LOS ANGELES: The Port of Long Beach free harbor tours cruise the middle harbor project and under Gerald Desmond Bridge.
The Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners voted last week to update the Harbor Department’s sponsorship policy.
The new policy continues the port’s sponsorship of local groups for community functions to inform residents about the port, but with more emphasis on funding groups that make Long Beach a better place to live and work, a release said.
Groups now will be asked to submit their requests during two periods every year. The first is Sept. 1 through Oct. 2 this year, and the next one will be March 2016.
“As we inform and educate the community about the port, the city’s greatest economic engine, we have a responsibility to do that in a way that is transparent and consistent,” Harbor Commission President Lori Ann Guzmán said in a statement. “This is an opportunity to better partner with many great organizations in Long Beach that serve communities surrounding the port.”
The scheduled sponsorships give stakeholders a clear process to follow and help in their planning. The times also provides a way for the port to evaluate where its funding has the greatest impact, a release said.
