RULES

OF
THE LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL

ADOPTED ON DECEMBER 19, 1986

AS AMENDED
(January 2019)

Holly Wolcott
City Clerk
 TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapter Page

Preamble iiii

I Election and Appointment of Officers 1

II Public Notice, Attendance and Comment 2

III Presiding Officer 6

IV Council Meeting Days and Time, Order of Business, and Quorum 7

V Council Discussion and Time Limits 9

VI Resolutions, Contracts, Reports, and Ordinances 10

VII Appointment and Removal of City Commissioners and Officers 12

VIII Voting 13

IX Disposition of Items 14

X Special Meetings 16

XI Committees and Committee Meetings 17

XII Rules 21

XIII Assigned Duties 22

XIV Censure Procedures for the Los Angeles City Council 23

XV Miscellaneous Provisions 25

Appendix - Verbal Motions 28

Index 29
 RULES

OF THE

LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL

These procedural Rules are adopted, pursuant to

authority set forth in Charter Section 242, to assist the
City Council in the orderly conduct of City business
consistent with law.

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CHAPTER I

ELECTION AND APPOINTMENT

OF OFFICERS

*1. At the first meeting of the Council after the second Monday in December, 2020 and after
such day in each even-numbered year thereafter, the City Clerk shall preside over the
election of the President, and the Council shall elect one of its members as President by a
majority vote by open ballot. That member shall be known as the President of the Council.
The President shall serve until the next such meeting date or until a successor has been
elected.

2. After a President is elected, the Council shall elect one of its members as "President Pro
Tempore" in the same manner it has elected the President. The President Pro Tempore
shall serve until a successor has been elected, and shall act as the Presiding Officer in the
absence of the President of the Council and as otherwise provided in Charter Section
243(b).

3. The maker of a duly seconded motion to remove or replace the President, the President Pro
Tempore or both, shall distribute a copy of the motion to each member and to the City Clerk
during a Council session. The City Clerk shall place such motion on the next Council
Agenda to be posted for a regular meeting. If the President's removal is approved, an
election shall be held in accord with Rule 1.

4. After the election of the President and the President Pro Tempore, the President of the
Council shall appoint a member of the Council to be "Assistant President Pro Tempore" who shall
exercise the powers and duties of the President Pro Tempore as provided in Section
2.6(b) of the Los Angeles Administrative Code and serve for the period the President was
elected. In the event of sickness, absence from the City, or disability of the Assistant President
Pro Tempore, the sequence of succession to act as Assistant President Pro Tempore shall be
based upon seniority, as provided in Section 2.6(c) of the Los Angeles Administrative Code.

5. The Presiding Officer may name another member to temporarily perform the duties of the
Chair, but the substitution shall not extend beyond adjournment.
" Rules marked with an asterisk {*) may not be suspended. See Rule 76.

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CHAPTER II

PUBLIC NOTICE, ATTENDANCE

AND COMMENT

*6. The agenda for each regular meeting of the Council shall be posted pursuant to state law
at least 72 hours before the meeting. It shall contain a brief general description of each
item of business to be transacted or discussed at the meeting.

*7. General Public Comment

During each regular meeting, the Council shall provide a member of the public the opportunity
to address the Council on any issue within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Council. This
shall be referred to as "General Public Comment," which generally shall be taken up at or near
the beginning of each regular meeting. Unlike most governing bodies which meet once a week
or less often, the Council has regular meetings three times each week which afford members
of the public frequent opportunity to address the Council. Therefore, each speaker shall be
limited to one minute of general public comment each regular meeting. The Council shall not
discuss or take action relative to any general public comment unless authorized by Section
54954.2(b) of the Government Code. The Council has determined that a cumulative total of
ten minutes is a reasonable minimum amount of time for the General Public Comment segment
of each regular meeting.

Agenda Item Public Comment

The Council shall provide an opportunity for the public to address the Council on each agenda
item before or during Council’s consideration of the item, unless the opportunity for public
comment on the item previously was provided by a Council Committee and the item has not
changed substantially since that Committee’s consideration of the item. A member of the public
wishing to speak on only one agenda item that is eligible for public comment shall be given an
opportunity to speak for up to one minute when that item is considered by Council, or, at the
discretion of the Presiding Officer, before consideration of the item.

