City of Long Beach staff are coming together to learn and work collaboratively to build a collective approach toward data privacy.

This month, we discussed transparency, trust building, and resident engagement. The Smart City Initiative commits to a vision that advances solutions to civic challenges by engaging the community, staff, and the private sector to explore and implement emerging technology.

However, to do it right, Long Beach is committed to following our Data Privacy Guidelines to be publicly transparent and accountable, provide participatory and responsive feedback channels, advance digital equity, use data ethically and non-discriminatively, and practice ethical data stewardship.

Learn more about our data privacy work here

Get a quick look into our Long Beach Collaboratory (LB Co-Lab) community tech program!

The LB Co-Lab is in full swing! The City of Long Beach and our partner facilitators (Kiana Shaw Enterprises, McCormick LA, and Pacific Gateway Workforce Innovation Network) have facilitated 7 workshops thus far.

We've successfully issued 4 community-based technology RFPs with the following communities:

Pedestrian Safety in the Hamilton Neighborhood

• Selected vendor: D2 Traffic Technologies / Comfort and Hays Electric

Connectivity in the Ramona Park Neighborhood

• Selected vendor: TBD

Park Utilization and Safety in the Westside Neighborhood

• Selected vendor: Dimonoff Smart Lighting

Safe Streets in the Willmore Neighborhood

• Selected vendor: Numina Multi-modal Sensor

Each community-based technology project has a budget of $35,000 each.

Learn more about LB-Co Lab here

Wondering what our Smart City Initiative program is up to? Wait no further and read our Smart City 2023 Annual Report and our multi-lingual, accessible community briefs!

The 2023 Annual Report Community Briefs are simple updates on our 2023 accomplishments and efforts produced in a community-friendly and language-accessible format. Please share them with community partners or the public!

Read the community briefs here

Learn about the City's budget recommendations that advance our work.

• Request City Manager to work with the Technology and Innovation Department and the Office of Equity to begin developing guidelines for the potential use and regulation of generative AI technology.

• Request the City Manager to work with the Technology and Innovation Department to review and update constituent service management systems across the nine City Council offices to improve citywide responsiveness to resident requests and service needs.

• The City will continue to support the Smart City Initiative by adding one-time funding of $400,000 to support the Innovation Fund for Smart City Pilot Programs and Civic Innovation Projects.

Read the approved FY24 budget for the City of Long Beach here