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2008
City Council Vote Record
 July
14, 2008
Long Beach Chamber
Holds City Council Accountable With Vote Record
Chamber secures policy successes on recent City
Council action impacting the local economy
As it
has with state legislators since 2003, The Chamber
is releasing the following vote record of the Long
Beach City Council’s recent action items impacting
the local business community.
“A vote
record is the best way for our Chamber to hold our
city councilmembers accountable to the Long Beach
business community,” stated Randy Gordon, president
and CEO of The Chamber. “The following vote record
and the results are a reflection of The Chamber’s
leadership in protecting the economic vitality of
our local business community. Many of the issues in
the vote record did not begin in the best interest
of our business community. However, upon the final
vote of some of the issues, the City Council finally
agreed with The Chamber.”
The
following vote record is a snapshot of issues
tracked by The Chamber between October 2006 and May
2008. The Chamber will continue to periodically
release vote records on each Long Beach City
Councilmember.
2008 City
Council Vote
Record
Each
Issue In
Detail
May
2008–Agenda
Item:
10-Year Plan
to End
Homelessness
Long Beach
Chamber
Position:
Support
The Long
Beach
Chamber-supported
10- Year
Plan to End
Homelessness
is part of a
national
movement to
expand
promising
practices to
end, not
manage,
homelessness.
Since
September
2005, over
300 Long
Beach
community
members,
local
business
owners,
concerned
citizens,
faith based
organizations,
service
providers,
and local
government
have worked
diligently
to develop
the Long
Beach City
Council
supported
recommendations.
May
2008–Agenda
Item:
Long Beach
Airport
Modernization
Long
Beach
Chamber
Position:
Support
The Long
Beach
Chamber
supported
the City
staff
recommendation
to approve
the Site
Plan Review
of the
parking
structure at
the Long
Beach
Airport. The
Chamber
continues to
be one of
the
strongest
supporters
of the
revitalization
of our
airport. We
support
polices that
further the
economic
potential of
the airport
without
sacrificing
the flight
caps.
May
2008–Agenda
Item:
Project
Labor
Agreement
Long
Beach
Chamber
Position:
Oppose
The Long
Beach City
Council
asked City
Manager Pat
West to
provide an
update the
proposed
Project
Labor
Agreement (PLA)
with the Los
Angeles and
Orange
County
Building
Trades
Council. The
Council
voted
unanimously
in favor of
an update,
however,
four City
Councilmembers
that have
voiced
opposition
to PLAs:
Councilmembers
Gary DeLong,
Rae
Gabelich,
Dee Andrews,
and Val
Lerch. The
Chamber,
however,
strongly
opposed the
request for
an update
based on the
fact that
the Chamber
opposes the
concept of
PLA.
November
2007–Agenda
Item:
State
Healthcare
Reform
Proposal
Long Beach
Chamber
Position:
Oppose
The Long
Beach City
Council
voted to
support the
Long Beach
Chamber-opposed
SB 840 which
would have
created a
new
government
run,
multi-billion
dollar
socialized
healthcare
system built
upon a tax
increase on
the business
community.
November
2007–Agenda
Item:
Rescinding
the Big Box
Ordinance
Long Beach
Chamber
Position:
Support
The Long
Beach City
Council
unanimously
voted to
rescind the
Long Beach
Chamber-opposed
big box
ordinance.
The Chamber,
working with
Wal-Mart,
started a
community
based
coalition,
Consumers
For Choice,
to collect
33,000
signatures
to place the
big box
ordinance
before the
voters. The
ordinance,
which passed
the Council
in September
2006, would
have
prevented
big box
retail
stores
100,000
square feet
or larger
with over
10% of their
square feet
dedicated to
groceries
from being
built in
Long Beach.
October
2007–Agenda
Item:
Rescinding
the Labor
Peace
Agreement
Long Beach
Chamber
Position:
Support
The Chamber
asked the
City Council
to rescind
the labor
peace
proposition
scheduled
for the
February
2008 ballot.
The Chamber
believed the
city is
struggling
to find
extra money
in the
budget to
hire more
needed
police
officers and
make
long-overdue
improvements
to our
city’s
infrastructure
and that the
proposed
proposition
to rescind
the
agreement
would cost
over a half
million
dollars for
the
election.
The Council
agreed with
the Chamber
and
rescinded
the peace
labor
proposition.
November
2006–Agenda
Item:
Labor Peace
Agreement
Long Beach
Chamber
Position:
Oppose
The Chamber
was
disappointed
to learn
that the
City Council
voted to
pass a Labor
Peace
Agreement.
This law
violates
federal
labor laws
and will
cost the
city of Long
Beach
millions of
dollars
defending
the measure.
The Council
rejected the
sound advice
of City
Attorney Bob
Shannon,
even as the
Hyatt
Regency and
Long Beach
Marriott
sent
separate
letters
stating that
a lawsuit
was
imminent,
should the
ordinance
pass on the
second
reading.
October
2006–Agenda
Item:
Home Depot
Project
Long Beach
Chamber
Position:
Support
The Long
Beach
Chamber was
delighted to
learn that
after five
hours of
testimony
the Long
Beach City
Council
voted in
favor of the
development
plans for a
new
Chamber-supported
Home Depot.
The Chamber
believed the
project will
benefit the
entire City
with
increased
tax revenue
and quality
jobs.
September
2006–Agenda
Item:
Big Box Ban
Long Beach
Chamber
Position:
Oppose
The Chamber
urged the
City Council
to oppose
the proposal
to ban
stores that
measure more
than 100,000
square feet
and
designate 10
percent or
more of
their space
to
groceries.
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