A member of the public wishing to speak on more than one agenda item at a single meeting
shall combine and present his or her comments addressing the agenda items at or near the
beginning of the meeting during a segment called “Multiple Agenda Item Comment.” A member
of the public speaking on more than one agenda item shall be allowed to speak for up to one
minute per item up to a total of three minutes per meeting. This will be the only opportunity to
speak, other than during General Public Comment, for those members of the public who have
submitted speaker cards on more than one agenda item. The Council has determined that a
cumulative total of 20 minutes is a reasonable minimum amount of time for the Multiple Agenda
Item segment of each regular meeting. On each meeting agenda, the Clerk shall designate
any agenda items that are linked by a common specific issue. The Presiding Officer may allow
members of the public who submit speaker cards on linked agenda items to make their public
comment when the items are considered by Council.

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Disruptions

A member of the public who disrupts and is ordered removed from a Council meeting or a
Committee meeting shall be excluded from the remainder of that meeting.

A member of the public excluded from a Council or Committee meeting who then disrupts and
is ordered removed from any Council or Committee meeting later that day or during any of the
following 3 business days shall be excluded from attending all Council and Committee meetings
for the remainder of that day and for the following business day.

A member of the public excluded from Council and Committee meetings for the following
business day who then disrupts and is ordered removed from a Council or Committee meeting
on any of the 3 business days immediately following the day of exclusion shall be excluded
from attending all Council and Committee meetings for the remainder of that day and for the
following 3 business days.

A member of the public excluded from Council and Committee meetings for 3 business days
who then disrupts and is ordered removed from a Council or Committee meeting on any of the
3 business days immediately following the third day of exclusion shall be excluded from
attending all Council and Committee meetings for the remainder of that day and for the following
6 business days.

A member of the public excluded from Council and Committee meetings for 6 business days
who then disrupts and is ordered removed from a Council or Committee meeting on any of the
3 business days immediately following the sixth day of exclusion shall be excluded from
attending all Council and Committee meetings for the remainder of that day and for the following
6 business days.

A business day is every calendar day on which a Council and/or Committee meeting is held.

*8. Public hearing items scheduled for regular meetings are afforded special notice for a specific
Council meeting date and are intended to receive separate public input on a specific matter.
Interested persons (for example applicants, appellants and property owners) shall be given
reasonable opportunity to present oral arguments for or against any proposed action. However,
no person may present evidence not relevant to the matter which is the subject of the hearing.
The Presiding Officer may exercise his or her discretion, subject to reversal by a majority of the
Council pursuant to Rule 15, in conducting the public comment period, including re-ordering
the order of business as set forth in Rule 22 and providing additional time for a member of the
public to speak as long as other speakers are afforded equal time.

9. No person shall be permitted to interrupt Councilmembers or the Clerk during a Council

meeting.

10. No person, other than members of the news media and City staff shall be admitted into the
Council business area of the Council Chamber (separated by a rope from the public seating
area), while the Council is meeting except upon the request of a member and consent
of the Presiding Officer.

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11. To facilitate the orderly process of public comment and to assist the Council and its Committees
in conducting business as efficiently as possible, members of the public wishing to address the
Council or a Committee shall hand a speaker card, which includes the speaker's name or other
identifying designation, to the Sergeant-at-Arms prior to an agenda item being called. Failure
to submit an intelligible speaker card prior to an item being called may preclude a member of
the public from speaking during that particular public comment period. An electronic automated
system to submit a request to speak may be implemented instead of a member of the public
handing a speaker card to the Sergeant-at-Arms. When the Presiding Officer calls a speaker’s
name, the speaker promptly shall approach the podium in the center aisle of Council Chamber
or Board of Public Works hearing room, or the table provided in Committee. Failure to approach
the podium or table promptly may preclude a member of the public from speaking during the
subject public comment period. Members of the public shall speak only from the podium or
table. Speakers are requested to refrain from yelling into the microphone, as doing so presents
difficulties for designated translators to accurately translate the speaker’s comment. Each
speaker promptly shall conclude all comments when his or her time to speak has expired.
Speakers are not allowed to cede their time to other speakers. The Presiding Officer may
exercise discretion in curtailing the duration of all speakers' comments based upon factors such
as the length of the agenda, the number of public comment speaker cards submitted, the need
for the Council or Committee to conclude its business as expeditiously as is practicable, and
whether the Council or Committee is in danger of losing a quorum. The Presiding Officer may
rule that a speaker is impeding the orderly conduct of the meeting if the comment is not
germane to the agenda item under consideration, and the speaker may forfeit his or her
remaining time on that item.

