Recommendation to approve the expenditure of $10,000 in the General Fund Group as a reward for information leading to the identification and conviction of the individuals responsible for an arson fire on May 31, 2020.  (Citywide)
Thank you. Now go to item 18. Report from fire. Recommendation to approve the expenditure of 10,000 in the General Fund group as a reward for information leading to the identification and conviction of the individuals responsible for an arson fire on May 31st, 2020 citywide. And to have a report on this. Yes. Anachronism with lobby fires on the line on May 31st, 2020, civil unrest impacted Long Beach. A video has circulated that shows multiple subjects approaching the men's food outlet at 655 Pine Avenue and throwing two incendiary devices into the business. The ensuing fire destroyed the building and the following businesses the main outlet, the legacy, beauty and Barbershop, 10th Planet, Long Beach, Jiu-Jitsu. People ready as well as the Urban School of Self-defense. The loss is in excess of $5 million. To assist the investigation, the ATF contributed $10,000 or towards the reward for information leading to the identification and conviction of the subjects responsible. An additional $10,000 by the city of Long Beach would place the total at $20,000. The fire department believes that this would be beneficial to establish a reward, which may prompt reluctant witnesses to come forward and help solve the case. As this isn't an active investigation. Any support would be greatly appreciated. And a report. Thank you. And see that councilwoman as well. Kudos. Yes. Air Vice Mayor, one of the things that I want to say is thank you, thank you for this city step in closing the the horrific thing that happened to our business here in the first District and these businesses were attacked unjustly. And so I'm really happy that this city is putting forward an item to help protect the perpetrators of this crime and hopefully stop them from any any bad doing in the future. So I am really excited to be able to see this reward and to the community that's out there that, you know, this would be a really good incentive for those people that may know of them to actually come forward. So thank you again for this item. Thank you, Councilman Kinzinger. Do I have a second in this place? I may have a second on this. Vice mayor, this is Susie Price. I'm happy the second. Thank you. The only public comment on this item. There is no public comment on the side of. All right. We police de-growth. District one. By. District two at district three. I. District four. All right. District five. I. District six. Park District seven. I. District eight. II. District nine. I. Motion carries. I'm I am back with going to do item 19.