators inside the civic chambers that may come up.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Then there\u2019s the long-awaited pilot for speed cameras. Years after being greenlit by the state, Long Beach \u2014 alongside Los Angeles \u2014 is among the laggard cities<\/a> to install the cameras along its worst streets. That\u2019s set to change, hopefully. The dais will review a $5.5 million contract<\/a> to have the 18 cameras installed, maintained and studied through 2031.\u00a0<\/p>\n

To the speed-demons out there: You have some time to adjust. Officials say the pilot won\u2019t be implemented until next summer.<\/a> Once started, tickets issued in the first 60 days will come only with a warning. Afterwards, fines will range from $50 to $500.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Other items that might spark interesting discussion:\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Two city advisory panels that are environment-focused will be asked to set up a \u201cGreen Parkways Initiative\u201d that sets new park standards to encourage more greenery and public shading that offers more natural respite on hot days. Fueled by public<\/a> demand, the discussion will touch on a possible ban of artificial turf on public grounds.<\/p>\n

And following a Sacramento judge\u2019s ruling last month<\/a> that it was unconstitutional, the city of Long Beach on Tuesday will repeal<\/a> a change made to its sales tax language, making for an end to its failed bid to raise the local sales tax, Long Beach Measure A, two years sooner than originally planned.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Elsewhere in the city:<\/p>\n

The Long Beach Planning Commission on Thursday<\/a> will rule on newly proposed regulations<\/a> for businesses that sell food sourced from home kitchens. Operations typically require local permits, health inspections and food safety certification, and any new rules would largely fall in line with state law recently enacted.<\/a> If passed by the Commission and then by the City Council, officials hope to launch the program in January.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A special committee formed under the city\u2019s Public Utilities Commission on Thursday will hear presentations on Long Beach\u2019s roughly 7,000 fire hydrants<\/a>, and another on the findings<\/a> of a smoke test in July of the sewer system under Naples Island.\u00a0<\/p>\n

And on Tuesday<\/a>, the Economic Development and Opportunity Committee will hear an update on the city\u2019s plans to resurrect redevelopment districts, coined as \u201cEnhanced Infrastructure Financing Districts.\u201d The practice of redevelopment agencies, meant to finance urban renewal, was dissolved by the state in 2012 following years of legal debate over mismanagement in several cities. In the presentation<\/a>, officials propose five potential district boundaries, including the airport, Cambodia Town, downtown Long Beach, North Long Beach and the Santa Fe Corridor west of the L.A. River.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Business events and information<\/p>\n

The city of Long Beach announced Friday it has entitled more than 5,000 homes since 2022, a record officials say includes a healthy mix of market-rate homes and affordable apartments for seniors, veterans and low-income families. Officials are expected to share more information at a press conference on Tuesday, so stay tuned.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Following a pause earlier this year, the city\u2019s Older Adult Program has returned to the Expo Arts Center (4321 Atlantic Ave.) and is running Tuesday to Thursday, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Classes are for those 50+ and include fitness, Soul Tai Chi, painting and more. For more information on programs offered, visit here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Women\u2019s Business Council, in partnership with the Long Beach Chamber of Commerce, will host a Business Owners\u2019 Sisterhood Social on Tuesday, Dec. 16, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at The Wicked Wolf (2332 Pacific Ave.) The event is free and open to those who register<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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

The Bamboo Club, Long Beach\u2019s premier tiki bar, to be sold (Long Beach Post<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Podcast industry under siege as AI bots flood airways with thousands of programs (Los Angeles Times<\/a>)<\/p>\n

The next FIFA ticket phase is open. So how much will it cost you to watch LA World Cup matches? (LAist<\/a>)<\/p>\n

40,000 people died on California roads. State leaders looked away (CalMatters<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Good morning, Long Beach. It\u2019s Monday, Dec. 15. Here\u2019s what you need to know to start your day.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":95290,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[131,133,132],"class_list":["post-95969","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\/95969","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=95969"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95969\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/95290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}