Jan 22, 2025 Technology and Innovation Commission

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SO, ARE WE READY TO GET STARTED? YEAH, LET'S GET STARTED.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

WE ARE CALLING TO ORDER TODAY'S TECHNOLOGY

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WE'LL BEGIN WITH A QUICK, UH, ROLL CALL VOTE CHAIR.

LISA RENSON.

HERE, VICE CHAIR JONATHAN DEMAS.

PRESENT.

COMMISSIONER ASHER BACCA.

HERE.

COMMISSIONER NICOLE CALLAHAN.

PRESENT.

COMMISSIONER ASHLEY CHITTICK.

HERE.

COMMISSIONER WILLIAM PATTERSON.

HERE, COMMISSIONER EMILY WOODMAN NANCE.

THANK YOU.

WE HAVE A QUORUM.

WE WILL NOW BEGIN WITH OUR REGULAR AGENDA.

CAN WE GET A FIRST AND A SECOND PLEASE? THANK YOU.

ITEM NUMBER ONE, RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION COMMISSION MEETING OF WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23RD, 2024.

[1. 25-54112 Recommendation to approve the minutes for the Technology and Innovation Commission meeting of Wednesday, October 23, 2024.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

COMMISSIONERS, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.

COMMISSIONERS CHITTICK PATTERSON.

JOHN JOHN'S SCREEN IS DOWN.

SAME.

SO IT'S OFFLINE? YES.

VICE CHAIR DE ARMAS.

CAN WE AT LEAST GET A VERBAL FOR NOW I'M IN THE SYSTEM, BUT YES.

THANK YOU.

MOTION CARRIES.

ITEM NUMBER TWO, RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE DIRECTOR'S REPORT.

CAN WE GET A MOTION AND A SECOND? THANK YOU, LEAH.

GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS

[2. 25-54113 Recommendation to receive and file Director’s Report.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

I KNOW IT'S BEEN A FEW MONTHS SINCE WE MET, BUT I, I HOPE ALL EACH OF YOU IS SAFE AND WELL, UH, THIS, THIS, UH, COMMISSION MEETING.

WE'RE GONNA FOCUS REALLY ON LOOKING AT WHAT WE DID IN 2024 IN TERMS OF TOPICS AND THEN START THINKING THE, STARTED HAVING THE DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT WE PLAN TO DO IN 2025 AS A COMMISSION.

AND THEN WE'RE ALSO GONNA BE RECEIVING SOME REPORT OUTS FROM TWO OF OUR ACTIVE AD HOC COMMITTEES.

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SO, UH, THAT CONCLUDES MY DIRECTOR'S REPORT AND I'M AVAILABLE IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS.

DO WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM NUMBER TWO? SEEING NONE, MEMBERS PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.

COMMISSIONER CALLAHAN AND OH, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER PATTERSON.

THANK YOU.

MOTION CARRIES.

ITEM NUMBER THREE, RECOMMENDATION TO REVIEW THE TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION COMMISSION'S 2024 TOPICS AND DISCUSS POTENTIAL 2025 TOPICS.

CAN WE GET A MOTION AND A SECOND? THANK YOU.

[3. 25-54114 Recommendation to review the Technology and Innovation Commission’s 2024 topics and discuss potential 2025 topics.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

SO I WANTED TO JUST KIND OF GO, WE DO HAVE A DOCUMENT IN FRONT OF YOU, WHICH IS OUR PLANNING MATRIX, WHICH SHOWS THE KIND OF THE WORK PLAN AND, AND TOPICS AND THE, HOPEFULLY YOU CAN READ THE ONE THAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU, NOT ON THE SCREEN.

'CAUSE THE SCREEN IS PRETTY TINY.

I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE HAS READERS, UH, THAT CAN MAGNIFY THAT, BUT, BUT, UH, 2024 WAS, WAS A VERY BUSY YEAR.

YOU KNOW, WE HAD, AND JUST, THESE ARE MY VERBAL REMARKS, SO YOU WON'T NECESSARILY SEE THIS ON THE, THE PLANNING MATRIX, BUT, UH, WE HAD SOME ACTIVE AD HOC COMMITTEES, INCLUDING THE TID 26 PLANNING, UM, AD HOC COMMITTEE, THE DATA PRIVACY AD HOC COMMITTEE, AND THE GENERATIVE AI AD HOC COMMITTEE.

UM, WE AS A COMMISSION, WE MET EIGHT, EIGHT TIMES.

UM, WE DID CANCEL MEETINGS FOUR TIMES, UH, AND WE HAD, UM, ONE OF OUR MEETINGS, WE HAD A PRESENTATION ON THE CITYWIDE FIBER NETWORK, YOU KNOW, WHICH IS THE PLANS THE CITY HAS TO DESIGN AND BUILD A FIBER NETWORK TO CONNECT CITY FACILITIES AND BE WITHIN A MILE AND A HALF OF ANY ADDRESS WITHIN THE CITY.

AND THAT TIES INTO OUR DIGITAL INCLUSION TOPIC.

WE ALSO HAD A STUDY SESSION ON 20 ON, YOU KNOW, REVIEWING THE 2024 TOPICS.

UH, WE HAD A PRESENTATION ON OUR TID 26, WHICH IS OUR IT STRATEGIC PLAN.

UH, WE HAD AD HOC COMMITTEE UPDATES FROM OUR GENERATIVE AI AND DATA PRIVACY AND TID 26 AD HOC COMMITTEES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

WE ALSO, UH, HAD A RACIAL EQUITY 1 0 1 TRAINING AS A COMMISSION.

I THINK WE'RE ONE OF THE FIRST COMMISSIONS TO HAVE THAT TRAINING AND HAD IT NOW TWICE THE, IT WAS HELD BEFORE BACK, UH, I THINK IN 2020.

UH, WE ALSO, UM, DISCUSSED OUR 2023 RESULTS AND WE HAD A PRESENTATION ON OUR, ON GENERATIVE AI GUIDANCE, 1.1 AND THE GENERATIVE AI USE CASE REGISTRATION.

AND WE ALSO HAD A, A PRESENTATION ON THE DIGITAL EQUITY AND INCLUSION, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE, WHAT WE WERE DOING WITH THAT AND FOR THE WHOLE COMMISSION.

AND WE HAD, UM, A EARLY PRESENTATION ON THE LB COLAB, UM, WITH 2.0, WHICH IS OUR, WHICH IS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY RIGHT NOW, SOLICITATE SOLICITING, UH, RESIDENTS TO BE SERVE AS INNOVATORS AND RESIDENTS.

UH, SO I FEEL, I FEEL LIKE MOST OF THE WORK WAS DONE THROUGH THOSE AD HOC COMMITTEES.

UM, BUT IT WAS, IT WAS A VERY PRODUCTIVE YEAR.

AND SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE MATRIX, YOU CAN KIND OF SEE WHEN THE DIFFERENT AREAS STARTED AND WHETHER THERE'S AN AD HOC COMMITTEE THAT WAS FORMED TO DOING THE WORK, WHAT THE GOALS ARE FOR THE TICK, WHO'S THE MEMBERS.

AND YOU CAN SEE AREAS WHERE, UH, WE DIDN'T, UM, START, YOU KNOW.

AND SO I THINK I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A KIND OF A CONVERSATION ABOUT EACH OF THESE AREAS AND WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE IN 2025, THE AREAS THAT WE DIDN'T START.

WE, I THINK WE WANNA DISCUSS IF, IF THESE ARE STILL A PRIORITY FOR THE COMMISSION OR IF WE WANT TO TAKE THEM OFF THE WORK PLAN AND PUT SOMETHING THAT MIGHT BE A HIGHER PRIORITY FOR BOTH THE CITY AND THE COMMISSION, UH, TO FOCUS ON IN 2025.

SO, UM, THAT'S REALLY THE INTENTION OF THIS ITEM.

