Alamitos Heights Improvement Association

08/09/2026

As our city considers critical choices for the upcoming fiscal year, these could affect emergency response and public safety resources that serve Alamitos Heights.
The proposed FY27 city budget includes major citywide reductions to address a $58.2 million General Fund deficit, directly impacting our local safety services:

Fire Engine 14 (Station 14): A proposal to eliminate the dedicated fire engine (the water pumper truck) stationed right in our community at 5200 E. Eliot St.(Just this week, a house fire broke out on Santiago Avenue, and Station 14 crew members responded within minutes to protect our neighbors! Removing Engine 14 would force primary firefighting responses to come from stations further away like Station 8 or Station 4, adding crucial minutes to emergency response times.)

Police Department Cuts (59 Positions): The proposed budget eliminates 59 police officer positions across the department. While the city aims to absorb many of these through existing vacancies and attrition, reducing total sworn headcount directly impacts patrol coverage and overall departmental bandwidth citywide.

Quality of Life Officers (4 Positions): A proposal to eliminate 4 dedicated Quality of Life officers who specialize in mental health outreach, homeless engagement, and neighborhood quality-of-life concerns. (The City of Long Beach recently released its 2026 Point in Time Count showing a 3.7% increase in homelessness. Now is not the time to reduce these specialized officers—with homelessness rising across the city, dedicated outreach personnel are needed more than ever.)

Let your voice be heard if you support or oppose these cuts.

The City of Long Beach is hosting a series of FY 2027 Budget Conversations, and residents are invited to share their ideas and priorities before the City's budget is finalized.

Whether you attend virtually or in person, your feedback can help shape City services and investments for the coming year.

📅 Meeting Schedule:
💻 Wednesday, August 5 | 6:00–7:30 p.m. (Virtual)
📍 Thursday, August 6 | 6:00–7:30 p.m. – Charles Lindbergh Middle School Auditorium
📍 Saturday, August 8 | 10:00–11:30 a.m. – Silverado Park Community Center
📍 Monday, August 10 | 6:00–7:30 p.m. – Renaissance High School for the Arts Auditorium
📍 Thursday, August 13 | 6:00–7:30 p.m. – Long Beach City College, Liberal Arts Campus (Room T1200)

🍽️ Food will be provided at in-person meetings, and interpretation services will be available.

📲 RSVP and learn more at: longbeach.gov/FY27

08/05/2026

The World is Coming to Long Beach!...and Alamitos Heights is in the mix!

🔗survey on the games in LB.
https://forms.cloud.microsoft/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=wxE_MWhCak-NO8fmUBg-eOBQAfV57udPnsQWDq9ep19UOEhPSVNLV1lGNVFUMkpXVjRCODJMQ0FBSCQlQCN0PWcu&route=shorturl

We encourage our neighbors to partake in survey above. Survey open till September 30, 2026.

Marina Vista Park and Marine Stadium will be host venues for the LA28 Olympic Games. While the Olympics bring global prestige, they also bring significant changes to our daily lives. As your Alamitos Heights Improvement Association (AHIA), we plan to are work closely with city officials to advocate for you as we prepared to be a host neighborhood.

07/10/2026

It’s🍷Wine Down Friday!
Join Us:
🗓️Friday, July 10, 2026
📍Home of Janine Ransom on Terraine
⏰6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
🔗https://ahia.info/calendar

Special thanks to our last host, Gary & Yasmeen on Flint Ave., for hosting the last Wine Down.

AHIA is proud to help sponsor these gatherings to bring neighbors together! Your donation/membership to AHIA is what allows us to fund these gatherings for our community. Thank you!
Please bring a bottle of your favorite beverage to share, meet your neighbors, and “wine down” for the weekend ahead.

See you there!

AHIA would like to give a special THANK YOU to our 2026 Members, Season Host, and NEW Season Sponsor & Neighbor, Charles Chang of CMC Reality & Property Management. Thank you for your support in helping with our mission of “Building Community Together.”

07/08/2026

🔦Sponsor Spotlight: John Gooding
Shoutout to our amazing neighbor and AHIA sponsor, John Gooding with Vista Sotheby’s International Realty! John doesn’t just sell homes here—he lives here, supports our community traditions, and knows Alamitos Heights inside and out.
If you’re looking for a real estate expert with true neighborhood roots, it’s John Gooding.

