In December 2018, Mayor Robert Garcia snubbed a World AIDS Day event in Long Beach to appear in the Belmont Shore Christmas Parade.
Garcia’s absence at the event was another example of him ignoring the city’s HIV problem and how it has impacted the gay community.
Photo: Twitter. LONG BEACH — Robert Garcia could become the first mayor in Long Beach history to be recalled by voters. Franklin Sims, the leader of the group LB Strong, has initiated a campaign to recall Garcia from office.
LB Strong’s petition says that Garcia has advanced his political career at the expense of Long Beach’s most vulnerable residents and that “in exchange for substantial contributions from a powerful police lobby, Garcia has repeatedly failed to discipline police
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