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Santa Barbara City Council adjourns to closed session on labor negotiators

Santa Barbara City Council · June 9, 2026
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Summary

At a June 9 special meeting, the Santa Barbara City Council read an item titled 'conference with labor negotiators,' confirmed no public commenters, and adjourned into closed session with no report anticipated, saying it would reconvene at 2:00 p.m.

The Santa Barbara City Council on Tuesday adjourned into closed session to confer with labor negotiators after a brief special meeting in which the clerk read the agenda item into the record.

During roll call, the clerk recorded Council member Freriedman and Council member Jordan as present; Council members Santa Maria and Gutierrez were noted as not yet present, and Council member Harmon as not present. Both Mayor Ross and Mayor Promston were recorded as present. The council confirmed there were no public commenters online.

The clerk read item one as 'conference with labor negotiators,' and the presiding official said, 'All right. We'll adjourn to close session. We do not anticipate a report out and we'll reconvene at 2 o'clock.' That statement was attributed to Mayor Ross.

No formal votes, motions, or public deliberations on the merits of labor proposals were conducted in the open meeting; the public portion concluded with the announcement of the closed session and a planned reconvening time. The record shows only the agenda listing and the adjournment to closed session; no report out was anticipated at the time the meeting adjourned.