North Long Beach residents' opinions needed for city spending plans

North Long Beach residents living in the city’s 9th Council District, along with others having interests in the area, can propose ideas for spending $250,000 in discretionary city funds via Participatory Budgeting.

Long Beach Councilman Rex Richardson’s office aounced plans to convene a May 7 meeting to begin this year’s round of Participatory Budgeting, which is a process through which constituents can have a say in how $250,000 worth of discretionary spending should be spent, according to the councilman’s office.

The meeting is set to be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 7 at Houghton Park Community Center, 6301 Myrtle Ave.

District 9 residents and stakeholders aged 14 and older can vote online on 9th District spending plans begiing May 7 through May 14 at www.pblongbeach.org.

Voting is also scheduled to take place from noon to 7 p.m. May 9 through 12 at Richardson’s field office at 6509 Gundry Ave.; from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. May 13 at the Movie in the Park and Vote event at Ramona Park, 3301 E. 65th St. and from 9 a.m. to noon May at the councilman’s field office.

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