Contacting your elected officials remains one of the most important civic responsibilities you can perform outside of voting. Here’s a guide to how to reach those elected to be your voice: President Joseph R. Biden Phone: (202) 456-1111 Mail: The White House, Office of the President, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, D.C. 20500 Website: www.whitehouse.gov Vice President Kamala Harris

The City of Seal Beach offers free assistance for low-income seniors in preparing state and federal income tax returns. Tax assistance is offered at: Fire Station No. 48, Community Room, 3131 N. Gate Road, Seal Beach, CA 90740. Appointments will be taken on Monday mornings only, February through April, on a firstcome, first-served basis. Call(562)431-2527,ext.1344, for more information.

The editorial deadline is 4 p.m. on Thursday for the following Thursday’s edition. People may email articles or drop them into the letter slot at the front of the News Building, located on the east side of the Amphitheater. See page 4 of any edition for a list of section editors and their email addresses.

Resident names and phone numbers are not automatically placed in the LW Community Guide’s White Pages. To be included, shareholders may submit their information to the LW Weekly by filling out the form on page 55 in the white pages of the 2021 Community Guide and returning it to the LW Weekly Office or by emailing pattym@lwsb.com. Thosewhoseinformationmay have changed since the 2021 edition

Seal Beach Community Services, in coopearation with Community Senior Serv, offers a hot, nutritious meal Monday Friday at the North Seal Beach Center, 3333 St. Cloud Drive, Seal Beach. Besides maintaining the physical health of active older adults, the lunch program also works to enrich the emotional/ physiological health of seniors by sponsoring a wide range of speakers, dancers, games, health

The Open Meeting Act allows boards of directors to establish reasonabletimelimitsfortheopen forum and for speakers to address the board. (Civ. Code §4925(b).) Time limits per speaker are four minutes for 15 or fewer speakers; three minutes per speaker for 16-25 speakers; and two minutes per speaker, more than 26 speakers. To address the GRF Board of Directors, submit your request to the GRF