Speaker 0: Okay. Next is item 24.
Speaker 2: A report from Technology and Innovation recommendation to improve the city's open data policy and related standards to implement modern city wide practices for sharing data with the public, staff and policymakers citywide.
Speaker 0: Okay. There's a lot of big items tonight. This is another very important one that we're very proud of. I want to make sure that staff stay with the council, know what we're doing, because it's going to it's going to change a lot of the ways we do business, which is great. So Mr. West.
Speaker 6: Brian Stokes, our director of innovation and Technology.
Speaker 3: Honorable Member, Members of the City Council, before use a recommendation to approve our city data policy as it's related to standards to implement a modern citywide practice in sharing data with the public, staff and policymakers. The purpose of this policy is to set guidelines for incorporating an open data framework into existing and future systems and procedures, and to aid in determining which data sets should be made public. How to make those data sets public, and how to maintain the existing published data sets. Back in 2015, the Technology and Innovation Department met with the Technology and Innovation Commission and with the idea of creating this open data policy and in the spirit of openness and collaboration , TID wanted to engage the community as well as city departments. So we had conversations around open data by holding three community forums. One was virtual, one was at Long Beach City College and the other one was at California State University at Long Beach. In addition to those forms, we've also held out citywide surveys and we put out an online on Speak Up Long Beach with regards to open data. All of these results and community engagement came back with feedback and in partnership with the city departments. We've established this policy and that is what is presented to you tonight. And with that, that is my report.
Speaker 0: Okay. Thank you. I want to just also add. It's really important. I think also that we think a lot of this work is also done by the Technology and Innovation Commission, and they felt they actually were at all these forums. They held the forums, they work with staff. I know that the the chair of the commission is here, Rob Kariuki, who's in the in the back there. I know he's going make a few comments I think doing public comment, but I just want to thank them for that. They worked very hard on this policy. They got a lot of input to put this policy together. And because of this, we're going to start to start putting a lot of data online for for folks to look at and hopefully to use it to make the city more open and accessible and and transparent as well. So thank you to everyone that worked on this policy. Councilmember Austin.
Speaker 10: Thank you. I made the motion here. But Mr. Mayor, I want to commend you for your leadership on this issue. I know this is something that you work very, very hard to make sure was implemented. I want to come in to commend technology and innovation in the IT team for all their great work and most importantly, the community for their their input and feedback on this. I encourage my my members, my council colleagues to support this idea.
Speaker 0: Thank you. Vice Mayor Richardson.
Speaker 8: I thank the maker of the motion. Said it really well, not much more I can add. Keep up the good work. Actually use those maps a lot. You just, you know, dispelling, you know, things that aren't true about North Lobby. So I support this.
Speaker 0: Thank you. Councilman Orengo.
Speaker 6: I think this is an excellent policy. It creates a 24 hour city hall. And you said it already. It creates more transparency so people know exactly what we're doing here. Thank you.
Speaker 0: Thank you, Councilman Mongo.
Speaker 1: I just wanted to give our I.T. manager an opportunity to discuss a little bit about how we plan to integrate that data with a bigger surrounding community. So what many of us know is that many cities are doing open data, and then the county has an open data site that has a lot of data, especially for cities that contract out more of their services to say, the sheriff's department or animal control, L.A. County or any of those. And I was hoping to at least get a little insights to the community on where we're going next and how we can integrate that on a wider scale.
Speaker 0: Okay. Thank you, Councilwoman. I'm going to have staff respond to that.
Speaker 3: Yes, Councilmember Mongo. The intent in our soon to be release portal does look at avenues to incorporate not just data sets that are solely owned and managed by the city, but also data sets that can be not just regionally but globally. So, yes, we would reach out if they had and wanted to share certain data sets, we would incorporate them into the site as well as any APIs that they may want to share.
Speaker 1: And vice versa.
Speaker 3: Correct.
Speaker 1: Wonderful. Because right now, when you go on to the larger model to look at the animal data right now on an L.A. County site, the entire Long Beach area is just blink because they don't have our data as well. And so hopefully they'll be able to click on it. It would bring them back to our site, which would then create a loop of people engaging with our open data portal. So I look forward to seeing that. Thank you so much.
Speaker 0: Great. Thank you. And now we're going to move on to public comment. Public comment, I think we have Rob here. And as it's coming down, the this will this will initiate the launch of our actual site that all this amazing data is going to be on the for the public to use and see in real time. It's going to be really exciting. So. Mr. Chairman.
Speaker 3: Thanks, Mr. Mayor, in a city council. Thanks very much for taking this issue up tonight. I think that Brian did a really excellent job of outlining what the portal is going to do. But and as you alluded to, Mr. Mayor, this is a very big deal. It's a big deal for the city of Long Beach. I think there's not an issue on the agenda tonight that open data would not contribute to the discussion, too. It helps inform administrators as they work among the various departments, helps inform residents about what's going on in their city. And then ultimately you as policymakers can make use of it as well. I've worked on this issue in a lot of different jurisdictions. I sponsored legislation at the state level on the issue. It was discussed the stakeholder process that we went to, and we had a lot of really great engagement in shaping this policy. We'd be the 10th city in California to adopt such a policy, and I think just the 50th nationwide. But I want to talk just briefly about the three kind of macro opportunities that I think this policy presents. The first is to spur innovation in our community by freeing up this information, allowing folks to combine it with other jurisdictions. As Councilwoman Mongo mentioned, you can create new apps, you can learn new things, and the community can really aid the city in trying to solve some of its more pressing problems. That data is also of inherent value, so that spurs economic development. The McKinsey Global Institute pegged the worldwide value of open data at over $3 trillion. And so, again, Long Beach could be at the forefront of this. There's a lot of great firms in our city that want to make use of this data, and they'll have their hands on it soon. The second is to spur innovation within government, to allow departments to collaborate with one another, to allow cities and counties to share information among themselves. In the city of New York did a study after the implementation of their policy, they found they're saving $10 million a year annually just on Freedom of Information requests through their portal. And then the final and possibly the most important is I think this affirms the city's commitment to open, honest and effective government. It's a critical peg of transparency, and it's going to invite the community into the goings on to the city and invite them in to help shape policies in the future. So last point I want to make is to specifically call out Brian and the staff of our commission and of the Society Department for the terrific work they did. I think they've craft the best policy I've ever seen, and I encourage you all to endorse it here tonight. Thank you.
Speaker 0: Thank you. Thanks again. And you guys you guys did a great job. And don't forget this community. We have these amazing commissioners who are volunteers who are working on this stuff for us every single day, and we're very grateful. So, Councilmember Pierce.
Speaker 2: Yes, I just wanted to, you know, thank Rob for his work on the commission, but also really thank you, Mayor. I know whenever you were elected, transparency and open government was something that was a key part of coming on. So I wanted to clarify this would also include our PD to our police department as well.
Speaker 3: Yes. This includes data that is available through the city. Whether it's any specific department, all data would be available as as it goes forward.
Speaker 2: Okay. Thank you so much.
Speaker 0: Great. Thank you. There's a motion in a second. See no other public comment. Please cast your votes.
Speaker 1: Motion carries.
Speaker 0: Great. Now we're going to here real quickly.
Speaker 3: Item 12.
Recommendation to approve the City’s Open Data Policy and related standards to implement modern Citywide practices for sharing data with the public, staff and policy makers.  (Citywide)