What Works Cities
What We’re Doing
In December 2021, Long Beach was one of 10 new cities that achieved What Works Cities Certification for its exceptional use of data to guide decision-making and improve residents’ lives.
What Works Cities Certification - the national standard of excellence in data-driven city governance - evaluates how well cities are managed by measuring the extent to which city leaders incorporate data and evidence in their decision-making. The City achieved a Silver Certification level in 2021, reflecting key data-driven accomplishments such as the BizCare program, COVID-19 data dashboard, and an enhanced open data portal.
In addition, our participation in What Works Cities has yielded the following data-informed projects:
- We partnered with the Results for America Open Cities team to analyze how we might publish accessible open data surrounding homelessness to spark more accurate and meaningful discussions among residents and the community at large (Homeless Data Engagement Roadmap)
- We collaborated with the Behavioral Insights Team to conduct an evaluation of City messaging to encourage public adoption of our service request app, Go Long Beach.
