RESOLUTION NO. 2026-116
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF POMONA, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING RULES OF DECORUM AND PROCEDURES FOR CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS; REPEALING AND SUPERSEDING RESOLUTION NOS. 89-180 AND 93-204 WHEREAS, Government Code section 54954.3 requires the City Council to provide opportunities for public comment, authorizes reasonable regulations governing public testimony, and prohibits the City Council from barring public criticism of City policies, programs, services, procedures, or the acts or omissions of the City Council; WHEREAS, Government Code section 54957.95 authorizes the presiding member of a legislative body, or the presiding member's designee, to remove an individual who is actually disrupting a meeting after the required warning and opportunity to cease, except when the individual engages in the use of force or a true threat of force; WHEREAS, Government Code section 54957.96 confirms that existing authority to remove or limit participation applies to members of the public participating through a two-way telephonic service or two-way audiovisual platform, and Government Code section 54957.9 authorizes the clearing of a meeting room under specified circumstances involving group disruption; WHEREAS, the City Council previously adopted Resolution No. 89-180 concerning personal attacks and audience reactions at City Council meetings and Resolution No. 93-204 concerning signs and placards in the Council Chambers; WHEREAS, the City Council desires to replace those separate and dated provisions with a comprehensive, current, and viewpoint-neutral policy that establishes uniform standards for public participation, safety, accessibility, and the orderly conduct of City Council meetings, whether persons participate in person or remotely; WHEREAS, on June 15, 2026, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2026-70, which established a separate policy governing disruptions of internet service or two-way remote access technology during public meetings; and WHEREAS, the Rules of Decorum and Procedures for City Council Meetings attached as Exhibit A govern participant conduct and coordinate with, but do not replace or amend, the technology-disruption policy adopted by Resolution No. 2026-70.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Pomona as follows:
SECTION 1. The foregoing recitals are true and correct and are incorporated into this Resolution by this reference.
SECTION 2. The City Council hereby adopts the "Rules of Decorum and Procedures for City Council Meetings," attached to this Resolution as Exhibit A and incorporated herein by this reference.
SECTION 3. Resolution Nos. 89-180 and 93-204 are hereby repealed and superseded in their entirety.
SECTION 4. To the extent any previously adopted rule, resolution, or policy governing decorum at City Council meetings conflicts with the Policy adopted by this Resolution, the Policy adopted by this Resolution shall control.
SECTION 5. Resolution No. 2026-70 and the technology-disruption policy adopted by that resolution remain in full force and effect. Participant conduct shall be governed by the Policy adopted by this Resolution, while failures or interruptions of remote-access technology shall be governed by Resolution No. 2026-70.
SECTION 6. The City Clerk, City Manager, City Attorney, and Chief of Police are authorized to implement the Policy and to develop administrative procedures and training consistent with the Policy. The City Clerk, in consultation with the City Attorney, may correct non-substantive clerical, formatting, and citation errors that do not materially alter the Policy.
SECTION 7. If any provision of this Resolution or the Policy, or the application of any such provision to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the remainder of this Resolution and the Policy shall not be affected and shall continue in full force and effect to the fullest extent permitted by law.
SECTION 8. This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 5th day of October, 2026.
CITY OF POMONA:
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Tim Sandoval
Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Sonia Carvalho
City Attorney
ATTEST:
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Karla Shipman, CMC
City Clerk
I, KARLA SHIPMAN, CMC, City Clerk of the City of Pomona, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 2026-116 was duly adopted by the City Council of the City of Pomona at a regular meeting held on October 5, 2026, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSTAIN:
ABSENT:
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Karla Shipman, CMC
City Clerk
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Resolution No. 2026-116
October 5, 2026
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