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Long Beach Receives State Certification for Eight-Year Housing Plan

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Long Beach Receives State Certification for Eight-Year Housing Plan

LONG BEACH — The City of Long Beach general plan housing element update has been certified by the California Department of Housing and Community Development or HCD. The certification will help the city advance its goal of meeting the housing needs of current and future Long Beach residents and providing fair housing options for all.

The plan, which was developed in collaboration with residents, businesses and other stakeholders, provides the city with a roadmap for accommodating projected housing demand, increasing housing production, improving housing affordability, preserving existing affordable housing, improving housing conditions and facilitating the development of housing for all income levels and household types.

Long Beach is now among the first cities in the Southern California Association of Governments or SCAG region to have a certified Housing Element update.

Details: longbeach.gov/housingelementupdate.

Court Rules in Favor Returning Bruce’s Beach to Owners’ Descendants

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Court Rules in Favor Returning Bruce’s Beach to Owners’ Descendants

Superior Court Judge Mitchell Beckloff denied a petition by a Palos Verdes resident asking that Bruce’s Beach not be returned to the descendants of its original owners. In 1924, Manhattan Beach City Council took the property away from Charles and Willa Bruce through eminent domain. It was a resort that catered to Black residents, and white residents were not happy about it. Judge Beckloff said that the taking of the land away was racially motivated.

The land was recently transferred by the county to the family by use of California Senate Bill 796, which eliminated statutory restrictions that previously prevented this.

Details: https://tinyurl.com/Brucesbeachreturn

Board of Supervisors News Briefs: Two Motions Ensure Continuity of Enforcement Services on Metro and Preventing Overdoses in Jails

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Board of Supervisors News Briefs: Two Motions Ensure Continuity of Enforcement Services on Metro and Preventing Overdoses in Jails
Hahn Wants Metro to be Prepared If Sheriff Pulls Deputies from Buses and Trains

LOS ANGELES — Supervisor Janice Hahn wants LA Metro to be prepared for the possibility that LA County Sheriff Alex Villanueva follows through with his threat to end his department’s contract with the transit agency and pull his deputies from buses and trains in July.

The Los Angeles Metro board of directors operations committee April 1, unanimously approved a motion authored by Supervisor Janice Hahn, Supervisor Sheila Kuehl, and Inglewood Mayor James Butts. The motion directed the chief executive officer to report back to the Metro Board in May on how Metro can modify its existing contracts with the Los Angeles and Long Beach police departments to ensure continuity of service and continued law enforcement services coverage throughout the Metro transit system should the sheriff chose to end his department’s contract at the end of June. The motion will go in front of the Metro board of directors next week.

On April 13, the Los Angeles sheriff held a press conference stating that he will not extend the existing five-year contract beyond its original June 30, 2022 expiration date, if Metro continues to also contract with LAPD and LBPD.

 

Supervisors Take Steps to Prevent Drug Overdoses in Jails

LOS ANGELES — In an effort to mitigate inmate deaths due to drug overdoses, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors April 20, unanimously approved a motion by Supervisor Kathryn Barger and co-authored by Supervisor Janice Hahn that calls for more proactive prevention strategies, including drug detection efforts, after seeing a rise in narcotics use.

The motion approved by the Board of Supervisors references a 2021 study by the Department of Justice that found drug related deaths in jails have risen by 623% nationally. County executives and the Sheriff’s Department have 60 days to present the board with recommendations to prevent the presence of drugs in jails.

Details: https://tinyurl.com/spervisors-motion

Marymount California University on Palos Verdes Peninsula To Permanently Close

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Marymount California University on Palos Verdes Peninsula To Permanently Close

RANCHO PALOS VERDES — After more than 50 years in operation, Marymount California University, a small Catholic school in Rancho Palos Verdes, announced April 22, it will close at the end of this summer.

The university, in a statement, said the decision to close stems largely from financial struggles driven by declining enrollment, increasing operating costs and the COVID-19 pandemic.

