Long Beach

City Council

16. 25-56706 Recommendation to request City Manager to engage with the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board during the upcoming rulemaking process for the renewed Conditional Waiver of Waste Discharge Requirements for Discharges of Trash from Nonpoint Sources to advance requirements that eliminate trash from entering the Los Angeles River and ultimately Long Beach’s waters; and Request City Manager to deepen multi-jurisdictional collaborations and partnerships, and explore funding opportunities, public education and accountability measures, and legislative and regulatory advocacy strategies to improve the coordination, evaluation, enforcement, and effectiveness of regional watershed debris mitigation efforts along the Los Angeles River to meaningfully reduce impacts on Long Beach.