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Recommendation to increase appropriations in the Special Advertising and Promotion Fund Group in the City Manager Department by $1,170, offset by Second Council District One-time District Priority Funds transferred from the Citywide Activities Department to provide a contribution to Kahlo Creative LLC for the Big Gay Beach Takeover on July 9, 2022;
Increase appropriations in the General Fund Group in the City Manager Department by $2,650, offset by the Second Council District One-time District Priority Funds, transferred from the Citywide Activities Department, to provide contributions of:
? $2,500 to the LGBTQ Center of Long Beach for their Halloween
Haunted House on October 31, 2022
? $150 to the Bluff Park Neighborhood Association for their
Halloween event on October 30, 2022
Decrease appropriations in the Special Advertising and Promotion Fund Group in the Citywide Activities Department by $1,170 to offset a transfer to the City Manager Department; and
Decrease appropriations in the General Fund Group in the Citywide Activities Department by $2,650 to offset a transfer to the City Manager Department.
DISCUSSION
The LGBTQ Center Long Beach advances equity for LGBTQ people through culturally responsive advocacy, education, programs, and services. The Center envisions fully affirming communities where all LGBTQ people live in health, wellness, safety and prosperity. The LGBTQ Center provides services centered in the lived experiences of LGBTQ people, and approaches their work with a mission-driven, culturally-inclusive focus and interactions with clients, community members, volunteers, and staff that are trauma-informed, intersectional and client-centered. This contribution helps support their Halloween Haunted House that recently took place on October 31, 2022. The family-friendly attraction was hosted out of their location on 4th St., free to the public, and featured a maze, live character actors, festive decorations, and candy.
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