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Los Angeles County, CA April 11, 2006 Election
Candidates Answer Questions on the Issues
Member, City Council; City of Long Beach; District 9

The questions were prepared by the League of Women Voters of Los Angeles County, an Inter-League Organization, and constituent Local Leagues as available in communities holding elections on April 11, 2006 and asked of all candidates for this office.

See below for questions on Liquified Natural Gas, Airport Expansion, Air Quality

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1. Do you think the proposed LNG facility should be built in Long Beach Harbor? If elected, what actions would you take to support your position?

Answer from Val Lerch:

The Long Beach City Council will not be responsible for LNG being built in Long Beach, we will may be responsible for the EIR and the safety of the LNG facility. I will do everything to make sure that if it is going into the harbor that it is the safest facility in the world.

2. Should Long Beach airport be expanded? If so, to what degree, and what improvements and enhancements would be essential? Under what circumstances, if any, should the number of available flight slots be increased?

Answer from Val Lerch:

No the airport should never be expanded beyond the noise bucket limits. I am in favor of enhancement, making the best for our tenants and passengers as long as the flights never exceed our court order.

3. What should Long Beach be doing to improve air quality?

Answer from Val Lerch:

Regulate and reduce the pollution from all three sources in the port, ships, yard hullers, and trucks. Restrict port growth so the pollution remains below a "Pollution/TEU bucket".

Responses to questions asked of each candidate are reproduced as submitted to the League.  Candidate answers are presented as submitted except that direct or indirect reference to opponents is not permitted.

The order of the candidates is random and changes daily.

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