YOU KNOW, AND I'M HAPPY TO START AT THE TOP, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S, OR I'LL STOP TO TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT APPROACH.

OKAY.

SO WE'LL START AT THE TOP.

SO, UM, THE FIRST ITEM WAS RESEARCHING BEST PRACTICES ON EMERGING TECHNOLOGY SUCH AS BLOCKCHAIN, AR, VR, CHATBOTS, AI, AND THEIR USE IN CITY GOVERNMENT.

ONE OF THE PURPOSES OF THE TICK,

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AND SO SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS ITEM, WE DID FORM AN AD HOC COMMITTEE AND IT WAS RELATED TO GENERATIVE AI, WHICH WAS DEFINITELY THE HOT TOPIC.

AND THE AD HOC COMMITTEE HAS IS I THINK, PROVIDING AN UPDATE EVEN THIS WEEK.

YEAH.

SO IT'S DEFINITELY STILL ACTIVE.

UM, THERE'S DEFINITELY STILL WORK AHEAD.

THERE'S, YOU KNOW, THINGS COMING ALL THE TIME RELATED TO GENERATIVE AI.

SO I WOULD RECOMMEND WE KEEP THAT AD HOC COMMITTEE.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE CAN EXPLORE IS WHETHER OR NOT HAVE, ARE THERE ANY OTHER EMERGING TECHNOLOGY AREAS THAT WARRANT EXPLORATION AT THIS TIME WHERE WE'D WANNA FORM AN AD HOC COMMITTEE OR JUST KEEP IT AT GENERATIVE AI FOR NOW.

SO THAT'S, THAT'S FIRST, THAT'S THAT FIRST TOPIC.

AND THE CURRENT COMMISSIONERS AS A REMINDER, YOU KNOW, WE COULD HAVE NO MORE THAN THREE ON THE AD HOC COMMITTEE.

AND WE HAVE THREE.

WE HAVE, UH, COMMISSIONER NEMA, COMMISSIONER CALLAHAN, AND COMMISSIONER CHITTICK.

SO IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THAT FIRST AREA? OKAY.

UM, THE SECOND MAJOR AREA IS OUR DATA PRIVACY WORK.

AND THIS IS, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER AREA WHERE WE DO HAVE AN AD HOC COMMITTEE.

WE HAVE, UH, TWO COMMISSIONERS ON THIS ONE, COMMISSIONER WOODMAN NANCE AND COMMISSIONER PATTERSON.

UM, YEAH, IS THAT RIGHT? MM-HMM .

OKAY.

YEAH.

AND THIS COMMITTEE HAS DEFINITELY BEEN VERY, VERY BUSY IN IN THE PAST YEAR.

IT'S ALSO GONNA BE PROVIDING AN UPDATE TODAY, UM, AND WITH CITIES DEEP INTO OUR DATA PRIVACY WORK, INCLUDING, UH, UH, WELL, I DON'T WANNA GO INTO ALL THE DETAILS 'CAUSE WE'RE GONNA DO DO UPDATES, BUT BASICALLY DRAFTING A DATA PRIVACY, UH, POLICY, YOU KNOW, FOR THE CITY TO USE.

SO I DEFINITELY WANNA RECOMMEND THIS CONTINUES AND THERE'S POTENTIAL FOR ONE MORE COMMISSIONER IF THERE WAS ANY EXPERTISE OR PASSION THERE.

ANY COMMENTS ON THAT ONE OR QUESTIONS? OKAY.

SO, UH, THE NEXT ONE IS SUPPORT TID 2026 OR IT STRATEGIC PLAN.

AND THAT ONE IS, HAS ALSO BEEN AN, AN ACTIVE COMMITTEE, UM, SPECIFICALLY AD HOC COMMITTEE, SPECIFICALLY FOCUSED ON THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND DID A SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION WITH SUMMARIZING THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND WORKSHOPS, UH, RELATED TO THAT PLANNING PROCESS.

AND WE ARE IN THE FINAL STAGES OF WRAPPING UP THAT PLAN AND VETTING IT ADMINISTRATIVELY.

AND THEN THE PLAN IS TO BRING IT BACK TO THE FULL COMMISSION FOR THE FULL COMMISSION TO SEE THE WORK OF THAT AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND TO WEIGH IN ON IT AS WELL BEFORE IT GOES TO OUR CITY COUNCIL.

SO THAT ONE WE DON'T DO WE NEED THE AD HOC COMMITTEE ANYMORE? OR MAYBE WE CAN, I WAS GONNA RECOMMEND THAT WE YEAH.

UM, DISBANDS IT AND THEN THE ITEM ON THE AGENDA FOR THAT.

YEAH.

SO WE MIGHT WANNA DISBAND THAT AD HOC COMMITTEE 'CAUSE THE WORK IS GONNA BE MORE TO THE FULL COMMITTEE.

WHEN WOULD YOU START ON A PLAN FOR BEYOND 2026? GREAT QUESTION.

SO THE, THE INTENTION IS TO CONTINUALLY UPDATE IT.

SO, YOU KNOW, AND IN FACT YOU'LL SEE WHEN WE SEE THE ITEMS THAT SOME OF THE ITEMS ARE GONNA BE EXTENDING BEYOND 2026.

THEY'RE STARTING IN 2026, BUT THEY'RE GONNA GO BEYOND.

BUT I, I ENVISION A 2028 PLAN AND A 2030 PLAN.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON THAT ONE? OKAY.

SO, UH, THE NEXT ITEM IS OUR RACIAL EQUITY ACTION PLANNING.

AND WE DID HAVE THEIR RACIAL EQUITY 1 0 1 TRAINING AND WE INTEND, WE HAD FORMED AN AD HOC COMMITTEE AND MET ONCE, BUT BASED ON THE TIMING OF THE PLAN AND WHERE IT WAS IN THE PROCESS, WE ENDED UP DISBANDING THE, THE AD HOC COMMITTEE.

AND INSTEAD WHEN WE'RE READY, WE'RE, WHICH WE'RE STILL NOT THERE, WE'LL HAVE, WE'LL BRING THE FULL DRAFT PLAN TO, TO THE TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION COMMISSION FOR EVERYONE TO WEIGH IN AND UNDERSTAND WHAT THE PRIORITIES ARE FOR OUR DEPARTMENT AS WE FOCUS ON OUR RACIAL EQUITY, UM, ACTIONS.

SO THAT'S THE PLAN FOR THAT ONE.

SO YOU'LL SEE THIS, YOU KNOW, COMING BACK SOMETIME THIS YEAR AS A FULL COMMISSION.

I HAVE A QUESTION.

CAN I ASK A QUESTION OR NO? YES.

UM, WITH REGARD TO SORT OF LIKE THE EVER-CHANGING POLITICAL CLIMATE, IS THE CITY OF LONG BEACH GOING TO LIKE DOUBLE DOWN ON LIKE THIS RACIAL EQUITY WORK? IS THAT STILL GOING TO BE PART OF THE FRAMEWORK FOR WHAT WE'RE DOING? YEAH, OUR CHAIR BRUNSON IT IS.

SO WE ARE STILL VERY MUCH DE COMMITTED TO RACIAL EQUITY AND WE HAVE, UH, OUR DEPARTMENT'S WORKING ON OUR RACIAL EQUITY ACTION PLAN.

OUR DIRECTORS CONTINUE TO MEET MONTHLY ON RACIAL EQUITY.

YOU KNOW, WE ARE MEETING IN FACT NEXT WEEK, UM, THE

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ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THAT ONE? SO THE NEXT ONE IS, UH, WAS AN ITEM THAT WE, WE WERE PLANNING ON HAVING A CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT WORKS CITY IN OUR DATA LEARNING COMMUNITY, UH, WHICH ARE KIND OF TWO RELATED KIND OF DATA RELATED AREAS AND THE CITY'S USE OF DATA.

