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Motion:
B. Motion to support the Budget Oversight Committee’s Proposed Budget Recommendations and changes to the Mayor’s Budget Recommendations and appropriate the following one-time and structural enhancements or provide policy direction:
B1. Motion repealing the previous one percent (1%) tax rate reduction for cannabis adult-use retailers, increasing the tax rate from seven percent (7%) to eight percent (8%), which is below the maximum of twelve percent (12%); and also, setting the rate for cannabis cultivators at $15.00 per square foot under cultivation. The adjustment to the tax rate for cannabis cultivators is equivalent to 1) repealing the one percent (1%) equivalent reduction in the tax rate from $14.96 to $13.09 per square foot under cultivation passed by the City Council in 2024; 2) allowing the annual Consumer Price Index (CPI) adjustment to the new tax rate to take effect on October 1, 2026. These adjustments would result in a tax rate well over $15.00 per square foot under cultivation.
This action is estimated to bring back General Fund Group revenues in the amount of $1,154,304 to further support its intended use of regulation and enforcement, and Public Health and Safety services.
B2. Motion to recognize revenue estimated to be $1,500,000 in the General Fund Group, from the increase in specific parking citations to $100, as outlined in the FY 27 proposed fee schedule, to offset structural costs proposed by the Budget Oversight Committee. These include fines such as parking in bike lanes, red curbs, fire hydrants, and no parking zones.
B3. Motion to amend the FY 27 proposed Master Fee and Charges Schedule to raise street sweeping parking citations rates from $75 to $80 and recognize revenue estimated to be $700,000 in the General Fund Group, to offset structural costs proposed by the Budget Oversight Committee.
B4. Motion to restore $1,275,575 and 11 FTEs in the General Fund Group in the Library, Arts & Culture Department, offset by $150,623 by reallocating funding from the Mayor's Recommendations plan to support SB 707 costs, contingent on the revised Council meeting plan FY 27 Budget
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to be approved by October 1, and $1,124,952 in revenue generated by increased parking citations, to preserve Monday hours at the Bay Shore, Burnett, El Dorado, Harte, and Michelle Obama Neighborhood Libraries. This includes the restoration of 5 Library Clerks, 4 Library Assistants, a vacant General Librarian in Education and Outreach Services at Billie Jean King (BJK) Main Library, 1.0 FTE of Page hours, the overtime budget for Monday hours, and a restored budget for Security Services.
B5. Motion to restore $932,000 in the General Fund Group in the Police Department, offset by $610,000 from the proposed action on cannabis tax revenue, and $322,000 in proposed revenue generated by increasing street sweeping parking citations, 1 FTE Quality of Life Police Sergeant and 2 FTE Quality of Life Police Officers from the City Manager’s proposal to eliminate a Quality of Life Police Sergeant and six Quality of Life Police Officers in the Collaborative Response Division. With the Mayor's Recommendations, this action brings the total restored positions to 4 Quality of Life Police Officers and 1 Quality of Life Police Sergeant FTEs, and the total critical services section to 6 Quality of Life Police Officers and 2 Quality of Life Police Sergeants.
B6. Motion to add structural funds of $131,969 in the General Fund Group in the Fire Department, offset by revenue generated by increased parking citations, to convert Engine 22 to a Paramedic Assessment Unit, so that all three responding engines surrounding Station 14 are now paramedic assessment units.
B7. Motion to add one-time funds of $103,120 in the General Fund Group in the Citywide Activities Department, offset by the Mayor's Recommendations one-time dollars for utilization by the Budget Oversight Committee and City Council to further community priorities and budget restorations on a one-time basis, to support priority initiatives identified by each Council District that improve neighborhood and community services, divided equally between the City Council Districts for District Priorities.
B8. Motion to add structural funds of $50,000 in the General Fund Group in the City Manager Department, offset by revenue generated by FY 27 Budget
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increased parking citations, to fund Summer Block Parties and Neighborhood Activations.
B9. Motion to add one-time funds of $200,000 in the General Fund Group in the Fire Department, offset by the Mayor's Recommendations one- time dollars for utilization by the Budget Oversight Committee and City Council to further community priorities and budget restorations on a one-time basis, to fund an independent, third-party Long Beach Fire and Emergency Medical Services Financial Sustainability and Governance Feasibility Study, building upon the City’s previously completed Fire Optimization and Emergency Medical Services analyses.
B10. Motion to add $325,000 in the General Fund Group in the Health and Human Services Department, offset by $33,921 from the action on cannabis tax revenue, $98,000 from proposed revenue generated by increasing street sweeping parking citations, and $193,079 from revenue generated by increased parking citations, to structurally fund the Safe Passage Program.
B11. Motion to add $272,234 in the General Fund Group in the Health and Human Services Department, offset by the action on cannabis tax revenue, to structurally fund the Complaint Response Unit, a coordinated effort to enforce regulations against unpermitted sidewalk food vendors, to help educate vendors, discard food, and confiscate unpermitted food vending equipment.
