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What Happened to the Firehouse Community Farm in North Long Beach?
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Check it out! This item will be heard at the council’s 5 p.m. meeting today.
The Long Beach Police Department plans to seek City Council approval today to spend $1.2 million in federal grant money to purchase additional mass surveillance equipment.
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A tax on vacant commercial property is being proposed by Councilmember Al Austin, who says “activation of long vacant locations could revitalize corridors in low-income communities and lead to a more equitable distribution of quality businesses throughout Long Beach.”
Austin said he can point to "more than a handful" of properties in his district that have been vacant for a decade.
The council will vote on whether to amend city code in accordance with a new state law that clarifies the process for removing disruptive people from a public meeting.
The item also proposes that an outdated rule requiring public commenters to disclose their name and address be stricken from the code.
The council is being asked to approve an agreement with the Long Beach Firefighters Association that will give the 396 firefighters represented by the union a 12.5% increase in pay by 2025. The wage increase will be phased in with incremental raises each year.
LB Firefighters President Rex Pritchard said the pay increase will help with worker retention. Departments citywide are facing retention issues, and have been for the past year.