AND, UM, EVANGELIZING DATA IS A, IT IS AN IMPORTANT TOPIC AND IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS EVOLVING.

UM, WE NEVER SCHEDULED A PRESENTATION.

YOU KNOW, I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR YOU TO HEAR WHAT, LIKE WE'VE BEEN DOING WITH OUR DATA LEARNING COMMUNITY, FOR EXAMPLE.

UM, AND MAYBE THIS COULD BE AN AREA IF THERE'S ANY DATA EXPERTISE, YOU KNOW, AMONG THE COMMISSIONERS TO FORM AN AD HOC COMMITTEE IN THE FUTURE.

UH, YOU KNOW, SO I DON'T WANNA NECESSARILY DROP THIS OFF AT THE SAME TIME.

IT'S NOT NECESSARILY THE TOP PRIORITY RIGHT AT THIS TIME.

YOU'LL SEE AS PART OF TID 26, THERE WILL PROBABLY BE A DATA FOCUS AS PART OF THAT AS WELL.

SO IT COULD KIND OF COME BACK WHEN WE START DOING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF OUR TID 26 PLAN.

SO I COULD KIND OF GO EITHER WAY ON THIS ONE, BUT I WANTED TO KIND OF HEAR IF THERE'S ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM.

WHEN YOU SAY DATA, UH, COULD YOU ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT? UM, I, I COULD THINK STATISTICS, SO I COULD THINK LIKE DATABASE OR OPEN DATA.

UM, I THINK IT'S PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING DATA.

LIKE, SO IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT WORKS CITIES, UM, WE, WE HAD, UH, ACHIEVED SILVER CERTIFICATION SEVERAL YEARS AGO, BUT WE HAVEN'T RE-CERTIFIED.

SO, BUT WHAT THAT WAS SHOWING WAS THE CITY'S COMMITMENT TO, UH, STRONG USE OF DATA AND EVIDENCE TO MAKE, TO INFORM DECISION MAKING DATA USED IN THE BUDGET PROCESS DATA USING OR DATA USAGE, YOU KNOW, TO DO PROGRAM EVALUATION, OPEN DATA, YOU KNOW, DATA TRANSPARENCY, DATA QUALITY.

SO THERE'S DATA IS A VERY BROAD TOPIC AND IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO THE CITY.

THANK YOU.

JUST AS IT SOUNDS , UM, ONE THING I'LL SAY ABOUT THE DATA LEARNING COMMUNITY IS IT'S KIND OF MORPHED INTO MORE THAN JUST DATA.

IT'S, IT'S ALMOST LIKE A TECHNOLOGY LEARNING COMMUNITY, BUT IT'S, IT'S ALSO NOT JUST FOCUSED ON HOW WE USE DATA IN DEPARTMENTS, BUT IT'S ALSO HOW THEY'RE USING PRODUCTIVITY TOOLS, YOU KNOW, OR PROJECT MANAGEMENT TOOLS TO ORGANIZE WORK.

SO, BUT IT, I DO THINK THAT WOULD BE KIND OF FUN TO DO A RETROSPECTIVE OF THE DATA LEARNING COMMUNITY WITH THE COMMISSION SO THEY THEY CAN WEIGH IN AND UNDERSTAND SOMETHING.

I'M PRETTY PROUD OF IT, OF WHAT WE'VE DONE WITH THE, AND WE HAVE LIKE 10% OF OUR EMPLOYEES IN ON A DATA IN THE DATA LEARNING COMMUNITY.

SO YEAH.

SO MAYBE WE'LL JUST, WE'LL REMARK THAT FOR A PRESENTATION AND THEN BRING BACK THE, UM, THE BROADER TOPICS PART OF TID 26.

UM, THE NEXT TOPIC IS JUST, AND WE'LL, WE'LL BRING IT BACK A LITTLE EARLIER THIS YEAR, BUT EVERY YEAR WE DO DO A RETROSPECTIVE OF THE ACTIVITIES OF THE TICK, WHAT, YOU KNOW, HOW LONG, HOW OFTEN YOU MET YOUR ATTENDANCE, WHAT PROJECTS OR INITIATIVES YOU WORKED ON, WHAT AD HOC COMMITTEES WERE FORMED, ET CETERA.

SO THAT WE'LL BE WORKING ON AT THE STAFF LEVEL.

AND THEN WE'LL BRING IT TO YOU ALL FOR YOU TO REVIEW AND, UH, APPROVE, UM, THE SUBMISSION OF THAT TO OUR CITY COUNCIL SO THE CITY COUNCIL CAN BE AWARE OF ALL THE ACTIVITIES.

SO WE'RE GONNA UPDATE THAT TO BE, UH, RELATED TO THE 24 ANNUAL REPORT.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THAT ONE? OKAY.

SO THE NEXT THREE ARE AREAS THAT ACTUALLY, ALSO HADN'T STARTED.

SO, UH, THE FIRST WAS ASSIST WITH PLANNING AND EXECUTION OF A COMMUNITY TECH FESTIVAL AS PART OF THE SMART CITY INITIATIVE.

AND WHILE WE DO HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN THIS INITIATIVE, UH, WE HAVEN'T ACTUALLY STARTED, UM, PLANNING IT OR, OR PRIORITIZING IT.

YOU CAN SEE IT'S EVEN A LOW PRIORITY.

UH, THERE IS A LOT OF OTHER THINGS GOING ON WITH THE COMMISSION AS WELL AS WITH THE, UM, WITH LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, THE LB COLAB.

THERE'S OTHER TOUCH POINTS THAT INVOLVE THE COMMUNITY AND WE'RE THINKING THAT WE WOULD RATHER PROBABLY HAVE THAT MORE FOCUSED ON LIKE THE LONG BEACH COLAB OR SOMETHING RELATED TO DATA PRIVACY AS OPPOSED TO JUST A BROADER, EVERYTHING RELATED TO SMART CITY.

SO THAT'S KIND OF, THAT'S OUR CURRENT THOUGHT AT THIS POINT.

AND RYAN, DID YOU WANNA SAY ANYTHING ELSE ABOUT THAT? IF I CAN JUST ADD TO THAT, I THINK, I DON'T WANT TO MAKE IT SEEM LIKE OUR TEAM ISN'T FOCUSED ON COMMUNICATIONS AND EDUCATION AROUND DATA AND DATA PRIVACY AND SMART CITIES.

WE DEFINITELY ARE.

UM, WE'VE JUST EXPLORED OTHER STRATEGIES OVER THE LAST YEAR OR SO.

SO WE'VE BOLSTERED OUR SMART CITY

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WE HAVE ALMOST 800 SUBSCRIBERS.

WE'RE DOING A LOT OF POSTING ON SOCIAL MEDIA, A LOT OF FIRING.

UM, WE'RE GOING TO COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS AND EVENTS THAT A LOT OF YOU HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN.

AND I THINK KIND OF LIKE LEAH MENTIONED, IT'S FEELS LIKE IT MAKES LESS AND LESS SENSE TO A STANDALONE TECH FESTIVAL.

UM, BUT MORE THINK ABOUT SOME OF THE EXISTING PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE AS WAYS TO EDUCATE COMMUNITY MEMBERS ABOUT SMART CITY TECHNOLOGIES THAT THE CITIES ARE IMPLEMENTING.

SO ONE EXAMPLE IS, AS PART OF THE LB COLAB PROGRAM, THIS YEAR WE'RE DOING A A DEMO DAY.

UM, SO WE'RE INVITING THE, THE SOLUTION PROVIDERS WHO RESPOND TO THE RFPS THAT WE'RE GONNA BE PUTTING OUT THROUGH THAT PROGRAM TO COME TO LONG BEACH AND SHOW THEIR TECHNOLOGY.

THAT COULD BE A GREAT CHANCE TO DO SOMETHING KIND OF LIKE A COMMUNITY TECH FESTIVAL.

UM, BUT I THINK WITH THIS ONE, I AM STILL INTERESTED IN WORKING ON IT, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT THE WHY AND THE WHAT AS WELL.

