} The 1st District remains 53% Latino in the adopted map, with the ethnic group comprising the largest eligible voter population in the district, but it also puts Councilwomen Cindy Allen and Mary Zendejas into the same districtpotentially setting up a head-to-head race. [123] Long Beach was first incorporated in 1888 with 59 buildings and a new school. For more news, pictures, videos and announcements of whats happening in Long Beach, follow us onFacebook,Twitter,Instagram and YouTube. private employers. [158], A 2019 study by Walk Score ranked Long Beach the tenth most walkable of over 100 cities around the world.[159]. 26 Apr 2023 18:25:45 [56], The Census reported 453,980 people (98.2% of the population) lived in households, 5,321 (1.2%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 2,956 (0.6%) were institutionalized.[55]. The "Naples Island Christmas Parade" has been held since 1946, and passes through the canals of Naples and around Alamitos Bay past Belmont Shore. font-size: 12px; While several other ordinances restrict the number of registered sex offenders who may reside in an apartment complex, there are no apartment complexes within city limits that are outside of the exclusion zone. Theres a tent for that, Do Not Sell/Share My Personal Information. J.W. Although there was a chase scene downtown, most of Tenacious D was shot at Alex's Bar at 2913 E. Anaheim St., a punk rock/alternative rock venue. [9] A charter city,[3] Long Beach is the seventh-most populous city in California. Mean monthly maxima and minima (i.e. Counties | .census-table-census-item-header { Polar Air Cargo, an international cargo airline, was formerly based in Long Beach. About 2 percent commuted by all other means of transportation, including taxi, bicycle, and motorcycle. font-style: italic; The western portion of the Garden Grove Freeway (SR 22) provides a spur off of the San Diego and 605 Freeways to 7th Street in southeast Long Beach for access to the VA Long Beach Healthcare System, California State University, Long Beach, and the Alamitos Bay. Even-numbered districts are elected in a four year cycle two years after the city-wide elections. Photo by Pablo Unzueta for CalMatters The Fair MAPS Act has helped reform what used to be the "wild, wild West" in redistricting, said Jonathan Mehta Stein, executive director of California Common Cause. Nevertheless, commissioners were grateful to come to a consensus on a map that was formed through months of public input and several long meetings that ended well after midnight. Long Beach's Independent Redistricting Commission will meet Wednesday, Oct. 20, to pare down the choices to three potential maps. In 1965, Long Beach State hosted the first International Sculpture Symposium to be held in the United States and the first at a college or university. One issue multiple commissioners asked to be addressed is representation of the Long Beach Airport. Welcome to the brand-new Long Beach Post. Your feedback helps guide our development and improve your reading experience. It was purchased by the City of Long Beach in 1967 for conversion to a hotel and maritime museum. margin-bottom: .75em; The commissions 13-0 vote ends the redistricting process but could begin a new chapter potentially including lawsuits and a special election: Two council incumbentsCindy Allen and Stacy Mungo Flaniganwere drawn out of their districts. There were 163,531 households, out of which 58,073 (35.5%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 61,850 (37.8%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 26,781 (16.4%) had a female householder with no husband present, 10,598 (6.5%) had a male householder with no wife present. Kristina Duggan takes lead in District 3 City Council race. It would remain popular until suburban malls sprung up starting in the 1950s. .partytd.Republican { width: 35px !important; The mayor presides over city council meetings and official city ceremonies. The Dog Zone is in effect from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. every day. Starting with the 2020 election, primary election is being held in March and runoff election is being held in November. The table below shows demographic information about the city. The city manager then reviews and makes a presentation on the city's financial status. The most recent radio station to grace the Long Beach airways is public radio station KLBP, 99.1, a low-power station, which started broadcasting in December 2018. .non_result_row { } Read more about race and ethnicity in the census. Long Beach is approximately 20 miles (32 km) south of downtown . State legislature | This resulted in the increase of blacks in Long Beach caused by the Second Great Migration. color: white; Long Beach also gets distribution of the daily Los Angeles Times and La Opinin newspapers, plus the weekly Los Angeles Sentinel. [180], Palacio Magazine (formerly Palacio de Long Beach) is a free quarterly,[181] bilingual magazine which runs stories focusing on community, education, art, health and wellness side by side in English and Spanish.