CITY OF PETALUMA, CALIFORNIA
SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL & PETALUMA COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT SUCCESSOR AGENCY (PCDSA)
City Hall Council Chamber
11 English Street
Petaluma, CA 94952
MINUTES
Wednesday, June 11, 2025
CLOSED SESSION 4:00 P.M.
CALL TO ORDER – CLOSED SESSION – 4:00 P.M.
Mayor McDonnell called the meeting to order at 4:00 p.m.
• ROLL CALL
PRESENT: Councilmember Cader Thompon, Councilmember DeCarli, Vice Mayor Nau, Councilmember Quint, Councilmember Shribbs, Mayor McDonnell
ABSENT: Councilmember Barnacle
CLOSED SESSION
• CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL — ANTICIPATED LITIGATION Consideration of Initiation of Litigation pursuant to paragraph (4) of subdivision (d) of Section 54956.9 Number of Cases: 1
Existing facts and circumstances: Multiple U.S. cities and counties in California and other states are plaintiffs in federal litigation brought in the Northern District, Case Number 25 -CV-01350-WHO, challenging federal executive directives purporting to order local jurisdictions to assist in civil enforcement of Federal immigration policies in violation of the 10th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and Separation of Powers doctrine, on pain of loss of federal funding, in violation of the Spending Clause, and threat of civil and criminal prosecution of local officials, in violation of the Due Process clause of the Constitution. Direction will be sought from the City Council on whether the City should join a motion seeking to intervene in the pending litigation as a plaintiff city.
PUBLIC COMMENT ON CLOSED SESSION ITEMS
Mayor McDonnell opened the public comment.
Nickola Frye
Jodi Johnson
Mayor McDonnell closed the public comment.
ADJOURN TO CLOSED SESSION
Council adjourned to closed session at 4:08 p.m.
REPORT OUT OF CLOSED SESSION
City Attorney Eric Danly reported that by a vote of 5 to 1, with Councilmember DeCarli opposed and Councilmember Barnacle absent, City Council directed that the City join as a plaintiff in the pending litigation City and County of San Francisco et al. v. Donald J. Trump et al, a Federal District Court case in the Northern District, Case no. 3:17-cv-00485-WHO.
ADJOURNMENT
Mayor McDonnell adjourned the meeting at 5:22 p.m.