Tacoma mayor will give 2021 State of City in four-part series after 'year of hardship' News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. 3 hrs ago Allison Needles, The News Tribune (Tacoma, Wash.) Apr. 21—It's been a tough past year, said Tacoma Mayor Victoria Woodards. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Woodards will be giving her annual State of the City Address virtually again this year in a four-part series airing the first four Mondays in the month of May. Last year's State of the City Address was also virtual. "As we emerge from a year of unprecedented and unforeseen hardship — and embrace the need for innovation, compassion and change — I'm going to focus on how we lift and strengthen our economy, our neighbors and our community as a whole," Woodards said in a news release Tuesday. "But I am not charting our path forward alone. As a city, we are transforming our destiny together."