City Council, August 18, 2026
Approved: FY27 budget hearing: Police, Health, Community Development, passed
What happened
On August 18, 2026, Long Beach approved FY27 budget hearing: Police, Health, Community Development.
The Long Beach City Council on August 18, 2026 held no zoning or land-use entitlement votes; the most development-relevant action was approval of a $2,743,686 construction contract with Environmental Construction for the Houghton Park Playground renovation at 6300 Myrtle Ave (Dis…
- Jurisdiction
- Long Beach, CA
- Governing body
- Final authority
- Date
- August 18, 2026
- Decisions
- 6 zoning decisions
- Outcome
- Approved, passed
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Houghton Park Playground construction contract
Adopted plans and specifications and awarded a contract to Environmental Construction for the Houghton Park Playground at 6300 Myrtle Ave, not to exceed $2,743,686. Total project cost is about $4.2M, funded by a grant, park impact fees, Measure A, and RPOSD. Construction is expected to start late 2026 and finish in summer 2027. District 9.
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Key Decisions (6)
Houghton Park Playground construction contract
FY27 budget hearing: Police, Health, Community Development
Consent calendar items 1-13 except 12
PEG fee revenue allocation referred back to staff
Fleet vehicle purchase contracts
Electric bicycle ordinance (Title 10)
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Development Activity (1)
Houghton Park Playground renovation
Other
Market Signals (4)
Housing Demand
Long Beach approved about 5,000 new homes over the last…
Infrastructure
The city's new permitting system is delayed to summer-fall 2027,…
Other
Environmental health permit fees will move to full cost recovery…
Sentiment
Severe budget constraints are driving cuts to code enforcement staffing,…
Who spoke
20 distinct speakers; 7 identified names.
All speaker roles: 6 Public, 5 Staff, 5 Councilmember, 1 Mayor, 1 Unknown, 1 Chair, 1 Clerk.
Identified name roles: 4 Staff, 1 Councilmember, 1 Mayor, 1 Chair.
Speaker sample: Wally Hebeish, Staff.
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Zoning terms (6)
7 recorded timestamps
- approved (2 timestamps)
- density (1 timestamps)
- adu (1 timestamps)
- rezoning (1 timestamps)
- denied (1 timestamps)
- zoning (1 timestamps)
Decision moments (6)
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