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HERE.COMMISSIONER KA, PRESIDENT, COMMISSIONER
WE'LL MOVE INTO OUR REGULAR AGENDA.
[1. 25-56201 Recommendation to approve the minutes for the Technology and Innovation Commission meeting of June 25, 2025. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES WITH TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION.DID I GET A MOTION? I'M SORRY.
THERE'S A LOT, RIGHT? WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEM NUMBER ONE.
WELL, WE'LL HAVE A QUICK, I'M SORRY.
HI, COMMISSIONER WILLIAM PATTERSON.
[2. 25-56202 Recommendation to receive and file Director’s Report. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
TWO.RECOMMENDATIONS RECEIVE BEEN FILED ING COURT.
COMMISSIONER, ARE WE BETTER? UH, SECOND.
DO WE HAVE DISCUSSION OR WE JUST HAND IT OVER TO SORRY.
UH, GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS.
DID WANNA INTRODUCE OUR, OUR DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY THAT'S REPRESENTING ADAM TODAY.
ADAM'S, UH, JUST A BABY, SO HE'LL BE BACK NEXT MONTH.
SO I'M, UM, AND I BELIEVE YOU'VE GOT EVERYONE ELSE THAT'S BEEN HERE, BUT PHILIP YOUR NEW HELPING SPEAKER, CLERK'S OFFICE WHILE WE'RE GOING.
AND WE'LL BE INTRODUCING YOU, YOU
UH, TWO OTHER THINGS I JUST WANTED TO BRIEFLY MENTION IS, UH, IT IS OUR BUDGET PROCESS FOR THE CITY.
AND SO TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION DEPARTMENT IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE DOING A PRESENTATION, OUR BUDGET TO THE CITY COUNCIL NEXT WEEK ON TUESDAY.
SO WAS INTERESTED IN WATCHING THAT AND KNOW, TUNE IN AND WATCH IT ON LVTV, CHIP OR, UH, CHANNEL THREE AS WELL AS YOU ON STREAMING ONLINE OR EVEN COME ON DOWN TO CITY COUNCIL.
THERE'S FIVE DEPARTMENTAL PRESENTATIONS THOUGH, SO THAT'S EXCITING.
UM, AND THEN ALSO THE OTHER THING WE LEARNED IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS IS THAT THE CITY RECEIVED A TOP, UH, THE TOP AI 50 AWARD FROM THE CENTER FOR PUBLIC SECTOR AI FOR OUR AI WORK.
SO I THINK IT'S REALLY FITTING.
YEAH, IT'S REALLY FITTING THAT WE HAVE
AND THEN, UM, YEAH, TODAY, TODAY'S RELATIVELY, UH, I ALWAYS SAY THIS AND THEN WE GO REALLY LONG, BUT WE'LL HAVE DISCUSSION ABOUT OUR AI STRATEGY.
UH, WE'LL LOOK AT OUR TOPICS AND I'LL GIVE UPDATES ON WHAT COMMITTEES ARE MEETING AND THINGS LIKE THAT, UM, FOR I FOUR.
AND THEN WE'LL HAVE SOME REPORT OUTS FROM SOME OF THE ACTIVE AD HOC COMMITTEES, AS WELL AS CONSIDER ANY CHANGES TO OUR ITIES.
ANY PUBLIC COMMENT, WE'LL DO A CALL.
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BCCA.[3. 25-56203 Recommendation to review and approve the City’s final draft of AI Strategy. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
THREE, RECOMMENDATION TO REVIEW AND APPROVE THE CITY'S FINAL DRAFT OF AI STRATEGY.SO OUR, UM, YEAH, I WORK, I JUST MENTIONED IS THE MORE WINNING AND PART OF, PART OF THE WHY BECAUSE IT IS A THOUGHTFUL AND RESPONSIBLE APPROACH.
AND BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY HAVE A DEDICATED TEAM MEMBER WHO'S FOCUSED ON AI AND THAT IS NOT GOING REGION, RIGHT.
AND, UM, YEAH, SHE'S OUR, OUR AI AND DATA GOVERNANCE PROGRAM MANAGER, AND SHE'S HERE TO PRESENT OUR DRAFTS LONG BEACH AI STRATEGY.
THANK, SO, UM, I'D LOVE TO PUT THAT THE FINAL VERSION OF THIS STRATEGY TO ALL TODAY.
UM, WHILE YOU SEE THE
UM, WHAT THIS MEAN, UH, IS NARRATIVE AS WELL AS THE GRAPHIC.
UM, SO THIS IS ACTUALLY THE FIRST TIME SEEN PRINTED OUT IN WORLD ANYTHING OUT.
SO
UM, SO THIS STRATEGY, THE, UM, THE INPUT AND EXPERTISE OF A DIVERSE GROUP OF CITY STAFF, CUSTOMER, AND, AND RESIDENTS, UM, BUILD IT BUILDS ON FOUNDATIONAL WORK, UM, THAT PARTNERSHIPS TEAM, UM, HAS MADE OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS BEFORE I BECAME THE BOARD.
UM, IT IS INFORMED BY ENGAGEMENT WITH CITY RESIDENTS THROUGH OUR AI, UM, COMMUNITY SURVEY THROUGH RESPONSES, AS WELL AS IT'S GROUNDED IN, UM, THE NORTH STAR VISION, UM, THAT, UH, UM, COMMISSIONER HAVE, UM, HELPED, UH, RESIGN, UM, AS WELL AS ALL THE, ALL THE INPUT THAT YOU PROVIDED, UM, OVER THE, THE MANY MONTHS.
UM, SO, UM, THANK, AND MONICA, THANK YOU FOR THAT, UM, AS WELL, AND YOU ALL YOUR INPUT IN CRAFTING THIS STRATEGY.
UM, THE STRATEGY CONSISTS OF FOUR INITIATIVES, UM, FOCUSED ON ONE AI POLICY, UM, TWO STAFF ENABLEMENT, UM, THREE COMMUNITY TRUST, AND THEN FOUR IMPLEMENTATION SUPPORT.
UM, IT CONSISTS OF CLEARLY DEFINING GOALS, TARGET OUTCOMES, STRATEGIES AND ACTIONS AND MEASURES OF SUCCESS.
AND ALL OF THIS IS TO, UM, REALLY CLEARLY DEFINE WHAT OUR VISION IS FOR THE WORK FOR THE CITY, UM, BUT THEN TO ALSO KEEP OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE TO THAT THROUGH, UM, REAL TANGIBLE METRICS, UM, AND ACTION THAT WE CAN, WE CAN TAKE.
UM, SO I SEE THIS AS A STRATEGIC ROADMAP, UH, FOR MY WORK, UH, OVER MONTHS AHEAD.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO KEEPING MYSELF ACCOUNTABLE, UH, WITH THE, ALL OF THESE, UM, METRICS, UM, TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M, UH, I'M, UH, IMPLEMENTING ALL THE, ALL THE WORK THAT WE'VE DECIDED TO DO VERY FORWARD.
UM, AND I ALSO LOOK FORWARD TO SHARING THIS STRATEGY WITH OTHER, UH, CITIES, UH, JURISDICTIONS.
UM, BECAUSE NOT MANY HAVE RELEASED AI STRATEGIES.
UM, ACTUALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, FOLKS ARE RELEASING AI GUIDELINE, AI POLICY, UM,
SO I'M, I'M REALLY EXCITED FOR LONG BEACH TO LEAD BY EXAMPLE HERE AND INSPIRE OTHERS TO ALSO EXPLORE, UH, WHAT THEY CAN DO WITH AI, UM, AND WELL BEING AS, AS LEAH HAD SAID, VERY INTENTIONAL AND THOUGHTFUL AND COMMUNITY CENTERED.
UM, SO, UM, I, THE NEXT STEPS FOR THIS STRATEGY AFTER TODAY ARE, UH, GETTING IT REVIEWED BY, UH, CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, UM, THE OFFICE OF EQUITY, UH, AND ALSO GETTING A GOOGLE AND FEEDBACK FROM THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.
