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Residents accuse Cotati officials of selective code enforcement as council approves minor budget amendment
Summary
Residents used public comment to accuse city staff and outside counsel of selective code enforcement, undisclosed legal billings and ADA-access failures; council approved a midyear budget amendment after hearing those concerns and a midyear finance update.
Several Cotati residents used public comment at the city council meeting to renew long-running complaints about the city’s code-enforcement practices and to challenge city legal spending, while the council voted to amend the fiscal-year budget.
George Barich, introduced himself as a former Cotati councilman and repeatedly criticized the city’s code-enforcement process, saying it had become “a no win for the accused” and calling the system “corruption, not about compliance.” He described a multiyear dispute over fines and administrative fees and alleged inconsistent enforcement and procedural problems in informal hearings.
Other speakers raised related concerns.…
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