Gadfly Found Guilty of Disrupting Council
A Long Beach activist who has irritated City Council members for years with his frequent discourses on topics ranging from food stores to crime was convicted by a Municipal Court jury Wednesday of disrupting a council meeting.
Daniel Rosenberg, 61, who was escorted out of the March 20 meeting after refusing repeated requests to be seated and stop talking, faces up to six months in jail and a $500 fine. Sentencing is scheduled for Sept. 26.
Mayor Ernie Kell and Councilman Evan Anderson Braude were among the city officials called to testify during the three-day trial.
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