Metro - File #: 2026-0457

• File #: 2026-0457
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Agenda Ready
• File created: 6/3/2026
• In control: Executive Management Committee
• On agenda: 7/16/2026
• Title: CONSIDER: A. ADOPTING, pursuant to Senate Bill 707 (SB 707), the following findings on behalf of eligible subsidiary bodies 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 to meet via teleconference, by either audio-visual or telephonic means, if they choose, subject to th...
• Sponsors: Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
• Indexes: Accessibility, Public Safety Advisory Committee, Resolution, Safety

Meeting_Body
EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
JULY 16, 2026

Subject
SUBJECT: COMPLIANCE FOR ELIGIBLE SUBSIDIARY BODIES TO MEET VIA TELECONFERENCE

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 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 to meet via teleconference, by either audio-visual or telephonic means, if they choose, subject to the requirements of SB 707.

Issue
ISSUE

SB 707 (Attachment A), signed into law in October 2025, allows eligible subsidiary bodies the ability to participate in a teleconference meeting from a remote location that is not accessible to the public, if certain requirements are met. Under these expanded rules, an eligible subsidiary body may elect to meet remotely using the relaxed teleconferencing standards if the Board adopts required statutory findings and renews such findings every six months. The purpose of this report is to authorize the renewal.

Background
BACKGROUND

SB 707 (Durazo), signed into law on October 3, 2025, modernizes the Ralph M. Brown Act by extending the relaxed modifications set forth by AB 2449 (Rubio) in September 2022 and updating telec...