Greetings!

After a two-year hiatus our popular open streets event, Beach Streets, is back! This year’s Beach Streets University will take place on Saturday, September 17, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and span neighborhoods from Atherton Street up to Spring Street, providing safe, open areas for people to walk, bike and socialize.

Friendly reminder that we are hosting our last virtual budget community meeting next week for the upcoming budget. We still need your feedback! If you cannot attend please provide input on the proposed budget by completing the Digital Budget Comment Card, available in English, Spanish, Khmer and Tagalog, and at our a Long Beach Public Library locations with open computer labs.

We also have an important message from our Long Beach Water Department. An emergency repair to a pipeline bringing water to Southern California has led to a regional call for significant water use reduction for up to 15 days starting Sept. 6. Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. We have all the information below.

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Region Asked to Conserve More During Pipeline Repair

An emergency repair to a pipeline bringing water to Southern California has led to a regional call for significant water use reduction for up to 15 days starting Sept. 6. Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, or MWD, the agency that provides imported water to much of the region, needs to repair a leaking pipeline that brings water from the Colorado River to the region. MWD is calling on residents of areas that receive water through this pipeline to do everything they can do reduce water use while the pipeline is shut down, emphasizing that the most effective way to do so is to suspend all outdoor watering.

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