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Council Meeting Dec. 4 - And Another Change

Monday, December 3rd, 2007

For Council Meeting Agenda CLICK HERE.
This week’s City Council Meeting will take up one controversial item – Item 16 proposed by the Mayor that would change the notification period for Council items to 12 days. 
Under the Brown Act Public Meeting Law, the City must post items for Council action in advance of its meetings.  Presently, the Council [...]

City Council Meeting Tonight

Tuesday, November 20th, 2007

Public comments from Long Beach residents, however inconvenient it might be to Council members, should not be restricted.
Tonight at the Long Beach City Council, Agenda Item 22 seeks to limit the way residents can request or challenge Council decisions by limiting who can pull items from something called the Consent Calendar.
Normally, non-controversial items that enjoy unanimous support are [...]