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Richardson, wife Nina, and daughters, Alina and Mila, are proud homeowners in the Collins neighborhood of North Long Beach. He believes every resident, business, and neighborhood deserves dignity and an opportunity to thrive.

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Con Funk Shun & DW3 to Headline 8th Annual Uptown Jazz Festival!

The 8th Annual Uptown Jazz Festival will be returning to Houghton Park on Saturday, July 6, from 12:00-7:00 PM! Headlining the show for 2019 is Con Funk Shun and DW3.

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20 year HS Reunion. @masifamily4christ Where are y

20 year HS Reunion. @masifamily4christ Where are you?

Yesterday was a big day for the South Coast AIr Qu

Yesterday was a big day for the South Coast AIr Quality Management District AQMD.

First, as a member of the South Coast Air Quality Management District Technology Committee, I’m proud to have joined in a motion to fund the Inland Port Feasibility Study, Phase 2, which examines the use of intermodal rail to result in significant emissions reductions and less congestion at our ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles.

Second, as Co-Chair of the AQMD Marine Ports Committee, I facilitated a discussion with the major manufacturers of Zero Emission and Near Zero Emission trucks on market readiness, demand, and capacity for the deployment of clean trucks in our ports in the near term.

We need to do everything we can to reduce cargo backlogs, invest in clean vehicles and #cleanourair.

Celebrating Indigenous Peoples’ Day!⠀ Indigeno

Celebrating Indigenous Peoples’ Day!⠀
Indigenous Peoples’ Day recognizes that Native people are the original inhabitants of the United States. It Commemorates Native Americans, their history, and culture.

Today is World Mental Health Day. A day made in ef

Today is World Mental Health Day. A day made in effort to educate and increase awareness about mental illness, "The National Survey on Drug Use and Health found that 51.5 million American adults experienced mental illness within the past year Among these adults who have a mental illness, only 43.3% sought treatment"

Yesterday, I was proud to partner with my colleagu

Yesterday, I was proud to partner with my colleague @councilwomanallen to prepare a resolution in support of Clean Air Day! As the Western Region Representative on the South Coast Air Quality Management District Governing Board, I know how important the fight for clean air is. In my first year with the board, we have taken meaningful steps to address air quality in communities across Southern California, but there is still more work to be done to meet our critical federal attainment goals in 2023 and 2031. Whether you’re an individual, business, government agency or nonprofit organization, we can all do our part. On California Clean Air Day, we challenge each other to pledge to improve our air quality. Learn more by visiting https://www.cleanairday.org/

Thanks to everyone’s support, my proposal “Kee

Thanks to everyone’s support, my proposal “Keep LB Housed” passed tonight. Item 34 will:

- Allow multiple tenants to apply on 1 rental assistance application in the same building

- Lower paperwork barriers to receiving aid

- Help keep families w/ rental debt in their homes

Tonight, Long Beach came together around one goal, Keep LB Housed!

Thanks to @movelbforward, @aacsc_lb, @heartofida, @maryzendejaslb, @councilwomanallen, @legalaidla, @longbeachbuilds, & all our partners for their help in taking this important step!

Child Health Day is a day that recognizes the care

Child Health Day is a day that recognizes the care & guidance children need to grow strong & healthy. It encompasses a child's emotional, physical, and mental health. Here are ways to participate; ensure vaccinations are up to date, schedule doctors appts, & a healthy routine. For more information visit nationaldaycalendar.com

Today, we held a community cleanup at the 9th Dist

Today, we held a community cleanup at the 9th District Field Office. Thank you to @llcflb for coming out and helping beautify the station. This is community in action, and I love to see it !

It’s early, but the Long Beach Police Department

It’s early, but the Long Beach Police Department has already had over 100 guns surrendered to them as a part of Long Beach’s first gun buy back program in nearly a decade!

I requested the city to bring this program back as a safe means to dispose of unwanted guns, preventing them from being lost or stolen.

Come turn in your firearm at Veterans Park at 101 E 28th Street and receive up to $200 for your firearm, no questions asked! This program will be going on until 5:00pm.

I want to recognize our Long Beach Police Department for facilitating the program, and Masters in Public Health Students from Long Beach State for collecting an anonymous data that well help inform future efforts like this.

On Tuesday, October 5, my new proposal “Keep Lon

On Tuesday, October 5, my new proposal “Keep Long Beach Housed” will be considered at the in-person City Council meeting, which begins at 5:00PM. ⠀
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There are several ways to provide public comment:⠀
-Appear physically in the Civic Chamber. Facial coverings are required and social distancing is enforced with every other seat reserved. ⠀
-Submit written comments by using eComment. buff.ly/3ip6Qy9⠀
-Submit by email to cityclerk@longbeach.gov. ⠀
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To view the the meeting, tune in to the live broadcast on LBTV online buff.ly/3iq5qDw, on the LBTV YouTube channel, on Channel 3 on Spectrum, Channel 21 on Frontier, or Channel 99 on AT&T.

My new proposal “Keep Long Beach Housed” is on

My new proposal “Keep Long Beach Housed” is on the agenda for next Tuesday, October 5th. You can view the item directly by clicking the link in my bio. ⠀
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This policy brings together the city, community members, and landlords to streamline our local emergency rental assistance program. Doing so will prevent residents from falling into homelessness, and beat back the eviction crisis.

Tonight, we continued our Thrive 90805 meeting as

Tonight, we continued our Thrive 90805 meeting as we celebrated the ground breaking of the new environmental Education Center at DeForest Park!

It was a great space to bring the community together to engage with environmental experts about investments here in Uptown, and the upcoming plans for our community.

Thank you to Dan Knapp Executive Director with Conservation Corps Long Beach, Jennifer Ly with the City of Long Beach, Mark Stanley Executive Officer with the Rivers and Mountains Conservancy, and Danielle Soto with South Coast Air Quality Management District for participating on this panel.

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