I DON'T WANNA DO A FESTIVAL JUST FOR THE SAKE OF A FESTIVAL, I GUESS ARE THERE ANY COM COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS ONE? I THINK, UH, SUPPORTING THE, THE DATA PRIVACY OR, OR ANOTHER INITIATIVE, ACTUALLY THAT WAS A REALLY INTERESTING ONE GIVEN JUST THE CLIMATE NOW AND, AND THE GENERAL POPULATION'S UNDERSTANDING OF PRIVACY AND DATA IS GOING TO BE TRANSFORMED, TRANSFORMED OVER THE NEXT YEAR.

UM, LOTS OF CHANGES OUT THERE.

AND SO BY THE TIME WE GET TO AN EVENT, I THINK WE COULD REALLY HAVE SOME OTHER INTERESTING RELATED CONTENT TO REALLY BOLSTER THAT PARTICULAR IDEA.

SO I WANNA SUPPORT THAT THOUGHT AND, UM, RENEW SOME ENERGY AND SOMETHING, BUT, BUT I LIKE THE FOCUS IDEA VERY MUCH.

ALL RIGHT, SO AT THIS POINT WE HAVE LIKE TWO CHOICES.

WE LEAVE THIS KIND OF AS A LOW AND NOT START IT, OR WE COULD TAKE IT OFF THE 25 PLAN, BUT KNOW THAT WE ARE, YOU KNOW, GOING TO BE DOING COMMUNITY FOCUSED EVENTS AS PART OF THE OTHER INITIATIVES.

DOES THAT SOUND LIKE A GOOD, ALRIGHT, WE'LL DO THAT.

THE LATTER.

OKAY.

SO LA UH, THE NEXT ONE IS THE CITI PLATFORM USER EXPERIENCE.

SO BILL PAYING PLATFORMS, WEBPAGE, OPEN DATA PLATFORM PLATFORM.

AND RIGHT NOW THE ROLE IS KIND OF ARTICULATED AS REVIEW AND PROVIDE INPUT ON A GO FORWARD BASIS FOR NEW TECHNOLOGY PROJECTS AS PART OF CIVIC USER TESTING.

AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS IS AS WE IMPLEMENT NEW PRODUCTS, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, WE TESTED, UH, LB ASK LB, WHICH IS THE, UM, THE CHAT BOT THAT WE HAD ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE.

AND I, YOU KNOW, WANTED TO THANK THE COMMISSIONERS WHO ACTUALLY TESTED IT AND PROVIDED FEEDBACK.

'CAUSE WE DID REVIEW THAT FEEDBACK.

UM, THAT WAS AN EXAMPLE WHERE, UH, THAT'S A ROLE FOR THE TICK.

AND SO I, I KNOW WE SAID NOT STARTED, BUT IN A WAY THAT'S ALMOST ONGOING.

BUT I THINK ONE OF THE BIG, UH, OPPORTUNITIES COMING FORWARD IS THE CITY IS GONNA BE IN THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING A NEW WEBSITE, AND I THINK THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY THERE FOR THE COMMISSION TO HELP INFORM THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE WEBSITE AS WELL AS USABILITY, ACCESSIBILITY AND THE, AND THOSE THINGS.

SO I WAS THINKING LIKE THIS COULD TAKE A HIGHER PRIORITY RELATED TO THAT NEW WEBSITE.

WHAT'S THE TIMELINE FOR DEVELOPING THE NEW WEBSITE AND WHY? YEAH, SO THE, OUR CURRENT WEBSITE, THE TECHNOLOGY IS ABOUT, I THINK 10 YEARS OLD.

YEAH.

AND WE HAVE ALSO ACCESSIBILITY REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE COMING INTO EFFECT IN 2026, YOU KNOW, THAT WE NEED TO FOLLOW.

AND, YOU KNOW, BETWEEN THE FACT THAT OUR WEBSITE'S AGING, IT'S THE SEARCH FUNCTION ISN'T THAT GREAT AND IT'S NOT, I MEAN, IT'S DESIGNED BEAUTIFULLY, BUT YOU KNOW, THERE'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY HERE TO LIKE USE THE LATEST, UH, TECH TECHNOLOGY AND LATEST, UM, STANDARDS TO MAKE SURE IT'S REALLY USER FRIENDLY AND ACCESSIBLE AND APPROACHABLE TO OUR RESIDENTS AND TO PROVIDE THE, THE INFORMATION THEY NEED, YOU KNOW, SO THAT PROJECT DID GET FUNDED BY OUR CITY COUNCIL IN THE FY 25 BUDGET.

WE'D HAVE TO, WE ARE GONNA GO THROUGH LIKE A PROCUREMENT PROCESS AND YOU KNOW, THERE'S, IT'S GONNA BE A, NOTHING GOES REALLY QUICKLY IN GOVERNMENT.

SO I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT TIMELINE OF THAT, BUT PROCUREMENT'S AHEAD AS WELL AS THEN THE IMPLEMENTATION.

UM, SO JUST FOLLOW UP QUESTION.

SO, UM, WHOEVER THE VENDOR IS, UH, WILL THE COMMISSION BE WORKING WITH THEM TO DO THAT USER TESTING OR WILL THAT BE A FUNCTION OF THE VENDOR AND WE KIND OF COME IN AFTERWARDS? WHAT'S, WHAT'S THE THOUGHT PROCESS? UH, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION, COMMISSIONER.

SO OUR INTENTION

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ONE OF OUR, ONE OF THE WORK PRODUCTS THAT THE COMMISSION HELPED US WITH WAS OUR U USER EXPERIENCE.

UM, RE USER, WHAT IS IT? USER RESEARCH PLAYBOOK? YEAH.

USE USER RESEARCH PLAYBOOK.

SO OUR INTENTION IS TO HAVE THE COMMISSIONERS AS WELL AS RESIDENTS INVOLVED AT STRATEGIC TOUCH POINTS, YOU KNOW, ALONG THE, THE, FROM THE DESIGN TO, YOU KNOW, ROLL OUT, ET CETERA.

UM, BUT I'M EVEN THINKING THAT THE COMMISSION COULD BE INVOLVED A LITTLE BIT EARLY ON THE, EVEN SOME OF THE REQUIREMENTS.

MM-HMM .

OKAY.

I'M SEEING A LOT OF HEAD NODS.

SO I THINK WE'RE GONNA KIND OF, UH, AMEND THIS A LITTLE BIT AND FOCUS ON THE WEBSITE.

AND THEN FOR THE ONGOING, JUST CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THE CIVIC USER TESTING AS, YOU KNOW, FOR ANY OTHER PRODUCTS AS THEY COME UP FORWARD.

UM, AND THE, I THINK THAT'S A FUN PROJECT AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, UTILIZING THE COMMISSION TO KIND OF WEIGH IN ON SOME LIKE BEST PRACTICES, LIKE HERE'S WHAT OTHER CITIES, CITIES ARE UTILIZING.

IF YOU, IF YOU'RE GONNA REBUILD THE THING, YOU MIGHT AS WELL BUILD IT, YOU KNOW, FOR THE FUTURE.

UM, BUT ALSO LIKE IN THE PROCUREMENT STAGE, LIKE ARE THERE, ARE THERE OPPORTUNITIES TO LIKE, WEIGH IN ON SOME OF, LIKE THE, I DON'T WANT, I DON'T KNOW IF I WANNA SAY DELIVERABLES, BUT LIKE, LET'S MAKE SURE THAT YOU GUYS ARE FINDING SOMEONE THAT'S, THAT IS WELL VERSED IN ACCESSIBILITY MM-HMM .

TECHNOLOGY AND KNOWS WHAT'S NECESSARY, YOU KNOW, TO BE MINDFUL OF LANGUAGE AND THE CONSTITUENTS, THE DIVERSE CONSTITUENTS THAT LONG BEACH HAS.

