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Article: Long Beach Council votes against releasing more wetlands documents
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- Press-Telegram Long Beach, CA.
- Article date:
- May 5, 2009
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LONG BEACH - The City Council on Tuesday opposed a push to
release of the full record of the Los Cerritos Wetlands land-swap
deal.
The move by Councilwoman Gerrie Schipske, a leading critic of the
proposed deal, was supported only by the council's newest member,
Robert Garcia, and by Councilwoman Tonia Reyes Uranga, according to
City Attorney Robert Shannon.
Prior to Tuesday's closed-session vote, a majority of the council
indicated a willingness to release the records.
Environmental activist Tom Marchese, a Los Cerritos Wetlands Land
Trust board member, launched the effort to obtain the records
through a Freedom of Information request.
He was briefed by Shannon on the vote, which the ...