B12. Motion to recognize the extension of the City’s tree trimming cycle from six years to eight years and the associated reduction of $522,000 in unbudgeted costs that would otherwise be required to maintain the current six-year cycle; support the existing proposal for a position in the Public Works Department to support an equity-based pilot program providing sliding-scale rebates to residents who wish to participate in more frequent tree trimming; add structural funds of $50,000 in the General Fund Group in the Public Works Department, offset by proposed revenue generated by increasing street sweeping parking citations, to provide seed funding for rebates through the pilot program; and request that the City Manager, through the Public Works Department, report back to the City Council after 6 months of the pilot’s FY 27 Budget
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start, on the pilot program’s implementation, participation, outcomes, and recommendations for future funding.
B13. Motion to partially restore $230,000 in the General Fund Group in the Parks, Recreation & Marine Department, offset by proposed revenue generated by increasing street sweeping parking citations with $115,000 to support weed abatement services and $115,000 to partially restore reductions to Materials, Supplies, and Services to support planting projects, maintenance of vandalized items, replacement of damaged safety cones, signs, barricades, and other deferred maintenance and operational needs.
B14. Motion to add structural funds of $238,149 in the General Fund Group in the City Manager Department, offset by the action on cannabis tax revenue, to bring on a Program Specialist along with operational support needs (if funding remains after accounting for the full cost of the position) to establish and lead a dedicated human trafficking and sexual exploitation focus area and serve as the City’s centralized lead for implementation and coordination of the R.E.A.C.T. Framework and related interdepartmental and interjurisdictional efforts, consistent with the City’s adopted legislative priorities, which identify combating human trafficking as a top legislative priority, as recommended by the Intergovernmental Affairs Committee and approved by the City Council.
B15. Motion to direct $200,000 in funding within County Measure A LACAHSA to support a Community Land Trust (CLT) a non-profit, mission-driven organization with a demonstrated commitment to affordable housing preservation, community stewardship, and equitable ownership models. The funding is intended to leverage additional financing for the acquisition and long-term sustainability of lower income housing under a CLT. This shall be a competitive funding opportunity and the application criteria shall include how the grant will lead to sustainable operations without further city funding.
B16. Motion to reduce the Mayor's Recommendation (Motion A10) of restoring $86,150 for half a Public Health Professional III in the Office of Veteran Affairs (OVA) to $61,150 towards funding a position and reallocate $25,000 towards the Veterans Banner Program ($20,000 for FY 27 Budget
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banners and $5,000 for recognition service of those on the banners) in the General Fund Group in the Health and Human Services Department.
B17. Motion to direct the City Manager to establish a three-year partnership with the Long Beach Public Library Foundation and its $250,000 annual funding commitment to support the Creativity Lab and its modified programming and services, leveraging philanthropic partnership to preserve this important community resource and augment efforts currently funded with Measure US funds, with the understanding that the City’s financial commitment will not increase to offset any shortfall in the Foundation’s annual funding commitment and that programming and services will be adjusted or discontinued, as necessary, based on available funding.
B18. Motion to recognize the City Manager's proposed $140,000 in one-time funding in the Special Advertising and Promotion Fund Group for the Juneteenth Celebration and clarify that the funding is intended as seed funding for the City to establish and host a City-led Juneteenth Celebration for the community.
B19. Motion to recognize the City Manager's proposed $50,000 in one-time funding for the Long Beach Walls and Community Art Murals program and direct the City Manager to encourage geographic dispersion of funded projects throughout the City when considering investments, with consideration given to providing opportunities for neighborhoods across Long Beach to participate.
B20. Motion to add one-time funding of $120,000 in the General Fund Group in the City Manager Department to fund an Electric Vehicle Battery Reuse and Recycling Hub Feasibility Study, consistent with the recommendation of the Climate Resilient and Sustainable City Commission, and $30,000 in one-time funding in the General Fund Group in the Public Works Department to support initial planning, regulatory engagement, and stakeholder coordination related to exploring an umbrella mitigation bank in Long Beach, recognizing that both efforts support the planning and development of potential City infrastructure and are eligible uses of City Measure A funds, offset by reserving $150,000 from FY 26 City Measure A critical needs funds to FY 27 Budget
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be set asides and carried over to FY 27. Additionally, reallocate $150,000 for the Marine Amphitheatre Feasibility Study within the City Measure A Elevate 28’ FY 27 bond program to the Critical Infrastructure Reserve.
B21. Motion to direct the City Manager to work with the Public Works Department to amend the adopted Fiscal Year 2024 Budget action to adjust the City Place Parking Garage rates from one hour free with $2.00 per hour with a $12 daily maximum to 90 minutes free and $2.00 per 30 minutes with a $12 daily maximum. This amended action is expected to generate an additional $250,000 in General Fund revenue at the City Place Parking Garage which will be reinvested into the City Place Parking Garage assets and the surrounding area. Additionally, this funding will structurally fund the publicly accessible secured restroom located at Harvey Milk Park for parking patrons, as well as the general public.
B22. Motion to direct the City Manager to work with the Police Department to request that the County of Los Angeles provide a financial support match to the $394,701 in the Mayor's Recommendations to provide clean up support along Los Angeles County Rivers.
