Item No. 11
August 31, 2026
City Council Meeting
RESOLUTION ADOPTING A REMOTE
ACCESS DISRUPTION POLICY FOR CITY
COUNCIL MEETINGS
1 SB 707 (Durazo) – Brown Act
SB 707 (DURAZO) – BROWN ACT AMENDMENTS
• Requires City Council meetings to provide
public with opportunity to participate in-
person and remotely
• Requires City Council to adopt procedures for
instances when disruption to remote
participation occurs
2 Remote Access Disruption Policy
Required Actions When Disruptions Occur
• Mayor to stop meeting – City staff to address technical issues
• If delay appears to be extended, City Council can recess back to closed session during open session stoppage
• City staff to make good faith efforts to restore remote access; document efforts made to address disruption
• If disruption can be fixed, meeting can reconvene
• If disruption in access cannot be fixed, and more than one hour has passed, City Council can consider reconvening
meeting
3 Remote Access Disruption Policy
Required Actions When Disruptions Occur – Cont.
• Mayor announces the issue cannot be fixed
• City staff verbally reports (and distributes) a description of efforts made to fix the issue
• City Council can make a motion to find that good faith efforts were made by City staff; and either:
> A determination that the public interest to continue the in-person meeting outweighs the public interest to provide remote public access to the meeting; or
> A determination not to continue the meeting and adjourn proceedings to a future date
• Five affirmative votes needed to proceed with the
meeting, or the meeting is adjourned
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