By Dianne Anderson Fighting to pass an oil tax seems to be paying off for local kids, who, thanks to years of their hard work, now get to decide where some city money goes and how it’s spent. For the first time ever, the youth have the power. Maggie Quan said their biggest victory wasn’t ...

The City of Long Beach Department of Health and Human Services (Health Department) Office of Youth Development, in collaboration with community partners, will award $500,000 to 10 organizations to fund projects selected by youth as part of the fourth year of the citywide Youth Participatory Budgeting (Youth Power PB) initiative. Community partners include The Nonprofit Partnership, ...