UM, AND THEN AFTER THAT, UM, MAYBE DOING A, UH, RELEASE, A PUBLIC RELEASE, UH, SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS LIKE THE PRESS RELEASE, UM, PRINTING THIS AND DISTRIBUTING IT AT CONFERENCES, INCLUDING THE UPCOMING COMPANY LIKE
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COALITION.SO I REALLY WELCOME ANY QUESTION AND FEEDBACK AND THOUGHTS ON THE STRATEGY.
UM, AGAIN, YOU'VE SEEN, UH, KIND OF THE, THE REAL MEAT OF IT, UH, IN OUR PRIOR MEETING, UM, AND THEN YOU CAN SEE.
SO THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK ON IT, AND IT'S GREAT TO SEE IT'S ALL KIND OF PUT TOGETHER.
YOU DID MENTION ALL KIND OF THE VARIOUS CHECKPOINTS THAT STILL REMAIN FOR REVIEW.
HOW LONG DOES THAT TYPICALLY TAKE? I WOULD SAY ALLOCATE PROBABLY A MONTH TO SIX, TWO MONTHS TO TWO MONTHS FOR THAT PROCESS, YOU KNOW, COULD GO QUICKER OR LONGER DEPENDING ON THE DIFFERENT STEPS.
SO AT LEAST BEFORE THE HOLIDAYS, YEAH.
I, I READ OVER IT AND I DO HAVE LIKE SEVERAL QUESTIONS, BUT I'M ONLY GONNA PROBABLY PICK ONE FROM EACH HERE THAT I HAVE IDENTIFY, UM, AS FAR AS LIKE GOVERNANCE AND OVERSIGHT, I KNOW YOU TALKED ABOUT AN AI POLICY IMPLEMENTATION COMMITTEE, AND I WAS WONDERING WHO SELECT THE MEMBERS AND HOW WILL THE COMMUNITY BE REPRESENTED AS WELL? MM-HMM
UM, YEAH, SO THE, THE IMPLEMENTATION COMMITTEE HAVE HAD ITS FIRST MEETING, UM, I WOULD SAY ABOUT FEW WEEKS AGO.
UM, BUT IT'S, I THINK IT'S ABOUT EIGHT 10 MEMBERS.
UM, THE GOAL WAS TO HAVE A SMALL ENOUGH GROUP WHERE WE CAN MOVE QUICKLY, UM, BUT AT THE SAME TIME HAVE A PRESENTATION FROM VARIOUS, UM, VARIOUS FIELDS OF EXPERTISE.
UM, SO, UH, WE HAVE OUR CITY ATTORNEY, UM, FOR INSTANCE ON IT, UM, AS WELL AS, UH, REPRESENTATIVE FROM PROCUREMENT, UM, REPRESENTATION FROM THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, UM, VARIOUS
UM, I BELIEVE I'M FORGETTING ANYONE.
SO IT'S CITY DEPARTMENTS NOT NO COMMUNITY INVOLVED.
SO WILL THE, UM, COMMITTEE HAVE ENFORCEMENT POWER? OH, REAL QUICK, BUT THIS IS FOR THE AI POLICY THAT GOVERNS HOW EMPLOYEES USE AI IF THERE WORK.
SO IT'S GONNA BE AN ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATION THAT IS SO WILL THEY JUST BE MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS THAT, IS THAT THEIR PURPOSE OR WILL THEY BE, HAVE SOME TYPE OF ENFORCEMENT POWER? WHAT, WHAT, WHAT IS THAT? IS THEIR ROLE, THE ROLE OF IS TO HOLD THIS
UM, SO ONCE THE AI POLICY IS FINAL IS APPROVED, THAT BODY WILL BE LIKELY BE DISTRACTED UNLESS IT'S, UM, SUIT SOME KIND OF ADDITIONAL FUNCTION.
BUT, UM, YES, I BELIEVE MENTIONED, UH, WE CURRENTLY, THE LONG BEACH CURRENTLY HAS A GUIDANCE FOR CITY STAFF, UH, TO FOLLOW BEST PRACTICES AROUND THEIR USE OF AI, BUT WE REALLY DON'T HAVE ANY TEETH OR AUTHORITY TO ENFORCE THAT GUIDANCE.
SO IF WE'RE ASKING THE PARTNERS, FOR EXAMPLE, TO LET US KNOW EVERY TIME THAT THEY'RE PREPARING AI TOOLS, THAT'S A RECOMMENDATION.
WE HAVE NO WAY OF ENFORCING THAT.
SO THE AI POLICY WILL BE A STRUCTURED WAY OF FORMAL WAY, AUTHORITATIVE WAY OF, OF US ACTUALLY BEING ABLE TO REQUIRE DEPARTMENTS TO, UH, TO, AND THEN AI RISK ASSESSMENTS, UM, AND REVIEWS, UH, FOR EXAMPLE IN PRODUCTS.
SO THIS, THIS IS MORE LIKE GUIDELINES AND RECOMMENDATION WITH, WITHOUT THE ACTUAL ENFORCEMENT TRACKING OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, IT IS SAYING TO, TO THE ACTUAL DEPARTMENTS, THIS IS, YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHAT WE RECOMMEND, THIS IS OUR POLICY.
YEAH, BECAUSE I WAS CURIOUS ABOUT LIKE THE VENDORS AND DIFFERENT THINGS THAT THEY DO, BUT IT IS LIKE, THIS IS HOW WE WOULD WANT YOU TO HANDLE IT.
BUT THERE'S NOT ANY LIKE CHECKS AND BALANCES AS FAR AS DETERMINING WHETHER THAT'S ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY ACTUALLY FOLLOWING THE, THE POLICY.
IT'S CURRENTLY WE HAVE A GUIDANCE AND THAT DOESN'T HOW ENFORCEMENT, HOWEVER, UH, THE GOAL OF THE AI POLICY COMMUNICATION COMMITTEE, IT WILL BE TO, TO CORRECT AN AI POLICY THAT WOULD BE PASSED BY LEAD MANAGER, CITY COUNCIL, OR MAYOR.
UM, IT WILL EFFECTIVELY BECOME, IT'LL BECOME AN ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATION THAT THEN HAS AUTHORITY.
UM, YEAH, IT WAS USUALLY ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS ARE NOT APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL OR THE MAYOR, BUT THEY DO HAVE ENFORCEMENT OR PROVISIONS, YOU KNOW, AND SO
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IT'S WHY IT'S A LONG PROCESS TO DEVELOP AN AI POLICY OR AN ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATION.BUT WE CAN HAVE A, WE CAN COVER CONVERSATION IF WE WANT IT TO BE AN ORDINANCE, WHICH WOULD BE WHAT WE SEE COUNCIL WOULD BE APPROVED, BUT THAT'S A WHOLE, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S NECESSARY SINCE THE ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS ARE WHAT'S USED IN OUR CITY MM-HMM
AND IT WOULD BE, IT WOULD BE ENFORCEABLE.
BUT THERE'S A WHOLE PROCESS TO GO THROUGH AND MEANING, MEANING AND CONFERRING WITH UNION REPRESENTED EMPLOYEE.
SO I COULD TAKE WHAT TIME TO ACTUALLY DO THAT.
AND THEN, UM, I WAS STILL, I, I WAS ABOUT EQUITY IS, I WAS JUST WONDERING, UM, HOW EXACTLY WILL THE RACIAL EQUITY LENS LIKE AI
YEAH, THAT'S A REALLY GREAT QUESTION.
UM, IT, UM, IT'S SOMETHING THAT, UM, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE IS CONCERN, UM, IN THE ES STRATEGY THAT WE WILL DON'T HOST THAT THE ACTUAL IMPLEMENTATION DETAILS.
UM, I WILL NEED TO HASH OUT AS I CORRECT A DI, UM, POLICY.
SO I'M NOT THERE YET TO GIVE YOU A CONCRETE ANSWER.