[182]. One of five council district maps proposed by Long Beach's Independent Redistricting Commission. In addition, the ordinances prohibit all registered sex offenders from using any park, beach, or facility that caters to children, such as amusement parks and restaurants with children's playgrounds, or even travel within 500 feet (150m) of such places. [2], The Long Beach City Council is the city's primary legislative body. Most of the damage occurred in unreinforced masonry buildings, especially schools. Bixby leased land at Rancho Los Alamitos. In the 1950s it was referred to as "Iowa by the sea", due to a large influx of people from that and other Midwestern states. } In addition, at Willowbrook Station, passengers can transfer to the Metro C Line with service to Redondo Beach, Norwalk, and LAX via an additional shuttle connection. Long Beach offers singing gondolier trips through the canals of Naples. .non_result_row div { Registered sex offenders residing within the exclusion zone were given until September 2008 to vacate the restricted area. Long Beach is the host to a number of long-running music festivals. On Wednesday, the commission will meet at 6 p.m. in Civic Chambers to go over the maps and agree on three drafts with which to move forward. Long Beach is about 20 miles (32km) south of downtown Los Angeles. Any refinery process or chemical upset that results in the atmospheric release of refinery by-products (commonly sulfur dioxide)[41][42] will usually impact air quality in Long Beach due to the west-south-westerly prevailing wind. Pacific Bible Seminary (now known as Hope International University) was forced to move classes out of First Christian Church of Long Beach and into a small local home due to damage. Torrance Transit offers bus service to the South Bay. .election_results_text { Because of these factors, the water in Long Beach is sometimes unsafe for swimming, up to weeks each year.[43]. Im proud to be your Councilwoman and Im proud of what we have accomplished and I know there is still work to be done, Mungo Flanigan wrote. Elections in 2023 | [11], FiSCs are constructed by adding revenues and expenditures of each central city municipal government to a portion of the revenues and expenditures of overlying governments, including counties, independent school districts, and special districts. Long Beach is also the point of origin for bands and musicians such as Daz Dillinger, The Pussycat Dolls, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Jenni Rivera, T.S.O.L., Frank Ocean, Sublime, Snoop Dogg, Tha Mexakinz, Nate Dogg, Warren G, Tha Dogg Pound, Knoc-Turn'al, the Long Beach Dub Allstars, Avi Buffalo, Crystal Antlers, The Emperors, The Pyramids, Crooked I, Stick to Your Guns, War and Vince Staples. Long Beach is a city in Los Angeles County, California. For up-to-date election results, visit lbpost.com/elections. 411 W. Ocean Blvd., Lobby level Long Beach Airport serves the Long Beach, South Bay and northern Orange County areas. The Long Beach Municipal Band, founded in 1909, is the longest running, municipally supported band in the country. Triggered by a local protest of a multi-apartment dwelling which tenanted several paroled registered sex offenders, and fueled by local radio hosts John Kobylt and Ken Chiampou of KFI's John and Ken show, city council members voted 70 to enact 18 ordinances, of which the most restrictive prohibits residency by all registered sex offenders, whether they are on parole or not, within 2,000 feet (610m) of any child care center, public or private school, or park. But none of the commissioners raised that issue, so all of the maps put the port in one council district. font-style: italic; The deadline for candidates to file to run in this election was January 12, 2018. .votebox-results-cell--check { Long Beach also features the Museum of Latin American Art, founded in 1996 by Dr. Robert Gumbiner. 32.9% of the city's population was of Mexican heritage. The responsibilities of the city manager include overseeing the city's day-to-day operations, planning and implementing the city's operating budget, and appointing departmental directors and other senior-level positions. Long Beach City College operates two internet student-run radio stations, KCTY FM[83] and KLBC AM. $5,000 to the LGBTQ Center Long Beach for their annual Black and White Ball on . At the Oct. 6 meeting, Commissioner Thomas Cooper said he wanted to see one district unify the neighborhoods west of the Los Angeles River, including Wrigley and West Long Beach. } Coastal Research Center, Marine Science Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, California. Thefinal map,unanimouslyvoted for adoptionby theCommission on Nov. 18,reflects the current interests of the Long Beach communityand includesfair and equal representationfromeach district. There were 171,632 dwelling units at an average density of 3,402.6 per square mile (1,313.8/km2). California State University, Long Beach, one of the largest universities in California by enrollment, is within the city. .race_header.green { LBCC is composed of two separate campuses; the Liberal Arts Campus is on the residential area of Lakewood Village, while the Pacific Coast Campus is adjacent to the Eastside neighborhood.