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Planning Commission asks staff to draft voluntary-disclosure rules for interested‑party contacts
Summary
The Santa Monica Planning Commission voted to ask staff to draft prospective rules prompting voluntary disclosure of interested‑party contacts for certain legislative matters, after commissioners debated the line between legally required ex parte notices and voluntary transparency at hearings.
The Santa Monica Planning Commission voted to ask staff to draft proposed rules of order prompting voluntary disclosures of interested‑party contacts for development agreements, general plan and zoning ordinance amendments and other legislative matters.
The motion, moved by an unidentified commissioner and seconded by another commissioner, passed on a roll‑call vote with Commissioners Landers and Wasserman, Vice Chair Choco and Chair Hamilton recorded as voting yes.…
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