UM, HOWEVER, UH, FOR EXAMPLE, THE WAY, UM, THAT CHECKS FOR BIAS OR AN EQUITY LENS IS, IS CAN BE APPLIED, UM, IS FOR EXAMPLE, IN ENGAGING WITH AI, UH, VENDORS AND DOING LIKE RISK ASSESSMENTS AND CHECKS ON MODELS THAT THEY USE, CHECK
UM, SO THAT'S ONE WAY OF ABOUT WE HEADING, UH, A REGIONAL CONNECTIVITY LENS INTO OUR WORK AI.
AND I WOULD ALSO DECIDE, THE CITY HAS AN EQUITY TOOLKIT THAT HAS A LOT OF DIFFERENT QUESTIONS AND PROGRAMMATIC IMPLEMENTATION GUIDES FOR EMPLOYEES TO USE WHEN, WHEN DOING THESE TYPES OF ANALYSIS.
AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT EQUITY TOOLKIT IS ACTUALLY BEING REVISED AND UPDATED TO ACTUALLY SPEAK.
AND, UH, THE, THE, UH, ONE OF THE CONSIDERATIONS IS TO MAKE SURE WE'RE DISAGGREGATING DATA, BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND IMPACTS, YOU KNOW, BY THE DIFFERENT POPULATION CATEGORIES AND THEN JUST BE ASKING QUESTION.
I WAS LOOKING AT LIKE A LOT OF THE MILESTONES,
WELL,
UM, SO I THINK THIS, THIS REFLECT THE STATE OF, UM, WHAT WE FEEL LIKE WE HAVE A GOOD GRASP, LIKE THE TIMEFRAME THAT WE HAVE A, A GOOD GRASP OF WHERE WE COULD BE CONFIDENT SHOULD, WILL STILL, WILL BE RELEVANT FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS.
OR, OR WILL IT BE LOOKED AT THE STRATEGY LIKE ON AN ANNUAL BASIS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? OR, OR IS IT LIKE ONCE IT'S ROLLED OUT THAT IT IS STILL 2027? UM, WELL, I ANTICIPATE HAVING LIKE, UH, ANNUAL, UH, ANNUAL REPORT, THE ANNUAL REPORTS THAT, UH, PROVIDE UPDATES ON
UM, MY TRADITION ALSO, I GUESS NOT
I DON'T
I AM CURIOUS ANY, UM, ANY GOALS HERE THAT YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT HITTING AT THIS POINT? BUT THAT WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO HIT? I MEAN, THE, THE TARGET OUTCOMES AND POLLS, THEY OFFLINE EFFICIENT.
UM, AND I THINK THAT'S WHY IT, TO ME, IT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT AS I WAS PUTTING THIS TOGETHER TO REALLY LIKE, REALLY FOUND INTO THE, THE ACTIONS STRATEGIES START, LIKE DIRECTLY LINKED ON TO THE HELP TO THE TARGET OUTCOME AND GOALS, AND THEN ALSO HAVE ASSOCIATED MEASURES OF SUCCESS.
UM, SO, SO MAYBE IF I'M CONCERNED ABOUT HITTING ANY
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OF THE SPECIFIC KIND OF LIKE TARGETS, THE MEASURES OF SUCCESS, UM, I WOULD SAY THAT FOR THE TIME B, UM, I, I FEEL CONFIDENT IN IN BEING ABLE TO, TO HIT THEM BECAUSE I MAKE SURE THEY'RESO IT'S THOSE KINDS OF GREAT, VERY ACTUAL, YEAH.
AND AGAIN, WHAT'S REALLY GREAT ABOUT, UH, THIS TEAM, THE TECHNOLOGY PAYING A PARTNERSHIPS TEAM IS EVEN IF THEY DON'T HIT THEIR GOALS, THEY REPORT ON 'EM AND THEY'RE TRANSPARENT.
WE'RE GONNA REVISE THIS MOVING FORWARD BECAUSE OF THIS RECENT WHERE THIS WAS EXCEEDED.
WE MOVE THIS UP, YOU KNOW, WE CAN DO THAT.
BUT IT'S GREAT THAT EVEN THOUGH HASN'T BEEN APPROVED ALREADY IN MOTION, YOU'RE ALREADY WORKING ON MEASURE SUCCESS.
IS THERE, IS THERE AN EXISTING DATA GOVERNANCE POLICY? SURE.
SO WE HAVE TWO ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS LIKE GOVERN DATA, BUT WE DON'T HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE DATA GOVERNANCE POLICY.
THAT'S, THAT'S ANOTHER REASON WHY I HEARD TITLE IS AI AND DATA GOVERNANCE.
PROGRAM MANAGER EXPOSE THOSE TWO GO HAND IN HAND.
BUT WE HAVE A OPEN DATA, RIGHT? ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATION AND THEN DATA SHARING, ADMINISTRATOR REGULATION, I WOULD IMAGINE THE MOST LIKELY USE OF AA, SORRY, CYBERSECURITY RELATED STANDARDS RELATED TO PRIVACY AND DATA SURE.
AND THE, UH, DATA PRIVACY GUIDELINES AS WELL.
SO ALL OF THOSE ARE EXIST, UH, COMPREHENSIVELY PUT TOGETHER.
UH, COPILOT WILL PROBABLY BE THE MOST LIKELY CANDIDATE FOR EARLY AI USE BECAUSE, SO INTEGRATED IN THE MICROSOFT PLATFORM.
WOULD YOU AGREE FOR THAT? CO COPILOT IS THE MOST VIABLE TOOL FOR CITIES? YEAH, THAT THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.
ACTION STRATEGIES PILOTING AI TOOLS FOR SOFTWARE ACTIVITY.
UM, WE WILL BE ROLLING OUT MICROSOFT CHAT THIS, UM, TO ALL CITY EMPLOYEES THAT, UH, GO THROUGH THE BASIC TRAINING AS WELL AS SIGN AN MANIFESTATION FORM THAT WE READ OUR VALUE LINES AND TRAINING.
UM, WE WILL, WE'RE, WE'RE NOT QUITE READY FOR MICROSOFT CO-PILOT FROM PRE DATA GOVERNANCE AND PROBABLY THROUGH, UM, UH, COPILOT IS A TOOL THAT INTEGRATES LIKE ALL THE CITY DOCUMENTS, RIGHT? SO IT HAS EXTREMELY DEEP PERMISSIONS AND, UH, THE CITY'S DATA CLASSIFICATION FIELD ORGANIZATIONS ARE.
I I DO KNOW WE WERE JUST IN A SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING AND WE, AND A MEETING TRANSCRIPTION WAS TURNED ON IN TEAMS FOR THE CITY.
SO IS, UH, COPILOTS NOT BILLING THAT TRANSCRIPTION? IT, IT MUST BE, UM, IS SOMETHING, ACTUALLY, HOW AM I MORE IMMEDIATE TO BE? YOU DON'T HAVE TO, WE HAVE 10 COPILOT LICENSES AND I THINK ROUTE IS ONE OF THOSE
SO WE ARE, IT'S PART OF OUR EXPERIMENTING WITH IT.
AND SO SOME OF US DO HAVE THAT TRANSCRIPTION TURN ON, BUT IT'S ALL INTERNAL TO TID AND YEAH, IT'S VERY EFFECTIVE THAT VERY FAST.
JUST WE, WE GOT A VERY, UH, ACCURATE TRANSCRIPTION WITHIN A HALF HOUR MM-HMM
OR DID YOU SELECT PURVIEW WITH THAT MICROSOFT PURVIEW? THE DATA LOSS PREVENTION TOOL THAT FOCUSES ON CO-PILOT, THAT IT'S PART OF MICROSOFT STACK
WELL, FIRST COMMENT, CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT.
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IT'S A MOVING TARGET AS WE TALK ABOUT WITH AI, AND SO JUST BEING ABLE TO PULL IT TOGETHER AND MAKE SENSE OF IT IS A HUGE ACCOMPLISHMENT.SO KUDOS TO YOU AND THE TEAM AND ALL THE HARD WORK.
UM, I THINK JUST KIND OF FOLLOWING UP ON, UM, UH, EQUITY AND DIVERSITY I WAS LOOKING THROUGH, I KNOW, UM, THE GOAL IS TO HAVE DIFFERENT WORKSHOPS AND SURVEY, UM, SURVEYS GOING OUT.
