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Bakersfield amends council policy to implement SB77 remote‑participation rules
Summary
Council approved changes to meeting procedure to implement SB77 Brown Act requirements: consolidated public statements at start of meetings, equal split of comment time between in‑person and remote participants, and a scheduled rollout of remote tech by July 1, 2026.
The council unanimously approved amendments to its meeting policy to comply with recent Brown Act changes enacted by SB77, which require two‑way remote public participation with the same time allotments as in‑person speakers.
Deputy City Attorney Ashley Sbrano told the council that staff drafted a limited set of changes intended to preserve the familiar meeting flow while meeting the statute: all non‑agenda and agenda public statements will be heard at the start…
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