The City of West Hollywood developed its first strategic plan in 1990. The resulting plan provided the blueprint for City programs, services and resource allocations for a ten year period. In 2001 and 2002, the City again turned its focus to long-range planning, initiating the second strategic planning process since incorporation. To develop Vision 2020, the City held eight community visioning workshops. Over 250 of the City’s residents, business community members, social services providers, and City Hall staff met to develop goals and objectives for the coming twenty years. A Strategic Planning Task Force of community stakeholders was appointed to assist in finalizing the City’s revised Mission Statement, Core Values, and Goals and Objectives. The final document, Vision 2020, was completed and adopted by Council in 2003 and has served as a guide for the City’s policies for almost 15 years.

West Hollywood Vision 2050 will use community input to prepare a roadmap for where the City wants to be over the next 30 years. The West Hollywood Vision 2050 process will also ask groups of West Hollywood residents, workers, City Council, and City staff to define priorities to guide the City’s decision making process.