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The Mayor is the chief legislative officer of the City and has the power to veto actions of the City Council, presides at meetings of the City Council, and has no vote, but may participate fully in the deliberations and proceedings of the City Council. [1] Long Beach City Council elections are held with the Primary Election in June for the ...
The 2022 Long Beach mayoral election was held on June 7, 2022. Because no candidate reached 50% of the vote, there was a runoff election on November 8, 2022. Although incumbent Mayor Robert Garcia was eligible to run for a third term, [ 1 ] he opted to run for the U.S. House instead (and won that seat).
Long Beach is a coastal city in southeastern Los Angeles County, California, United States.It is the 44th-most populous city in the United States, with a population of 451,307 as of 2022. [11]
This is a list of mayors of Long Beach, California. The current mayor is Rex Richardson who has been in office since December 20, 2022. [ 1 ] He is the first black person to hold the position.
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SCAG's policy direction is guided by the 86-member official governing board known as the Regional Council. The Regional Council is composed of 67 Districts that include an elected representative of one or more cities of approximately equal population levels that have a geographic community of interest (except the City of Long Beach, which has two representatives).
In 2013, a courthouse in Long Beach was named in his honor. [2] [52] Deukmejian received an honorary doctor of laws degree from California State University, Long Beach, in 2008, because of his support for education, state law, and Long Beach. [53] In 2015, he was given the Key to the City of Long Beach. [54]
Long Beach, California, held an election for mayor on April 8, 2014 and June 2, 2014. It saw the election of Robert Garcia. In winning, Garcia became the first openly gay person to be elected Mayor of Long Beach. Garcia is a Democrat, but was elected without a party affiliation, as municipal elections in California are officially non-partisan.