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A representative told the committee the program supports middle and high school students experiencing homelessness, substance use, domestic violence and trafficking, and that the program's outcomes show improvements in resilience and coping skills. The organization requested that the committee recommend continued city support or identify partnerships to sustain services through the current school year.

Committee members and staff acknowledged the request during public comment and the committee approved forwarding its FY26 recommendations to Council. The transcript does not show a separate BOC appropriation specifically for Elevated Minds; the speaker asked the committee or council to extend funding through the school year while providers identify longer‑term solutions.

The committee's budget packet includes several violence prevention and youth investments and motions to prioritize community activations and violence‑prevention funding (including requests to retain or increase allocations for activations and CVI‑related programming). Public commenters asked the city to prioritize ongoing funding for those efforts as federal grants have been curtailed.

The provider asked the city to consider an extension of funding so Elevated Minds may continue serving vulnerable youth; the committee directed staff to forward the FY26 recommendations to council for final action and to continue the budget‑process follow up.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Long Beach City Budget Oversight Committee Meeting 9/9/25","oneSentenceSummary","17 36 Family Crisis Center and others asked the Budget Oversight Committee to extend funding for Elevated Minds, a school‑based mental‑health and substance‑prevention program serving five schools and more than 1,000 people over the past year; the program faces closure Sept. 30 if city funding is not identified.","taxTitle","taxId",0,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":75,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":76,"_41":77,"_43":78,"_45":79,"_47":80,"_49":81,"_51":82,"_53":83,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":84,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":85,"_67":-5,"_68":69,"_70":-5,"_71":72,"_73":72},6474850,"Community urges $2.2M for immigrant justice fund; BOC adds $130,000 and administrative staffing",1554,1571000,3125000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5739183-541cd1123a3fc8a5276eec3a84757888&start=1571&end=3125","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5739183-541cd1123a3fc8a5276eec3a84757888/thumbnail_1571000.jpg","/articles/6474850/Community-urges-22M-for-immigrant-justice-fund-BOC-adds-130000-and-administrative-staffing","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6474850-5a0934d00f6e68bbe73c38f2732cb2b8/orig.mp4?Expires=1771137296&Signature=eEEf5Dz3d4o-3Qg0ZGrJ8kR-arL3lwMEyE13aes3RZK-TEGWsMedBdpNSz~HJh84ui8~gEaZsEMaiujpRI7GcO-A7~uHRwxj-rOvXXoEVvlhV9UdY863kkKf9AsvV3STZwBh5oCSjUztMR7Z6bk3RgrS4fYguPo4yPfDKishcugPpq9-fhgvg3~6Saut4ARpDGYdHRymH4oyz9rhP7namb4ZJtfutO54Zr0zngs3gu-rNp0o9Kd6RbpkBRGSKJD5RppJRmmCxUjalyhCedYYnPlmcgNgfY3f5p3YunSnBFtEoopZN9BzhCiN87QcxUzCpqGZGwx5bYdspPq64h5qZg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Multiple community organizations and residents spoke at the Sept. 9 Budget Oversight Committee meeting urging the committee to secure new, structural funding for the Long Beach Justice Fund, eviction defense and a community land trust.

Speakers including members of ORALE and community coalitions asked the committee to allocate $2,200,000 in new funds for the Justice Fund, $2,000,000 for eviction defense (right to counsel) and $400,000 for the Community Land Trust. Commenters described the Justice Fund as a lifeline for immigrant families facing deportation and legal barriers and said the eviction‑defense money would help tenants remain housed.

In its FY26 recommendations, the committee added a one‑time $130,000 in the general fund to support the Justice Fund and requested that the city manager structurally add an assistant administrative analyst position in the city manager's office to improve administration and expenditure timeliness for Justice Fund dollars. Committee documents presented at the meeting report a combined mayoral/BOC investment figure of $2,630,000 toward immigrant community supports for FY26.

Advocates at the meeting said the $130,000 addition is insufficient relative to the community request and urged the council to make funding structural and reliable rather than reliant on one‑time dollars. Public commenters repeatedly requested that the $2,200,000 be new money rather than rollover funds and suggested reallocations within the police budget as a revenue source if needed.

The committee's motion to forward its recommendations to council — which includes the $130,000 one‑time addition and the request for dedicated staffing — carried in the meeting record. The committee also asked for a January 2026 report to the BOC on settlement‑assistance funding tied to county Measure A and allowed flexibility to reallocate County Measure A prevention funding to tenant right to counsel depending on final carryover amounts.

