Investment screening policy

A community lawyer with Orale, he supported ethical investing and urged expanding the ICE criteria to DHS-wide and aligning with Long Beach Values Act contracting demands.

Thanked staff for cooperative work on the screening policy and suggested phasing in cheaper or free screening tools first before moving to costlier options.

A District 3 resident and Peace Network steering committee member, she praised the step-by-step process toward ethical use of city money.

Backed the investment screening policy and its three amendments, including extending it to immigration detention investments.

Representing the Long Beach Area Peace Network, asked for a staff report on the revised investment screening policy at the August 25 meeting.

A District 2 resident criticized his council member's absence and backed the investment screening policy and its amendments.

She echoed support, cited growing community interest and transparency values, and asked that the policy extend to border surveillance and immigration detention investments.

He argued the prohibited behaviors are grounded in civil rights law, urged implementation within existing city processes, and supported the innocent-until-proven-guilty approach.

As chair of the Equity and Human Relations Commission, he described the commission's unanimous support, cited precedent in other cities, and welcomed community amendments.

A District 2 renter and mother of four, she cited nearly 1,000 petition signatures, proposed evidence-based compliance standards, and asked to expand the policy to immigration detention and border surveillance investments.

Speaking by Zoom, she supported the policy as a transparency measure, citing her Armenian and Assyrian heritage and experience of genocide.

A District 2 engineer and first-time public speaker, she urged the committee to adopt ethical investment measures despite the complexity.

Representing the Long Beach Area Peace Network, she supported the policy and proposed amendments: innocent-until-proven-guilty standard, folding reporting into quarterly cycles, and clarifying it covers investments not contracts.

Asked the council to adopt the civil and human rights investment screening policy recommended by the Equity and Human Relations Commission.

Asked the council to agendize a civil and human rights investment screening policy aligned with city values.