People’s Budget Coalition to have a seat at the table during next council meeting
Tomorrow, the Long Beach City Council will have their final deliberations before approving the fiscal year 2021 budget.…
Stay-at-home, online learning and schedule switches: How one mother of special needs twins is adapting to the pandemic
Maria Aguirre has twin 3-year-olds, Hector and Wilhelmina. Both have autism. “We are tired by the end of…
City of Long Beach will begin to seek funding for universal basic income pilot program
At last night’s meeting, the Long Beach City Council directed the city manager to begin securing funds for…
LB councilmembers to consider the creation of an urgency ordinance to address tenant harassment
Update: This item was removed from the city council agenda for Tuesday, Sept. 1. Councilmembers Mary Zendejas, Jeannine…
LB Council split over decision to join a community choice energy program that would provide 100% renewable energy to the City
The Long Beach City Council split 5-4 against moving forward with a letter of interest in a Community…
How uncertainty affects us in a pandemic, from the eyes of a cognitive psychologist
A single Google search of “COVID-19” offers six billion webpages. Wading through this sea of information is a…
Postmaster general is ‘suspending’ policies blamed for mail delays after receiving letter from Senate Democratic caucus
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced today that he will join a multistate coalition of attorneys general in…
Opening before a pandemic: amid business closures, Ubuntu Cafe thrives
When California implemented its statewide lockdown on March 20, Ubuntu Cafe had only been open for 22 days.…
‘Not the end of a process, but rather the beginning of a transformation,’ 112-page reconciliation report and budget proposal scrutinized by the public
On June 9, the Long Beach City Council approved the creation of a racial reconciliation framework. On Tuesday,…
City plan for micro-units may alleviate the city’s housing crisis and create a new pathway for homeownership
Not to be confused with tiny homes, micro-units are apartments that are typically 350 square feet or less,…