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Schipske Launches Open Up Long Beach; Hosts First Community Meeting Today

Fifth District Councilwoman Gerrie Schipske will hold the first Open Up Long Beach Community Meeting today, Monday, February 6, 2012 at 6:30pm. Councilwoman Schipske has concurrently launched OpenUpLongBeach.com – a website and a project to make the City of Long Beach more open, transparent and collaborative with its residents.

Hometown Heroes Banners Program Honors Long Beach Veterans

In an effort to have Long Beach remember those who serve our country in the military, the Long Beach Rosie the Riveter Foundation and the City of Long Beach are launching the Long Beach Hometown Heroes Banners project on Saturday, December 10, 2011 at 9am. “Fourteen banners will be flown at the Rosie the Riveter [...]

Schipske Announces Candidacy for New Assembly Seat

Long Beach Councilwoman Gerrie Schipske today announced that she has filed for the newly created 70th Assembly District, which includes the cities of Long Beach, Signal Hill, San Pedro and Catalina Island.

Learn The ABC’s of Solar at the Solar 101 Workshop

Join the City of Long Beach Councilwoman Gerrie Schipske and local solar company Ameco Solar for an evening dedicated to the ABC’s of solar. Everything from important things to look for when choosing an installer, to financing options available, how net metering works and any other question you have been dying to find out but [...]

Residents are Invited to Participate In Citywide Budget Town Hall Teleforum

Councilmembers Steven Neal (9), Rae Gabelich (8), and Gerrie Schipske (5) invite Long Beach residents to participate in a citywide live interactive TeleForum on Thursday, September 1, 2011. Participants will discuss proposed cuts in the fiscal year 2012 budget, and possible alternatives, such as the “Public Safety and Quality of Life Protection Plan” as proposed [...]

Councilwoman Schipske’s “Shape Up the Fifth “ Walks El Dorado Park East August 27th

City Councilwoman Gerrie Schipske is sharpening her pencils and checking her shoelaces, because she can’t wait for the next Shaping Up the Fifth walk through El Dorado Park South, August 27th, from 8 to 10 a.m. “If more people walk, they can take more time to scrutinize each street for cracks and potholes, elevated sidewalks, [...]

Council Members Gabelich, Neal and Schipske Propose ‘Public Safety and Quality of Life Protection Plan’

Long Beach City Council members Rae Gabelich, Steven Neal and Gerrie Schipske today issued the following statement in response to the cuts to fire, police, library and recreation services proposed by both City Manager, Pat West, and Mayor Bob Foster:

Long Beach Celebrates V-J Day August 14th With the Spirit of ’45 At El Dorado Community Center

You can celebrate like it was the end of World War II all over again, Sunday, August 14, 2011, when Johnny Kleker and the Big Band plays the swinging sounds of those bygone days and you can dance the evening away at El Dorado Community Center. You will even get a chance to hear President [...]

Schipske To Hold a “Community Conversation” on LBFD Staffing

Fifth District Councilwoman Gerrie Schipske will hold a “community conversation” on the issue of whether or not staffing on fire trucks should be reduced from the current levels. “This issue is too important not to engage the community right now,” says Schipske, who led a fight to keep Station 18 open two years ago.

Councilwoman Schipske Elected Secretary of California State Medical Board

On Friday, at its quarterly meeting in Sacramento, Gerrie Schipske was elected by the other members of the California Medical Board to serve as Secretary of the Board, and as a member of the executive committee.

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