LIKE, IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF INFLUENCE MM-HMM .

WHAT, WHAT THOSE, UH, GUIDEPOSTS ARE FOR FINDING, UH, YOUR VENDORS? YEAH, COMMISSIONER OR CHAIR BRUNSON.

YEAH.

THAT, THAT WOULD DEFINITELY BE THE, THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF THINGS I ENVISION BEING IN THE REQUIREMENTS THAT WE'RE, THESE ARE THE THINGS WE INSIST THAT NEED TO BE REFLECTED IN THE, A SUCCESSFUL VENDOR IN THE EVALUATION CRITERIA.

SO WE HAVE, UM, ONE OF THE NOVEL THINGS ABOUT THE CITY OF LANGUAGE IS WE HAVE USED INCORPORATED, YOU KNOW, VERY THOUGHTFULLY AND CAREFULLY RESIDENTS INVOLVED IN PROCUREMENTS BEFORE WE MIGHT BE, WE MIGHT BE ONE OF THE ONLY CITIES THAT HAVE DONE THAT.

MAYBE, I DON'T KNOW, ONE OF THE FEW.

UM, SO, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD'VE TO DO IT CAREFULLY 'CAUSE OF PROCUREMENT RULES, BUT I DEFINITELY THINK YOUR EXPERTISE, YOU KNOW, INVOLVED IN, YOU KNOW, HOPPING ESTABLISHED REQUIREMENTS AND, YOU KNOW, THAT KIND OF THING SHOULD BE, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING, A GOOD USE OF, UH, YOUR TIME AND EXPERTISE.

UM, THE, UH, GLOBALLY WE HAVE A GLOBAL, UM, ACCESSIBILITY AWARENESS DAY CALLED GAD.

IT'S THE THIRD THURSDAY IN, UH, MAY.

UM, COLLEAGUES OF MINE FOUNDED THAT 14 YEARS AGO, AND I'VE BEEN BUILDING, UM, ACCESSIBLE WEBSITES AND TECHNOLOGY FOR FOLKS FOR YEARS.

I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE EARLY, UM, REQUIREMENT PART THERE.

UM, 'CAUSE THIS IS A CORE AWESOMENESS.

WONDERFUL.

SO I THINK, AND I THINK TOO, THINKING ABOUT THIS THROUGH, PROBABLY THE BEST THING WOULD BE TO FORM AN AD HOC COMMITTEE FOR THIS, YOU KNOW, SO WE DON'T HAVE TO FORM IT TODAY TO START THINKING ABOUT INTEREST.

WE CAN BE NO MORE THAN THREE MEMBERS THOUGH.

YEAH.

I THINK IT WOULD PROBABLY BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY, UH, TO INSTRUCT MYSELF INTO, UH, IN, INTO THIS AREA.

I HAVE, UH, QUITE A BIT OF EXPERIENCE IN, UH, WEBSITES AND SO FAR.

WONDERFUL COMMISSIONER, UH, THIS IS A, I'LL, I'LL SAY THIS MUCH.

THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO STAY ASIDE AND JUST MAYBE LIKE POINT YOU TO SOME RESOURCES BECAUSE, UH, HAVING OTHER FOLKS ON THE COM AD HOC COMMITTEES WOULD BE REALLY AWESOME.

YEAH.

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ALL RIGHT.

ANY, ANYTHING ELSE ON THAT TOPIC? OKAY.

SO THE NEXT ONE IS A PARKING TECHNOLOGY TO SUPPORT TRAFFIC FLOW AND PARKING IMPACT.

AND THIS WAS DEFINITELY, THIS WAS A PASSION AREA OF A FORMER COMMISSIONER, BUT THERE WAS, IT REALLY DIDN'T MOVE FORWARD.

AND SO THE, THE QUESTION IS WHETHER OR NOT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S, UM, A TOP PRIORITY FOR THE COMMISSION FOR 2025.

I HAVE A QUESTION.

UM, JUST THINKING ABOUT IT AND THINKING ABOUT THE OLYMPICS WITH TRAFFIC AND THINGS OF THAT SORT, WILL THIS COME INTO PLAY AS FAR AS PEOPLE PARKING AND HAVING THE ABILITY AND HAVING THIS PARKING TECHNOLOGY? SO MAYBE IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE WANNA LEAVE ON? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION, COMMISSIONER.

WE DO HAVE LATER ON THE VERY LAST ITEM, REVIEW TECHNOLOGY IMPACTS AND TOOLS TO AID IN ACHIEVING URGENCY PRIORITIES

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OKAY.

SO IT COULD PARKING, DEFINITELY PARKING, COMMUNICATIONS, PUBLIC SAFETY TECHNOLOGY, ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE REALLY GONNA BE TIED INTO THE OLYMPICS.

SO IT COULD FALL UNDER THAT CATEGORY, BUT NOT NECESSARILY BE A STANDALONE AT THIS POINT.

OKAY.

YEAH, THAT SOUNDS GOOD.

I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T, UM, LOSE THAT FOCUS.

'CAUSE THAT'S GONNA BE IMPORTANT WITH THE 2028 OLYMPICS.

SO IF WE COMBINE IT WITH THAT ONE, THAT, THAT'S FINE.

I THINK WE, WE ALL STILL ACKNOWLEDGE IT AS A PROBLEM AND A GAP, BUT I'M NOT SURE IT'S NECESSARILY LIKE THIS TEAM OR THIS GROUP THAT'S WORKING TO FIND A SOLUTION FOR IT.

SO I AM CURIOUS, IS THERE SOME COMMISSIONER AREA OR DEPARTMENT WITHIN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH THAT'S ACTIVELY WORKING ON THAT? AND WE COULD PROVIDE SOME, LIKE, SOME FEEDBACK ON TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS THAT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED, BUT I'M JUST NOT SURE IF ANYONE'S TOUCHING IT.

UH, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER, OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT DOES MANAGE THE PARKING GARAGES AS WELL AS PARKING ON TREE PARKING, RESIDENTIAL PARKING, AND I DON'T BELIEVE THEY HAVE THEIR OWN COMMISSION.

UH, SO WE COULD, UM, AT THE STAFF LEVEL KIND OF REACH OUT TO THEM AND FLAG THIS AS, HEY, THIS HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS, AND WE KNOW IT, THEY KNOW IT'S A PROBLEM.

UM, WE ACTUALLY RECENTLY JUST TODAY WE'RE, WE'RE MEETING WITH THE DIRECTORS AND TALKING ABOUT HOW UH, REALLY ACTUALLY WITH LB COLAB THERE ARE, THERE'S GONNA BE THINGS THAT ARE PROBLEMS OR CHALLENGES RAISED AND POTEN AND POTENTIALLY PARKING MIGHT COME OUT OF THAT PROCESS AND THERE COULD BE A, YOU KNOW, A PARKING ITEM RELATED TO THAT OR NOT.

UM, BUT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT A DIFFERENT TOOL WE HAVE AVAILABLE THAT ALLOWS PEOPLE TO DO LIKE LANDSCAPE ANALYSIS TO SEE LIKE WHAT VENDORS ARE OUT THERE IN THIS SPACE.

YOU KNOW, USUALLY YOU WOULD, BUT YOU WOULD LIKE TO START WITH A PROBLEM.

IN THIS CASE, THE PROBLEM IS THAT THIS, THERE IS A PROBLEM IN CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOODS WITH PARKING, YOU KNOW, AND PARKING OPTIMIZATION AND OTHER THINGS.

SO, BUT I, I DO KNOW, YEAH, THERE, THERE WAS, WHEN THIS FIRST CAME UP, IT WAS KIND OF LIKE A JURISDICTION QUESTION, YOU KNOW, IT WAS LIKE, IT'S 'CAUSE OUR DEPARTMENT AND WE'RE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR PARKING, UM, MANAGEMENT.

