PRESS RELEASES
Jan. 2, 2024: LBRC Files Suit to Correct Misleading Ballot Measure Title & Summary
Aug. 23, 2021: Councilwoman Cindy Allen Business Fraud Court Judgment This Friday
May 2, 2021: LBRC Calls for State Audit of City of Long Beach
Apr. 20, 2021: Chief Luna Found 'Guilty' by CPCC—Will the Public Be Told?
Nov. 17, 2020: FPPC Investigations Opened Into Rogue Independent Expenditures Campaigns
Nov. 2, 2020: Illegal Independent Expenditures Rampant in District 2 and Other Races
May 11, 2020: LBRC Files Suit Against LA Co. Registrar-Recorder Co. Clerk Dean Logan
Apr. 28, 2020: LBRC Announces $20k Grant from HJTA for Litigation Against LA County
Apr. 13, 2020: Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk Dean Logan to Be Presented Check Today for One Last Offer of a Legitimate, Legal Recount
Apr. 7, 2020: Recount of Long Beach Measure A Likely Going to Court; Right of Full Recount Effectively Eliminated by LA County Clerk Dean Logan
Mar. 31, 2020: Long Beach Reform Coalition Seeks Donations for Measure A Recount
Mar. 4, 2020: Local Reform Movement Makes History: The Results for LBRC’s Endorsed “Reform Ticket” and Measure A Were Best for Anti-Machine Politics Reformers in Over a Decade
Feb. 26, 2020: LBRC Reform Ticket Candidates Ovalle and Fox are Joined by Three Other Candidates in Agreeing to Reform Pledge Before the Election
Oct. 28, 2019: 1st District Candidates Gonzales, Ganem, & Black Join ‘Reform Ticket’ Candidates Ovalle and Fox in Signing The Long Beach Reform Pledge
Oct. 22, 2019: Long Beach Reform Coalition Publicly Unveils The Reform Pledge and Issues Challenge to 1st District City Council Candidates to Sign
Oct. 14, 2019: Long Beach Reform Coalition to Unveil the ‘Long Beach Reform Ticket’ of Candidates and the Long Beach Reform Pledge, Which They Will Sign
Sept. 23, 2019: LBRC Calls for State Senator Lena Gonzalez (Long Beach) to Immediately and Fully Explain Her Involvement in Apparent Scheme to Bribe Her Predecessor, Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara, as Outlined in Report by Consumer Watchdog
Aug., 12, 2019: LBRC Strongly Objects to Curtailment of Full Public Participation at Council Meetings, Set to Go Into Effect (By Means of Anonymous City Memo) This Tuesday
May 22, 2019: LBRC Submits New FPPC Complaint Re City's Disguised Advocacy Campaign Mailers
May 17, 2019: Long Beach Reform Coalition Wins Significant Victory in Fight Against Misuse of Taxpayer Dollars for Political Advocacy With Course Reversal by Water Board; Considering Preemptive Legal Action Against City
May 6, 2019: LBRC Submits Complaint Letters Against City of Long Beach to Enforcement Agencies, Including FBI, State Attorney General, FPPC, & City Prosecutor, as Well as to City and State Auditors
May 1, 2019: LBRC Demands Investigation of Illegal City Expenditures for Political Advocacy & Campaigning
Feb. 6, 2019: Former Long Beach Rescue Mission CEO Jim Lewis Available to Press Re His Opposition to North Long Beach New Shelter Location
Feb. 4, 2019: Long Beach Reform Coalition Calls on City to Release Purported $7.5 million Appraisal of Proposed Homeless Shelter Site for Public Scrutiny
Nov. 7, 2018: With Measure BBB’s Victory, Voter Deception and Big Money’s Corrupt Influence Win; Yet ‘No’ Campaign Succeeds in Activating Many Thousands of Voters for the Local Reform Movement
Nov. 1, 2018: City Attorney’s Office Offers Empty Defense of Measure BBB viz-a-viz Clear Conflict with State Law; Video Interview with Election Attorney Dutta
Oct. 31, 2018: Legal Analysis Proves Measure BBB “Lifetime” Provision Conflicts with State Law; Result: Mayor Garcia and Council Incumbents Free to Serve FIVE Terms, 20 Years in Office
Oct. 17, 2018: Assemblyman Patrick O’Donnell Endorses NO on BBB
Sept. 14, 2018: LBRC to Host Grassroots NO on BBB Campaign Fundraiser --- “Don’t BBB Fooled!”
Sept. 3, 2018: Press Conference on City Litigation, Followed By LBRC Town Hall Forum on Term Limits & Measure BBB – Thursday
Aug. 31, 2018: Long Beach Reform Coalition to Host Townhall on Term Limits, Preceded by Press Conference on City Litigation
Aug. 26, 2018: New “Long Beach Reform Coalition” Political Action Committee Launches to Unite Civic Reformers, Better Long Beach Government, & Defeat Measure BBB Term Limits Extension
