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Residents press Long Beach leaders on code enforcement, mercantile licensing and e-bike safety
Summary
A resident urged the city to shift from complaint-driven code enforcement, claiming 60 fence violations and up to $500,000 in lost mercantile-license revenue; another commenter raised e-bike safety and asked when the police will return to renovated space.
Long Beach — Multiple public commenters urged the City Council to take a more proactive approach to enforcement and public safety at Monday’s meeting.
Jacob Spellberg, who identified himself from 533 East Market, said the city’s passive, complaint-driven enforcement system is allowing safety and financial problems to proliferate. Spellberg said he provided the city a list of about 60 fence-height code violations, alleged multiple instances of noncompliant illuminated signage (including at local institutions), and asserted the city loses as much as $500,000 a year by allowing…
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