IS THERE ANY THOUGHT TO TRACKING THE DEMOGRAPHICS AND MAKING SURE THAT IT'S A DIVERSE POPULATION THAT'S PARTICIPATING? YES, A HUNDRED PERCENT.
AND YEAH, MAKING SURE THAT THOSE THAT AREN'T TYPICALLY REACHED ARE INCLUDED IN THAT.
UM, THAT I DON'T KNOW WHY THAT'S, UM, EVEN IN OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT I'M WITH, THAT'S ALWAYS A CHALLENGE.
SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S
AND, AND, UM, I MEAN, UH, UH, WE, WE, UM, BASED ON THE RESULTS OF THE COMMUNITY SURVEY, UH, WE LEARNED THAT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE MOST INTERESTED IN THE CITY PROVIDED TRAINING, UM, ARE SKEW ON THE OLDER, UM, SIDE.
UH, SO WE, UM, ARE SPECIFICALLY DOING ONE OF THE TRAININGS.
SENIORS AT THE LONG BEACH SENIOR CENTER, UM, CATER TO THAT POPULATION AND, AND WE DO EXPECT IT TO BE ADULTS WE'RE COMFORTABLE WITH, I GUESS.
I WOULD, EVEN THOUGH IT'S AN EMERGING I IF PLAN 'CAUSE LIKE THEY'RE OF AI, WE HAVE A ALL, UM, BUT THIS SEEMS ALL VERY TIMELY AND, AND WELL, WELL POSITION OTHER CITIES WORK.
I MEAN, KEEPING IN MIND THAT THE COMPANIES THAT INVENT THIS STUFF SPEND NEARLY 30% OF THEIR RESOURCES SEARCHING ON
UM, I JUST WANNA REMIND, REMIND OF TEAM THAT
WE WERE IN A PILE OF MIRO SPECIES TALKING ABOUT OUR NORTH STAR FOR THE SPER AND, UH, ADVISING THAT TO, UH, DID TEAM.
SO, UH, REALLY COOL TO SEE THIS COME TO FRUITION.
DID, DID YOU SAY THE PART, UM, SHE'S VERY EFFECTIVE.
THAT SEEMS LIKE A RESOURCING A LITTLE BIT, ESPECIALLY SINCE IT'S SUCH A PRESSING TOPIC.
ANY PLANS THAT WE, THAT FULL TIME? SO I, I'LL CONTINUE TO WORK ON IT.
UNFORTUNATELY, THE CITY'S HAVING BUDGET TO FOOTBALL TEAM FIRST.
FIRST, VERY BLESSED AND PRIVILEGED TO HAVE A, YOU KNOW, A DEDICATED POSITION, EVEN IF IT'S NOT FULL-TIME.
DEFINITELY THE BUDGET YOU'RE ABOUT TO PRESENT TO THE CITY COUNCIL WILL CONTINUE IT AT PART-TIME.
SO IT'S TECHNICALLY NOT BUDGETED NOW.
SO WE'RE JUST, WE'RE JUST, WE'RE JUST, UM, USING SOME STAFF VACANCIES TO COVER IT.
WELL, WE DO A 15% STAFF RATE, SO WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF FLEXIBILITY THERE.
OTHER UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES.
ANY PUBLIC CHAIR, DE VICE CHAIR? WOODMAN? UH, COMMISSIONER BRACA.
[4. 25-56204 Recommendation to review and discuss the Technology and Innovation Commission 2025 topics. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
RECOMMENDATION TO REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION.YEAH, SO, UH, RYAN
UH, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE FIRST PAGE, WE JUST HAD, UH, THE PRESENTATION OF OUR, OUR, OF OUR, OUR FINAL DRAFT AI STRATEGY.
AND SO I DID WANNA THANK THE COMMISSIONERS, UM, THAT WERE INVOLVED IN THE WORK THAT LED TO THAT, THAT STRATEGY.
SO WE'LL BE HEARING, I GUESS, THE REPORT OUT A LITTLE BIT LATER WITH MY COMMITTEE TOO.
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AND THEN IN TERMS OF LIKE THE OTHER ONE, UH, WE ARE GONNA BE HEARING REPORT OUTS FROM TA 28, UM, LATER ON IN THIS AGENDA.
AND THEN DATA PRIVACY AS WELL.
I WILL SAY THE DATA OF PRIVACY AD HOC COMMITTEE IS MOVED IN SEARCH OF A SECOND, UH, COMMISSIONER.
SO, AND IF WE CANNOT FIND A SECOND COMMISSIONER, THERE IS AN OPTION.
I DID HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH, WITH OMAR BIO ABOUT THE EXPANDING THE DATA OF PRIVACY AD HOC COMMITTEE FOR NOW.
UM, AND WHAT COULD END UP HAPPENING IS A LOT OF THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE WITH THE, WITH THE DATA PRIVACY WORK, A LOT OF IT IS IT'S EDUCATIONAL OR IS CAN BE OUTREACH, PROMOTING WHAT WE'RE DOING, THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT CAN BE KIND OF DONE WITH THE COMMISSION AS A WHOLE.
AND THEN IF THERE'S A NEED TO BRING LIKE AN AD HOC COMMITTEE TOGETHER AGAIN IN THE FUTURE WHERE WE CAN RECONVENE IT.
IF WE DON'T HAVE, WE HAVE A LOT OF A HEALTH COMMITTEES AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S A LOT TO BEING ACTIVE, OUR VOLUNTEER COMMISSIONERS.
UM, SO WE'LL HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT.
AND THEN IN TERMS OF THE, THE RACIAL EQUITY WORK, JUST INTERNALLY, UH, THAT'S ACTUALLY, UH, MOVING FORWARD AND WE'RE GONNA BE ACTUALLY PRESENTING, UH, TO OUR ENTIRE TEAM A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH OUR RACIAL EQUITY ACTION PLANNING PROCESS AND RECRUITING VOLUNTEERS TO, UH,
AND THEN WE TO IMPLEMENTATION.
WHEN IT GETS TO THE POINT OF ACTUALLY HAVING A DRAFT PLAN THAT'S IN GOOD SHAPE, WE WILL BE BRINGING IT FORTH TO THE FULL COMMISSION, UH, FOR YOUR REVIEW AND APPROVAL.
UH, WE HAVEN'T STARTED ANYTHING WITH WHAT WE'RE PRODUCING, BEING LEARNING COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW, BUT THAT COULD BE IN THE FUTURE.
AND THEN ON THE SECOND PAGE, THE, UH, THE WEBSITE COMMITTEE, THAT COMMITTEE HAS NOT BEEN IN YET, IN PART BECAUSE OF THE DEPARTURE OF THE DIGITAL SERVICE AND BUREAU MANAGER.
HOWEVER, I'M HAVING A MEETING LATER THIS WEEK WITH OTHER TEAM MEMBERS WHO ARE GOING TO BE TAKING THAT ON.
AND SO WE DO ENVISION CONVENING THAT A COMMITTEE, UM, EITHER VIRTUALLY OR EVEN VIA EMAIL.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT, UH, SOON.
SO YOU WILL BE HEARING FROM US IF YOU'RE ON THAT COMMITTEE.
UH,
UH, FOR THE DIGITAL INCLUSION ROADMAP IMPLEMENTATION COMMITTEE, UH, WE ARE CONVENING THAT'S, UH, THE DIGITAL INCLUSION STAKEHOLDERS CONVENES REGULARLY.
AND OUR NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING IS SEPTEMBER 4TH, I THINK.
JOHN, UM, CHAIR JOHN, MRS.
SO HOPEFULLY YOU'LL BE ABLE TO ATTEND THAT.
AND THEN, UH, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING GOING ON IN PARTICULAR WITH CIVIC USER TESTING RIGHT NOW.
AND THEN THIS WEEK, UH, AS WAS ALREADY MENTIONED, THE 2028 OLYMPICS AD HOC COMMITTEE WAS, WAS CONVEN FOR THE FIRST TIME.