The record shows robust public comment in favor of structural funding for the Justice Fund and eviction defense; the committee's actions established administrative capacity and a one‑time augmentation but did not commit to the full amounts advocates requested.","Community groups urged the Budget Oversight Committee to allocate $2.2 million in new money for the Long Beach Justice Fund and $2 million for eviction defense. The committee added a one‑time $130,000 allocation and requested an assistant analyst to speed Justice Fund administration, but advocates pressed for larger, structural funding.",{"_33":87,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":88,"_41":89,"_43":90,"_45":91,"_47":92,"_49":93,"_51":94,"_53":95,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":96,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":97,"_67":-5,"_68":69,"_70":-5,"_71":72,"_73":72},6474855,"Long Beach budget panel forwards FY26 recommendations to council, adds onetime and structural changes",3178,786000,3964000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5739183-541cd1123a3fc8a5276eec3a84757888&start=786&end=3964","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5739183-541cd1123a3fc8a5276eec3a84757888/thumbnail_786000.jpg","/articles/6474855/Long-Beach-budget-panel-forwards-FY26-recommendations-to-council-adds-onetime-and-structural-changes","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6474855-04c43ecdcb7bc98f0dd1d9e49dbf434b/orig.mp4?Expires=1771137296&Signature=VnH4XoLTNU~tQ98-DzNhR8JpvWSBPNV5050hJdy4Gy22iPcgQL0YifFtBfUTNdHqtwpDCODiNkLwzDJWQOUZVji5fuwsylN03BTQ6wNEzCBMBA~1OTeSL7S9eDMkASLBsTwOOBXyAUHwmyzCoQAjVx7SqXPbClsv8awIouO4BpoSfxFncPiG0jf2bRoJu8DYYemuS14vMGUHmNaTGhdWHBqW17ixoqMaSBaFlL2GRM99SqtCkZsH8XXAdctCrazYUpuCNGiVpcE5NmDi9X1K2Dd1tQ0PlIpe-eV3Ttpm4nDtKaWmDMZbl1M5Qut6IDe3AJdbwjUlXmbzMz-ein9ZTg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Budget Oversight Committee on Sept. 9 voted to forward its fiscal year 2026 budget recommendations to the City Council, approving a package of one‑time enhancements and structural changes and directing the city manager to return with implementation plans and funding sources.

The committee chair presented the recommendations and the committee approved the motion to support the Budget Oversight Committee's proposed changes to the mayor's budget; committee members then moved the item to public comment and ultimately voted to send the package to council. The committee's recommendations include requests that the city manager identify funding and implementation plans for a variety of priorities, from paramedic rescue staffing to library infrastructure assessments.

The motion asks the city manager to immediately identify solutions to enhance paramedic rescue response capabilities beyond the structural funding in the manager's budget, and to return with funding sources and an implementation plan. The package also requests one‑time funds of $318,187 from the health fund group to bridge two positions in the Black Infant Health program (one public health nurse II and one health educator II) until projected grant funding begins on July 1, 2026.

Other notable directions included reserving unspent funds for Dia de los Muertos to carry into FY27; maintaining the cultivation cannabis tax at $13.09 through Oct. 1, 2026; revising council district special‑events procedures for district priority funding; and directing savings in the Tidelands fund to support municipal band events. The committee also approved reallocations and one‑time funding requests for parks projects, downtown activations and safety initiatives, including a pilot of private security in the downtown dining and entertainment zone ($200,000 reallocated from two former redevelopment agency line items) and reallocations to support Promenade Square Park fountain design and interim improvements.

On libraries, the committee asked the city manager to prioritize operating funds for new signage at the Billie Jean King Main Library to inform the public about trespassing ordinances, to promote existing subsidized parking at the Main Library (noting the current subsidy covers more than 80% of the first three hours), and to work with Public Works to prepare a library infrastructure investment plan assessing the city's neighborhood branches to inform the five‑year infrastructure update.

The package includes direction to continue opioid settlement‑funded activities, with the committee asking staff to prioritize distributing fentanyl detection kits using opioid settlement proceeds and to note language that $70,000 would be prioritized for fentanyl kits if settlement funds become available. The committee also asked the city manager to work with the Port of Long Beach to seek a $50,000 Harbor Fund match for the Long Beach Bridal Parade and requested staff pursue tree‑planting AB32 funds for West Long Beach.

The committee recommended adding one structural assistant administrative analyst position to the city manager's office to assist with Justice Fund administration and added $130,000 in one‑time general fund dollars to the Justice Fund (offset by a timing‑related reduction in the Parks, Recreation and Marine department). Committee materials identify the combined mayor/BOC investment in immigrant justice supports as $2,630,000 in FY26.

Chair (title given in the record) framed the recommendations as reflecting two phases of community outreach and the mayor and council's strategic priorities; committee members praised the process and asked that remaining requests be kept on file for future consideration. After public comment, the committee voted to receive and forward the packet to City Council. The committee record shows no roll‑call tally in the transcript excerpt; the chair announced the motion carried.

Public comment on the recommendations drew more than a dozen speakers who spoke in favor of items including library investments, youth mental‑health programs, community violence intervention activations, and increased funding for immigrant legal assistance and eviction defense. Several speakers urged structural (ongoing) funding rather than one‑time allocations for some programs.

The committee also requested various staff reports and followups, including: three alternative residential street allocation formulas, disaggregated community budget survey results by council district, and a January 2026 status report on settlement‑assistance uses under county Measure A homelessness prevention funding.

The committee's approved motions and directions will be transmitted to City Council for final consideration and any ordinance or appropriation changes. The committee chair closed the meeting after general public comment and said the recommendations would proceed to the council agenda for action.","The Long Beach Budget Oversight Committee voted Sept. 9 to forward its FY26 budget recommendations to City Council, approving a package of one‑time enhancements, policy changes and directions to staff including public safety, library assessments, housing and downtown activation items.","actionData","errors"]

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Providers urge continuation of Elevated Minds youth program set to close Sept. 30 for lack of city funding

Community urges $2.2M for immigrant justice fund; BOC adds $130,000 and administrative staffing

Long Beach budget panel forwards FY26 recommendations to council, adds onetime and structural changes