The People's

Platform:

Keep ICE out of our neighborhoods and city institutions.
Create District‑wide alerts and community response when ICE is spotted in the area so residents know what’s happening and how to stay safe.

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

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.

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.

Lower the local rent increase cap from 8% to 3% to stop rent‑gouging and displacement.
Protect renters against egregious leases and fees and charges by landlords.
Halt all tenant evictions for “substantial remodel” reasons.

Implement spaces where people can exist without constant harassment or sweeps, while connecting them to services, treatment, and long‑term housing options.
Shelters should allow families to remain together. Partners should not have to separate based on gender. Solutions for people with pets who need shelter.
Establish shelters that don’t turn people away just because they use drugs/alcohol or are in active addiction – treatment and stability starts with housing, not punishment.

Impose vacancy fines on ALL empty residential and commercial units and dedicate that revenue to local housing initiatives.
End the system where landlords and speculators enjoy tax breaks to sit on empty units while our neighbors sleep on sidewalks.
Use vacancy penalties and incentives to bring ground‑floor spaces back to life with local businesses, co‑ops, and community uses.

Implement Preferential Parking Zone permits in D1 so residents aren’t competing with commuters, tourists, and out‑of‑town visitors for the little parking we have.
Offer incentives to reduce unnecessary vehicles: discounted permits for households with fewer cars, or benefits for people who give up a second car.

Convert empty, vacant, or dilapidated lots into public parking lots that support nearby housing, small businesses, and nightlife.
Prioritize permitted residential parking around these new lots so people who live here can actually park near their homes.

Free bus fare on all Long Beach transit.
Expand secure, safe bike parking and better bike infrastructure to make biking is a real option, not a risk in district 1.

Explore subterranean parking options.
Incorporate Biophilic Roads with permeable pavement to manage stormwater, reduce flood risks, and improve air quality.