IT'S TOO EARLY TO HAVE A REPORT OUT, BUT THAT IS ACTIVE AND YEAH.
OH, DID I SPEAK 2028? WHERE WAS THAT? OH YEAH, I THINK I SKIPPED THAT.
OH NO, WE ARE GONNA HAVE A PRESENTATION ON THAT, OR NOT A PRESENTATION, BUT A UPDATE ON THAT.
I THINK THAT'S ALL THE COMMISSIONED TOPICS.
EVERYONE'S VERY BUSY, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
SPEAKING ON THE
AND SO YOU, WE HAD
SO, UM, MAKE SURE THAT THIS CHAIR
WE'RE YOU DID NOT GET INVITED? NO, I DID NOT.
BUT NOW I THAT'S, BUT NOW I AM.
IT WAS, UH, DURING THE MEETING I HAD TO GO BACK AND PULL THE MINUTES TO DOUBLE THE CHECK.
SO IT IS SQUARE ON THIS SHEET, RIGHT? IT'S CORRECT ON SHEET.
WE JUST HAD A SCHEDULING 'CAUSE I HAD BEEN ON IT YEAH.
AND THEN WITH THE SCHEDULING VERSUS, UM, BACK ON TRACK, WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT IT.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ANY PUBLIC COMMENT?
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CHAIR THE AYE VICE CHAIR, WOODMAN NAMES? UH, COMMISSIONER BCCA.COMMISSIONER ALIMAN, I, COMMISSIONER CHIT.
[5. 25-56205 Recommendation to receive and file a report from the Data Privacy, and TID28 Ad Hoc Committees. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
THE RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE A FILECOMMISSIONER, SECOND VICE CHAIR.
WELL THIS MAY BE MY LAST UPDATE, BUT WE'LL HAVE AN UPDATE FOR THE DATA PRIVACY SUB COMMITTEE.
SO, UM, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION, UH, DEPARTMENT TO SUPPORT THE DATA PRIVACY IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.
UM, WITH THE FOLKS ON COMMUNITY EDUCATION AWARENESS, UM, WE HAVE TWO KEY INITIATIVES THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN MOTION, UM, HOSTING COMMUNITY EVENTS AND CREATING SHORT
UM, BOTH EFFORTS AIM TO EMPOWER RESIDENTS WITH PRACTICAL KNOWLEDGE ABOUT PROTECTING THEIR PERSONAL INFORMATION, WHILE ALSO INTRODUCING CITY TOOLS LIKE THE DIGITAL RIGHTS PLATFORM THAT SUPPORTS STRONGER DATA PRIVACY AND DIGITAL RIGHTS.
SO I WANNA GIVE US A, UM, AND ABOUT THE ENTERTAINMENT VIDEOS AND JUST MAKE SURE EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT THAT IS.
IT BASICALLY JUST TAKES RESIDENCE ON A CITYWIDE JOURNEY, HIGHLIGHTING INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY AND LONG BEACH'S COMMITMENT TO PROTECTING DATA PRIVACY AND DIGITAL RIGHTS.
THE INTRODUCTION SETS THE STAGE WHILE FUTURE EPISODES SUCH AS THE ONE ON THE SMART LAMP POST COLAB, UM, OFFER A CLEAR VIEW OF WHAT DATA IS COLLECTED AND HOW IT'S BEING USED RESPONSIBLY.
SO RIGHT NOW THE ENTERTAINMENT VIDEOS ARE MOVING AHEAD WITH EDIT EDITS FROM THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS TEAM AND THE SERIES IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN RELEASING IN EARLY OCTOBER.
RIGHT NOW, THAT'S THE CURRENT PROJECTOR.
NOW TURNING TO THE POLICY SIDE, I WAS EXCITED AND THEN I GOT ANOTHER UPDATE.
HOWEVER, HR HAS, UM, PAUSED THE, THE MEETING CON CONFIRM PROCESS.
UM, WHILE CITY LEADERSHIP PRIORITIZES THE DATA LOSS PREVENTION IS VERY IMPORTANT.
SO THEY'LL ENGAGED IN TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION DEPARTMENT ONCE CAPACITY ALLOWS.
UM, THERE WAS ALSO LIKE PART OF THE COMMITTEE, UM, AND I GUESS PART OF, UM, THE POLICY TOO WAS TO DO LIKE PRIVACY EVALUATIONS AND, AND HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS EVER HEARD OF IT, WAS, UM, IT'S CALLED THE COMMS COACH TOOL.
AND UM, BASICALLY WHAT IT IS USED FOR FOR NINE, UM, NINE ONE AND RADIO DISPATCH CALLS TO PERFORM QUALITY
SO THAT'S ONE THING I WANTED TO POINT OUT.
AND THEN I'M GONNA FINALLY JUST WRAP UP WITH THE COMMUNITY EVENT UPDATES.
YOU'VE HEARD A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS AND YOU ACTUALLY TOUCHED ON THAT TOO.
OUR, UM, OUR COMMITTEE, OUR COMMITTEE WAS INVOLVED WITH THIS ALSO, UM, THAT WE HELPED PUT TOGETHER A COMMUNITY SURVEY, UM, THAT WENT OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AS FAR AS LIKE GEN AI.
WE GOT THE RESPONSES OVER 250 AND AS A RESULT, UM, PLANNING IS UNDERWAY FOR, THIS IS WHAT IT'S CALLED, NAVIGATING THE NEW DIGITAL AGE, THE COMMUNITY WORKSHOP ON AI HERE.
SO THERE'S LIKE FIVE LOCATIONS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED.
I KNOW YOU GUYS KNOW HOW PARK, SILVERADO PARK, EL DORADO PARK, AND THE, UM, SENIOR CENTER THAT'S ON FOURTH STREET AND VILLAGE LIBRARY.
AND WHAT'S SO BEAUTIFUL, IT'S A MIX OF EVENING AND EARLY AFTERNOON, UH, TIMES FOR SET.
AND SO OF COURSE WE'RE GONNA HAVE LIKE ALL THE PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS AND ALL
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AND SO, UM, THAT'S JUST EXCITING NEWS AND ALL THOSE ARE GONNA TAKE PLACE IN OCTOBER.AND SO WHAT WE HAVE, THIS MAY BE MY LAST UPDATE, BUT IT IS BEEN BEAUTIFUL AND I'VE ENJOYED LIKE REALLY WORKING ON THIS, UM, AD HOC SUBCOMMITTEE, JUST SEEING HOW THE DATA PRIVACY POLICY EVOLVE, SEEING ALL OF THE COMMUNITY EVENTS THAT WE'VE HAD AS FAR AS LIKE PEOPLE KNOWING ABOUT THEIR, UM, THEIR, THEIR DIGITAL RIGHTS AND KNOWING ABOUT THE, UM, DIGITAL RIGHTS PLATFORM.
AND THEN AS WE MOVE INTO, UM, AI WHERE PEOPLE ARE LIKE REALLY WONDERING WHAT IS IT? SHOULD I BE AFRAID OF IT? HOW CAN I PROTECT MY DATA? WHAT CAN I DO WITH IT? SO LIKE, IT'S A BEAUTIFUL THING.
AND SO IT'S LIKE ICING ON THE CAKE FOR ME.
'CAUSE MY BIRTHDAY IS IN OCTOBER TOO, SO IN OCTOBER.
ONE THING I WOULD JUST ADD TO YOUR REPORT OUT.
THAT COMMS COACH IS OUR FIRST, UH, EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T HAVE THE POLICY IN PLACE YET, WE'RE THAT DEPARTMENT'S VOLUNTARILY GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS.
THE COMMS COACH IS THE FIRST TOOL THAT'S GOING THROUGH A PRIVACY IMPACT ASSESSMENT.
IT'S JUST VERY, TO SEE ALL THIS JUST, UM, SO JUST LIKE ALL THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE BY THE TECHNOLOGY NOVATION DEPARTMENT COMMITTEE AND JUST BEING JUST BLOSSOM AND ACTUALLY BEING UTILIZED THROUGHOUT, YOU KNOW, WITHIN THE CITY AND WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
UH, BUT BASICALLY WHAT WHAT WE'VE BEEN REALLY WORKING ON IS GETTING PREPARATION AND GETTING READY FOR THE BIG KICKOFF THAT'S GONNA ACTUALLY OCCUR.
