Neighborhood Resources

Here are a few resources to help any MacArthur Park resident should be familiar with. Some I created on my own, others existed before I got here.

Social Networks

1.  Next Door: Next door is a social networking site. It is a lot like Facebook except it is specific to your neighborhood. The difference between Facebook and Next Door is Next Door is allowing you to connect with your neighbors. Currently MacArthur Park has 63 members. Our current goal is to get that number up to 75. 
2.  The MacArthur Park Group: This Facebook Group was created specifically for MacArthur Park. This is a smaller neighborhood that stretches from Junipero to Orange and PCH to Anaheim.
3. The MacArthur Park Page: This is the same as the above group except its in the form of a community group page.
4. MacAthur Park on Twitter: Sorry, it's required by law to set up a Twitter account once you have a Facebook account. Also, having it kind of forces those in elected office to pay closer attention. 
5. MacArthur Park Community Association Established in 2015. Its purpose will be to improve neighborhood relationships, communication, safety, preserve the neighborhood's diverse cultural identity and help keep the neighborhood clean. To stay involved, join Next Door or the groups above. Note the MacArthur Park Community Association and the MacArthur Park Neighborhood Association are not the same entity. Monthly meetings coming soon..  - NEW

Maps/ Phone #s

1. Whose Job Is It: A simple visual directory of which number to call for common citywide problems. NEW
2. The Central Long Beach Neighborhood Resource Map: This includes neighborhood associations in the 2nd and 6th District. Also included is neighborhood resources as well as homeless, medical, cultural and charity services. They are color coded by district. and service type. A category was added called drug rehab centers with about twelve entries.
   I have added a list of nine gang intervention programs to the neighborhood resources map. The link to the probation department contains two more links with a comprehensive list of links for at risk youth intervention. The ones I placed on the map, are the ones I know are not outdated.
3.  The 6th District Phone Book: Contains most of the numbers you will need while living in the sixth district. If a number is left out, there is a link to where that number can be found. NEW

Code Enforcement

1. Go Long Beach Online: This will allow you to combat gang graffiti, illegal dumping and report burned out street lights.The online version requires you to enter an address and then drag the marker to the exact problem. The phone ap senses the address when you enter the issue. My biggest criticism of the ap is severely overgrown lawns can't be reported.
2. Online Code Enforcement: This like the Go Long Beach App, but it allows you to report converted garages, overgrown weeds, trash or debris in yards, deteriorated fences and inoperative vehicles. It basically allows you to report anything Go Long Beach doesn't. The main difference is, if it is a code violation, it is on the business or property owner to fix. This service seems not to work. NEW
3. ABC Liquor License Protest/ Complaint Forms: The following forms/documents are available in Portable Document Format (PDF). You will need the Adobe Acrobat Reader application (version 7.0 or greater) to view, fill-in or print. To download the free software, please click the icon. NEW
4. Citizen Request Form: Adds a few items like shopping cart pick up, abandoned vehicles and overgrown lots that Go Long Beach does not address. NEW
5. Abandoned Shopping Cart Retrieval: You can follow this link to report abandoned shopping carts and schedule pick up. All that is really required is a city and address. NEW
6. The Signal Hill Version of Go Long Beach: Because I am right on the border of Signal Hill, this is what I would use to report graffiti and dumped items north of PCH.
7. Litter Free Long Beach: The Litter-free Long Beach Program is designed to expand awareness of the impacts of litter, build community pride, and develop support and participation in keeping Long Beach litter-free. If more volunteers join in the weekly clean ups, I can get the city to provide a larger dumpster to haul away the bigger trash.  

Other Neighborhood Groups

1. he 90813 Group: I created this group to spread positive news related to the 90813 zip code. That zip code includes most of the Poly neighborhood, part of the Historic Zaferia Neighborhood and a large portion of the Hellman/ AOC7 neighborhood.
2. Central Long Beach: Much like the 90813 this is a like page for all of Central Long Beach and serves the same purpose.
3. The AOC7 Page: The AOC7 represents where I used to live. More commonly known as the Hellman neighborhood. The boundaries stretch from Anaheim to 7th and Cherry to 7th, hence the name AOC7. The AOC7 hosts monthly meetings for their neighborhood and sponsors monthly neighborhood clean ups. Whatever helps the AOC7 will benefit MacArthur Park in the long run.
4. The Craftsman Historic District: The MacArthur Park Neighborhood is lucky to have not one, but two neighborhood associations just south of it. Anyone that is cleaning up the AOC7 area is benefiting the MacArthur Park Neighborhood in the long run.
5. Rose Park Neighborhood Association: RPNA is a recognized nonprofit volunteer organization organized to represent the residents of this area and to protect and promote its interests.
6. Wrigley Neighborhood Group: A page maintained by a very vigilant member of the Wrigley Community.   
7. Wrigley Group For A Better Wrigley: Wrigley is lucky enough to have two pages dedicated to its preservation and safety.