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General Information about Long Beach:
Long Beach is one of the biggest cities in Southern California, the city is located about 20 miles (32 km) south of downtown Los Angeles, and is located on the Pacific coast. It is situated in Los Angeles County,. Long Beach borders the Orange County on the southeast. Respect Bail Bonds is located right on the borders between Los Angeles County and Orange County, we chose our location to be able to serve our clients in their bail bond needs quickly to ensure the fastest release possible, our bail bond agents and bondsmen are available 24 hours a day 7 days a week
Based on the latest statistics, Long Beach is the thirty sixth largest city in the United States and the 5th largest in California, our main bail bond service location is minutes from Long beach Courthouse. As of 2008, its estimated population was a little less than 500,000 In addition, Long Beach is its county's 2nd largest city after Los Angeles.
Long Beach has one of the world's largest shipping ports. The city also has a large oil industry; oil is found both underground and offshore. Manufacturers include aircraft, automobile parts, electronic and audiovisual equipment, and home furnishings. It is also home to headquarters for corporations such as Epson America, Molina Healthcare, and SCAN Health Plan. Long Beach has grown with the development of high-technology and aerospace industries in the area.
Long Beach Court House:
HOURS OF OPERATION
The Court house is open Monday through Friday, except court holidays from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm, the clerk's office phone hours are 8:30 am to 10:30 am and 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm
For the complete directory listing, please go to: http://www.lasuperiorcourt.org/locations/ui/location.aspx?loc=LB&tab=2&d=Directory
PARKING
Parking Address: 101 S. Magnolia Ave (Across the street from the courthouse)
As of August 2009 and due to retrofitting, the parking structure is not available for public parking, except for jurors.
FOOD SERVICES
Cafeteria and snack bar are inside the courthouse.
For Judge Directory and Judicial Officers (Permanent Assignments) please click here:
http://www.lasuperiorcourt.org/judicialOfficers/result.aspx?location=LB
About Long Beach Court:
Long Beach Court is part of Los Angeles Superior Court and is dedicated to resolving and recording legal matters while upholding the following values:
Fairness - Administer individual justice in individual cases and treat all people with respect and dignity.
Accessibility - Equally serve all people and consistently work to identify and remove barriers to access.
Integrity - Protect individual rights and liberties and protect the confidentiality of court participants as required by law; develop employees who conduct themselves ethically and professionally.
Responsiveness and Responsibility - Address the public's needs in an efficient, effective, courteous way, using innovative methods and maintaining accountability.
The Los Angeles Superior Court serves the 9.5 million people of Los Angeles County with courtrooms spread throughout the 4000 square mile County - from Pomona to Santa Monica and from Lancaster to Long Beach.
Long Beach General Information:
Public transit:
Blue Line is the main train transportation in Long Beach, trains run from Long Beach City Hall to Downtown Los Angeles. The Metro Rail Blue Line Maintenance Shops are also located in Long Beach just south of the Del Amo Blue Line station.
There is an Amtrak Thruway bus shuttle starting in San Pedro, with stops at the Queen Mary and downtown Long Beach, that then goes to Union Station in downtown Los Angeles, and ends in Bakersfield. The Blue Line MetroRail connects downtown Long Beach to the Staples Center and downtown Los Angeles where it connects with Hollywood and Pasadena.
Greyhound Lines operates the Long Beach Station in downtown Long Beach.
Long Beach Transit provides the Public transportation in Long Beach in addition to the normal bus service, which charges a small fare, Long Beach has free routes, the Passport routes, which use mini-buses to shuttle passengers within the downtown area. The Passport "C" route between the downtown, The Aquarium, The Pine Ave. Circle, Shorline Village, and the Queen Mary, and Passport "A" and "D" buses go East-West along Ocean Boulevard, linking the Catalina Landing in the west with Alamitos Bay or Los Altos via Belmont Shore in the east. A $1.10 fare is required when traveling east of Alamitos Avenue. Another free route, Passport "B" in the East Village, visits museums and other points of interest. Long Beach Transit Web Site
Long Beach Transit also operates the 49-passenger AquaBus water taxi, which stops at the Aquarium of the Pacific, the Queen Mary, and four other locations; and the 75-passenger AquaLink water taxi, which travels between the Aquarium, the Queen Mary, and Alamitos Bay Landing next to the Long Beach Marina.
There is also limited bus service to Orange County through Orange County Transportation Authority buses. Route 1, from Long Beach to San Clemente is the longest bus route in the OCTA system. Traveling along Pacific Coast Highway for most of the route, it takes 2-2.5 hrs to complete.
