For City Council Meeting May 26, 2026
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
FROM: Tanya Williams, City Manager
AUTHOR: Barbara A. McGee, City Clerk
Tanya Williams, City Manager
Eric Vail, City Attorney
Title
Request City Council to adopt Resolution No. 8518 adopting City Council Meeting Policies Relating to Remote Participation by Members of the Public Pursuant to Senate Bill 707 and Resolution No. 8519 Amending the Rules and Procedures for Conducting City Council Meetings.
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the City Council adopt a Resolution adopting City Council meeting policies relating to remote participation by members of the public and adopt a Resolution relating to the amendment of the City Council rules.
BACKGROUND
On October 3, 2025, Governor Newsom signed into law Senate Bill 707 (SB 707), which amends the Brown Act with the intent to diversify and increase public engagement during local government meetings of legislative bodies. Among the various new requirements under SB 707, all qualified legislative bodies must now offer hybrid meetings (through a two-way phone or video platform).
SB 707 requires the City to formally adopt a policy, on or before July 1, 2026, that outlines the procedures for recessing and reconvening a meeting in the event of disruption of remote service and the efforts that the City Council and staff shall make to attempt to restore the service.
In addition, the City Council desires to adopt a policy that implements the procedures governing the removal or limitation of a remote participant disrupting a meeting. SB 707 amended the Ralph M. Brown Act (Gov. Code, ? 54950 et seq.) to expressly provide that the authority of a presiding member of a legislative body to remove, or cause the removal of, an individual for disrupting a meeting extends to teleconferenced meetings and to members of the public participating in a meeting via a two-way telephonic service or a two-way audiovisual platform
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