Department of
Health & Human Services

Long Beach, CA – The City of Long Beach will continue to deploy its Mobile Access Center (MAC) in select Long Beach areas weekdays throughout September. The MAC significantly lowers barriers to providing case management services and other resources for people experiencing homelessness, as it allows the City’s Homeless Services Bureau outreach staff to conduct meaningful engagement and relationship building and start the intake process right on the street.

Throughout September, the MAC will be stationed at the following locations from 9 a.m. to noon:

• Mondays – MacArthur Park (1321 E. Anaheim St.) near the basketball courts.
• Tuesdays – Christian Outreach in Action (515 E. 3rd St.), parked on Linden Avenue.
• Wednesdays – In the area of Billie Jean King Main Library (200 W. Broadway) and Lincoln Park, parked on Ocean Boulevard.
• Thursdays – Drake/Chavez Soccer Fields (903-999 Fairbanks Ave.). Van will be parked facing Los Angeles River near the parking lot located on De Forest Avenue just south of the soccer fields.
• Fridays – Alamitos Beach Parking Lot near the south end of the parking lot, at Shoreline Drive and Beach Access Road.

The MAC will also be stationed from 1:30 to 4 p.m. on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays at the locations below:

• Mondays – Traffic Circle, in the area of Ximeno Avenue and East Atherton Street. Van will be parked on Ximeno Avenue.
• Tuesdays – Houghton Park (6301 Myrtle Ave.), Atlantic Avenue side of the park.
• Wednesdays – 6th Street and Long Beach Boulevard, on 6th Street between Long Beach Boulevard and Elm Avenue.

The City anticipates expanding service locations once the second MAC vehicle launches later this month.

In August, the MAC encountered and offered services to 306 people who are experiencing homelessness. To date, the MAC has 2,147 recorded engagements with people experiencing homelessness, and of those engagements, services have been provided to 1,238 people, including referral and transport to shelter, enrollment into the homeless services system, connections to community resources and basic services.

For more information on the City’s efforts to reduce homelessness in Long Beach, people may visit longbeach.gov/homelessness and follow @lbhealthdept and @longbeachcity on social media and follow the hashtag #EveryoneHomeLB.

Media inquiries may be directed to City of Long Beach Joint Information Center at 562.570.NEWS or JIC@longbeach.gov.