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CD 15 Redistricting Community Meeting

The Los Angeles City Council Redistricting Commission or LACCRC invites you to a Council District 15 community public hearing Aug. 18. The purpose of redistricting is to redraw the maps that impact your community and to ensure you have the power to determine fair and inclusive representation in your council district. Learn and take action so that your neighborhood gets treated fairly and gets the resources it needs and deserves.

Upon registration, you will receive a Zoom link that will allow you to join the public hearing online from your phone, computer or other device. Ask about translation services if needed when you register.

For more information about the city’s redistricting process, visit laccrc2021.org.

Time: 6 p.m. Aug. 18

Details: RSVP to www.docs.google.com/forms/ redistricting-meeting; 213-263-5765.

L.B. Emergency Rental Assistance Application Period Reopened

Long Beach has reopened the Long Beach Emergency Rental Assistance Program or LBERAP for qualified landlords and tenants to apply for pandemic-related rental assistance. The reopening of the program is due to an additional $13.1 million the city received in state and federal funding, increasing the program budget to $64 million.

All LB-ERAP applications can be submitted via the program’s online information and service portal available on the LB-ERAP webpage, which also provides details about the program’s various income and eligibility guidelines.

Details: 833-358-5372; www.longbeach.gov/ emergency-rental-assistance-program

CSU Dominguez Hills Holds COVID-19 Vaccination Pop-Up Clinic

The walk-in clinics will take place on two Thursdays, Aug. 26 and Sept. 16, in CSUDH’s Extended Education building. A team of Rite Aid health professionals will administer Pfizer vaccines (first or second doses) and single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccines.

Appointments are encouraged but not required.

For more information, visit csudh.edu/together/vaccine.

Time: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Aug. 26 and Sept. 16

Details: To schedule an appointment, visit www. vaccination.as.me.

Community Grants Workshop

If your government agency or 501(c)(3) nonprofit or health agency is considering a project to generate solar power or heat, it may qualify for funding through the Port of Long Beach Community Grants Program.

A workshop covering how to put together a proposal will be held Aug. 26. Those who cannot attend can email questions to grants@polb.com.

The Community Grants Program is a more than $46 million effort designed to help those in the community who are most vulnerable to portrelated impacts.

Guidelines for the three programs of the Community Grants Program can be found on the port website at www.polb.com/grants.

Time: 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Details: Register, polb.webex.com/communitygrants

County Libraries Eliminate Late Fines

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Aug. 10, unanimously approved a proposal authored by Supervisor Janice Hahn to immediately eliminate late fines from LA County Libraries.

Hahn’s motion instructs LA County Librarian Skye Patrick to waive all fines and fees for overdue books and other library materials, effective immediately. It also instructs the county librarian to work with the county’s auditor-controller, County Counsel and treasurer-tax collector to waive all existing fees for library patrons as well as write off the library’s accounts receivable.

Collecting fines for overdue library materials was originally implemented as a source of revenue for the LA County Library system — but, presently, these fines make up less than 1% of library revenue.