AND THEN IT, IT'S ALWAYS HELPFUL TO HAVE LIKE A, A CHAMPION DEPARTMENT THAT SAYS, YES, WE HAVE A, WE HAVE A PROBLEM AND THIS IS WHAT WE'VE DONE ON THIS AND THIS IS WHAT WE COULD USE HELP WITH.

I, I APPRECIATE THAT.

ACTUALLY, ACTUALLY.

AND LIKE TO PIGGYBACK ON THAT, IS THERE, IS THERE A LIKE SORT OF PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION OR LIKE, YOU KNOW, LONG BEACH DOES A LOT OF EVENTS AND A LOT OF FESTIVALS AND A LOT OF LIKE LARGE SCALE ACTIVITIES.

AND I'M JUST WONDERING, ARE THERE OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMMISSION A COMMISSION TO EITHER BE FORMED OR TO THINK ABOUT LIKE, WHAT DOES PUBLIC SAFETY LOOK LIKE? WHAT DOES PUBLIC SATISFACTION LOOK LIKE? UM, BECAUSE YOU KNOW, I, WE HEAR IT ALL THE TIME.

PEOPLE COMPLAINING OR FRUSTRATED.

PARKING IS ONE OF THOSE EXPERIENCES.

SAFETY IS ANOTHER, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS A COMMISSION THAT KIND OF ADDRESSES THAT WHERE WE CAN WEIGH IN ON THE TECHNOLOGICAL SOLUTIONS.

AND, AND TO PIGGYBACK ON THAT, IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CROSS POLLINATE IDEAS WITH OTHER COMMISSIONS? I KNOW WE, I THINK WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT IN THE PAST, BUT I THINK THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES, ESPECIALLY AS WE MOVE INTO A VERY, UM, HEAVY TECHNOLOGICALLY FOCUSED ENVIRONMENT.

YEAH.

UH, THOSE ARE GREAT POINTS.

CHAIR BRUNSON, I'M NOT AWARE OF A SPECIAL EVENTS FOCUSED COMMISSION, AND WE CAN LOOK AT ALL THE DIFFERENT COMMISSIONS THAT DO EXIST, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE THERE'S, THERE'S DIFFERENT, THERE'S, I KNOW THERE'S COMMITTEES OF COUNCIL THAT ARE LIKE A PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE OF COUNCIL, FOR EXAMPLE.

AND THEN THERE'S DIFFERENT COMMISSIONS THAT HAVE BEEN FORMED.

AND IN THE PAST, THIS COMMISSION HAS TALKED ABOUT HAVING A JOINT SESSION WITH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION TO TALK ABOUT YOU, THE, THE INTERSECTING, UM, UH, PRIORITIES, YOU KNOW, THAT KIND OF OVERLAP WITH BOTH COMMISSIONS.

AND SO WE COULD LOOK AT THAT, YOU KNOW, AND WE CAN MAYBE LOOK AT ALL THE COMMISSIONS AND SEE IF THERE IS WILLINGNESS ON BOTH SIDES TO GET TOGETHER.

BECAUSE TECHNOLOGY IS AN ENABLER FOR PRETTY MUCH ANY CITY PROJECT OR PRIORITY.

SO WE CAN, WE CAN, WE CAN LOOK AT THAT AND MAYBE BRING THAT AT, AT OUR NEXT MEETING IS, HERE'S A LIST OF ALL THE COMMISSIONS AND KIND OF LOOK AT THE JURISDICTION OF THOSE.

DO WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, CROSSTALK WITH ANY OF THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS ON OTHER, UH, AREAS AT THIS TIME? I'M SORRY, CAN YOU REPEAT THE QUESTION? DO WE HAVE, UM, PERMISSION TO CROSSTALK WITH OTHER COMMISSIONERS AT THIS TIME?

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I THINK HE'S ASK, I THINK HE'S ASKING IF WE CAN, IF HE CAN, WE CAN CONTACT OTHER COMMISSIONERS ON COMMISSIONS.

YEAH.

IN, IN, IN BETWEEN ALL THAT.

SO WITH RESPECT TO KIND OF INFORMAL COMMUNICATION WITH OTHER COMMISSIONS, THE ISSUE THAT POPS UP IS BASICALLY A BROWN ACT VIOLATION THAT WE'RE GONNA BE SPEAKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, CITY BUSINESS KIND OF BEHIND CLOSED DOORS.

SO I WOULD ADVISE AGAINST COMMUNICATING DIRECTLY WITH ANY COMMISSIONS AT THIS TIME, UM, UNTIL WE'RE ABLE TO DO SOME SORT OF JOINT MEETING THAT WE CAN PROVIDE NOTICE OF THE ITEM.

UM, SO I OVERALL, YOU KNOW, IT'S POSSIBLE TO CONNECT WITH THOSE OTHER COMMISSIONS AND DISCUSS HOW, YOU KNOW, TECHNOLOGY INTERSECTS WITH WHATEVER THEY'RE DOING.

BUT WE WOULD JUST HAVE TO PROPERLY NOTICE IT AND PUT IT ON AN AGENDA BEFORE THAT COMMUNICATION HAPPENS, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.

YES.

ALL RIGHT.

SO I THINK WHERE I HEAR WHAT I'M HEARING IS, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANNA NECESSARILY COMPLETELY FORGET ABOUT PARKING, BUT WE WANNA KIND OF TIE IT INTO A BIGGER ITEM OF LIKE, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE OTHER PAIN POINTS OR OPPORTUNITIES FOR COLLABORATION WITH COMMISSIONS AND PARKING COULD BE ONE OF 'EM, OR SPECIAL EVENTS, PUBLIC SAFETY, THAT KIND OF THING.

AND THEN ALSO THE IMPACTS OF THE, THE OLYMPICS.

SO PARKING'S REALLY NATURALLY GONNA COME BACK UP FOR THAT.

ANYTHING ELSE ON THIS ITEM? ALL RIGHT.

SO ON ON THE ONGOING CATEGORY, THE DIGITAL INCLUSION ROADMAP IMPLEMENTATION COMMITTEE CONTINUES TO MEET, IN FACT, WE HAVE A, A MEETING LATER IN, I THINK IT'S IN JANUARY, JANUARY 30TH.

UM, AND SO WE HAVE TWO MEMBERS OF OUR COMMISSION THAT ARE SERVING ON THAT COMMITTEE.

AND, UH, FROM TIME TO TIME WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE RELATED PRESENTATIONS.

UH, ONE OF THE POTENTIAL ITEMS WE, WE HAD TALKED ABOUT LAST YEAR WAS WHETHER OR NOT WE WANTED TO HAVE A, A DIGITAL, OR WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT THIS, BUT IT'S ON THE LIST, IS POTENTIALLY AUTHOR A DIGITAL DISCRIMINATION WHITE PAPER.

I KNOW THE CITY OF LA DID THAT.

UH, SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN THINK ABOUT IF WE WANNA HAVE THE COMMISSION TAKE A, A ROLE IN THAT.

I KNOW WITH A CHANGING LANDSCAPE FEDERALLY, UH, THAT MIGHT PLAY A FACTOR INTO THIS, BUT WE'LL, WE'LL KEEP THE ITEM ON AS AN ONGOING ITEM.

AND YEAH, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THAT? OKAY, THEN YEAH, SO IT'S THE SPECIFIC USER TESTING AND DEVELOPMENT OF A CIVIC USER TESTING PLAYBOOK.

SO WE DEVELOP THE PLAYBOOK.

THERE MIGHT BE REFINEMENTS TO IT OVER TIME, BUT REALLY THIS ITEM'S STAYING ON AS AN ONGOING ITEM BECAUSE OF THE USE OF THE TICK FROM TIME TO TIME TO HELP US WITH OUTREACH TO RECRUIT CIVIC USER TESTERS, AS WELL AS TO DO YOUR OWN CIVIC USING USER TESTING OF OUR PRODUCTS AND SOLUTIONS AS THEY COME OUT FROM TIME TO TIME.

