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Kevin Riper
Coverage of Kevin Riper in the Nexus archive.
- Long Beach uses millions from emergency reserves, braces for ‘difficult changes’ ahead
The city of Long Beach will withdraw $27 million from emergency and operating reserves to address financial shortfalls caused by declining tax revenue, rising expenses, and underperforming funds like Measure LB. City officials attribute the crisis to reduced utility and airport revenues, losses in federal grants for the Health Department, and increased labor and insurance costs.