12. Rules of Decorum

During a meeting of the Council or Committee, there is the need for the Council or Committee
to carry out the public business expeditiously in order to ensure that the public has an
opportunity to be heard and that the Council or Committee has an opportunity for its deliberative
process. While any meeting of the Council or Committee is in session, the following rules shall
be observed:

a. A member of the public addressing the Council or Committee shall only do so from the
podium or designated table and all comments shall be addressed to the Council or
Committee as a whole or to the Presiding Officer, and not to any single Council or
Committee member, City staff or member of the audience. A member of the public
addressing the Council or Committee shall not engage in any conduct which disrupts
the orderly conduct of any Council or Committee meeting.
b. No person in the audience at a Council or Committee meeting shall engage in conduct
that disrupts the orderly conduct of any Council or Committee meeting, including, but
not limited to, the utterance of loud, threatening or abusive language, whistling,
clapping, stamping of feet, repeated waiving of arms or other disruptive acts.

c. All persons attending a Council or Committee meeting shall obey any lawful order or
direction of the Presiding Officer or Sergeant-at-Arms.

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d. Members of the audience and speakers shall not wear or display signs, placards,
banners, hats, costumes or similar items at any time in the Council Chamber or
Committee room that obstruct the view of other audience members. In no event shall
signs, placards, banners, props or similar items be larger than 8 ½ by 11 inches, be
illuminated or be attached to any pole, stick or other device.

e. No person shall interrupt Council or Committee members or the Clerk during a Council
or Committee meeting.

f. No person, other than members of the news media and City staff, shall be admitted into
the Council or Committee business area of the Council Chamber or Committee room
(separated by a rope or other means from the aisles and public seating area), except
upon the request of a Council or Committee member and consent of the Presiding
Officer.

g. No person shall stand or sit within eight feet of either side of the entrance doors to the
Council Chambers or a Committee meeting room. No person shall stand or sit in the
center aisle of the Council Chambers or a Committee meeting room without the
permission of the Presiding Officer or Sergeant-at-Arms. Persons in the seating area
of Council Chambers or a Committee meeting room shall remain seated and refrain
from standing in the seating area unless entering or exiting the seating area or unless
having received permission of the Presiding Officer or Sergeant-at-Arms.

The Presiding Officer of the Council or Committee, with the assistance of the Sergeant-at-Arms,
shall be responsible for maintaining the order of meetings. The Rules shall be enforced as
follows:

The Presiding Officer has the authority to issue a warning to a person violating the Rules. If
the person continues to violate the Rules and disrupt the meeting, the Presiding Officer may
order that person to leave the meeting. If the person does not timely leave the meeting, the
Presiding Officer may order the Sergeant-at-Arms to remove the person from the meeting.

Any person removed from a meeting shall be excluded from further attendance at that meeting,
unless the decision of the Presiding Officer is overruled by a majority vote of the Council or
Committee. The exclusion from the meeting shall be enforced by the Sergeant-at-Arms upon
being so directed by the Presiding Officer. These enforcement provisions are in addition to the
authority held by the Sergeant-at-Arms to maintain order pursuant to Rule 80 and pursuant to
his or her lawful authority as a peace officer.

Any person failing to leave Council Chambers or a Committee meeting room after being
ordered to do so by the Presiding Officer and who willfully resists, delays or obstructs removal
by the Sergeant-at-Arms, may be subject to arrest for violation of the Penal Code or Los
Angeles Municipal Code.

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CHAPTER Ill

Presiding Officer

13. The Presiding Officer shall take the Chair at the hour the Council is scheduled to meet, call
the meeting to order, and except in the absence of a quorum, shall proceed to business in
the manner prescribed by these Rules.

14. The Presiding Officer shall adhere to and enforce the Council Rules so long as consistent
with the Charter and other governing law. The Presiding Officer may refer to and use
Robert's Rules of Order Revised, for guidance, interpretation, or to supplement these Rules.

15. The Presiding Officer shall preserve decorum and shall decide all questions of order. The
decision of the Chair shall prevail unless reversed by the vote of at least eight (8) votes
on the question: "Shall the Chair be overruled?" A second is not required and the appeal
shall be decided without debate.

16. The Presiding Officer shall cause all matters filed with, or presented to the Council to be
referred to the appropriate Council Committee, except as otherwise provided by the Rules
or where required by law to be first presented to the Council. The Presiding Officer shall
cause a memorandum of such references to be furnished to each Councilmember.