SO THAT JUST KIND OF STAYS AS AN, AN ONGOING ITEM.

IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THAT ONE? ALRIGHT.

AND THEN THE LAST ONE, UH, IS ALSO A KIND OF ONGOING ITEM WHERE POTENTIALLY AN AD HOC COMMITTEE COULD BE FORMED IN THE FUTURE.

BUT AT THIS POINT, UH, WE HAD RECEIVED A HOMELESSNESS DASHBOARD PRESENTATION ACTUALLY BACK IN 2023.

UM, BY THE WAY, THE HOMELESS COUNT IS TOMORROW.

IS ANYONE DOING THE HOMELESS COUNT? I'M DOING IT, BUT ANYWAY, BUT THE HOMELESS COUNT IS TOMORROW.

SO WE'LL BE, UH, USING TECHNOLOGY TO DO THAT COUNT AND THEN WE'LL HAVE THE RESULTS, UH, IN A FEW MONTHS, YOU KNOW, ABOUT THE, THE COUNT IN LONG BEACH.

UM, SO I DON'T KNOW, HOMELESSNESS CONTINUES TO BE A TOP CITY PRIORITY.

I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING URGENT RELATED TO TECHNOLOGY ON IN THAT AREA.

UM, BUT, AND THEN CLIMATE ACTION PLAN IS SOMETHING THAT WE CONTINUE TO TRACK AND EVOLVE AND THERE'S A DASHBOARD THAT WAS, WAS PUT TOGETHER AND IF THERE'S INTEREST, WE COULD HAVE A PRESENTATION OF THAT CLIMATE ACTION DASHBOARD SO THAT THE COMMISSION'S AWARE OF THAT TECHNOLOGY TOOL.

UM, YOU KNOW, SO IF THERE'S INTEREST WE COULD SCHEDULE THAT AS A PRESENTATION.

BUT THE BIGGER ONE THAT I THINK YOU KNOW, IS GONNA BE, YOU KNOW, COMING IS THE 2028 OLYMPICS AND JUST NEXT WEEK THE FULL CITY COUNCIL, NOT NEXT WEEK, FEBRUARY 4TH, THE FULL CITY COUNCIL'S GONNA GET A PRESENTATION ON THEIR ROADMAP FOR THE OLYMPICS.

AND WE HAVE TIED IN OUR LB COLAB PROGRAM INTO, UM, GETTING THE CITY READY FOR THE OLYMPICS AND OLYMPICS READINESS.

IT'S NOT LITERALLY JUST THE EVENTS, BUT JUST THE CITY AS A WHOLE.

AND THE THEME AREAS, YOU KNOW, OF THE PRIORITIES OF THE OLYMPICS.

UM, AS I JUST, WE WERE EARLIER TALKING PARKING, PUBLIC SAFETY TECHNOLOGIES, UH, TRANSPORTATION AS WELL AS COMMUNICATIONS ARE ALL GONNA BE BIG TECHNOLOGY AREAS RELATED TO THE OLYMPICS AND BEING READY AND WOW, IT'S COMING

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QUESTION ABOUT THAT BECAUSE I SAW SOME CONVERSATIONS FLOATING AROUND AND WANTED TO KNOW IF YOU HAD ANY INSIGHT.

I'M SURE WE'RE FINE, BUT THERE WAS LIKE CONVERSATION BECAUSE OF THE WILDFIRES.

THERE WAS A CALL AND PETITION TO HAVE THE OLYMPICS MOVED FROM LA AND SO HAVE YOU HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT THAT? ARE ALL SYSTEMS STILL GO? I'M SURE THEY ARE, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE BECAUSE I WAS SEEING THAT CIRCULATE ONLINE.

YEAH, I COMM CHAIR BRUNSON, I I HAVE, I DON'T HAVE ANY, WE ARE HAVING THE OLYMPICS IN 2028 IN HELL.

I MEAN THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I KNOW, YOU KNOW, AND, BUT I DON'T HAVE ANY INFORMATION THAT WOULD SAY THAT ANYTHING ELSE IS HAPPENING.

I WAS JUST GONNA FOLLOW UP ON THAT ROADMAP THAT'S GONNA BE PRESENTED.

UM, SIMILAR TO THE EARLIER DISCUSSION ABOUT THE PARKING.

UM, WILL THERE BE LIKE A OLYMPICS COMMITTEE THAT MAKES RECOMMENDATIONS OF WHAT THE TECHNOLOGY NEEDS ARE OR LIKE HOW WILL WE KNOW WHAT'S PRIORITY, UM, AS FAR AS WHAT THE TICK SHOULD BE DOING? DO YOU HAVE THOUGHTS ON IT? IT'S A GREAT QUESTION, COMMISSIONER.

I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT ANSWER.

I DO KNOW THAT IN THE MAYOR'S STATE OF THE CITY, THERE WAS MENTION OF DIFFERENT OLYMPICS COMMITTEES ON DIFFERENT TOPIC AREAS LIKE, UM, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THESE ARE THE OFFICIAL ONES, BUT YOUTH LIKE ARTS AND CULTURE, SMALL BUSINESS.

SO I THINK MORE TO COME MORE WILL COME FROM THE PRESENTATION OF THE STRATEGIC ROADMAP AND I THINK WE SHOULD LOOK TO THAT TO KIND OF ANCHOR THE CITY'S APPROACH.

UM, BUT I DO BELIEVE THERE WILL BE ENGAGEMENT OF, OF LONG BEACH STAKEHOLDERS THROUGH LIKE COMMISSION LIKE STRUCTURES WITH THE OLYMPICS PREPAREDNESS WORK.

AND I WOULD, I WOULD ADD, YOU KNOW, I MENTIONED PUBLIC SAFETY, COMMUNICATIONS, UM, TRANSPORTATION AND ALL OF THOSE RELATE TO THE CITY AS A VENUE CITY.

BUT THERE'S OUR OLYMPICS, UH, PREPARATIONS ARE GONNA GO BEYOND THAT.

SO FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS FOR SMALL BUSINESSES TO HELP WITH LANGUAGE TRANSLATION, YOU KNOW, SO THAT THEY, THE VISITORS KNOW HOW TO BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, WHERE TO GO AND, YOU KNOW, THERE COULD BE WAY FINDING, UM, THINGS THEY'RE, UH, ACTIVATION OF PARKS, YOU KNOW, SO THAT OUR RESIDENTS WHO ARE NOT NECESSARILY ABLE TO GET A TICKET TO THE OLYMPICS CAN BE PART OF IT.

YOUTH, YOUTH SPORTS.

SO THERE'S REALLY, THE OLYMPICS ISN'T JUST GONNA BE THOSE TWO WEEKS WITH THOSE VENUES, YOU KNOW, BY THE WAY, IT'S MORE THAN TWO WEEKS 'CAUSE WE HAVE THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS AS WELL, THE PARALYMPICS.

BUT, UM, YEAH, SO IT'S A BIG BROAD AREA AND I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE ALSO WATCHING TO SEE HOW IT UNFOLDS AND THE, THE MOVING PARTS.

BUT THERE'S DEFINITELY A TECHNOLOGY FOCUS IS, SO FOR THIS ITEM, JUST WANNA KEEP THIS KIND OF AS A PLACEHOLDER AND WHEN WE DEVELOP AN ACTUAL SPECIFIC USE CASE, YOU KNOW, LIKE OUR NEED WILL, WE WILL LIKELY FORM AN AD HOC COMMITTEE AND OR JUST KEEP THE WHOLE COMMISSION APP APPRO, APPRISED, YOU KNOW, WITH PRESENTATIONS.

SO AT THE MOMENT, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU'RE NEEDING SUPPORT ON OR THAT'S A HIGH PRIORITY? SO, GREAT QUESTION.

UM, COMMISSIONER CALLAHAN.

