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Long Beach Mayor Rex Richardson Hosts State of the City Address January 13, 2026 12/22/2025
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Food Resources During Government Shutdown 10/28/2025
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Mayor Richardson Announces First Disbursement of the Neighbors Supporting Neighbors Fund for Immigrant Families 9/4/2025 Mayor Richardson Calls for Continued Community Support for Immigrant Communities.
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Mayor Rex Richardson Welcomes Orbital Operations to Long Beach's Space Beach 8/22/2025

New Advanced Manufacturing Facility Launches in North Long Beach, Expanding City’s Aerospace Cluster
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Mayor Rex Richardson Announces 2025 Key to the City Recipients 8/6/2025

William “Jack” and Brenda McDowell, Dr. Jane Close Conoley, Sheriff Robert Luna, and 1970’s hitmakers WAR To Receive Honors
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Mayor Rex Richardson and The Mayor's Fund for Long Beach to Host Holiday Benefit Concert 12/5/2023

The Mayor’s Fund for Long Beach and Mayor Rex Richardson are proud to announce a holiday benefit concert to support Long Beach Unified School District Jordan High School’s music programs and their upcoming performances at Carnegie Hall in New York City in 2024.
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Richardson calls for community, industry collaboration in ‘West Side Promise’ 8/5/2023 Mayor Rex Richardson laid out the details Friday of his proposed plan to drive economic investment and equitable investments, as well as to decrease pollution and increase open space, in West Long Beach, something he called as part of last week’s 2024 budget reveal.
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City leaders unpack West Long Beach Promise proposal ahead of budget vote 8/4/2023 Mayor Rex Richardson laid out the details Friday of his proposed plan to drive economic investment and equitable investments, as well as to decrease pollution and increase open space, in West Long Beach, something he called as part of last week’s 2024 budget reveal.
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Long Beach reveals 2024 budget that focuses on 2028 Olympics, investing in West Long Beach 8/1/2023 Long Beach unveiled its $3.2 billion proposed budget Tuesday morning at Admiral Kidd Park in West Long Beach, a portion of the city where Mayor Rex Richardson is asking the city to make focused investments over the next decade to improve the quality of life for residents.
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Here’s a look at Long Beach’s proposed $3.2 billion budget 8/1/2023 Long Beach will avoid an $8.8 million general fund shortfall for the 2024 fiscal year with its proposed $3.2 billion budget — while also carving out additional funding for citywide infrastructure improvements ahead of the 2028 Summer Olympics, investments in the city’s own workforce, and homelessness.
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Long Beach plans to purchase property near L.A. River for a homeless shelter 6/13/2023 City leaders in Long Beach last week announced plans to purchase a building near the Los Angeles River for use as a permanent homeless shelter with 85 beds.
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Long Beach’s Rex Richardson joins U.S. Conference of Mayor’s Advisory Board 6/7/2023 Long Beach Mayor Rex Richardson has joined the advisory board for the U.S. Conference of Mayors — a nonpartisan organization of nationwide city leaders who advocate for federal support of local needs — his office announced on Monday, June 5.
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Long Beach formalizes land-exchange deal to invest in Queen Mary 5/3/2023 The City Council has formally approved a new deal with the Port of Long Beach that is expected to provide $12 million to fund ongoing investments in the Queen Mary.
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Q&A: Unpacking Rex Richardson’s first 100 days as Long Beach’s mayor 4/24/2023

It’s been a busy few months in Long Beach — especially for Rex Richardson, who took over the city’s top political spot in late December.
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Mayor Rex Richardson appoints new deputy mayor of economic development 3/2/2023

Long Beach Mayor Rex Richardson has appointed a new deputy mayor of economic development to his office, a first-of-its-kind position — that will focus on bolstering growth in the city’s aerospace, goods, tourism, education and health care industries.
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Vast Relocates Its Headquarters to ‘Space Beach’ 1/16/2023 Vast, a company developing artificial gravity space stations, has relocated its corporate headquarters to Long Beach.
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Vast Space joins Long Beach’s booming aerospace economy 1/10/2023 The world’s first artificial-gravity space station will be built in Long Beach following the announcement by Vast Space that it is relocating its headquarters to the city, joining the bustling space economy.
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New Long Beach mayor’s first 100 days to focus on homelessness, housing, local economy 1/10/2023 Long Beach’s new mayor, Rex Richardson, delivered his inaugural State of the City Address — and unveiled the plan for his first 100 days in office, which will focus on achieving goals focusing on housing, homelessness, and the local economy — at the Long Beach Terrace Theater on Tuesday, Jan. 10.
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Announcing the 2023 State of the City 1/5/2023 Mayor Rex Richardson cordially invites you to attend the 2023 State of the City at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, January 10th at the Terrace Theater.
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Mayor Richardson Requests City Manager to Declare State of Emergency on Homelessness 12/21/2022

As the newly elected Mayor, and as a former Councilmember representing one of the areas experiencing significant impacts from the nation‘s housing crisis, we request that you bring this item to the City Council on January 10 with a plan of action for the City Council to consider.

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