Torrance Transit buses go from downtown Long Beach to the South Bay. The Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT) has bus service from downtown to San Pedro, and the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA) has two regional bus lines that serve downtown Long Beach.
Airport:
Long Beach Airport serves the Long Beach, South Bay and northern Orange County areas, but is relatively small, considering the area's population. It is the West Coast hub for JetBlue Airways. It is also the site of a major Boeing (formerly Douglas, then McDonnell Douglas) aircraft production facility, which is the city's largest employer.
Local Government:
The city of Long Beach is a full-service Charter City and is governed by nine City Council members, who are elected by district, and the Mayor, who has been elected at-large since a citywide initiative passed in 1988. The City Attorney, City Auditor, and City Prosecutor are also elected positions. The municipality is supported by a budget of $2.3 billion with more than 5,500 employees.[23] Long Beach was first incorporated in 1888 with 59 buildings and a new school. Nine years later, dissatisfaction with prohibition and high taxes led to an abortive and short-lived disincorporation. Before the year 1897 was out, the citizens voted to reincorporate, and the 1897 incorporation is shown on the city seal.
Sites of Interest:
Queen Mary is a 1936 art deco ocean liner permanently docked at Long Beach. Roughly 200 ft (61 m) longer than the Titanic, the former Cunard Liner is famous for being the fastest in the world from 1936 to 1952, for its distinctive art deco design and for its use during World War II as a troop transport. It was purchased by the city of Long Beach in 1967 for conversion to a hotel and maritime museum.
The nonprofit Aquarium of the Pacific is located on a 5-acre (20,000 m2) site on Rainbow Harbor in Long Beach, Calif.—across the water from the Long Beach Convention Center, Shoreline Village, and the Queen Mary Hotel and Attraction. The Aquarium features a collection of over 12,500 animals representing over 550 different species. The facility focuses on the Pacific Ocean in three major permanent galleries, sunny Southern California and Baja, the frigid waters of the Northern Pacific and the colorful reefs of the Tropical Pacific. Favorite exhibits at the Aquarium also include the Aquarium's interactive Shark Lagoon (guests can pet sharks and sting rays) and Lorikeet Forest (guests can feed nectar to colorful lorikeet birds). Exhibits at the Aquarium introduce the inhabitants and seascapes of the Pacific, while also focusing on specific conservation messages associated with each region. Exhibits range in size and capacity from about 5,000 to 350,000 gallons. The Aquarium of the Pacific has been visited by more than 13 million people since its opening. The Aquarium was rated #2 Los Angeles area Family Destination in the most recent Zagat U.S. Family Travel Guide, second only to Disneyland. The Aquarium of the Pacific is also the only major nonprofit aquarium in the nation to have attendance increases for the past six years in a row. Morey & Associates’ research ranked the Aquarium of the Pacific as number one in visitor diversity among the entire nation’s leading aquariums.
The Long Beach Department of Parks, Recreation and Marine received a Gold Medal award from the National Parks and Recreation Society in 2002, 2003, and 2004, recognizing the Department's "outstanding management practices and programs." The Department manages 92 parks covering over 3,100 acres (13 km²) throughout the city, including the 815 acre (3.3 km²) El Dorado Regional Park, which features fishing lakes, an archery range, youth campground, bike trails, and picnic areas. The Department also operates four public swimming pools, and four launch ramps for boaters to access the Pacific Ocean.
The 102.5-acre (0.4 km2) El Dorado Nature Center is part of the larger El Dorado Regional Park. The center features lakes, a stream, and trails, with meadows and forested areas.
The Municipal Fly Casting Pool at Recreation Park in East Long Beach is a 260-by-135-foot clear water, fishless pond built and operated since 1925 by the Long Beach Casting Club as only one of two Southern California city operated casting ponds (the other being in Pasadena). Described recently as a serene pond "surrounded by a seemingly endless stretch of green grass against a backdrop of mountains and palm trees," several movie stars from the 1940s were taught to fly cast at the pond, including Robert Taylor, Clark Gable, Jimmy Durante, and Barbara Stanwyck. In 1932, the fly fishing clubhouse adjacent to the fly fishing pond was used for the Summer Olympic Games and housed military personnel during World War II.
The Long Beach Greenbelt is a section of the old Pacific Electric right-of-way, restored by community activists as native habitat. It currently supports approximately 40 species of California native plants as well as a plethora of urban wildlife. Its pleasant, relaxing atmosphere provides for community open space while educating citizens about what the land was like prior to industrialization and urbanization.
