As things stand now, the reopening of the popular, award-winning Baja Sonora Mexican restaurant in Time Square on Clark Avenue is nigh. Nigh meaning July 23, a Monday. Unless, of course, the date changes at the last moment.
Except for the fireworks show over Alamitos Bay July 3, a Queen Mary pyrotechnics display July 4 and other public presentations to mark Independence Day, fireworks remain illegal in Long Beach.
As the current Mayor and City Council consider stripping Long Beach committees, commissions and boards of their authority to take up issues, (just right after appointment of more women than ever) readers might enjoy another moment of deja vu:
Affordable housing advocates in Long Beach have suspended a signature campaign to place a measure on the ballot asking voters to establish rent control and just-cause eviction laws in the city, just weeks before a July 30 deadline to make the next citywide election in 2020.
Four taxpayer advocates filed a sworn complaint July 11 with the State Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC) alleging that the City of Long Beach violated the Political Reform Act by spending public funds to campaign for the passage of Measure M on the June ballot.
The City of Long Beach and MemorialCare announced that they have finalized the terms and entered into a transition agreement, effective July 3, to facilitate the transition of operations of Community Medical Center by the city.
