Long Beach Approves Proclamation Supporting Gaza Ceasefire

Published on December 20, 2023

LONG BEACH, Calif.—The Long Beach City Council Dec. 19 evening passed a proclamation supporting a permanent ceasefire in Gaza, becoming the latest California city to either pass or consider making such a statement. The council voted 5–2 in favor of the proclamation following a nearly 3 1/2-hour public comment period where almost 200 people addressed the council, according to the Press-Telegram. Councilors Kristina Duggan and Daryl Supernaw voted no. “I wasn’t elected to weigh in on foreign affairs,” Ms. Duggan told the Press-Telegram, adding that she opposed the “scorched-Earth advocacy” of some of the proclamation’s supporters. “We shouldn’t be spending time and resources on it. We should be focusing on things within our control.”...

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