Someone on the council the other evening stated we need to be “fair” about what we do to prohibit sexual predators…registered sex offenders..from living in buildings where there are more than one.
Sorry. There isn’t anything fair about someone who sexually molests — especially when done to young children. The impact is devastating.
I asked at the […]

Residents are invited to the following important community meetings;
Friday, February 15 — Traffic Improvements Related to Lakewood Mall COSTCO project. We will discuss what has been proposed to mitigate the impact of traffic on the Lakewood Village area due to the proposed COSTCO store in the Lakewood Mall. Location: Mark Twain Elementary School Auditorium. Time: […]

More than 50 residents braved pouring rain today to attend a meeting at Tinchor Elementary regarding the two recent incidents of hate incidents and hate crimes in the 5th Council District.
Melissa Morgan, the City’s Human Dignity Officer was joined by Police Lt. Joe Levy, Commander Cynthia Renaud, PSS Kym Cloughsey and other members of the […]

It’s that time of year when I finally have time to clean up my home office and try and get re-organized for the New Year.
It is also the time I can sit down and go on the internet and research issues I haven’t time to to check out.
So in the spirit of “cleaning out” and […]

My staff received a very interesting but disappointing phone call today from a resident of Lakewood Village who expressed upset because I had tried to present a fair and balanced position concerning potential development at Parkview area off of Carson Avenue.
The resident expressed an opinion that I must be in the pocket of the developer […]

Last Friday was a special day. Not only did Rick Rackers — one of the oldest women’s organizations in Long Beach — honor its “Woman of the Year” — Nancy Minor — it also honored Steve Chesser of Boeing.
Rick Rackers, through its Operation School Bell, provides about 3,000 backpacks filled with school supplies and complete […]

If you count the number of hot dogs and hamburgers cooked and given out yesterday, 1,000 people attended the first Annual Good Neighbor Festival and Picnic at El Dorado Park near the Senior Center. (Thanks to the Long Beach Police Officers Association for cooking hamburgers — and then going to get more when they ran […]

This coming Sunday, I am hosting a Good Neighbor Festival and Picnic. The goal was to bring together neighborhood organizations in the 5th Council District and to honor youths, adults and organizations who have been exceptionally good neighbors this past year.
Another important goal was to raise money for several non-profits by asking businesses and corporations […]

 
 
September is Good Neighbor Month and what better way to celebrate it than to have a Festival and Picnic on Sunday September 23 at 10 am until 4 pm. The event is being held in front of the El Dorado Senior Center at 2800 Studebaker in Long Beach.
We will have the Elm Street Band, hot […]

I am taking a new approach to giving awards from the 5th Council District. Each council member has a specific month of the year and presents at council awards and recognition for residents and others who have positively contributed to the betterment of the council district.
This process takes upwards of an hour at City Council.
The […]