Agency/Body Date of Incident Current Virtual Speaker Status Antioch Council voted to hold in-person meetings only. Zoom is no longer used Arcadia n/a
No longer publishing zoom meeting ID – participants must email for the code to have heads up of anyone who is not a regular. They have one councilmember out of town using emergency participation. Once she returns, they may discontinue remote participation.
Burlingame n/a Discontinued Zoom comments over this issue Capitola n/a Eliminated virtual or remote public comment feature Ceres City Council 9/25/2023 Discontinued Zoom comments over this issue Claremont City Council 10/10/2023 Discontinued Zoom comments over this issue Concord City Council n/a Discontinued Zoom comments over this issue County of Santa Rosa Discontinued Zoom comments over this issue Fremont City Council n/a removed option for virtual public comment Galt 10/17/2023 removed option for virtual public comment Irwindale 10/25/2023 Following the incident, they have temporarily removed the option for comments to be made via Zoom and have limited them to email and in-person only.
Larkspur City Council 9/20/2023 Discontinued Zoom comments over this issue Livermore City Council 9/25/2023 Discontinued Zoom comments over this issue Milpitas City Council n/a Temporarily suspended Zoom comments over this issue Modesto City Council 9/26/2023 Discontinued Zoom comments over this issue Moorpark n/a Stopped allowing public comments via Zoom effective with our November 1 meeting but will still use Zoom for the meetings.
Novato City Council 9/26/2023 Discontinued Zoom Comments Pacific Grove City Council 10/18/2023 Discontinued Zoom Comments Palo Alto City Council 10/16/2023 Discontinued Zoom comments over this issue Plymouth 10/26/2023 Not sure if they ever allowed zoom comments Sacramento City Council 9/5/2023 It got so bad that they’ve discontinued Zoom. All public comments are now in person San Francisco Board of Supervisors 9/26/2023 Discontinued Zoom comments over this issue San Ramon City Council n/a Discontinued Zoom comments over this issue Santa Rosa City 9/13/2023 Discontinued Zoom comments over this issue Solvang City Council Week ending 10/13
They alerted videographer in advance and they were able to discern the ill intended at the last two Council meetings. They caught on pretty quickly, so they were able to remove them before speaking. The City Attorney was aware of the Fake names coming forward (historical criminals, KKK, etc.) They’ll have conversation regarding requiring pre-registration for public comment or other options on November 13th
Sonoma County BOS 9/12/2023 Discontinued Zoom comments over this issue South San Francisco City Council 9/13/2023 Discontinued Zoom comments over this issue Town of Windsor n/a Eliminated virtual or remote public comment feature Union City Council n/a Discontinued Zoom comments over this issue Walnut Creek City Council 6/1/2023 Discontinued Zoom comments over this issue Watsonville 10/24/2023 Council took recessed and moved public comment to the end of the agenda Redwood City Council n/a Temporarily suspended Zoom comments over this issue El Cerrito City Council 9/19/2023 Temporarily suspended Zoom comments over this issue Atherton City Council 9/20/2023 Continue zoom for public comments Bay Area Air Quality District n/a continue to allow virtual participation Berkeley City Council 9/26/2023 continuing to allow virtual participation Carmel-by-the-Sea n/a continuing to allow virtual participation Contra Costa County n/a continue to allow virtual participation El Dorado County Board of Supervisors 9/26/2023 Continue zoom for public comments Fowler n/a continue to allow virtual participation
Grand Terrace n/a continue to allow virtual participation Hermosa Beach City Council 9/26/2023 continue to allow virtual participation Monrovia n/a continue to allow virtual participation
Monterey City Council 9/19/2023 Continuing to use Zoom for public comments/Updated policy, Berkeley model (individuals interested in speaking need to make it clear at the beginning of public comment on an item
Richmond City Council 10/2/2023 continue to allow virtual participation San Diego City Council 9/18/2023 Continuing to use Zoom for public comments San Jose City Council wk ending 10/6 Continuing to use Zoom for public comments San Mateo 10/2/23 and 10/30/23 Continuing to use Zoom for public comments Saratoga City Council 9/20/2023 Continuing to use Zoom for public comments/moved public comment for nonagendized matters to take place at the end of the meetings. In-person public comment for nonagendized matters still takes place towards the beginning of the meeting Seaside City Council 10/19/2023 Continuing to use Zoom for public comments Sonoma City Council 11/1/2023 Continuing to use Zoom for spoken public comments Sunnyvale City Council 10/24/2023 Updated script for Mayor and continue to allow virtual participation Vallejo City Council 10/10/2023 Continuing to use Zoom for spoken public comments Ventura City Council 9/25/2023 Continuing to use Zoom for spoken public comments Brentwood City Council 9/26/2023 Removed the option for general public comment, but allow remote comment on Agenda Items, where it is easier to remove speakers if they are not on topic of the agenda item.
Malibu Week ending 10/13 Still considering options
Pacifica City Council 9/25/2023 Considering discontinuing Zoom comments.
San Carlos City Council 9/25/2023 Updated or Revised Rules of Decorum / Council Policy