Ethics Commission forwards changes to Long Beach's lobbyist law to City Council
The proposed changes would require city officials to disclose their calendars and lobbyists to provide more information more often in an attempt to shed light on who is trying to influence decision-making in the city.
After years of discussion and fine-tuning its recommendations for how Long Beach’s lobbyist law should be tweaked to increase the transparency of who is talking to city officials before decisions are made the Ethics Commission finally forwarded its ideas to the City Council Wednesday.
Commissioners have been discussing the changes since early 2022 as they sought to tighten rules for lobbyists in an effort to shed more light on who is meeting with city officials before big city decisions are made.