However, during a Council session a member may present a duly seconded motion that
said member wants placed on the next Council Agenda to be posted for a regular meeting
instead of having it referred to a Committee. If such request is approved by the Presiding
Officer, he or she shall cause copies of the motion to be distributed to all other
Councilmembers on the day received, and shall cause the item to be placed on said
requested agenda. When the item appears on the agenda, it specifically shall note that a
two-thirds vote of the entire Council is required for the item to be considered at that time. If
the item fails to receive the required two-thirds vote, it then shall be referred by the Presiding
Officer to the appropriate Committee

17. The Chair of a Committee, with the approval of the President, may waive consideration of
any item pending in that Committee. Upon such waiver the item shall be placed on a
Council Agenda to be posted for a regular or special meeting. When the item appears on the
agenda, it shall specifically note that a two-thirds vote of the entire Council is required for
the item to be considered at that time. If the item fails to receive the required two- thirds
vote in order to be considered, it shall then be referred by the Presiding Officer back to
the Committee from which it was waived.

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CHAPTER IV

COUNCIL MEETING DAYS AND TIME,

ORDER OF BUSINESS, AND QUORUM

18. Regular meetings of the Council shall be held on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday of
each week in City Hall or, by resolution, in Van Nuys City Hall, recess dates established
by resolution and holidays excepted, at the hour of 10:00 a.m.

The Council may hold special meetings throughout the City. Public facilities shall be
selected for off-site Council meetings, Council Committee meetings and ad hoc Council
Committee meetings. Preference shall be given to City owned facilities, and if no
appropriate public facilities are available, a motion must be presented for the Council's
consideration and approval regarding the selection of a site; said motion shall contain all
pertinent information, including all associative site costs.

The City Clerk, with the assistance of the Chief Legislative Analyst, and other involved
City departments, shall coordinate with the individual Council offices, the identification of
appropriate facilities in each Council District for off-site Council and Council Committee
meetings, and all other activities related to the conduct of these meetings. As feasible, all
off-site Council meetings shall be broadcast live over the City's municipal access cable
system (Channel 35).

19. All members shall be in their respective seats at said hour of each regular Council meeting
and at the time set for the session of any adjourned or special meeting.

20. Special meetings may be held in City Hall or elsewhere in the City upon the call of the
Presiding Officer or of a majority of the members, provided that notice prescribed by law is
duly given.

*21. The City Clerk shall cause to be printed and posted for each meeting a list of all items to be
considered at the meeting. The list shall be known as the agenda. The agenda shall
contain a brief general description of each item to be transacted or discussed at the
meeting. No other business may be considered except as otherwise provided by law.

22. The agenda shall reflect, and the business of regular meetings of the Council shall be
transacted, as far as practicable, in the following order:
a. Roll Call.
b. Approval of Minutes.
c. Commendatory Resolutions.
d. Multiple Agenda Item Comment.
e. General Public Comment (public testimony on non-agenda items within the
jurisdiction of Council).
f. Council hearings required by law.
g. Items for which required public hearings have been held.
h. Items for which required public hearings have not been held.
i. Items for which future hearing dates must be set.
j. Items called Special.
k. Motions for posting and referral.
l. Councilmembers’ request for excuse from attendance at Council meetings.

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m. Closed Session (can be heard early in the meeting).

n. Adjourning motions and Council adjournment.
*23. The Council may act in a regular meeting on an item not posted on its agenda for the
meeting if it determines by a two-thirds vote that pursuant to state law there is a need to
take immediate action and that the need for action came to the attention of the City
subsequent to the posting of the agenda; or, if the item had been continued from a
meeting of the body that had occurred not more than five (5) days prior; or, if a majority
determines that an emergency, as defined by state law, exists.

24. Each member shall attend all regular and special meetings (except for illness) unless a
leave of absence has been granted by a majority vote at a regular meeting at which a
quorum is present.

No leave of absence shall be granted if such will result in a quorum not being present for
that meeting.

*25. Ten members of the Council shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, but a
smaller number may adjourn from time to time until a quorum is present and may compel the
attendance of the absentees. Except as otherwise required by the Charter or other law, or by
these rules where not inconsistent therewith, action by the Council shall be taken by a
majority vote of the entire membership of the Council.

26. Whenever a member questions the presence of a quorum, the Presiding Officer shall direct
the Clerk to call the roll and announce the result. There shall be no debate. Every member
present must respond when his or her name is called.

27. No member shall be considered present unless the member is within the Council Chamber.

28. No member shall leave a Council meeting without permission from the Presiding Officer of
the meeting. Once permission has been granted, and upon direction by the Presiding
Officer, the City Clerk shall remove said member's name from Council's computerized
record-keeping system.

