Translation of Modica’s statement [stonewalling details on the hiring process]: The LBPOA has selected the next chief of police. The “search” and public input are just for appearances; y’all don’t need to worry your pretty little heads about this.
While I’m glad the city came around to eliminating the testing-in-lieu-of-vaxing option, even if for the wrong reasons, this mandate could’ve been done properly from the beginning.
The City of Long Beach presented its proposed $3 billion 2022 budget [July 16] to the media; however, the press was not given access to the document before the event.
I strongly oppose SB 9 and would like to tell you why. It would allow and encourage denser zoning, resulting in the degradation of desirable, stable neighborhoods.
Your neighborhood has a target on its back and your state Legislature is taking direct aim at fundamentally changing it right now. Yet too few Californian residents are even aware of what is about to happen to them.