MINUTES
LEGISLATION AND POLICY COMMITTEE
MEETING
Monday, April 20, 2026 | 3:00 PM
City Hall – City Council Conference Room
34009 Alvarado-Niles Road, Union City, CA 94587
1. CALL TO ORDER
Mayor Singh called the meeting to order at 3:10 PM.
2. ROLL CALL
Attendance Attendee Name
Present Councilmember Nishihira
Mayor Singh
Absent None
3. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS - Comments Limited to Items on the Meeting Agenda Mayor Singh opened Oral Communications. There being no speakers, Mayor Singh closed Oral Communications.
4. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES
Motion: Approve the Minutes from November 12, 2025 and February 2, 2026.
RESULT: Pass
MOVER: Councilmember Nishihira
SECONDER: Mayor Singh
AYES: Councilmember Nishihira and Mayor Singh
NOES: None
4.1. November 17, 2025 Meeting
Approved under the motion.
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4.2. February 2, 2026 Meeting
Approved under the motion.
5. BUSINESS MATTERS
Mayor Singh moved Item 5.2 to be addressed first under Business Matters.
5.2. Discussion Regarding Actions by Other Agencies to Prevent Federal Use of City Property and Direction Regarding Same
City Attorney Kokotaylo provided staff presentation. Police Chief Rinetti provided additional information and responded to Committee questions.
The Committee directed staff to prepare an ordinance regarding ICE's use of City property for City Council consideration.
5.1. Review of SB 707 Compliance Requirements and Related Public Access Policies
City Clerk Pham and City Attorney Kokotaylo provided staff presentation and responded to Committee questions.
The Committee received an update regarding the proposed SB 707 meeting disruption policy, the translated agenda bulletin board, the planned use of Wordly for live translation and captioning, the return to hybrid City Council meetings effective July 1, 2026, and public comment procedures for remote participation.
The Committee directed staff to bring the SB 707 meeting disruption policy to the City Council for consideration. The Committee also concurred with maintaining flexibility for public comment time limits based on the number of speakers for each item.
5.3. Discussion Regarding Draft Council Member Handbook and Direction Regarding Same
City Attorney Kokotaylo provided staff presentation.
The Committee reviewed the draft Council Member Handbook and provided feedback regarding the Code of Ethics, annual reorganization meeting, Councilmember travel and discretionary fund provisions, legislative recess, public comment procedures, decorum, abstentions, nepotism, and use of City resources. Staff will revise the draft handbook and return with an updated version for further review.
City Attorney Kokotaylo stated that staff would clean up the draft handbook and bring it back for further review.
6. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS REQUEST
Mayor Singh requested, with Councilmember Nishihira’s concurrence, that future agenda items include reviews of increased fines for illegal tree removal and of police citations and abandoned vehicle policies.
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7. ADJOURNMENT
Mayor Singh adjourned the Meeting at 4:55 PM.
Respectfully Submitted,
/s/Christopher Chang
Administrative Assistant, Confidential