Huntington Beach and Long Beach plan to come at Amazon from all angles as they vie to become home to the retail giant’s second national headquarters, called Amazon HQ2.

On Wednesday, Oct. 18, the cities unveiled their joint bid, a proposal titled “Amazon Coast: Portal to the World,” including proposed sites for the company dubbed “sand, sea and air.”

Huntington Beach and Long Beach wrote in a joint statement that their proposal was “a nod to the original beginnings of Amazon.”

In September, Amazon announced it would accept bids for a massive second site for its national headquarters, in addition to its existing home base in Seattle. Cities have until Thursday, Oct. 19 to make their pitches.

Long Beach joins a number of cities in Los Angeles County that have submitted proposals, while Huntington Beach joins Santa Ana and Irvine as suitors from Orange County.

The two cities partnered to produce a coffee table book-style proposal, which includes a video, with a theme that “creates a trifecta that provides stability, balance, and strength.”

The cities identified three existing sites that Huntington Beach Mayor Pro Tem Mike Posey labeled as “move-in ready.”

Those are the Boeing campus in North Huntington Beach, “dubbed Amazon sand,” which features 500,000 square feet of already entitled office space as well as a 164-acre campus that can accommodate 5.4 million buildable square feet to suit Amazon’s needs.

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How Southern California can win Amazon’s HQ2 Long Beach has 2 million square feet of office space along its Ocean Avenue business corridor, including the World Trade Center, “called Amazon Sea,” and a third site, home to Boeing’s C-17 facility, adjacent to the Long Beach Airport, or “Amazon Air,” the statement said.

“If Amazon were to select HBLB, I know having them here would only bring out the best in all of us – a new spark of inspiration for not only the Los Angeles and Orange County regions, but Southern California as a whole,” Huntington Beach Mayor Barbara Delgleize said Monday at the conclusion of a City Council meeting.

“Where else can you go to have so much connectivity and accessibility? It’s with great pride that we request that Amazon consider Surf City and Long Beach for its HQ2.”

Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia said, “Long Beach has a vibrant downtown on the water, a Metro rail connection to Downtown Los Angeles, an airport, one of the world’s busiest and greenest ports, a great public school system, and the best people and workforce anywhere.

“I’ve called this beautiful city home for 20 years, and I’m proud that it’s a place where people from all walks of life and every corner of the globe call home,” he said in the statement. “We would love to share our city with Amazon, whose presence would enrich the tapestry of Long Beach.”

Long Beach and Huntington Beach were able to pull together the proposal in about three weeks. following a September directive from the Long Beach City Council to form an Amazon recruitment team and submit an application, according to John Keisler, Long Beach’s economic development director.

“It was a very extensive effort,” he said, explaining that it involved work with county, regional and state agencies, as well as private property owners. “We think we are one of the few in the nation that is going to propose a really cool culture along the coast of Southern California.”

Long Beach sites were also included in a regional proposal submitted by the Los Angeles Economic Development Commission, Keisler said.

“We had the luxury of being courted by two different counties,” he said.

Amazon said it was looking into big-city options for its second headquarters, which could bring 50,000 jobs and $5 billion in investment toward construction and operations.

Already, more than 50 major cities and regions, from Boston to Washington, D.C. and Chicago to Los Angeles have made lucrative offers. Media reports have New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie offering $7 billion in tax incentives and Stonecrest, Ga. offered to create the city of Amazon on 345 acres of land.

Officially, Amazon has said it is looking for a metro area with at least a million people, a business-friendly environment, a large pool of technical talent, access to mass transit and major highways with an international airport no more than 45 minutes away. Amazon’s request for proposals also seeks areas with recreational and educational opportunities, “an overall high quality of life” and amenities that appeal to young professionals.

On that score, people like Posey said Huntington Beach is unmatched.

“Where do you have a quality of life advantage over that of the California coast?” Posey said.

Keisler says the same is true of Long Beach.

“When you think about what Amazon loves about Seattle … it’s a no brainer that Long Beach would be a perfect fit,” Keisler said.

Irvine was the first Orange County city to announce its interest in September. Officials asked the rest of the Orange County cities to back its bid but has not yet unveiled its proposal.

Santa Ana developer Michael Harrah unveiled a plan, dubbed “Orange County Silicon City,” earlier this month. His plan includes a proposal for redeveloping the Orange County Register’s recently vacated 20-acre site on Grand Avenue, along with his still unbuilt One Broadway Plaza tower a mile away in downtown Santa Ana. It also calls for the redevelopment of the 102-acre Willowick Golf Course on Santa Ana’s western edge.

In its announcement seeking bids, Amazon encouraged states and regions to work together on one proposal per metro area, so it is unclear whether the multiple Southern California bids will dilute their strength.

Although Long Beach and Huntington Beach collectively have a population of about 700,000 they say they are close in proximity and well exceed the criteria for Amazon HQ2.

“HBLB offers virtually turnkey sites for phases one and two, a highly educated work force, a business-friendly environment, a multitude of recreation activities, and an unparalleled quality of life,” the statement said.

HBLB plans to deliver its proposal Thursday – along with a custom-made HBLB surfboard. There is also an “Amazon Coast” video, featuring comedian and actor Kevin Pollak, in the quest to deliver the final proposal from HBLB to CEO Jeff Bezos. The video is available on Twitch.tv – a subsidiary of Amazon.com.

— Courtney Tompkins contributed to this report