Huntington Beach, CA, Selects The Accela Civic Platform For $3.2M Upgrade To City Services

Southern California Coastal Town to Update City Permitting System Across Government Departments

San Ramon, CA /PRNewswire/ - Accela, the leading provider of cloud-based productivity and civic engagement solutions for government, today announced that Huntington Beach, CA, has selected the Accela Civic Platform to update and streamline the City's outdated permitting system. The Huntington Beach City Council unanimously approved the$3.2 million tech initiative to replace the current software used within its building, fire, planning and public works departments—which has been in place for more than 14 years.

Featuring an open architecture and centralized database, the Accela Civic Platform allows for event, transaction and contact activity to be shared across city departments, increasing communication between office and field workers, citizens and businesses. The platform will also allow the City to offer enhanced customer service while providing contractors, building inspectors, fire companies and code enforcement officers access to mobile solutions that speed processes and response time.

"The Accela Civic Platform will empower the City of Huntington Beach to streamline and digitize its permitting processes across all departments with powerful, modern technology," said Maury Blackman, Accela President and CEO. "Once the platform is implemented, City employees will be able to do more with less and have easy access to the information they need to do their jobs more efficiently. It will also enable the City to provide open, real-time engagement with residents on their terms, via mobile and online."

Accela will work closely with the City to implement the Accela Civic Platform, installing the system and training Huntington Beach employees as part of the contract. Once installed, the platform will allow residents online access to government services — including making payments, renewing business licenses and reporting possible code violations — from a variety of city departments, many of which did not previously have an online option. The City will also be implementing a custom Fire App developed by CityGov App, in partnership with Accela.

About Accela
Accela provides a platform of cloud-based productivity and civic engagement solutions to governments of all sizes worldwide. The Accela Civic Platform includes solutions to cost-effectively manage critical enterprise functions, and mobile apps to foster greater citizen engagement. From asset, land and legislative management to licensing, finance, environmental health and more, Accela's software drives efficiency for more than 2,200 governments, including nearly 90 percent of America's 50 largest cities. The Company was named Government Technology's GovTech100 in 2016, a distinction of the top 100 companies focused on government customers. Accela is headquartered in San Ramon, California, with offices in San Francisco, New York, Boston, Portland, Melbourne and Dubai. For more information, visit www.accela.com.