Sunday, February 22, 2015

Supernaw wants Station 17 fire engine restored

4th District Candidate Daryl Supernaw says restoration of Fire Engine to 4th District Station 17 and public safety a priority

Neighborhood activist and Long Beach 4th District City Councilman candidate Daryl Supernaw in a recorded interview has stated that restoring the water carrying fire engine to 4th District Fire Station  17 will be a priority as the 4th District's next councilman.  Supernaw and his wife are lifelong 4th District residents. His father was a Long Beach Fireman and lived in the Stearns Park neighborhood.

Station 17's water carrying engine was cut as part of the public safety budget cuts. Station 17 had the closest water carrying engine to the Stearns Park neighborhoods, the Traffic Circle Center, most of Los Altos and most of  Recreation Park neighborhoods.

On January 31, 2014 a house directly across from Station 17 in the 2200 block of Argonne caught fire-but there was no water carrying fire engine at the station ( see links to story below).

On February 4, 2014 a Press Telegram interview with Long Beach Fire Chief  Mike DuRee that had eye raising quotes appeared on the Press Telegram's website briefly-but then a few hours later was changed ( see link below). In the original story stated about Chief Du Ree:

"DuRee said he recognizes the severity of the cuts made to his department and that those cuts could have consequences in a major incident. “We’ve been lucky so far,” he said."

"The Fire Department had its budget cut by more than $10 million from 2007 to 2012, and its firefighters reduced from 137 in 2010 to 110 this year."

Supernaw stated in an interview recorded by LBReport at a "meet the candidates" event at North Long Beach's historic Dairy and Creamery that restoring the engine to Station 17 and public safety in the 4th District would be priorities for him as a councilman  (see interview link below).

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Monday, February 2, 2015

Airport Noise Ordinance Meeting



City Hall Meeting on Airport Noise Ordinance 

Former 8th City Council member Rae Gabelich has posted the following message under the "events' category of the social network "Nextdoor" :

Tue, Feb 17, 4:00 PM

Long Beach City Hall, 333 W. Ocean Boulevard, Long Beach, CA

Neighborhoods First! It is imperative that the new city council representatives and our new residents have a clear understanding of the Long Beach Airport  litigation history and the significant impact it has on residential quality of life as well as protecting the city's #1 source of revenue, property taxes. 

Please arrange your schedule to attend this meeting. Our new council must recognize the importance of their understanding and support of this court ordered protection that the city struggled to obtain. 

Any questions, feel free to message me directly. Reminders as we move closer to the date. You can help by passing this on to your email lists and speaking to your neighbors.

Posted by Rae Gabelich

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January 2015's reported residential and auto burglaries are spread out equally throughout the entire 4th District


The LB4D Blog has the latest crime statistics from January 2025 for the 4th District. 

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