SO WE ARE ENVISIONING TID 26 WHEN THAT COMES OUT.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S GONNA BE DIFFERENT INITIATIVE AREAS THAT ARE RELATED TO THAT AND PRIORITIZATION AND FOCUS IS WORDS YOU'RE GONNA PROBABLY HEAR, MY TEAM'S GONNA HEAR ME SAY A LOT BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT GOING ON.

AND TO BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT WHAT'S IN TID 26, WE WILL NEED TO PRIORITIZE AND FOCUS ON THAT.

SO, UM, MY COLLEAGUE RYAN AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT HOW, YOU KNOW, WE KIND OF WANT YOU TO SEE TID 6 26 IN CONTEXT AND THEN DEVELOP, UM, POTENTIALLY ADDED ITEMS FOR THE WORK PLAN.

AND ONE THING ABOUT THIS WORK PLAN IS IT KIND OF EVOLVES, YOU KNOW, IT WAS KIND OF THE 23 WORK PLAN.

THINGS DROPPED OFF, THINGS GOT ADDED, IT'S NOT GONNA BE THE 25 WORK PLAN.

THINGS DROP OFF, THINGS GET ADDED.

SO IT'S NOT LIKE A STATIC, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE WORK PLAN, THIS IS ALL WE CAN FOCUS ON IN THE YEAR AHEAD.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

SO I THINK WE HAVE, WE HAVE GOOD DIRECTION ON HOW TO UPDATE AND AMEND THIS.

WE'LL BRING THIS BACK AT OUR NEXT MEETING TO CONTINUE TO REVIEW.

UM, IT, AND I THINK AT OUR NEXT MEETING WE'RE HOPING TO ALSO, UM, PRESENT TID 26, HOPING THAT'S OUR GOAL.

SO YEAH.

SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE ON THIS ITEM.

DO WE

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THANK YOU.

MOTION CARRIES.

ITEM NUMBER FOUR, RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A REPORT FROM THE DATE OF PRIVACY AD HOC COMMITTEE AND THE GENERATIVE AI

[4. 25-54115 Recommendation to receive and file a report from the Data Privacy Ad Hoc Committee and the Generative AI Ad Hoc Committee.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

MAY WE GET A MOTION AND A SECOND PLEASE? THANK YOU, LEAH.

I THINK WE'LL, WE'LL START WITH THE DATA PRIVACY AD HOC COMMITTEE, AND I'D LIKE TO INVITE EITHER COMMISSIONER WOODMAN, NANCE, OR PATTERSON TO PROVIDE A REPORT OUT ON ACTIVITIES.

OKAY, I'LL GO AHEAD AND DO IT.

I HAVE THE GREAT HONOR TO SERVE ON THAT SUB COMMITTEE WITH COMMISSIONER PATTERSON.

AND TODAY WE HAVE A FEW UPDATES PERTAINING TO THE ACTIVITIES OF THE DATA PRIVACY SUBCOMMITTEE.

UM, THE DATA PRIVACY SUBCOMMITTEE HAS BEEN ASSISTING TID WITH COMPONENTS OF THE DATA PRIVACY IMPLEMENTATION PLAN AND WORKING TO CREATE AVENUES TO EDUCATE AND INFORM RESIDENTS.

AS PART OF THIS COLLABORATION, WE HAVE DEVELOPED TWO KEY INITIATIVES, HOSTING COMMUNITY EVENTS, CREATING EDUTAINMENT VIDEOS.

UM, BOTH INITIATIVES ARE DESIGNED TO EDUCATE RESIDENTS ON HOW TO PROTECT THEIR ONLINE PERSONAL INFORMATION AND INFORM THEM ABOUT THE TOOLS THE CITY HAS CREATED TO ENHANCE DATA PRIVACY AND STRENGTHEN DIGITAL RIGHTS SUCH AS THE DIGITAL RIGHTS PLATFORM.

I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS ONE.

SO LET ME TELL YOU, AS FAR AS THE EDUTAINMENT VIDEOS, THE SERIES IS FRAMED AS A JOURNEY THROUGHOUT THE CITY EXPLORING NEW TECHNOLOGIES.

THE INTRODUCTION VIDEO SETS THE GROUNDWORK SHOWCASING THE CITY'S COMMITMENT TO ACTIVELY PROMOTING DIGITAL RIGHTS AND PRIVACY.

ALONG THE WAY, RESIDENTS WOULD LEARN ABOUT TECHNOLOGIES SUCH AS A SMART LAMPPOST COLAB PROJECT, UNCOVERING WHAT IS COLLECTED AND HOW THE CITY IS GOING ABOUT PROMOTING DIGITAL RIGHTS AND DATA PRIVACY.

VIDEOTAPING IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF THIS MONTH.

LET ME SAY THAT ONE MORE TIME.

VIDEO TAPING IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF THIS MONTH WITH THE FINAL SERIES CONSISTING OF FOUR VIDEOS TARGETED FOR COMPLETION BY THE END OF FEBRUARY.

AS FAR AS THE COM, UM, COMMUNITY EVENTS UPDATE, YOU GUYS ARE AWARE OF THIS, BUT I'LL SAY IT AGAIN, THAT WE HELD, UM, COMMUNITY EVENTS IN SEPTEMBER AND THEY WERE SUCH A GREAT SUCCESS THAT IN NOVEMBER SOME MORE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT HAPPENED WITH A GROUP OF RESIDENTS ON A DEEP DIVE INTO PRIVACY TOPICS SUCH AS PASSWORDS AND SCAMS WHERE THERE'S EVEN MORE TO COME.

YES, THERE IS BUILDING ON THE SUCCESS OF THE COMMUNITY EVENTS, TID IS EXPLORING WAYS TO OFFER ONGOING DATA PRIVACY LITERACY WORKSHOPS.

NOW I CAN'T WRAP UP WITHOUT SHARING WHERE THINGS CURRENTLY STAND WITH THE DATA PRIVACY PILOTS POLICY.

THE DEPARTMENT HEAD FEEDBACK IS EXPECTED BY THE END OF JANUARY, AFTER WHICH THE NEXT STEPS IN THE REVIEW AND PROCESS WILL FOLLOW.

SO WE HAVE A LOT OF EXCITING THINGS HAPPENING AND I CAN'T WAIT UNTIL NEXT MONTH TO GIVE YOU EVEN MORE UPDATES.

THAT'S FANTASTIC.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT COMMITTEE AND ALL THE GREAT WORK.

YEAH, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER.

I'LL ALSO ADD THAT, UM, NEXT TUESDAY, THE 28TH I THINK IS ACTUALLY DATA PRIVACY DAY.

SO THE CITY IS, UM, PUTTING TOGETHER SOME EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL PROMOTIONAL CONTENT IN, UH, IN HONOR OF THAT DAY.

YEAH.

ALRIGHT, I GUESS WE'LL MOVE TO OUR NEXT REPORT OUT.

SO I'D LIKE TO INVITE EITHER COMMISSIONER DE ARMAS OR COMMISSIONER CHITTICK TO DO A REPORT OUT ON THE GENERATIVE AI AD HOC COMMITTEE.

ALRIGHT.

UM, SO AS, AS MANY OF YOU'RE AWARE AND, AND THOSE WHO AREN'T, UM, LAST JANUARY WE RELEASED THE, UM, GENERATIVE AI UH, GUIDELINES DOCUMENT, WHICH HAS BEEN UPDATED, I BELIEVE ONCE SINCE, UM, WE'VE MET

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UM, ITEMS THAT WE TOUCHED UPON TO, TO ORGANIZE ACROSS, LIKE RETURN ON INVESTMENT, EASE AND IMPACT WERE THINGS LIKE, UM, CONVENING POLICY IMPLEMENTATION COMMITTEES, UH, STAFF WORKING GROUPS, UM, THE EVENTUAL WORK TO DEVELOP AND ADOPT A POLICY.