END HOMELESSNESS
Long Beach is Experiencing a Humanitarian Crisis. Let's work together to END HOMELESSNESS. We can do it together, we can save our city and we can inspire others
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Lee Goldin
for Mayor of
Long Beach
End Homelessness in Long Beach Now
Why I'm Running
I’m not a politician, but I’m trying to get on the ballot in next year’s Mayoral Race in Long Beach so I can put one phrase, one demand, one call to action on my candidate statement:
END HOMELESSNESS
I’ve pleaded with the city to solve this humanitarian crisis. I’ve talked to my city council member, I even spoke to mayor Rex Richardson himself. He said his office provides the tools to deal with these issues and it’s up to us to use them. The mayor asked me, asked US to do his job. At first I was shocked, then I was mad, then I thought “challenge accepted.”
I don’t want to run for mayor, I just want to take my wife and kids for a walk tonight, but I can’t. Because it’s not safe. It’s not safe for those of us lucky enough to have a bed tonight, and it’s not safe for those suffering on the streets.
If you’d like to help me get on the ballot for the mayoral race in Long Beach, join me.
What I believe
The most fundamental human right is dignity. When we leave our fellow citizens unfed and unhoused, we strip them of their dignity. Our country has the means and the money to restore dignity to us all. We have enough land to house us all, we have enough food and material to feed and clothe us all. The fact that our politicians and business leaders refuse to do so, points to their incompetence and moral bankruptcy. It’s up to us voters to hold these people accountable and elect people who actually care.
We can solve these problems tomorrow. It will be joyous. We will build, we will sing and we will celebrate.
How We're Going to Do It
We have several plans, multiple strategies and more importantly, we have a vision. Each plan addresses a major contributor to the humanitarian crisis of homelessness and as a whole, comprise a vision for a healthy, stable Long Beach. Let's lay out that vision using politician friendly doublespeak for soundbites and realtalk for the people who really know what's up.
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Tenant Focused Tax Reform
Political Speak: Targeted rebalance of property taxes on passive income interests to provide relief to renters.
Realtalk: Tax the hell out of your landlords and send you a check.
Civic Recommitment of Outside Business Interests
Political Speak: Ensure responsible partnership between residents and outside business interests to fund redevelopment of the unused storefronts and city property along the Atlantic Corridor.
Realtalk: Fine the hell out of all the liquor stores owned by trust fund babies and build affordable housing rather than begging someone to pay us pennies on the dollar for our own land.
Strategic Legal Action to Enforce State-Level Civic Support
Political Speak: Initiate dialogue between the City Attorney and the California Department of Housing and Community Development to ensure that unilateral decision-making regarding the use of city surplus plan is balanced by proper financial support.
Realtalk: Oh the State gets to decide what we do with our own land while people suffer from addiction and homelessness on the street? Then our lawyer will politely ask you to cough up some of our own tax dollars to build some housing or we’ll sue your butt into next Sunday.
Initiate Financial Negotiation with Port Interests
Political Speak: Ensure Long Beach receives a share of income and tax revenue from port activities that reflects our importance to State and National trade.
Realtalk: Listen, we’re not some backwater town. We are essential to the economy of the state, heck the country. If you want to make billions of dollars in revenue, tax dollars and tariffs while our people suffer, pay up.
Revitalize the Workforce using Additional Revenue
Political Speak: Leverage the funds raised by the above strategies to increase funding for Public Works in order to hire citizens with experience in construction and other relevant trades to build housing and facilities for our residents.
Realtalk: Alright, we’ve squeezed everybody who’s exploiting us for our fair share of the wealth. Now let’s create a lean, mean construction machine to pay people to build housing and let them live in it.
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This plan is going to piss a lot of people off. But I don't care. I'm ready to start tomorrow, are you?​​​
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