The following is a list of helpful phone numbers to assist you with problems and issues you may come across in your neighborhood.

Code Enforcement/Nuisance Issues

• Barking dogs and stray, vicious or dead animals: Animal Care Services – 562.570.PETS or 562.570.7387
• Garage/yard sale information or complaints: Yard Sale Hotline – 562.570.YARD or 562.570.9273
• Neighborhood nuisance: Neighborhood Nuisance Abatement – 562.570.5097
• Problems with noisy neighbors: Police – 911 or 562.435.6711 
  • You can request to remain anonymous.
• Report Code violations: Code Enforcement – 562.570.CODE or 562.570.2633.
  •  Violations include: vacant and open buildings and/or substandard building conditions, including broken stairs or handrails or hazardous electrical; tall weeds, discarded furniture or abandoned vehicles on front, rear or side yards; problems with garages including garages full of storage and required parking not available or people living in garages.
• Report illegally dumped items: Integrated Resources – 562.570.2876
• Report illegal dumping, including illegal dumping into the storm drains in progress: Police – 911 or 562.435.6711 or Street Operations Division – 562.570.2726
• Unwanted advertisements (left on doorsteps and cars): Litter Free Long Beach – 562.570.2876 litterfreelb.org.

Neighborhood Improvement and Beautification

• Abandoned shopping cart removal (supermarkets and Target stores only): Shopping Cart Retrieval – 800.252.4613 or jgamez@cscrc.net
• Graffiti removal/reporting: Graffiti Hotline – 562.570.2773
• Neighborhood improvement activities (for neighborhood groups): Neighborhood Resource Center – 562.570.1010
• Report shoes on power lines: Public Works – 562.570.2726
• Special trash pick-up of large items (including chairs, couches or refrigerators): Integrated Resources – 562.570.2876
  • Residents with City-provided refuse service are eligible for two free pickups a year. Additional pickups may be scheduled for a fee.

Public Health and Safety

• Emergency: Police – 911 or 562.435.6711 (non-emergency line)
  • You can request to remain anonymous. You may also call the police to report trash picking and theft from purple recycling containers.
• Food facility (restaurant or market) concerns, including health violations (inadequate trash receptacles, overcrowding, insect and rodent problems, etc.): Environmental Health – 562.570.4132
• Potential fire hazards (including car repair that is leaking oil onto the public street): Fire Prevention – 562.570.2563
• Replace burned-out street lights: Public Works – 562.570.2700
• Report suspected stolen property: LBPD Roberry Detail – 562.570.7231

Tenant Resources

• Assistance with filing a small claims action against a property owner: County of Los Angeles, Small Claims Advisor Program – 213.974.9759
• Assistance with obtaining the name and address of a property owner: Los Angeles County Tax Assessor, located at 1401 Willow St., Signal Hill, CA – 562.256.1701
• Housing Choice Voucher Program (formerly known as Section 8): Housing Authority – 562.570.6985 or longbeach.gov/haclb

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