This comes after the university merged with Saint Leo University in Florida in a move that was to be an opportunity to expand each of the schools’ offerings. However the merger fell through in recent months after the regulatory approval process hit a snag.

The final slate of courses will end this summer, and the school will permanently close on Aug. 31, officials said.

Marymount California University began as a two-year junior college called Marymount Palos Verdes College in 1968, when it was founded by the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary.

Public Health Expands COVID-19 Therapeutics Network in Under-Resourced Communities

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Public Health Expands COVID-19 Therapeutics Network in Under-Resourced Communities

Public Health is working to increase information sharing and distribution of COVID-19 antivirals in under-resourced communities at elevated risk.

Residents who test positive for COVID-19, and are at elevated risk for severe illness, should promptly call their doctor to see if they qualify for therapeutics or injectable treatments. Residents that do not have access to a clinical provider can call the COVID-19 information line at 833-540-0473 between 8 a.m. to 8:30 pm. daily.

Public Health is building a network of health care providers and pharmacies that can provide information and prescribe these medications. There are 593 sites providing antivirals across the county, with 326 sites located in under-resourced neighborhoods. Residents can also view the “Test to Treat” locations by visiting http://www.ph.lacounty.gov/covidmedicines.

In April, Public Health launched the COVID-19 Medication Telehealth Service, which helps residents assess their eligibility for these treatments and, if eligible, arranges for them to receive the medication.

Details: 833-540-0473;http://www.ph.lacounty.gov/covidmedicines or www.ph.lacounty.gov/covidmedicamentos.

The Deco Art Deco Building Receives Landmark Plaque

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The Deco Art Deco Building Receives Landmark Plaque

On April 23, the Deco Art Deco building, located at the corner of Pacific Avenue and 8th Street in San Pedro, became the first structure in the downtown business district to be recognized with a landmark plaque. In attendance for the event were council district 15 candidates, Danielle Sandoval and Tim McCosker.

Constructed in 1930, the building is one of the most impressive in the historic business district. Architect Conrad Martin Ellington designed the building, using the distinctive art deco zigzag motif and vertical ornamentation.

A landmark plaque is a permanent emblem installed in a visible place to commemorate buildings and sites of importance in San Pedro history. Recognition includes local architecture and the homes of noteworthy San Pedro residents.

New Website Provides Close-Up Look at POLA Marine Habitats, Wildlife

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New Website Provides Close-Up Look at POLA Marine Habitats, Wildlife

SAN PEDRO — The Port of Los Angeles has unveiled an educational website showcasing the abundant marine life thriving above and below port waterways.

The LA Harbor Habitats website at laharborhabitats.org also details findings gleaned from Port-led biological surveys conducted over the last two decades.

The LA Harbor Habitats site creates a visual and three-dimensional representation of marine life at the port, providing users with various ways to explore the trade gateway’s biology, including by habitat. Underwater videos, interactive games and photography of the undersea world of the port add to the experience.

Every five years since 2000, the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have conducted year-long, harbor-wide biological surveys of the habitat conditions and marine biological communities across the San Pedro Bay port complex. The survey information and findings are available online and used regularly for biological mitigation planning related to port development projects.

Details: www.laharborhabitats.org and www.portoflosangeles.org/environment/biological-surveys

Environmental Briefs: Climate Leadership Advances Through Partnership with China, California Transportation and Climate Investments, Visiting Conservation Sites

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Environmental Briefs: Climate Leadership Advances Through Partnership with China, California Transportation and Climate Investments, Visiting Conservation Sites

Conservation Corps and green space advocates Congresswoman Barragán (CA-44) and Congressman Neguse (CO-2) visited CCLB’s new Lower LA River Environmental Education Center at DeForest Park in North Long Beach

California Advances Global Climate Leadership Through Expanded Partnership with China

SACRAMENTO — Furthering California’s long-standing collaboration with China on climate change, Gov. Gavin Newsom April 18, renewed a Memorandum of Understanding or MOU to advance ongoing cooperation on initiatives to protect the environment, reduce carbon emissions and air pollution, and promote clean energy development.

