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Cotati meeting erupts over land acknowledgment wording and public‑comment timing; council pauses meeting
Summary
Public comment at the Cotati City Council meeting included heated objections to a land acknowledgment, questions about the city seal, and repeated citations of the Brown Act's public‑comment rules; the mayor briefly recessed the meeting after repeated interruptions.
A prolonged public‑comment exchange at the start of the Cotati City Council meeting centered on the council’s land‑acknowledgment statement and on when members of the public may address items on the agenda.
Several residents told the council they objected to the land acknowledgment and to recent changes tied to the city seal; one speaker called the acknowledgment "virtue signaling" and said the city was "driving businesses away" — comments that drew objections from other attendees. Another resident said the land acknowledgment omitted Pomo representation and disputed a historical description…
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