B23. Motion to request the City Manager and Utilities Department work together to review all approved AB 32 projects and allocations to determine whether any funds may be available to repurpose to support citywide priorities, aimed at reducing operational costs and GHG emissions, and improving infrastructure; determine feasibility of City Council project priorities such as the Solar Streetlight Conversion Program to enhance the City's streetlights and conversion to solar which will reduce the threat of vandalism and inoperability while reducing GHG emissions through removing reliance on hard-wired power; and present any updates on project reallocations to the Utilities Board and update the City Council via memorandum.
B24. Motion to request the City Manager to expressly allow up to $500,000 in settlement assistance funding as an allowable use under the County Measure A category of Homeless Prevention and Rental Assistance.
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B25. Motion to request that the City Manager establish a limit of no more than two regular meetings per month for each City commission, unless otherwise authorized by the City Council, in recognition of the limited staff resources available to support the City’s commissions and the restoration of one equity position dedicated to commission support; and to provide an inventory of all City commissions, including the number of active ad hoc committees associated with each commission and, where available, the staff resources required to support those committees; and, based on this information, return to the City Council with recommendations for reducing both staff time and costs for commissions with the goal of ensuring equitable use of staff resources across commissions and avoiding a disproportionate allocation of staff capacity to a subset of commissions or committees.
B26. Motion to recognize the recommendation of the Equity and Human Relations Commission (EHRC) to establish a Civil and Human Rights Investment Screening Policy, developed following community advocacy and public input, and subsequently revised in response to concerns raised by the Financial Management Department regarding fiscal impacts, feasibility, and implementation; and, consistent with the City Manager’s recommendation that further consideration occur through the FY 27 budget process, direct the City Manager to work with the Financial Management Department to amend the City Council’s Investment Policy to incorporate a civil and human rights investment screening element, inclusive of the following modifications discussed and agreed upon by the Budget Oversight Committee on August 28, 2026:
1. Evidence-Based Compliance Standard. Replace the proposed presumption of noncompliance with an evidence-based compliance standard by revising Section 2.5 to authorize the City’s Investment Manager to make a good-faith determination of compliance based on credible, independently verifiable information from reliable third-party sources specializing in civil and human rights risk assessments and responsible investment screening.
2. Integration with Existing Investment Reporting. Remove the proposed stand-alone annual reporting requirement and instead incorporate reporting on implementation of the Policy into the City’s FY 27 Budget
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existing investment reporting process to reduce administrative burden while maintaining transparency and public accountability.
3. Immigration Detention and Border Surveillance. Expand the prohibited investment criteria to include companies that own, operate, finance, or materially support border surveillance or immigration detention facilities, including companies that materially facilitate border surveillance or immigration detention through government contracts, consistent with the Policy’s broader civil and human rights framework.
The amended Investment Policy shall otherwise incorporate civil and human rights investment screening criteria addressing entities shown to be complicit in: (i) genocide, apartheid, occupation, displacement, or other human rights violations; (ii) labor rights violations; (iii) state violence; (iv) environmental harm; (v) inadequate supply chain due diligence; and/or (vi) inadequate corporate governance standards.
Direct the City Manager to return to the City Council with the proposed amended Investment Policy for review and approval, along with any funding request necessary to implement the Policy through specialized screening software or an advisor-managed solution.
B27. Motion to clarify language from FY 26 Adopted Budget BOC motion (B44) to establish the second-to-last Budget Oversight Committee (BOC) meeting as the deadline for City Council budget
recommendations to be heard and considered by the Committee, ensuring adequate time to develop final recommendations for City Council.
As a result of a memo to the City Council on July 1, 2025, providing additional guidance and transparency regarding engagement with the BOC, this motion would require all City Council budget request memos to be submitted with sufficient time for the recommendation to be agendized and heard no later than the second-to-last BOC meeting.
The final BOC meeting would not include Council correspondence or consideration of new budget request memos and would instead be reserved for finalizing the Committee’s recommendations to City Council. Council correspondence received after the submission deadline would be included in the legislative record under non-agenda public comment; however, its inclusion would not provide an opportunity for Committee discussion.
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B28. Motion to acknowledge that requests for funding from Council Districts for various programs and services have been received and reviewed.
At this time, due to fiscal challenges limiting possible funding resources, these requests cannot be recommended for incorporation into the proposed Fiscal Year 2027 Budget. The programs and services listed below remain on file for future consideration, pending availability of resources or alternative funding mechanisms. This motion serves to recognize the value of these initiatives while maintaining fiscal responsibility and transparency in the budgeting process:
1. Restoration of Fire Engine 14
2. Restoration Police Patrol Staffing
3. Additional structural funding towards the Long Beach Justice Fund
4. Additional funding towards Youth Participatory Budgeting
5. Funding for the Youth Art Contest
6. Restoration of Code Enforcement Inspector
7. Fire Station 14 Fast Response Vehicle Pilot
8. Restoration of Homeless Employment/Workforce Development
9. Restoration of Weekend Homeless Outreach
10. Funding to The Nonprofit Partnership to continue its work supporting nonprofit organizations and community-based
partners in West Long Beach through the Westside Promise.