The Governor and China’s Minister of Ecology and Environment Huang Runqiu signed the MOU in a virtual meeting joined by Lieutenant Governor Eleni Kounalakis, who serves as the Governor’s Representative for International Affairs and Trade Development, and senior climate officials from California and China.

The MOU outlines continued exchanges between California and China – the world’s largest emitter of greenhouse gasses – on the implementation of emissions trading systems, expanding markets for clean transportation, including zero-emission vehicles, and reducing air pollution and short-lived climate pollutants. It also includes a new focus on strategies to achieve carbon neutrality, nature-based solutions to combat climate change and protect biodiversity, and promoting climate-resilient infrastructure investment and green finance. The MOU renews a prior version signed by Governor Brown in 2018.

The California-China Climate Institute at the University of California, Berkeley will serve as California’s primary liaison for information sharing and communication under the MOU. Led by former Gov. Jerry Brown, the Institute was launched in 2019 to foster cooperation and joint policy research on climate issues by California and China. Governor Newsom last year signed legislation to codify the Institute in statute.

Details: www.gov.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/momorandum-of-understandin

New Transportation, Climate Investments Headed to California

Washington, D.C. — California is set to receive $555,295,299 in funding under the historic Jobs and Infrastructure Law to provide Californians with more sustainable transportation options, ease congestion in local communities and reduce air pollution across the state.

Rep. Nannette Barragán said this deeply needed funding will slash commute times, lower costs for working families, combat harmful carbon pollution and support good-paying, union jobs in the 44th district.

The investments total more than $6.4 billion across the country and are administered under the Federal Highway Administration’s carbon reduction program, a new initiative established by the Infrastructure, Investment, and Jobs Act. These funds can be invested in a range of eligible projects, including: Port electrification; Public transit services; Electric vehicle charging infrastructure; Traffic flow improvements; Congestion management technology; Pedestrian and cycle trails.

Congressmembers Barragán and Neguse Visit Conservation Sites in Compton and Long Beach

SAN PEDRO – On April 18, Congresswoman Nanette Diaz Barragán (CA-44) hosted Congressman Joe Neguse (C0-02) in her district where they spent time with the Los Angeles Conservation Corps or LACC and the Conservation Corps of Long Beach or CCLB to discuss ongoing Conservation Corps activities in California’s 44th District to support environmental justice and jobs for local youth.

The Conservation Corps’ programs are designed to empower young people through environmentally focused development, employment and education opportunities. President Biden’s proposed Fiscal Year 23 budget includes proposals to expand the work of local and state Conservation Corps through the creation of a Civilian Climate Corps that would employ thousands of young people around the country to address the threat of climate change.

Congresswoman Nanette Diaz Barragán said the Los Angeles and Long Beach Conservations Corps provide critical job training and workforce development opportunities for young people to advance environmental justice solutions in their communities. Congressman Neguse said this bill will fund more than 1,000 new or upgraded local parks, create jobs and invest in the environment.

“Once the DeForest Park environmental education center is up and running this coming fall, young people of the Conservation Corps of Long Beach will have a base of operations to further the greening and stewardship along the Lower LA River,” said Dan Knapp executive, director|CEO of Conservation Corps of Long Beach.

Los Angeles County and State Proclaim Armenian Genocide Day of Remembrance

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Los Angeles County and State Proclaim Armenian Genocide Day of Remembrance

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LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles Supervisor Kathryn Barger and the Board of Supervisors commemorated the 107th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide by proclaiming April 24, 2022 as Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day, in recognition of one of the darkest chapters in human history.

Earlier this month, the Board of Supervisors proclaimed April as “Armenian History Month” in Los Angeles County – home to the largest population of Armenians in the United States.