[142]. New City Council District Boundaries Take Effect Today. [90] There is also a Christmas boat parade in the nearby Port of Los Angeles/San Pedro area, and another in the Huntington Harbour community of nearby Huntington Beach. Long Beach averaged 1.69 cars per household in 2016, compared to a national average of 1.8 per household.[161]. The City Attorney, City Auditor, and City Prosecutor are also elected positions. Because one candidate received more than 50 percent of the vote in the District 7 primary, the general election was called off. .results_row.winner { and Long Beach Harbor Commissioner Gary DeLong, Long Beach City Council Member, District 3 (Ret.) Such laws may be enacted at the state, county, or city level. Other airports with scheduled service are Bob Hope Airport in Burbank and Ontario International Airport in Ontario. table #officeholder-table td { [38] Heavy pollution sources at the ports include the ships themselves, which burn high-sulfur, high-soot-producing bunker fuel to maintain internal electrical power while docked, as well as heavy diesel pollution from drayage trucks at the ports, and short-haul tractor-trailer trucks ferrying cargo from the ports to inland warehousing, rail yards, and shipping centers. Traveling along Pacific Coast Highway for most of the route, it takes 22.5 hrs to complete. The medallion includes a rendition of the racer's car and lists top achievements in motor sports. [81] Kbeach is the student owned and operated web-only radio at CSULB.[82]. Over the next several weeks, theCitywillimplementamulti-languagecommunity outreach campaign to ensure Long Beachresidents and business owners are aware of the new district lines andtheirpotential impacts. Several transit operators offer services from the Long Beach Transit Mall. overflow-x: scroll; window.__mirage2 = {petok:"lVgDdrhrr6EzDj2f.ic0GXbCnx9SLa.DeaW8ez80FJ8-1800-0"}; } Source1Source2. Cities | [49], The 2010 United States Census[54] reported that Long Beach had a population of 462,257. It is the second largest event in Long Beach, attracting over 125,000 participants over the two-day celebration. From the 7th Street/Metro Center Station, passengers can make connections to Hollywood, Union Station, Pasadena, East LA, Universal Studios, Chinatown, and other points of interest along the Los Angeles Metro Rail network. Of those, 147,276 (52.65%) are registered Democrats, 47,615 (17.02%) are registered Republicans, and 66,857 (23.90%) have declined to state a political party/are independents.[130]. [2], Regular council meetings are held in the Long Beach City Hall on Tuesdays at 5pm except on holidays or if decided by special resolution.[3]. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.8 males. Southeast Long Beach While the 5th District could emerge from the redistricting process relatively unchanged, the same cannot be said for the 3rd and 4th Districts, according to the draft maps released Wednesday. Some of the murals were created in conjunction with the city's Mural and Cultural Arts Program, but many others were not.[74][75]. Long Beach has a number of online news outlets, including the Long Beach Post,[173] Long Beach Local News,[174] The Modern Times of Long Beach,[175] FORTHE,[176] and LBReport.com.[177][178]. If. Multiple sports will be held in Long Beach during the 2028 Summer Olympics, including BMX racing, water polo, triathlon, open water swimming, sailing and handball.[120]. All races begin and end around the Shoreline Village area of downtown Long Beach. [106] This 3-acre (12,000m2) area is situated between Roycroft and Argonne Avenues. } The Long Beach State 49ers baseball team has been playing since 1954. If everyone leaves here kind of mad, we did a good job, Gutierrez said after the vote. Long Beach School District; Quick Connect. 25,000 runners and cyclists participated in the 2013 festivities drawing nearly 50,000 people attending the event overall. Public awareness messaging aboutthe new districtboundariesis being disseminated via both traditional and digital outreachmethods,withnotablehighlights including social media posts;City utility bill inserts;digitalbillboards;messaging on public transportation; print and digital advertisements in local news publications;andflyerspostedat City facilities. They vowed to sue. Click here for a list of the 100 largest cities' mayors and their partisan affiliations. } Photo by Jason Ruiz. There are several methods to determine who represents your interests in your home or business. This is one of the only four municipal health departments in California (the other three being, Sanitation and recycling services through the Environmental Services Bureau in the Public Works Department, Animal control service that, in addition to serving Long Beach, serves nearby cities including Signal Hill and Seal Beach, This page was last edited on 29 April 2023, at 19:19.