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Monterey County board adopts resolution enabling subsidiary bodies to teleconference under SB 707
Summary
Deputy County Counsel Shane Strong briefed the board on SB 707 (the Brown Act Modernization Act), describing new teleconferencing, ADA, and translation requirements. The board voted unanimously to authorize county eligible subsidiary bodies to use teleconferencing pending subsidiary-level approval.
Deputy County Counsel Shane Strong told the Monterey County Board of Supervisors on Jan. 13 that Senate Bill 707 — the Brown Act Modernization Act — creates a detailed, tiered set of teleconferencing rules that will change how the county conducts remote meetings.
"This presentation is about senate bill 707," Strong said. "It is called the Brown Act Modernization Act." He outlined three parts of the law — immediate considerations, rules for eligible legislative bodies (effective July 1), and a set of teleconferencing regimens — and warned the board there are "10, count them, 10 teleconferencing rules" to track.
Strong emphasized several provisions the…
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