A copy of the motion is available here. https://tinyurl.com/Armenian-Genocide-Remembrance

See a video message from Supervisor Barger about Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day, www.tinyurl.com/Armenian-Genocide-Remembrance-Day

Later, Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a proclamation declaring April 24, 2022 as “A Day of Remembrance of the Armenian Genocide” in the State of California.

Details: www.gov.ca.gov/wp-content/Armenian-genocide-remembrance-day

Ports BRIEFS: Dwell Fee Postponed, EIS Released On Rail Facility, Everport Terminal Completed, POLA Sees Busiest March

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Ports BRIEFS: Dwell Fee Postponed, EIS Released On Rail Facility, Everport Terminal Completed, POLA Sees Busiest March

 

Dwell Fee To Remain on Hold For Los Angeles, Long Beach

April 22, 2022 — The San Pedro Bay ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach announced today they will delay consideration of the “Container Dwell Fee” for another week, until April 29.

Since the program was announced on Oct. 25, the two ports have seen a combined decline of 49% in aging cargo on the docks.

The executive directors of both ports will reassess fee implementation after monitoring data over the next week. Fee implementation has been postponed by both ports since the start of the program.

Under the temporary policy, ocean carriers can be charged for each import container dwelling nine days or more at the terminal. Currently, no date has been set to start the count with respect to container dwell time.

 

Final Federal Environmental Impact Statement Released on Rail Facility

LONG BEACH — The U.S. Maritime Administration has issued a Final Environmental Impact Statement or EIS and Record of Decision, approving the planned Pier B On-Dock Rail Support Facility, a Port of Long Beach project designed to enhance the flow of cargo by rail.

Located southwest of Anaheim Street and the 710 Freeway, the planned $1.5 billion Pier B On-Dock Rail Support Facility is the centerpiece of the Port of Long Beach’s rail improvement program. It will shift more cargo to “on-dock rail,” where containers are moved directly to and from marine terminals by rail, significantly reducing trips by trucks throughout the region.

In December, the U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration awarded $52.3 million to help fund development of the facility. Phase 1 construction, expected to be completed in 2025, will double the capacity of the existing Pier B rail yard. Street realignments and other component projects will continue to improve operations as they are finished.

The project is scheduled for full completion in 2032. No cargo trucks will visit the facility. View a video about the project here, www.youtube.com/watch?v/ Pier-B-On-Dock-Rail-Facility Details: EIS statement, www.tinyurl.com/EIS-statement

 

POLA Completes Construction of Everport Container Terminal Improvement Project

LOS ANGELES — The Port of Los Angeles has completed construction of the $65 million Everport Terminal Improvement Project located at Berths 226-236 along the Los Angeles Main Channel.

The project allows Everport to improve the container-handling efficiency and capacity of its existing terminal to accommodate the projected fleet mix of larger container vessels anticipated to call at the Everport Container Terminal over the next two decades

Port Reaches Busiest March on Record

LONG BEACH — The Port of Long Beach reached its busiest March and its most active quarter on record as long-dwelling cargo continued to move out of marine terminals.

Dockworkers and terminal operators moved 863,156 twenty-foot equivalent units of container cargo last month, up 2.7% from the previous record set in March 2021. Imports increased 4.7% to 427,280 TEUs, while exports declined 18.3% to 114,185 TEUs. Empty containers moved through the Port jumped 10% to 321,691 TEUs.

The port delayed the start of a “Container Dwell Fee” that would charge ocean carriers for containers that remain too long on the docks. Still, the San Pedro Bay ports – Long Beach and Los Angeles combined – have seen a 49% decline in aging cargo on the docks since the program was announced on Oct. 25.

The Port has moved 2,460,659 TEUs during the first quarter of 2022, a 3.6% increase from the same period in 2021. It was also the Port’s best quarter overall, breaking the previous record set during the fourth quarter of 2020 by 54,649 TEUs.

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