At a Long Beach Unified School District board meeting, seven speakers urged the board to keep the dual‑immersion program at Stevens Middle School rather than consolidating it to a single site, citing transportation barriers, equity concerns and requests for data on attrition and costs.

The Board approved an ordinance creating a Downtown Kendall Trail Connector Subdistrict that requires certain parcels along Southwest 70th Avenue to provide a multiuse path to link the Loveland Trail and the Underline. Supporters said the change will activate a troubled corridor and allow housing and higher-density development nearby.