Rancho Los Alamitos is a 7.5-acre (30,000 m2) historical site owned by the City of Long Beach and is near the Long Beach campus of the California State University system. The site includes five agricultural buildings, including a working blacksmith’s shop, 4 acres (16,000 m2) of gardens, and an adobe ranch house dating from around 1800. The Rancho is within a gated community, so you must pass through security gates to get to it.
Rancho Los Cerritos is a 4.7-acre (19,000 m2) historical site owned by Long Beach in the Bixby Knolls area near the Virginia Country Club. The adobe buildings date from the 1880s. The site also includes a California history research library.
Long Beach is home to the nation's skinniest house.
The Earl Burns Miller Japanese Garden is located on the campus of California State University, Long Beach.
The Walter Pyramid
Romantic gondola rides in Long Beach through Naples. Long Beach offers singing gondolier trips through the romantic canals of Naples. Along with gondola rides on Lake Merritt, on the Napa River, in Huntington Beach, in Newport Beach, in Redondo Beach, and at The Venetian (Las Vegas), Long Beach is only one of seven places in the Western United States where tourists may ride in a gondola.
The front beach area of the city was once home to a now-defunct amusement park. Its first rollercoaster opened for business in June 1907. It was named the Figure 8 after the shape of the tracks, and was built on pilings that reached out over the water. In 1914 the Pike Amusement Zone undertook several upgrades and a new roller coaster named the Jack Rabbit Racer were opened in May 1915 becoming the second largest racing coaster in the country. It was part of the Silver Spray Pier which included several new rides and concessions. In the mid twenties, several expansions were made to the area and the Jack Rabbit Racer was remodeled raising the ride's dips to a greater height and steepness but it was soon removed to make way for the Cyclone Racer roller coaster which opened May 1930. The new coaster was also built on pilings over the ocean, but as the breakwater was built and the harbor expanded, the sandy beach extended. Eventually the entire pier stood over the beach. When demolished in September 1968, the Cyclone Racer was the only two track roller coaster in the United States.
Although California's surfing scene is said to have gotten its start in Long Beach when in 1911 two surfers returned from Hawaii and the city hosted the first National Surfing and Paddleboard Championships in 1938, surfing is now uncommon in Long Beach due to a 2.2-mile (3.5 km) long breakwater built in 1949 to protect the U.S. Pacific Fleet. The breakwater reduces "mighty waves to mere lake-like lapping along the city's beaches." Some Long Beach residents also cite the breakwater as a reason for the dirtiness of the water in Long Beach, as the water is not able to circulate. The fleet left in the 1990s, and now some residents are calling for it to be lowered or eliminated and the city has commissioned a $100,000 study for this purpose.
The Long Beach Dog Beach Zone is the only legal off-leash area on the beach for dogs in all of Los Angeles County. This 3-acre (12,000 m2) area is situated in Belmont Shore between Roycroft and Argonne avenues.
Bail Bonds Business in Long Beach, California:
Respect Bail Bonds agent also known as “Bondman” have a security agreement with local courts all over southern California including Long Beach Courthouse where they both courthouse officials and Respect Bail Bonds agent agree to post a binding bond to make sure that the defendant will appear in court on a set date, the date is set by the court and in this case the bond amount will paid to the court by the bond agent if any defendant for whom the bond agent is responsible does not appear. Respect Bail Bonds has an arrangement with a bank, an insurance company, or a credit company to draw on such security which can be as low as 1 dollar or any large amount to be decided by the court based on the case, even during hours when the bank is not operating. This eliminates the need for the bondsman who can also be a company such as Respect Bail Bonds (for more information about Respect Bail Bonds visit the about Us page) to deposit a property of a cash amount with the court (Long beach Courthouse) every time a new defendant is bailed out.
Respect Bond agents charge a fee of ten percent (10%) of the total amount of the bail bond which is set by the court and required in order to post a bond for the amount. The ten percent fee is not refundable and represents the Respect Bail Bond's compensation their services. Now a days it is the standard that the practice of paying a 10% cash premium for a bail bond, some courts have recently instituted a practice of accepting 10% of the bond amount in cash, for example, by requiring a $10,000 bond or $1,000 in cash. In jurisdictions where the 10% cash alternative is available, the deposit is usually returned if the case is concluded without violation of the conditions of bail. This has the effect of giving the defendant or persons giving security for the defendant a substantial incentive to make the cash deposit rather than using a bail bond agent.
In the range of legal authority, bond agents have to be licensed to carry on business within the state. At Respect Bail Bonds We serve All Southern California and our agents and bondsmen are all licensed.
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