I THINK THE, THE TIMELINE, THE CURRENT TRAJECTORY IS LIKE IN OCTOBER.
AND THEN JUST LOOKING AT WHAT IS THAT KICKOFF GOING TO LOOK LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE ACTUAL RUNNING OF IT.
ALSO LOOKING AT TRAINING BECAUSE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE BEING ASKED BY THE DEPARTMENT THERE, THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME TRAINING THAT HAS TO TAKE PLACE AND THEN LOOKING AT VARIOUS TEMPLATES OR THINGS OF THAT SORT.
SO WE'RE IN THE PREPARATION STAGE AND GETTING READY TO LIKE KICK IT OFF.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT ON THAT.
ONE THING TOO, I'LL ADD IS KIND OF RELATED TO T 28, UM, WE'RE GONNA BE DOING A CUSTOMER SURVEY.
WE HAD DONE ONE BEFORE TO FORM TD 28 AND NOW WE PLANNING ON DOING THAT EVERY YEAR.
SO WE SENDING THAT OUT PROBABLY NEXT WEEK TO GET FEEDBACK IN FROM OUR USERS, OUR, YOU KNOW, CUSTOMERS.
UM, THIS IS THE MORE THE INTERNAL ONE, YOU KNOW, GET THE INTERNAL USERS IN THAT TYPE OF DATA TO SEE HOW WE'RE DOING AND DOING FOR OUR WORK.
THERE'S GONNA BE PARTS OF TA 28, UM, INITIATIVES ASKED ABOUT IN THERE TO SEE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE AWARE OF THAT, YOU KNOW, IMPACT OF THEM OR PRIORITIZATION OF THOSE.
THAT'S GONNA BE COMING OUT NEXT WEEK.
HOW OFTEN YOU DO SURVEYS TO LIKE CITIZENS OF LONG BEACH? YEAH.
UM, DEPEND, WE DID ONE AS PART OF T 28, UH, PLANNING.
WE'VE DONE 'EM FOR DIFFERENT TOPICS AND YOU KNOW, PURPOSES.
SO WE'VE DONE 'EM FOR LIKE DATA PRIVACY.
WE'VE DID IT FOR AI, WE'VE DONE IT FOR DIGITAL INCLUSION.
WE'VE DONE DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF 'EM, BUT WE HAVEN'T BEEN MORE AS NEEDED.
UH, AND I THINK IT'S A GOOD QUESTION TO REFLECT ON FOR THE THIS PART T 80 20 IMPLEMENTATION.
IF, IF AND WHEN, WE SHOULD GO BACK TO THE COMMUNITY ON THAT AS WELL.
[6. 25-56206 Recommendation to consider the establishment of additional Ad Hoc Committees and/or dissolution of existing Ad Hoc Committees. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
RECOMMENDATION TO CONSIDER THE ESTABLISHMENT OF ADDITIONAL AD HOC DUTIES FOR DISSOLUTION OF EXISTING AD HOC.[00:45:06]
WE NO ROOMS CHAIR CALLED PERSON.
YEAH, BECAUSE I, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE ONE WHAT I LIKE, YOU KNOW, I WROTE SOMETHING.
YEAH, I DID WANNA PUT EVERYTHING OUT HERE AS FAR AS LIKE WHAT THE TIME COMMITMENT IS AND THINGS
SO THE AVERAGE TIME COMMITMENT IS ABOUT ONE TWO HOURS, UH, A MONTH.
AND IT COULD BE A LITTLE MORE IF YOU PARTICIPATE IN SOME OF THE COMMUNITY EVENTS.
UM, WE MEET TWICE A MONTH, UM, LIKE EVERY OTHER THURSDAY AT TWO 30.
AND RIGHT NOW WE DO HAVE A MEETING SCHEDULED FOR TOMORROW, WHICH MAYBE CAN'T GO.
AND THEN OUR PRIORITIES RIGHT NOW IS LIKE, UM, YOU KNOW, UM, ONCE THOSE, UM, EDIT ARE DONE WITH THE, UM, VIDEOS, WE LOOK AT THAT AND THEN, UM, HELPING GIVING SUPPORT WITH THE COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS FOR NAVIGATING PRIVACY AND THEN ANY TYPE OF PUBLIC GAME OR, YOU KNOW, OUT THERE ABOUT THE PRIVACY, UM, POLICY.
AND THEN, UM, MEETINGS ARE, ARE PRETTY MUCH GATHERED TO THE END OF THE YEAR FOR DECEMBER 18TH.
AND UM, I, LIKE I SAID, I'VE HAD A BALL WITH THAT.
UM, AND GOOD THINGS ARE HAPPENING AND I KNOW, YOU KNOW, IF YOU GUYS ARE INTERESTED MORE THAN WELCOME TO JOIN IN, BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT YOU GUYS ARE ALREADY ON SEVERAL, UM, THERE.
YEAH, WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE WITH THE COMMISSION THAT NOT ONLY
UM, PROBABLY, PROBABLY THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.
SO SUSTAINABILITY SHOULD HAVE ANY SUBCOMMITTEE, I DON'T THINK ENTIRE TIME WITH THE ENTIRE ENCOURAG.
MUCH HIGHER LEVEL OF ENGAGEMENT.
MUCH MORE ACTIVE VISION ON THIS COMMISSION.
I WAS SURPRISED WHEN, WHEN I FIRST CAME I SAW HOW WELCOME THEY ARE AT THE SET.
SO I UNDERSTAND ABOUT YOU GUYS, YOU KNOW, BEING ABLE TO JOIN IN.
LIKE I SAID, WE, WE'VE DONE SOME GREAT WORK AND WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW, IF, IF WE WERE TO LIKE IN, I THINK WE'RE AT A GOOD SPOT AND THEN I'M STILL GONNA HELP WITH ANYTHING ELSE THEY, UM, THEY NEED OR WHATEVER.
BECAUSE I ALSO TAUGHT, I JUST WRAPPED UP A SIX WEEK SERIES CALLED AI MAKE SIMPLE.
I MADE IT FOR OVER
SO I HAVE LOTS OF CURRICULUM AND DIFFERENT THINGS THAT I DO, BUT I'VE ALREADY STARTED TALKING STUFF I MAYBE, SO YEAH, IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE DATA PRIVACY IS GONNA BE SOMETHING THAT GOES AWAY, RIGHT? IT'LL COME BACK PROBABLY LATER.
IS THAT A GOOD POINT? IS THAT A GOOD POINT? RIGHT NOW IF WE HAVE TO LIKE, YOU KNOW, PUT A BUDGET IN THERE RIGHT NOW IS, IS A GOOD POINT.
WE'RE NOT LIKE, LIKE AT THE BEGINNING OF MIDWAY INTO SOMETHING WE'RE LIKE GOOGLE TURN THE CORNER ON, ON ALL OF THE INITIATIVE TAINMENT, UM,
WE'RE GONNA GET FINAL APPROVAL AND THEN THE COMING INTO EVENT MM-HMM
SO YEAH, AND I WOULD, LIKE I SAID EARLIER, I WOULD STRONGLY ENCOURAGE ANY, MAKE SURE YOU CAN MAKE IT THE, ANY OF THE COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS TO DO THAT REGARDLESS OF WHICHEVER AD HOC COMMITTEE YOU'RE ON.
AND THEN ALSO, YOU KNOW, PROMOTE THE WORKSHOPS, YOUR NETWORK.
AND, AND ALSO LIKE WE'VE HAD
SO YEAH, SO I WON'T HOLD ANY GRUDGES.
OH, CAN IT BE A, JUST A NAME ISSUE WHERE
SO THAT WE HAVE THREE MEMBERS ON THE AI.
SO CAN'T HAVE WHERE I LIKE THE WAY YOU'RE
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THINKING.BUT WE, WE ACTUALLY PUT AI IN THERE OURSELVES.
