Alameda city council member Trish Spencer drunk in public

Alameda City Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer required medical attention after being found intoxicated near Pine Avenue in Long Beach early Friday morning while attending a League of California Cities conference, according to the Long Beach Police Department.

Spencer was in Long Beach as a representative for the city of Alameda, which paid for travel, lodging, and registration fees for her to attend the meeting and interact with other cities’ representatives.

At 12:12 a.m. on Friday, Long Beach Police and fire personnel responded to an intoxicated woman near the intersection of Pine Avenue and Broadway in downtown Long Beach, according to LBPD Public Information Officer Richard Mejia.