PRESS RELEASE

Long Beach, CA – Long Beach Mayor Rex Richardson will deliver the 2024 State of the City Address at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024, in the Terrace Theater (300 E. Ocean Blvd.).

The 2024 address will commence with an inaugural “Youth State of the City” highlighting Long Beach Youth. The Youth State of the City will feature remarks by youth leaders overviewing the City's inaugural Youth Advocacy Day, Youth Participatory Budgeting, the Annual Youth Festival, the Youth Advisory Council, and other youth-centered projects for the upcoming year.

During the address, Mayor Richardson will highlight key accomplishments led by the City of Long Beach in 2023 and will discuss his priority focus areas for the year ahead including housing production and the City’s ongoing homelessness response efforts, economic development strategies through the Grow Long Beach initiative, and measures to improve the quality and efficiency of City services to ensure a clean, safe and livable city for all Long Beach residents.

The State of the City is free and open to the public. Community members are invited to attend in person or watch the livestream on the following City social pages:

• City of Long Beach Facebook and X pages @LongBeachCity and on YouTube @LongBeachCityCA.
• Long Beach Television at LBTV3.com.

Those attending in person must RSVP. Food and beverages will be available for purchase before and after the address inside the Terrace Theater Lobby and outside on the plaza. Doors to the theater lobby will open at 4:30 p.m. Free parking for cars will be available in the Convention Center parking lots (400 Seaside Way).

Interpretation services in Spanish, Khmer and Tagalog will be provided for those attending in person. Closed captioning is provided by the National Captioning Institute.

Media inquiries may be directed to Malini Basu, Director of Communications, Office of the Mayor, at 562.570.6804 or Malini.Basu@longbeach.gov.