Methodology
How OpenCalifornia sources, transcribes, enriches, and indexes public meeting records.
What we hold for Long Beach
These are coverage figures — how much of the public record we have published. They are not an accuracy measure, and we do not currently publish one.
- Meetings
- 444
- Bodies covered
- 91
- Earliest record
- January 1, 2026
- Latest meeting
- November 3, 2026
Minutes are published on the body's own schedule, often weeks after the meeting.
1,949 published motions. A decision can only be extracted where minutes exist.
Next scheduled meeting on record: November 4, 2026.
Known source problems
- October 22, 2026 · Climate Resilient and Sustainable City Commission — No content available for enrichment (empty transcript + no agenda/minutes)
- October 20, 2026 · Government Operations and Efficiency Committee (Attorney/Client) — Swagit: meeting not archived (no recording available)
- October 19, 2026 · Board of Examiners, Appeals and Condemnation — No content available for enrichment (empty transcript + no agenda/minutes)
- October 13, 2026 · Long Beach Continuum of Care - Retreat — Swagit: meeting not archived (no recording available)
- October 9, 2026 · Finance Authority of Long Beach — No content available for enrichment (empty transcript + no agenda/minutes)
- October 7, 2026 · Economic Development Commission Revolving Loan Subcommittee — No content available for enrichment (empty transcript + no agenda/minutes)
- September 23, 2026 · Finance Authority of Long Beach — No content available for enrichment (empty transcript + no agenda/minutes)
- September 21, 2026 · Board of Examiners, Appeals and Condemnation — No content available for enrichment (empty transcript + no agenda/minutes)
- September 17, 2026 · Planning Commission — No content available for enrichment (empty transcript + no agenda/minutes)
- September 15, 2026 · Government Operations and Efficiency Committee (Attorney/Client) — Swagit: meeting not archived (no recording available)
Bodies covered (91)
Advisory Commission on Aging · Advisory Commission on Aging - Special Meeting · Airport Advisory Commission · As the Successor Agency to the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Long Beach · Belmont Shore Parking and Business Improvement Area Advisory Commission · Belmont Shore Parking and Business Improvement Area Advisory Commission - Special Meeting · Belmont Shore and Business Improvement Area Advisory Commission · Board of Examiners, Appeals and Condemnation · Board of Health and Human Services · Budget Oversight Committee · Budget Oversight Committee - Special Meeting · Citizens Advisory Commission on Disabilities · Citizens' Advisory Commission on Disabilities · Citizens' Advisory Commission on Disabilities - Special Meeting · City Council · City Council Meeting · City Council Special Meeting · City Council Special Meeting - Closed Session · City Council Special Meeting - Study Session · Civil Service Employee Rights and Appeals Commission · Civil Service Employee Rights and Appeals Commission - Special Meeting · Climate Resilient and Sustainable City Commission · Climate Resilient and Sustainable City Commission - Special Meeting - Retreat · Commission for Women and Girls · Commission for Women and Girls - Special Meeting · Commission on Youth and Families · Cultural Heritage Commission · Economic Development Commission · Economic Development Commission Meeting · Economic Development Commission Revolving Loan Subcommittee · Economic Development and Opportunity Committee · Equity and Human Relations Commission · Ethics Commission · Finance Authority of Long Beach · Finance Authority of Long Beach - Special Meeting · Golf Advisory Committee · Golf Advisory Committee - Special Meeting · Government Operations and Efficiency (Attorney/Client) - Special Meeting · Government Operations and Efficiency Committee · Government Operations and Efficiency Committee (Attorney/Client) · Homeless Services Advisory Committee · Homeless Services Mayor's Fund Subcommitee · Homeless Services Mayor's Fund Subcommittee · Homeless Services Policy Subcommitee · Homeless Services Policy Subcommittee · Housing Authority of the City of Long Beach, California · Housing Authority of the City of Long Beach, California - Special Meeting · Housing and Public Health Committee · Intergovernmental Affairs Committee · Long Beach Continuum of Care · Long Beach Continuum of Care - Retreat · Long Beach Continuum of Care - Special Meeting · Long Beach Workforce Innovation Network · Long Beach Workforce Innovation Network - Special Meeting · Marine Advisory Commission · Marine Advisory Commission - Special Meeting · Marine Advisory Commission Executive Committee · Marine Advisory Commission Finance Committee · Marine Advisory Commission Marine and Beach Maintenance/Operations Committee · Marine Advisory Commission Tidelands Capital Projects Committee · Mobility, Ports, and Infrastructure Committee · Parks and Recreation Commission · Parks and Recreation Commission - Special Meeting · Parks and Recreation Commission Governance Committee · Pedestrian Safety Advisory Committee - Special Meeting · Planning Commission · Police Oversight Commission · Southeast Resource Recovery Facility (SERRF) · Technology and Innovation Commission · Technology and Innovation Commission - Special Meeting · The Long Beach Community Investment Company · The Long Beach Community Investment Company - Special Meeting · Transactions and Use Tax Citizens' Advisory Committee · Transactions and Use Tax Citizens' Advisory Committee - Special Meeting · Utilities Commission · Utilities Commission - Communications Committee · Utilities Commission - Finance Committee · Utilities Commission - Infrastructure Committee · Utilities Commission - Planning Committee · Utilities Commission - Resources Committee · Utilities Commission - Retreat · Utilities Commission - Special Meeting · Utilities Commission - Special Meeting Prop 218 Hearing · Utilities Commission Communications Committee · Utilities Commission Finance Committee · Utilities Commission Infrastructure Committee · Utilities Commission Planning Committee - Special Meeting · Utilities Commission Resources Committee · Veterans Affairs Commission · Veterans Affairs Commission - Special Meeting · Veterans Affairs Commission Meeting
Where the records come from
We pull official meeting videos from city platforms — Granicus, CivicPlus, PrimeGov, Swagit, and YouTube — once per city per day. Agendas come from the city's public agenda system. Nothing is republished without an official source.
How transcription works
Every meeting is transcribed with word-level timestamps, then enriched with AI to extract decisions, agenda items, public comments, and civic issues. Transcripts may contain errors; video and original audio remain the authoritative source.
How search works
Search is hybrid — keyword matching plus vector similarity — inside Meilisearch. Results are real records (meetings, agenda items, dev applications). The summaries on each result card were produced during enrichment and are reviewed periodically. Written answers come only from the assistant, described next.
How the assistant answers questions
The “Ask about” assistant answers plain-English questions from the same records search uses: agendas, minutes, transcripts, recorded decisions and development applications. It does not answer from general knowledge about your city. It is free with a sign-in.
Every statement in an answer links to the meeting it came from, so you can open the agenda, minutes or the moment in the video and check it yourself. When the records do not cover a question, it says so instead of guessing.
It keeps a recommendation separate from a decision. A planning commission that votes to recommend denial has not denied anything; the council decides next, and the answer says which body acted and which body acts next.
Known limits. Until a body approves its minutes, a vote may be known only from the recording; answers label those votes as recording-based. Not every meeting has a transcript or minutes yet, and coverage differs by city (see the coverage figures at the top of this page). Like the summaries, answers can contain errors.
Before a change to the assistant ships, we rerun a fixed set of real residents' questions with checked answers and compare the results. Passing that set does not guarantee every answer is right, which is why every answer shows its sources.
AI limitations
AI summaries can contain errors. Always verify legal actions, vote counts, and named-person attributions against the official video, transcript, and minutes. Where records are incomplete, we mark the gap rather than guess.
Corrections
Spotted a problem? Email corrections@opencityrecord.org with a link to the page and a description of the issue. We review every correction and update the affected record.