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Residents and committee press to restore 0 30 citizen agenda access and improve video access; committee prioritizes 0 30 review
Summary
Public commenters and committee members urged reversing recent changes to the "0 30" process that they say limit citizen-initiated agenda items and called for clearer video/access tools (tickers, channel 15 broadcast). The committee voted 2-to-1 to prioritize 0 30 review and to keep an April 30 ethics consultant presentation on the calendar.
Public commenters and committee members at the Santa Clara Governance & Ethics special meeting on April 13 pressed the committee to revisit the city's 0 30 process (the citizen-initiated agenda item mechanism) and to improve remote-access tools for recorded meetings.
Anthony Becker, a former Santa Clara council member, suggested the city's YouTube meeting videos need a clearer on-screen indicator so remote viewers can follow the agenda: "If we can…
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