ICE out of Long Beach

• Strategize methods to keep ICE out of our neighborhoods and city institutions.

  Establish a procedure for the LBPD to respond to the warrantless and unlawful kidnappings and detentions in Long Beach. For example:

  LBPD to intervene by requiring identification and warrants when they see abductions happening.

  LBPD enforcement of SB 627 which took effect on 1/1/2026, requiring all law enforcement to wear badges and prohibits the use of face masks.

  Create alerts that will provide consistent public communications with verified information about ICE activity, for example, the number of arrests or detentions and the general locations of where the warrantless abductions are taking place. (i.e. a “weekly review” of ICE activity in LB)

  City of Long Beach to proactively broadcast, inform and educate the community (in real time/ASAP) when ICE raids occur locally

  Create an official mechanism for the city to collect and keep official records of LB community members getting detained, deported, or disappeared to document these officially by the city for documentation purposes.

Reimagine Policing - Invest in Effective Safety

• Shift funding away from policing strategies that don’t reduce harm and toward community‑based safety: housing, youth programs, mental health support, and violence interruption.

• Increase Law enforcement oversight committee powers

  Increase unarmed community safety officers and bicycle patrols that are visible, approachable, and focused on prevention over punishment.

  Increase LBPD bicycle police patrols, decrease military style policing

  Shift funding away from policing strategies that don’t reduce harm and toward community‑based safety: housing, youth programs, mental health support, and violence interruption.

Crisis Response that actually Helps

• Audit the existing Community Crisis Response Team to identify gaps in mental health and non‑violent crisis response.

• Expand and properly fund those teams so a mental health crisis gets a mental health response – not just a badge and a gun.

Common‑Sense Safety Improvements

• Install more street lighting in dark corridors, residential blocks, and park areas so people feel safe walking at night.

• Add string lighting in prominent commercial corridors to both increase safety and support nightlife and small business visibility.

• Add stop signs and traffic calming solutions in areas with frequent collisions and pedestrian injuries.

• Extend hours and expand programming at recreation centers to give youth and families safe places to gather, learn, and build community instead of being pushed into the street or the system.