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Santa Barbara City Council adjourns to closed session for public employee performance evaluation
Summary
At a special meeting April 8, 2026, the Santa Barbara City Council read an item calling for a closed-session public employee performance evaluation under Government Code section 54957(b)(1), heard no public comment and adjourned to closed session, planning to reconvene at 2:00 p.m.
The Santa Barbara City Council on April 8, 2026, adjourned into closed session to conduct a public employee performance evaluation under Government Code section 54957(b)(1).
A staff member read Item 1 as a recommendation that the council hold a closed session for a public employee performance evaluation under Government Code section 54957(b)(1). During roll call several council members were recorded as present. The presiding officer asked for public comment and staff reported none.
"We do not anticipate report out and we will reconvene at 2:00," the presiding officer said before adjourning the open meeting into closed session. The council did not take any public votes on the item during the open session.
Closed sessions for personnel matters are exempt from public disclosure under state law; the council indicated it did not expect to report the results back to the public immediately. The meeting materials listed the government code citation tied to the personnel item but provided no further public details about the employee or the evaluation’s scope.
The council indicated it would reconvene at 2:00 p.m.; no further public action on the item was announced during the open session.