Thank you, John, for your support of AHIA!

👉Contact John Gooding today to chat about your real estate goals. 🔗⬇️

https://www.sothebysrealty.com/eng/associate/180-a-df2002211258109281/john-gooding?

06/29/2026

Fireworks for the 4th 🇺🇸

Long Beach is doing things a little differently this Fourth of July. 🇺🇸🎆

Instead of one fireworks show off the Queen Mary, there will be three synchronized fireworks shows stretching across the coastline, all beginning at 9:00 PM.

📍 Queen Mary / Downtown Waterfront
📍 Cherry / Junipero Beach
📍 Granada Beach (just east of the Belmont Pier)

That means there will be more places to watch the fireworks than ever before, whether you’re Downtown, at Alamitos Beach, Junipero Beach, or Belmont Shore.

Head over to LBCLASSIC.COM for more info.

06/29/2026

The Long Beach Municipal Band will celebrate its 115th season in 2024 with FREE outdoor summer concerts in Long Beach Parks, Recreation & Marine This summer’s theme “Music to My Ears” 🎶will feature the sounds of patriotic music, the movies, pop, jazz and more. Concerts begin at 6:30 p.m.

📆Tuesdays: June 25 and July 2 at Whaley Park
📆Tuesdays: July 9 - 30 at Bixby Annex Park
📆Wednesdays: June 26 and July 3-31 Los Cerritos Park
📆Thursdays: June 27, July 11-25, and August 1 at Recreation Park
📆Fridays: June 28, July 5-26, and August 2 at El Dorado Park West

📆June 25-June 28 – Night at the Movies - Vocalist - Nicole Kubis
📆July 2-5 (No Concert July 4) - Spirit of America Vocalist: Mark Kopitzke
📆July 9-12 - For the Sport of It - Vocalist: L. Young
📆July 16-19 - Maestro – Music of Leonard Bernstein - Vocalist: Meloney Collins
📆July 23-26 - Constellation of Stars - Vocalists: The Swing Kittens - Nicole Perreira, Kaley Griffith and Nicole Kubis
📆July 30-August 2 - Curtain Call - Vocalist: Crystal Lewis Concerts begin at 6:30 p.m.

Click here. 🔗 https://bit.ly/3yGApGe

06/29/2026

06/19/2026

It's Wine Down Friday🍷
June 19th, 2026
6:00-8:00 pm
The home of Yesmean and Gary on Flint Ave

Bring a beverage to share and join your neighbors for a casual front-yard setting as we "Wine Down" from the busy week.

Thank you, Neighbor! BIG thank you to our last hosts, Randy and Reyes, on Terraine Ave.

AHIA started this idea at the end of the pandemic to help our neighbors reconnect. Now these gatherings are a popular new neighborhood tradition from Spring to Fall.

Thank you to our 2026 Season Sponsor and Neighbor,
Charles Chang of CMC Reality & Property Management.
We appreciate your support with the AHIA mission of
"Building Community Together."💚

▶️Important Links:
https://ahia.info/calendar
https://ahia.info/special-events

06/08/2026

🏆2026 Alamitos Heights Co****le Tournament Champions:
Lisa Fadden on Flint
Kevin McGurk on Havana

Our champs got to hoist up the trophy and the $100 Grand Prize. 💵

🙌 Lisa is a back-to-back winner (2025). Congrats to Lisa and Kevin!

🏅2nd Place:
Mike Saucedo on Vermont
Tom Longobardo on Winslow

AHIA would like to thank CRAIG & KAREY Team Realtors & Appraiser for sponsoring our Annual Co****le Tournament this year.

06/08/2026

Thank you 2026 Annual Alamitos Heights picnic sponsors & partners! 💚

🙌 An event of this scale takes a village, and we are endlessly grateful to all of the local community sponsors, partners, and local businesses for there support Your generosity provides the foundation that allows Alamitos Heights to truly thrive.
Port of Long Beach
Councilmember Kristina Duggan
YogaSix
CRAIG & KAREY Team Realtors & Appraiser
Pause
Naples Rib Co.
Boathouse on the Bay
2026 AHIA Picnic Committee