Council considers limits on free speech—if that speech comes from the mouths of lobbyists

Strange enough that the most influential lobbyists in Long Beach were gathered at city hall on Aug. 5 for the same early-afternoon meeting of a city council committee, for the same item on the agenda—and that they all seemed to be on [...]

Strange enough that the most-influential lobbyists in the city were gathered on the same side of an issue being considered by a Long Beach City Council committee Tuesday afternoon. The really weird part is that they seemed to be sitting on the side that was losing.
Two-thirds of the council’s three-person Election Oversight Committee appeared to [...]

A proposal to register lobbyists provokes deep thought, trash talk

BONNIE LOWENTHAL by ALICE RUTHERFORD
Vice Mayor Bonnie Lowenthal is pushing for passage of an ordinance that by early 2008 would require the registration of professional lobbyists who mingle with Long Beach government officials. Some people say her timing is self-serving.
“Bonnie wants to use this as an [...]