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
Thursday, June 26, 2025
CLOSED SESSION 5:45 P.M.
CALL TO ORDER – CLOSED SESSION – 5:45 P.M.
Vice Mayor Nau called the meeting to order at 5:45 p.m.
• ROLL CALL
PRESENT: Councilmember Cader Thompon, Councilmember DeCarli, Vice Mayor Nau, Councilmember Quint, Councilmember Shribbs
ABSENT: Mayor McDonnell, 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 Washington state, California and other states are plaintiffs in federal litigation captioned Martin Luther King, Jr. County, et al, v. Sott Turner, et al, brought in the Western District Court of Washington, at Seattle, Case Number 2:25-cv- 00814-BJR. The case challenges conditions imposed on federal funding of the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Department of Transportation purporting to order local jurisdictions to comply with Trump administration policies opposing local gender recognition, reproductive choice, and DEI programs, and requiring local cooperation with civil enforcement of Federal immigration policies. The case alleges the Trump administration policies being applied to congressionally-approved federal funding for local agencies violate the 10th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and Separation of Powers doctrine, the Spending and the Due Process clauses of the Constitution, and multiple provisions of the Administrative Procedures Act. Direction will be sought from the City Council on whether the City should join the pending litigation as a plaintiff city.
PUBLIC COMMENT ON CLOSED SESSION ITEMS
Vice Mayor Nau opened the public comment.
Jodi Johnson
Tim Porteous
Marie Cuneo
Chantel Rogers
Janis Barker
Vice Mayor Nau closed the public comment.
ADJOURN TO CLOSED SESSION
Council adjourned to closed session at 5:58 p.m.
REPORT OUT OF CLOSED SESSION
City Attorney Eric Danly reported that by unanimous vote the City Council directed that the City join as a plaintiff in the pending litigation Martin Luther King, Jr. County, et al, v. Sott Turner, et al, brought in the Western District Court of Washington, at Seattle, Case Number 2:25-cv-00814-BJR.
ADJOURNMENT
Vice Mayor Nau adjourned the meeting at 6:53 p.m.