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Cerritos council agrees in principle to open social‑media comments; asks staff to update policy and moderation plan
Summary
The council voted 5–0 to direct staff to return with updates to the city’s digital communications policy and to proceed toward enabling comments on official social media channels after policy and moderator training are in place.
The Cerritos City Council on April 10 voted unanimously to direct staff to revise the city’s digital communications policy and return with a report that would allow the city to enable public comments on its social media platforms.
Background: The city expanded official social accounts in 2023 and had intentionally disabled public comments during a 12‑month trial. Staff presented account growth numbers — Instagram pages for the city and the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts exceed 3,000 followers combined and Facebook followers have roughly doubled over the past year — and described recent high‑performing posts. Staff…
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