Migrant Children To Be Housed Temporarily At Long Beach Convention Center Syndicated Local – CBS Los Angeles
LONG BEACH (CBSLA) The Long Beach City Council Tuesday unanimously voted to allow the federal government to temporarily house unaccompanied migrant children at the convention center.
The shelter will provide housing, food, schooling and medical and mental healthcare for up to 1,000 migrant children at a time for up to three months. The children will only be housed at the convention center until they can be united with already identified family members or sponsors.
“The key component of this, which we all understand, is that this is temporary,” Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia, who backed the plan, said. “There is a firm Aug. 2 date that the contract will end, and that it’s important for us that this is focused on family reunification.”
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The police department is launching a new pilot program in the Washington neighborhood near Downtown that will put officers on streets, on foot, to provide more one-on-one interactions with residents.
The Neighborhood Walks program is in response to a spike in gun violence and overall crime over the last year, and it’s an opportunity to combat mistrust in law enforcement by some, officials said.
“We’re as frustrated as anybody else with the level of violence that happens in this specific neighborhood,” LBPD Chief Robert Luna said in a video of the program launch outside of Washington Middle School on Friday.
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Long Beach Police Chief Robert Luna recuperating after being hit by truck
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LONG BEACH, Calif. (CNS) Long Beach Police Chief Robert Luna is recuperating from injuries suffered when he was struck by a truck while walking around El Dorado Park, police said.
Luna was struck at approximately 3:45 p.m. Friday while walking near the El Dorado Nature Center, in a crosswalk on East Spring Street, said Long Beach Police Department Public Information Officer Arantxa Chavarria.
He was knocked into the lanes of traffic, but was able to call for medical aid. Paramedics rushed him to an area hospital and the driver of the truck stayed at the scene and cooperated with police, the Long Beach Police Department reported.