Long Beach is inviting residents to participate in the City’s fiscal year 2024 (FY 24) budget development process by sharing their priorities at one of five upcoming community budget meetings or by completing the Long Beach Budget Priority Survey.
Four community budget meetings will be held in person at locations throughout the city, and one meeting will be held virtually.
“Public input is extremely valuable to ensure our City budget is reflective of the diverse needs of our community,” said Mayor Rex Richardson in a statement from the City. “I encourage residents to share their service priorities by attending a community meeting, completing the online survey, or both.”
The community budget meetings and online survey will gauge what community members believe the city’s budget priorities should be. Feedback will be shared with the city council prior to the development of the budget, and public input will be weighed as part of the decision process.
The five community budget meetings for the FY 2024 budget will be held at the following dates, times and locations:
- Thursday, Jan. 19 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. inside the Gymnasium (4000 Building) at Stephens Middle School (1830 W Columbia St.)
- Monday, Jan. 23 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. inside the Teen Center at El Dorado Park West (2800 N Studebaker Rd.)
- Wednesday, Jan. 25 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. inside Meeting Room A at the Billie Jean King Main Library (200 W Broadway)
- Tuesday, Jan. 31 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. inside the Community Room at the Michelle Obama Library (5870 Atlantic Ave.)
- Monday, Feb. 6 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. virtually through a Zoom Webinar. Advanced registration for the virtual meeting is required in order to receive the link to the Zoom meeting.
Community members who are unable to attend any of the budget meetings may submit their budget service priorities online through the Long Beach Budget Priority Survey. The survey will be available to complete beginning Wednesday, Jan. 18 through Tuesday, Feb. 7.
Surveys will be available to fill out in English, Spanish, Khmer and Tagalog. Interpretation services will also be available for all meetings.
Those without computer access may visit one of several Long Beach Public Library locations to take the survey at one of the public computer labs. Additional details regarding the City’s FY 2024 budget development process and registration for the virtual community budget meeting is available at longbeach.gov/fy24.
