Harbor Area
2022 SPAA Harbor Wide All-Grades Student Art Competition
The deadline for the end of school and this contest is fast approaching. San Pedro Art Association or SPAA will accept all entries down to the wire, and is asking for your submissions as soon as possible. This competition is free for the children. SPAA needs help to get the word out and is looking for even more participants than last year. The entry deadline is June 17.
Just take a photo of your art, print and fill out the entry form and entry label, take a quick picture of both and send all three to spaa@sanpedroart.org.
Details: www.sanpedroart.org/2022_SPAA_STUDENT_RULES;
In Spanish: www.sanpedroart.org/2022_SPAA_ STUDENT_RULES_SP
Masking Requirement Extended for Mass Transit and Indoor Public Transportation Hubs
Due to the continued increase in COVID-19 cases, positivity rates and outbreaks, the Long Beach Department of Health and Human Services will extend the masking requirement in all public transit and indoor public transportation hubs within the city. On April 28, the seven-day case rate was 72.8 per 100,000 people. Currently, the seven-day case rate is 230 per 100,000.
Details: www.longbeach.gov/press-releases/cityextends-masking-requirement
State Adopts Aggressive Water Conservation Measures
The State Water Resources Control Board adopted emergency water conservation regulations on May 25 in response to the governor’s March executive order: www.gov.ca.gov/March-2022Drought-EO.pdf
The State Water Resources Control Board voted unanimously May 25, to implement a statewide ban on watering of non-functional turf in the commercial, industrial, and institutional sectors, as well as regulations requiring local agencies to implement water use restrictions amid the possibility that water supplies may be up to 20% lower due to extreme weather.
Details: www.saveourwater.com and drought. ca.gov.
Grant Applications Open for ActivateLB Cultural Programs
The application period is now open for the City of Long Beach’s recently announced ActivateLB Grants Program. This program, funded by the Long Beach Recovery Act, will provide funding for large citywide cultural events, along with neighborhood event seed grants and business activation grants. The application period for Cultural Special Events Grants is open now and will remain open until funds have been exhausted.
Eligible organizations may apply for the grants, administered through the city manager’s office, at longbeach.gov/ActivateLB Additionally, through the ActivateLB Grants. Details: longbeach.gov/ActivateLB; https://tinyurl.com/grant-programs
Three Long Beach Public Libraries Pilot New Hours
Long Beach Public Library is piloting new operating hours at three branches — Bay Shore Library, Bach Library and Billie Jean King Main Library — to better address community needs expressed by residents through a summer 2021 survey. The piloted shift will affect the Tuesday and Thursday operating hours for the three locations and will include added morning hours, opening earlier at 10 a.m. instead of noon, and closing earlier, with Billie Jean King Main Library closing at 7 p.m. and Bach and Bay Shore at 5 p.m. Library hours at all other locations will remain the same.
After the pilot concludes on Sept. 30, the library will evaluate its success during the fall to determine if the change will become permanent.
Details: www.longbeach.gov/globalassets/city-manager/media-library/documents