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Council asks staff to study a pilot child-watch service during council meetings to boost civic access
Summary
The City Council unanimously directed the city manager to evaluate the feasibility of a child-watch pilot during council meetings and to report back in 90 days. Sponsors framed the item as a step to remove a barrier to civic participation for working parents and caregivers; council members asked staff to consider phased pilots and logistics.
The Long Beach City Council voted to ask the city manager to evaluate establishing a pilot child-watch service during council meetings and report back to the council in roughly 90 days.
Sponsors said the item is intended to remove a logistical barrier to civic participation by parents and caregivers who cannot attend evening meetings because they lack childcare. The item revisits a council-approved effort from 2019 that was not launched during the…
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