October 14, 2020 – New Openings, Election 2020, Go Long Beach, 2nd CD Q&A, Mobile Recess

Read HERE * More Industries And Services Now Open * Purple Tier = “Widespread COVID” * Election 2020 * 2nd District Candidates Q&A * Taste of Downtown * Police Department Community Forum * North Pine Neighborhood Association Meeting * New Go Long Beach App * Free Spectrum Internet * Mobile Recess Program For K-8 * Some City Offices Closed on Fridays * Recycle Right * Gerald Desmond Bridge Open * Be Counted As A Downtown Resident

September 23, 2020 – Free Flu Shots, Ballot Measures, CD2 Debate, Homework Help, Hispanic Heritage Month

Read Here. * COVID Fatigue * Flu Season Has Arrived * Free Flu Shots * COVID-19 Tracking App * Ballot Measures Pros & Cons * Council District 2 Debate * Homework Help * National Hunger Awareness Month * National Hispanic Heritage Month * Long Beach Gives – Fundraising Campaign * Getting Out & About Lately? * Be Counted As A Downtown Resident

September 9, 2020 – Hair Salons Open Indoors, Fall Youth Camp, Small Business Directory, Early Literacy Program

Read Here. * COVID Still Widespread in Long Beach * Hair Salons and Barbershops Reopen Indoors * Free Online Concert Sept 12 * New Fall Youth Camp Programs * Downtown Small Businesses Directory * Virtual Taste of Downtown: Backyard BBQ * Dive Into Reading – Early Literacy Program * Community Sponsorship Grant Program * Be Counted As A Downtown Resident

August 12, 2020 – Ready To Vote, Balance The Budget, Be The Squeaky Wheel, Rental Relief, Pine Is Open Street

READ HERE * How To Get COVID Under Control In 4-8 Weeks * Emergency Action Needed On The Census * Ready To Vote? * How Would You Balance The Budget? * Be The Squeaky Wheel * North Pine Neighborhood Alliance Online Meeting * LBPD South Division Community Forum * Extended Relief for Renters * Pine Ave Is An Open Street * Opportunities to Dine-In / Take Out * Virtual Taste of Downtown * Hazardous Waste Collection Events * Behavior Counseling For Youth On Medi-Cal *…

July 22, 2020 – Reopening Is Re-closing, Outside Dining, LBUSD Online Only, Nurse Advice Line, City Budget Survey

READ HERE * The Simple Way To Get Life Back To Normal * The Reopening Is Re-closing * More Outside Dining Opening * North Pine Neighborhood General Meeting * LBUSD Online Only In Spring * Low-Cost Internet & Computers * Scholarships for High School Seniors * Summer Youth Programs * Nurse Advice Line for Uninsured, Medi-Cal Residents * Expanded Assistance For Unemployed * City Budget Priority Survey * Public Comment at City Council Meetings * Promote the Census

July 8, 2020 – Masks Required, Reopening News, Unemployed Assistance, Scholarships, Summer Progs

READ HERE * Face Coverings Are Now Required (Almost) Everywhere * More Reopening News * Expanded Assistance For Unemployed * Extended Parking Relief * Scholarships for High School Seniors * Pools Offer Swim Lessons * Free Food Delivery for Seniors * Emergency Rental Assistance Is Here * Low-Cost Internet & Computers * Summer Youth Programs * Public Library Summer Reading Program * Public Library Fine Forgiveness * Public Comment at City Council Meetings * Town Hall Sessions * Promote the Census

June 24, 2020 – No Fireworks, Public Comment to Council, Summer Programs, More Reopening

READ HERE * More Restaurants Open For Dine-In * Happy 4th Of July, But Fireworks Are Illegal * Public Comment at City Council Meetings * Town Hall Sessions * Listening Sessions on Specific Concerns * No Racism in Long Beach? * Low-Cost Internet & Computers * Summer Youth Programs * Public Library Summer Reading Program & Contact-less Pick-Up Service * Free Food Delivery for Seniors * Emergency Rental Assistance Is Here * Virtual Taste of Downtown * Face Coverings Are Now Required (Almost) Everywhere *…

June 10, 2020 BLM, LB Re-opening, Free Food Delivery, Challenge Fundraiser, Expungement Event

READ HERE  * Black Lives Matter (BLM) Protests – Opinion * Submit Your Video Evidence of Looting * Restaurants That Are Open For Dine-In  * Minor Conviction Expungement Event * Long Beach Challenge Fundraiser * Long Beach Pride Run * Promote the Census * COVID-19 Reminders From Previous Newsletters  * Partial Reopening Of Restaurants, Businesses and “Churches” * Allowed Recreational Activities * Free Food Delivery For Seniors * COVID testing for residents WITHOUT symptoms  * Effects Of Opening Long Beach * Emergency Rental Assistance May…

April 22, 2020 – COVID-19 Updates, What’s Still OK, Where To Get Your Mask, Still Safer At Home

READ HERE * Essential Business may refuse admission to any individual who fails to wear a Face Covering. * Isolate if likely to have COVID-19 and Quarantine if exposed * City has re-organized and expanded its COVID-19 web page * What’s Still OK * Where To Get Your Mask * Still Safer At Home * DRC COVID-19 Website

March 25, 2020 – COVID-19 – Cope, Give Support, and Get Valid Info

Read HERE. How to support those affected by COVID-19  * Support your neighbors * Support your local businesses * Donate to the most vulnerable Suggestions for coping with COVID-19 * Video conference * Netflix and chill – separately, but together * Pick up the Phone COVID-19 Information Resources Please carefully validate all COVID-19 related social media before believing it and especially before sharing it. Long Beach offers the following more reliable resources: City of Long Beach City Council Offices Downtown Long Beach Alliance (DLBA) Centers…

2018 Mobility Forum – Bikes, eScooters & Public Transportation

The Downtown Residential Council held a Mobility Forum on November 30, 2018 at Studio 1:11. We were pleased to have presentations by the following groups: (Click each thumbnail for presentation) Topic: Bikes and eScooters Organization: City of Long Beach Presenter: Michelle Mowery – Mobility & Healthy Living Programs Officer Presentation: Mobility Programs and Projects Summary: Bike lane projects,  Bike share, Events, eScooter pilot, New website     Topic: Blue Line Organization: Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Presenter: Ayda Safaei Presentation: Next Stop: A Better Blue…