The funding includes major investments around the San Gabriel River and El Dorado Park, but activists say park-poor neighborhoods in other parts of the city are being short-changed.
In the race for Long Beach Unified School Board District Area 5, longtime incumbent Diana Craighead was leading challenger Melissa Pittscutler with 65% of the vote.
The Long Beach mayor has earned himself many allies by letting others claim a share in his vision, often working behind the scenes to arrive at consensus, or, in critics' eyes, the safest political result.
Dozens of Long Beach community organizers and activists rallied on Sunday at Cesar E. Chavez Park for May Day, also known as International Workers’ Day.
The nonprofit City Fabrick will lead public outreach for the so-called Zone In: City Core plan, which stretches from Magnolia Avenue to Ximeno Avenue near the Traffic Circle and includes nearly every parcel of land between Tenth Street and Pacific Coast Highway.