29. Upon a call of the Council, if supported by a majority of the members present, whether
quorum or not, the Presiding Officer shall have the power to send the Sergeant-at-Arms with a
written order to bring the absent Councilmember forthwith before the Council.

30. Not used.

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CHAPTER V

COUNCIL DISCUSSION AND TIME LIMITS

31. Members requesting to address the Council shall cause their requests to be tabulated on
the Council's computerized record keeping system; however, a member may rise and
address the Chair if recognized by the Presiding Officer. When two or more members rise
at once, the Presiding Officer shall name the member who shall be first to speak and may
consult the Council's computerized record keeping system for assistance. The members
shall confine their remarks to the question under debate and shall avoid personalities.

32. Members may address the Council according to the following order and time limits:

a. The Committee Chair or acting Chair may open debate if the member so desires;
the maker of the original motion which initiated the matter under consideration
shall be allowed to speak next, if that member desires; and the member calling
the matter "special" may speak next, if that member so desires; this shall constitute
the first opportunity for a member to speak.

Whichever of the above members opens debate, he or she shall have up to six (6)
minutes to so open debate. Each of the remaining Councilmembers may then speak
up to three (3) minutes.

b. After all members desiring to speak on a question have had an opportunity to be

heard once, the time for each member desiring to speak again, or subsequently
for the first time, shall be limited to a maximum of three (3) minutes.

c. The maker of the original motion, then the member calling the matter "special" if
such call caused the matter to be debated, and finally the appropriate Committee
Chair, in that order, shall thereafter each have up to three (3) minutes additional
time to close debate if there has been an intervening speaker before said member
last spoke.

d. A motion calling the "previous question" (to close debate) is not debatable. The
maker of the motion calling the "previous question" must specify if the motion
applies to the entire matter or portions thereof. Notwithstanding the vote on the
previous question, the maker of the original motion and/or the Chair(s) of the
involved Committee(s) may be recognized by the Presiding Officer to make closing
arguments. If such motion is made after each Councilmember desiring to speak
has twice had the opportunity to speak on a question, the call for the previous
question may be adopted by eight votes, otherwise ten votes shall be required.

33. Not used.

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CHAPTER VI

RESOLUTIONS, CONTRACTS, REPORTS,

AND ORDINANCES

34. Resolutions and motions to amend agenda items under consideration, shall be presented
in duplicate to the Presiding Officer and be authorized for distribution to other
Councilmembers, unless the Presiding Officer permits, without objection, such motions to
be oral. Other resolutions and motions shall be subject to Rule 21.

35. Commendatory resolutions may be presented at meetings of the Council if the posted
agenda so provides.

36. A motion may be made to substitute one report or action for another on the same subject
matter provided there is first a majority vote on the question of whether to substitute. If
approved, a new vote shall be taken on whether to adopt the substituted report or action.

*37. No contract shall be authorized by the Council until it has been submitted to and approved by
the City Attorney as to form and legality. If the City Attorney questions the legality of any
proposed contract or portion thereof, that office shall express its written opinion thereon, to the
Council.

38. Unless otherwise provided herein, no ordinance shall be introduced for adoption by the
Council until it has been submitted to the City Attorney for review as to form and legality. If
the City Attorney approves the ordinance as to form and legality, the City Attorney will so
indicate in the transmittal of the ordinance to Council or to a Council Committee and sign
the ordinance as to form and legality. If the City Attorney questions the legality of any
proposed ordinance or part thereof ordered prepared by the Council or a Committee of the
Council, the City Attorney shall express the reason(s) for not approving the proposed
ordinance as to form and legality in the letter transmitting the ordinance to the Council or a
Council Committee and shall not sign the ordinance as to form and legality. Before
transmitting to the Council or to the Committee an ordinance that requires enforcement by an
officer, board or commission of the City, the City Attorney, after preparation of the
ordinance shall submit it to such officer, board or commission for comment and
recommendation. The City Attorney shall indicate to the officer, board, or commission,
whether or not the City Attorney is approving the proposed ordinance and the reasons
therefor. Each proposed ordinance, whether or not approved by the City Attorney, shall be
delivered to the Office of the City Clerk, who shall present the same forthwith to the Chair of
the Committee which has had the subject matter under consideration. The Chair shall review
the ordinance, ascertain whether it conforms with the instruction of the Council or the
Committee, and shall return it to the City Clerk without unnecessary delay for placement on the
Council or Committee Agenda.

