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Budget Proposal 2024

Rex Richardson has made many efforts to reshape Long Beach, California’s economy through their budget proposals leading up to 2024. To support this approach, Richardson has drafted his proposal for Long Beach revolving around Elevate 28, a billion-dollar plan to improve the Long Beach area. The $3.2 billion proposal focuses on helping the homeless and preparing the community for the 2028 Olympic Games. The final budget for this fiscal year was established and planned to begin on October 1^st. After many revisions, this budget was focused on allocating funds toward the upcoming Olympics, infrastructure, and more. More key motivations of this program were to upgrade their population’s quality of life which aim to extend life expectancy and decrease homeless rates around the city by finding the homeless homes. This budget also incorporates strategies to inject money into smaller locally owned businesses to improve the local community around Long Beach.

During the $3.2 billion budget proposal, Rex Richardson has advocated for a plan that is meant to supply more resources to the city, this 10-year plan is called the West Side Promise. This promise is meant to fight against the environmental racism that has plagued the city for years, and Richardson believes this will be a beneficial investment for the city. Some key attributes of this program include developing a new culture center and developing the parks in the area. To make this program successful, the city would need funding from private and public industries to help make this promise a reality for the of Long Beach.