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Long Beach council asks city manager for review of human‑trafficking activity, nuisance‑motel enforcement along Long Beach Boulevard
Summary
After extensive public testimony, the council approved a request that the city manager report back within 120 days on human‑trafficking activity and enforcement options along Long Beach Boulevard, with emphasis on impacts near schools, nuisance‑motel tools and regional coordination.
The Long Beach City Council on April 22 voted to ask the city manager to prepare a comprehensive review of human‑trafficking and related public‑safety impacts along Long Beach Boulevard and return to the council within 120 days.
Councilmembers Rick Soady and Joanie Ricks‑Odey brought the item after months of neighborhood requests and dozens of public comments describing visible solicitation near schools, day cares and businesses in North Long Beach. The motion, which the council carried, asks the city manager to catalog the scope of activity, the city’s current programs, enforcement barriers and potential legislative or operational options to better protect residents and survivors.
Councilmember Rick Soady said the corridor has been a long‑standing hotspot for solicitation and trafficking, and he urged a “renewed attention and resource realignment” after staffing and pandemic shifts reduced earlier enforcement…
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