NEUMEIER INVESTMENT COUNSEL LLC /ADV
SC 13G, 1998-12-18
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                              UNITED STATES
                    SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                          Washington, D.C. 20549

                                SCHEDULE 13G

                 Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
                          (Amendment No.       )*
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                       Long Beach Financial Corporation
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                              (Name of Issuer)

                                Common Stock
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                       (Title of Class of Securities)

                                 542446109
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                              (CUSIP Number)


   *The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting 
person's initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of 
securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which 
would alter the disclosures provided in a prior page.

   The information required in the remainder of this cover page shall not 
be deemed to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities 
Exchange Act of 1934 ("Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that 
section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act 
(however, see the Notes).

                      (continued on following page(s))


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CUSIP No. 542446109                13G                     Page  2  of  4  Pages
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 (1) Names of Reporting Persons. S.S. or I.R.S. Identification Nos. of Above
     Persons  Neumeier Investment Counsel LLC
              77-0444891


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 (2) Check the Appropriate Box if a Member   (a)  / /
     of a Group*          N/A                (b)  / /
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 (3) SEC Use Only

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 (4) Citizenship or Place of Organization
                        California
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 Number of Shares             (5) Sole Voting
 Beneficially                       Power     1632900
 Owned by                    --------------------------------------------------
 Each Reporting               (6) Shared Voting 
 Person With                        Power
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                              (7) Sole Dispositive 
                                    Power     2542000
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                              (8) Shared Dispositive Power
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 (9) Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person
                       2542000
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(10) Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares*

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(11) Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (9)
                       11.2%
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(12) Type of Reporting Person*
                                IA, IN
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                    *SEE INSTRUCTION BEFORE FILLING OUT!

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ITEM 1(A).   NAME OF ISSUER
     Long Beach Financial
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ITEM 1(B).   ADDRESS OF ISSUER'S PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES
1100 Town & Country Road, Suite 1650, Orange, CA 92868
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ITEM 2(A).   NAME OF PERSON(S) FILING
                                  Neumeier Investment Counsel LLC
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ITEM 2(B).   ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL BUSINESS OFFICE OR, IF NONE, RESIDENCE
             26435 Carmel Rancho Blvd., Carmel, CA 93923
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ITEM 2(C).   CITIZENSHIP
                           USA, California
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ITEM 2(D)   TITLE OF CLASS OF SECURITIES
     Common Stock
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ITEM 2(E)   CUSIP NUMBER
                  542446109
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ITEM 3.  IF THIS STATEMENT IS FILED PURSUANT TO RULES 13D-1(B) OR
  13D-2(B), CHECK WHETHER THE PERSON FILING IS A:

    (a) / / Broker or dealer registered under section 15 of the Act

    (b) / / Bank as defined in section 3(a)(6) of the Act

    (c) / / Insurance Company as defined in section 3(a)(19) of the Act

    (d) / / Investment Company registered under section 8 of the Investment
            Company Act

    (e) / / An investment Adviser registered under sectio n 203 of the 
            Investment Advisers Act of 1940

    (f) / / An Employee Benefit Plan, Pension Fund which is subject to the 
            provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974
            or Endowment Fund; see Rule 13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(F)

    (g) / / Parent Holding Company, in accordance with Rule 13d-1(b)(ii)(G)
            (Note: See Item 7)

    (h) / / Group, in accordance with Rule 13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(H)


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ITEM 4.  OWNERSHIP

    (a) Amount Beneficially Owned:  2542000

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    (b) Percent of Class:      11.2%

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    (c) Number of shares as to which the person has:

          (i) sole power to vote or to direct the vote
                               1632900
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         (ii) shared power to vote or to direct the vote

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        (iii) sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of
                                2542000
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         (iv) shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of

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ITEM 5.  OWNERSHIP OF FIVE PERCENT OR LESS OF A CLASS

If this statement is being filed to report the fact that as of the date 
hereof the reporting person has ceased to be the beneficial owner of more 
than five percent of the class of securities, check the following.  / /

ITEM 6.  OWNERSHIP OF MORE THAN FIVE PERCENT ON BEHALF OF ANOTHER PERSON

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ITEM 7.  IDENTIFICATION AND CLASSIFICATION OF THE SUBSIDIARY WHICH ACQUIRED
  THE SECURITY BEING REPORTED ON BY THE PARENT HOLDING COMPANY

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ITEM 8.  IDENTIFICATION AND CLASSIFICATION OF MEMBERS OF THE GROUP

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ITEM 9.  NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION OF GROUP

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ITEM 10. CERTIFICATION


     By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, 
the securities referred to above were acquired and are held in the ordinary 
course of business and were not acquired for the purpose of the effect of 
changing or influencing the control of the issuer of such securities and were 
not acquired in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having 
such purposes or effect.

                                  SIGNATURE

    After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I
certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and
correct.

                                          December 17, 1998
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                                        (Date)

                                        /s/ Peter Neumeier
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                                        (Signature)
                                           Peter Neumeier/President
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                                        (Name/Title)






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