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Long Beach city manager touts 0% tax increase, bond upgrade and major infrastructure projects in year‑end report
Summary
City Manager Dan Creighton delivered a year‑end report highlighting a 0% tax increase, an A3 bond rating upgrade, dozens of capital projects and expanded public‑safety staffing and grants as priorities heading into 2025.
City Manager Dan Creighton delivered a year‑end presentation at the Long Beach City Council’s Dec. 17 meeting, saying the administration achieved a 0% property‑tax increase for 2024 — the first in a decade — and won an A3 bond rating that officials said will lower borrowing costs for the city.
Creighton outlined several finance and service‑delivery accomplishments. He said the council enacted a tax exemption for Gold Star families and that about $900,000 in grants supported police technology programs, including body cameras, a taser program, drone operations and expanded license‑plate reader use. “We achieved a 0% tax increase, the first in a decade,” Creighton said in the presentation.
Public‑safety staffing was a central…
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