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Votes at a glance: Long Beach City Council, Aug. 13, 2025
Summary
Summary of formal roll‑call outcomes from the Aug. 13 City Council meeting, including certification of the Pacific Place EIR, Values Act directions, building‑code amendments, and other consent items.
The Long Beach City Council’s Aug. 13 meeting included multiple recorded roll‑call votes on environmental review, land use entitlements and city policy. Key formal outcomes:
- Pacific Place (3701 Pacific Place) — EIR certified; General Plan amendment, zone change (Light Industrial → Commercial Storage with height overlay), zoning code amendment and Planning Commission approvals (site plan review and CUPs for self‑storage, RV parking and tenant car wash) all upheld. Final entitlements approved by council roll‑call (8–1). District 5 cast the lone “No.” Conditions include tar‑plant mitigation, a half‑acre native preserve, a public trail easement to adjacent county property and DTSC approval of the remediation plan before on‑site work.
- Long Beach Values Act enhancement — Council unanimously approved a package directing staff to deploy warrant‑verification protocols for nonpublic city areas, install multilingual signage and resident one‑pagers, launch staff training modules, set up a centralized complaint portal and require departments to appoint immigrant affairs liaisons. The council directed procurement and the city attorney to strengthen vendor data protections where legally feasible and asked staff to return with budget requests for Justice Fund expansion.
- Building standards code changes — Council adopted findings and took first‑reading steps (laid over for final reading) on three building code amendments required or suggested by state updates: (a) design requirements for coastal flood zones that consider sea level rise, (b) enhanced drowning prevention measures for private pools and spas, and (c) clarified subgrade electrical requirements in methane‑risk areas. All votes passed on roll call, citywide.
- Consent calendar and ordinances — Council approved a range of consent items and ordinances earlier in the meeting, including amendments to the municipal code on preferential parking, staffing requirements for self‑service checkouts, and a supplemental agreement to fund trauma intervention program support for the Fire Department.
How the council voted (selected items): Pacific Place entitlements — yes: Districts 1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9; no: District 5 (8–1). Values Act enhancements — unanimous (9–0). Building standards code first readings and findings — unanimous (9–0).
Note: The Pacific Place approvals require state toxic‑cleanup (DTSC) concurrence on a remediation plan before construction or remediation work can begin. Appellants signaled possible legal challenges following council certification of the EIR.
