Last
night, the City Council unanimously approved a new Lobbying Ordinance
for our city.
Long Beach has now joined every other big city in California with a
lobbyist registration law. A big thanks to
the City Attorney and his staff for crafting a solid and fair
ordinance. While not perfect, it still moves us in the direction of a
more open and transparent government.
When I was campaigning for the
City Council, I promised that I would work at making
our city government more open and accessible to the
people we serve. As you know, I have posted
my calendar online
since my first day in office. Ultimately, the
responsibility of transparency is not only with
private lobbyists, but with elected officials.
I am proud that in my first seven months in office,
I have authored and passed with the support of my
colleagues two substantial pieces of open government
legislation:
They include:
February 10, 2010
