Meeting_Body
EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
JANUARY 15, 2026
Subject
SUBJECT: FINDINGS REQUIRED FOR ELIGIBLE SUBSIDIARY BODIES TO MEET VIA TELECONFERENCE IN COMPLIANCE WITH SB 707 (DURAZO)
Action
ACTION: APPROVE RECOMMENDATION
Heading
RECOMMENDATION
Title
CONSIDER:
A. ADOPTING, pursuant to Senate Bill 707 (SB 707), the following findings on behalf of eligible subsidiary bodies (Attachment A) as defined by SB 707:
(i) The Board of Directors has considered the circumstances of the eligible subsidiary body.
(ii) Teleconference meetings of the eligible subsidiary body would enhance public access to meetings of the eligible subsidiary body, and the public has been made aware of the type of remote participation, including audio-visual or telephonic, that will be made available at a regularly scheduled meeting and has been provided the opportunity to comment at an in-person meeting of the legislative body authorizing the subsidiary body to meet entirely remotely.
(iii) Teleconference meetings of the eligible subsidiary body would promote the attraction, retention, and diversity of eligible subsidiary body members.
B. AUTHORIZING eligible subsidiary bodies (Attachment A) to meet via teleconference, by either audio-visual or telephonic means, if they choose, subject to the requirements of SB 707; and
C. RECEIVING AND FILING the update on relaxed teleconferencing rules as stated in SB 707 (Attachment B).
Issue
ISSUE
SB 707 (Attachment B), signed into law in October 2025, updates and extends the relaxed teleconferencing options first authorized under AB 2449 (Rubio). Such relaxed rules include the ability to participate in a teleconference meeting from a remote location that is not accessible to the public, if certain requirements are met. While SB 707 continues to provide for relaxed teleconferencing options for a legislative body of a local agency (i.e., bodies subject to the Brown Act) under updated "just cause" requirements or as a reasonable accommod...
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