SO BECAUSE WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, COMES THE DATA PRIVACY PORTION AND YOU WANNA TEACH PEOPLE THAT LIKE, SEEMS LIKE THE PRODUCT OF THAT COMMITTEE SUBCOMMITTEE IS QUITE ACTIVE.
SO THE IDEA TO DISBAND IT SEEMS A LITTLE CREAM SURE TO ME.
BUT IF THERE'S PRECEDENT TO JUST BRING IT AWAY BACK WHEN WE NEED IT, THEN THERE.
BUT YOU JUST, I MEAN YOU GRAB A LOT, A LOT OF GOOD WORK.
WHAT WOULD BE THE, WHAT WOULD BE JUST THE REASON WHY YOU WOULD EXPAND IF THERE'S A LACK OF WORK? GIRLS LACK MEMBERS.
YOU, THE COMMITTEE COMMITTEE NEEDS TO HAVE TWO MEMBERS.
AT LEAST TWO MEMBERS, BUT NO MORE THAN THREE
WELL, DO WE WANNA REVISIT THIS NEXT MONTH THEN? IT SOUNDS LIKE? UH, WELL TECHNICALLY, UM, COMMISSIONER PATTERSON HAS STAYED ON AND BECAUSE KEEP THE TWO AND SO HE HAS INDICATED THAT HE WILL NEEDS TO THE OFF BECAUSE OF OTHER RESPONSIBILITY.
THIS WAS IT, THIS WAS THE, THE ENDING MONTH.
WE CAN TURN AROUND AND CONVENE IT NEXT MONTH WE CAN FIND A NEW, YOU KNOW, LIKE A PERMISSION, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? WE HAVE, THAT'S WHY THIS OFF TOPIC ON THE AGENDA EVERY MONTH.
WELL, YOU GUYS MADE ME FEEL GOOD.
I FEEL LIKE I DID A GOOD JOB WITH TIME THERE.
YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS DIDN'T HAVE ALL THESE OTHER COMMITMENTS YOU WOULD WANT YOU TO JOIN IN.
IT'S INCREDIBLY SO I, I DID WANNA POINT OUT THOUGH THAT LIKE CULTURALLY WE'RE ON THE CUSP OF LIKE THE TRANSITION, LIKE DATA PRIVACY, LIKE UNDERSTANDING OF DATA OWNERSHIP.
AND SO I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT AFFECTS LIKE ON THE CITY SIDE ADVISING, BUT LIKE MACRO VIEW.
LIKE THAT EDUCATION SHOULD TAKE A LITTLE BIT PEOPLE UNDERSTANDING WHAT THEY CALL VERSUS SOCIAL MEDIA TYPE OF TRANSITION BECAUSE WHAT I BRING TO THE AI IS FINE, RIGHT? YEAH.
AND THEN IT'S LIKE, WHAT DO YOU WANT, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO WITH THAT DATA? HOW DO YOU WANT IT TO BE TREATED? YEAH.
YEAH, DEFINITELY TEACHING 'EM THAT SO THEY'RE AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING ON.
THEY HAVE TO BE AWARE OF WHAT, WHAT THE COMPANIES ARE DOING TOO AND WHAT THEY'RE BRINGING TO THE TABLE.
I, I CAME HERE PREPARED
I'M, I'M OKAY WITH IT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I'M STILL GOING TO PARTICIPATE.
I EVENTS WE'RE AT A REAL GOOD, UM, POINT.
I'M NOT SURE ABOUT WHERE THE EDITS ARE, BUT WE ALREADY HAD WHATEVER WE GOING BE, SO I'M, I'M FINE.
SUBCOMMITTEE WORK WELL DONE SO FAR.
WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO THE HEARING PARTY.
YOU MUST, YEAH, WE CAN BRING IT BACK TO THE WHOLE COMMISSION WHEN THE, WHEN THE VIDEOS ARE READY FOR RELEASE.
I THINK WE WHAT NEED THE MOTION TO DISSOLVE THE THEATER PRIVACY COMMITTEE.
I NOT YOU NOT GONNA MOTION TO DISSOLVE PRIVACY.
UH, COMMISSIONER RA COMMISSIONER.
MOTION, CARRIE, THIS TIME TO UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT LEADING UP ANY PUBLIC COMMENT.
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KNOW WE DID NOT HAVE ANY SUBMITTED BEFORE.ARE WE MOVING ON TO THE NEXT ITEM? THAT WAS JUST A, THAT WAS A MOTION, NOT JUST THE, THAT WAS A MOTION TO DISSOLVE THE COMMISSION, BUT IF WE COULD TALK ABOUT IT, THE OLYMPIC SUBCOMMITTEE, JUST FOR A QUICK SECOND.
IT, IT SEEMED CONFUSING WHEN WE OPENED THE MEETING THAT THERE WERE TWO CHARGES.
UM, ONE TO TALK ABOUT THE OLYMPICS AND THE TECHNOLOGY RELATED TO IT AND THE OTHER TO TALK ABOUT HOW COMMISSIONS CAN CROSS COLLABORATE.
WE, WE TRIED TO BLEND THE TWO, YOU PUT A GREAT CHART TOGETHER, COMMISSIONER ON, ON HOW TO DO THE TWO.
BUT I, I DON'T SEE THE TWO, I SEE THE TWO AS VERY SEPARATE ITEMS. ITEMS, UM, HOW COMMISSIONS CAN WORK TOGETHER AND THEN HOW WE CAN SUPPORT THE TECHNOLOGY, UH, AS WE APPROACH THE OLYMPICS.
UM, I I WOULD ALMOST PROMPT THE IDEA THAT THAT REALLY WOULD REQUIRE TWO SEPARATE SUBCOMMITTEES.
UH, THAT THEY ARE TWO VERY DIFFERENT ROLES AND WE SUCH, SUCH THAT WE DIDN'T EVEN REALLY TALK ABOUT UM, COM COMMISSIONS WORKING TOGETHER.
WE JUST SPENT THE ENTIRE TIME TALKING ABOUT THE OLYMPICS.
UM, SO OUTTA FLAMES OF THE DEATH OF ONE COMMISSION THAT ION MAYBE IT IS MORE ACCURATE TO FORM A SEPARATE SUBCOMMITTEE THAT FOCUSES ON HOW THE, HOW THIS COMMISSION CAN WORK WITH OTHER COMMISSIONS SHOULD IN GENERAL, NOT NECESSARILY INCLUDING THE OLYMPICS, BUT NOT LIMITED TO.
AND THEN HAVE THE CURRENT COMMISSION, JUST, EXCUSE ME, CURRENT SUBCOMMITTEE FOCUS SPECIFICALLY ON, ON THE OLYMPICS AND THE TECHNOLOGY INVOLVED THEREIN, BUT IN SOME KIND OF WAY OR THOUGHTS INTERSECT.
AND THEN YOU HAVE LIKE ONE, ONE SUBCOMMITTEE THAT IS, UM, LOOKING AT COLLABORATING COMMITTEE AND EVENTUALLY VERSUS MAYBE YOU DID THIS COMMITTEE THAT, THAT WE HAVE MAYBE LIKE JUST FLUSHING THAT OUT AND SEEING IF THAT'S EVEN PRACTICAL OR IS IT SOMETHING GOING, BECAUSE IT JUST STARTED BECAUSE I DIDN'T REALLY LOOK AT, DID CUR YOU THOSE NOTES.
I WAS LIKE, OH GOODNESS, THEY TALKING ABOUT
BUT IT IS JUST LOOKING AT THE DIFFERENT AREAS AND I I THINK YOU GUYS JUST SAY LIKE TRANSPORTATION OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND THEN IT'S LIKE, OKAY, MAYBE YOU DO WANNA GET THE TEA BOARD, BUT I DON'T KNOW.
SO IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE PREMATURE FOR ME.
