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Long Beach staff backs microenterprise home kitchens; mayor asks code update and fee review
Summary
After a feasibility study and community outreach, Long Beach staff recommended the city update local code to adopt microenterprise home kitchen (MECO) rules consistent with state law and to consolidate related municipal code chapters; council asked for a follow‑up report on fees and streamlining.
City staff presented results of a feasibility study on microenterprise home kitchen operations (commonly called MECOs) and recommended the City Attorney update the Long Beach Municipal Code to align with recent state law and to consolidate and repeal contradictory or obsolete provisions.
The study reviewed state legislation (AB 626, AB 377 and AB 178), conducted outreach and surveys in English, Spanish, Tagalog and Khmer, and examined programs in other California jurisdictions. The bureau of environmental health collected 216 survey responses and held community meetings; respondents favored a city MECO program and asked for education, inspection transparency and safeguards for health and neighborhood…
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