How is a fence going to help solve homelessness? That’s the question a citizens’ advisory committee had for the city of Long Beach this week.
For the past couple of months, crews have been installing a new, permanent fence around the Billie Jean King Main Library in downtown, blocking off an outdoor terrace where people frequently pitch tents, pile belongings or sit in the shade when they have no other shelter.
It’s now nearly done. On Saturday, there’s an unveiling ceremony planned where the mayor and others will celebrate the terrace as a new community space for book sales, crafts, games and kids programming like storytimes…