AND I, I DON'T WANT TO BE, I DON'T COMMUNITY BECAUSE I'M GONNA FEEL LIKE YOU GUYS ARE DOING STUFF THAT I'M ABOUT AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN I'M GONNA BE LIKE, HOW CAN I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING? YEAH, I THINK BUT I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
IT, I HEAR BOTH WHERE MAKE MAYBE AFTER ANOTHER WHOLE FULL WE CAN FLUSH IT OUT.
BUT IT DOES FEEL LIKE ONE, UM, THE OTHER COMMISSION HAVE TO BE IN A PLACE TO BE READY.
AND THEN TWO, EVEN JUST THE CONVERSATION ABOUT THE OLYMPICS IS SO BROAD MM-HMM
THAT, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES THERE'S SO MUCH RIGHT.
AND END UP NOT DOING ANYTHING CORRECT.
THE LIST THAT WE DID COME OUT OUT WITH WITH
SO MAYBE YEAH, WE DO FLUSH OUT, BUT I DON'T LEANING MORE IN THAT DIRECTION THAT THE CONVERSATION ABOUT THE CONDITIONS PROBABLY ANOTHER DIFFERENT SCOPE.
I WAS JUST SAYING MAYBE, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER MEETING OR A LITTLE EARLY TO DO THAT AND, AND, AND EVERYTHING AND MAYBE LIKE I SAID, I DON'T REALLY DIFFERENT NOTES.
MAYBE YOU GUYS HAVE ALREADY FLUSH, FLUSHED OUT ALL THE AREAS THAT YOU WOULD ACTUALLY OH, OKAY.
SO I THINK, YEAH, I THINK IT'S, I THINK IT'S TOO PREMATURE.
IT MIGHT BE LIKE ABANDONED SHIP OR, OR MAYBE IT MIGHT BE, OH YEAH, WE DO NEED OTHER STUFF OR OH YOU KNOW WHAT, WE JUST NEED TO AFTER THIS ONE, ONE COMMISSION.
WHO KNOWS? SO THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING, BUT I APPRECIATE THAT SURE.
PAST COUPLE YEARS AT LEAST WHEN THE CONCEPT OF WORKING ACROSS COMMISSIONS HAS COME UP, THE LOGISTICS OF IT SEEMS SUCH THAT
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TO POINT REALLY WANNA LOOK FOR SOMETHING THAT IS TARGETED AND INCENTIVIZED, SO THAT'S ALREADY INTERESTED.AND THEN THEY'LL HAVE A SHORTER PATH TO DO ALL LONG STEPS TO GET THERE.
THAT'S, THAT'S THE WAY I UNDERSTAND IT.
UM, MAYBE OLYMPICS IS TOO MUCH, BUT SOMETHING INSIDE THERE AS YOU'RE GOING DEEPER, THERE MIGHT BE THE ONE THING THAT CROSSES LIKE THE CURB CUT EFFECT ISSUE THAT WOULD BE FOR, YOU KNOW, DISABILITIES AND MANY GIRLS.
SO THROWING THAT UP FOR WHAT IS, WHAT IS OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE PURPOSE OF THIS PARTICULAR KIND OF SUBCOMMITTEE THAT I JUST JOINED? WHAT, WHAT DID WE, WAS IT TO FOCUS ON OLYMPICS AND THE WAY THAT THE COMMISSIONS CAN WORK TOGETHER ON THE OLYMPICS? I FOR THOUGH, BECAUSE I, I WAS THE ONE THAT UM, I THINK PROMOTION, SO I, MY THOUGHT PROCESS WAS BECAUSE WE HAD HAD SO MANY CONVERSATIONS WITH EVERYBODY WANTING TO BE A PART OF THE OLYMPICS IN SOME CAPACITY FROM THE TECHNOLOGY
THE COMMISS MISSIONS CAME BEFORE THAT WHERE WE WERE CURIOUS OF HOW WE'VE WORKED IN THE PAST WITH OTHER COMMISSIONS.
DON'T KNOW HOW THEY ENDED UP TOGETHER THOUGH.
WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT 'CAUSE WE WERE LOOKING AT UM, WE HAD A PRESENTATION, WHAT WAS IT CALLED? IS IT ELEVATE 28 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? OH YEAH.
AND THEN IT WAS AT ONE PAGE THEY GOT MY ATTENTION
UM, LIKE PUBLIC HEALTH TRANSPORTATION AND IT WAS DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WERE GONNA IMPACT, UM, TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION DEPARTMENT.
AND IT'S LIKE, OKAY, IF IT'S GONNA IMPACT
AND THEN THAT'S WHEN I PUT TOGETHER THAT SPREADSHEET SHOWING HOW WE GET, YOU KNOW, WHICH UM, COMMITTEES OR COMMISSIONS THAT WOULD INTERACT WITH BASED UPON THE DIAGRAM THAT COVERAGE THEY HAVE THAT WE'RE HERE.
SORRY IF I CALLED FOR A VOTE TOO EARLY WHEN YOU WERE DONE DISCUSSING.
BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE NOT GONNA DO ANYTHING.
IT'S TIME TO THINK ABOUT IT AND EVERYONE WE CAN BRING THIS UP AND THINK ABOUT MEETING HELP COMMITTEE.
WE, WE JUST WENT ON AND ON ABOUT THE TECHNOLOGY OF ALL THE OLYMPICS.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE'VE MENTIONED ONCE CROSS POLLINATION, BUT THAT'S
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION OR CHANGES? WE DID VOTE.
WE, I THINK BECAUSE NOTHING ELSE IS BEING CHANGED, WE GONNA NEED TO CONFIRM, BUT WHAT WAS, MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT MOTION SECOND, THEN WE'LL DO THAT AS AMENDED TO, UH, SOLVE THE DATE OF PRIVACY IF WE'RE NOT TAKING AN ACTION ON ANALYTICS.
UM, THAT BRINGS US THE END OF THE AGENDA.
[PUBLIC COMMENT Opportunity to address the Technology and Innovation Commission on non-agenda items. Each speaker is limited to three minutes to make their comments unless extended by the Chair.]
UH, SO ARE THERE WEREN'T ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS SUBMITTED FOR THE MEETING? ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? HEARING NONE.[ANNOUNCEMENTS]
COMMISSION? I HAD A QUESTION.I THINK I READ, UM, THAT THERE'S A TECHNOLOGY WEEK COMING UP.
IS THAT, OH, JUST LIKE DIGITAL INCLUSION WEEK? MAYBE THAT'S WEEK.
I DIDN'T KNOW FROM OUR TEAM OR JUST, OH, YOU KNOW WHAT, UM, IT,
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NO, THERE IS A IT PROFESSIONAL DAY.THERE'S LIKE THREE DIFFERENT THINGS THIS MONTH.
I WAS GONNA MENTION IT'S LIKE THREE THINGS GOING ON.
SO IT IS THE IT PROFESSIONAL DAY, BUT THERE IS SOME TYPE OF, OF TE UM, UM, TECHNOLOGY WEEK OR SOME, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
IT IS LIKE THREE THINGS COMING.
I WAS JUST CURIOUS IF, IF, UH, THE DEPARTMENT WOULD INVOLVED
UM, I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH IT, BUT IF YOU COULD FIND WHATEVER THAT IS.
THANK YOU FOR REMINDING ME ABOUT IT PROFESSIONALS.
UH, CYBERSECURITY AWARENESS MONTH IS IN OCTOBER AND VIRTUAL INCLUSION WEEK, WE'LL ALSO BE IN IN OCTOBER.
AND WE'LL KEEP THE COMMISSION INFORMED AS WELL ABOUT ANY ACTIVITIES AND PROMOTIONS THAT YOU CAN BE DOING RELATED TO THOSE TWO THINGS.
ANYBODY WITH, UH, ORGANIZATION? SMALLER? MARK, YOU CAN GO TO THEIR WEBSITE.
SIGN, GET ALL OF THE MATERIALS PARTICIPATE.
OH, I GUESS, UM, LONG BEACH TECH WEEK 2025.
OH, MAYBE THAT'S, UM, BUT IT'S HOSTED BY LONG BEACH ACCELERATOR.
NO I WASN'T
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NOW AT 4 42.