This Rule shall not require that any zone change, building line or height district ordinance or
any appeal of a zone change, building line or height district ordinance be submitted to the
City Attorney for approval as to form and legality. The City Planning Department shall review
such ordinance or appeal and shall consult with the City Attorney to assure that the final
ordinance is in proper form, the "Q" conditions are properly prepared and that the correct
findings are prepared for Council adoption. Notwithstanding this exception, the Council,
its Planning and Land Use Management Committee, the City Planning Commission, an
individual member of an Area Planning Commission, an Area Planning Commission, or an
individual member of the Commission may request City Attorney review. In that event, the
regular process otherwise provided by this Rule shall be followed.
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*39. An ordinance may be adopted upon its introduction if approved by a unanimous vote of all
the members of the Council present, provided there shall not be less than 12 members
present.

Any Councilmember may withhold unanimous consent to the adoption of an ordinance

upon its introduction at Council. If unanimous consent is withheld, or the requisite vote for
its adoption is not forthcoming at said time, the ordinance shall be laid over for one week
and listed on the posted agenda for another roll call.

*40. If an ordinance is laid over for a week for another roll call, it may then be adopted by
majority vote, unless a different vote is required by Charter or other law; or, it may be
amended, or it may be continued to a date certain provided such continuance is not
precluded by law.

41. Any ordinance may be amended by motion in writing prior to its final passage, subject to
Charter limitations; provided, that upon amendment it shall be treated as a newly introduced
ordinance and be subject to both Rule 38 and further City Attorney review.

42. Deleted.

43. Every ordinance, resolution or order, except ordinances for public improvements in
connection with special assessment proceedings or final tract maps or parcel maps, shall be
referred to the appropriate Council Committee prior to its introduction for adoption or
approval by the Council, unless the subject matter of the ordinance, resolution, or order has
previously been approved by such Committee.

44. Not used.

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CHAPTER VII

APPOINTMENT AND REMOVAL OF CITY

COMMISSIONERS AND OFFICERS

45. Proposed appointments and removals of commissioners or other officers by the Mayor,
requiring confirmation or approval by the Council, shall be referred first to the appropriate
Council Committee for recommendation and report with respect to the appointment or
removal subject to Rule 46.

A copy of the Mayor's action and notice of the referral shall be transmitted by the Clerk to
the Councilmember for the Council district in which the subject of the action resides. Said
Councilmember and the members of the Committee, shall be given the opportunity to meet
the person who is the subject of the proposal.

46. In the event the Mayor or the President of the Council has recommended the appointment
of a commissioner, and the Council has not acted on the matter or placed it on an agenda
for action:

a. The Clerk shall give a written notice to each Councilmember not later than the last
regular meeting day before the 31st day after the recommendation of the Mayor or
the Council President was submitted to Council. The notice shall identify the date
of the 45th day provided by the Charter or ordinance that the Council may act after
the recommendation was submitted, and the date of said day.

b. The Clerk shall place the appointment on the Council Agenda not later than the last
regular meeting day before the 38th day after the recommendation was submitted
to the Council and shall notify the appointee of that action.

47. Not used.

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CHAPTER VIII

VOTING

48. a. When the Presiding Officer directs the roll call, it shall be taken by means of the Council's
computerized record keeping system, except where said officer directs that it be taken
orally. If an oral roll call is taken, it shall be taken in alphabetical order, beginning at the
left of the President's Chair.

Upon direction of the Presiding Officer, the Clerk shall tabulate the vote in such a
manner that the mechanical tabulation of results occurs simultaneously with the visual
display of those results.

Every member present when a question is put shall vote for or against the same. In the
event a member fails to affirmatively vote either "yes" or "no," that member will be
deemed to have voted "yes," and the member's vote will be recorded as such. Whether
the roll call has been mechanically tabulated or oral, the Clerk shall announce the vote.
The Presiding Officer shall then announce the disposition of the item.

b. A member may change his or her vote after it is tabulated, if the change does not
affect the outcome of the vote, and if the Council does not object by majority vote to
such change. Otherwise, a member wishing to change his or her vote must receive
approval of reconsideration, and a new roll call must be taken.

*49. Roll calls are required in the granting of franchises, confirmation of appointments, approval of
contracts, disposition of property, actions on ordinances, or any action involving the payment
of money or the incurring of debt by the City, assessment proceedings, and quasi-judicial
actions adopting findings and making determinations, or as otherwise required by law, and
motions to reconsider made pursuant to Rule 51. On other matters, if opportunity is given and
no objection is raised, the Presiding Officer may announce a unanimous approval of an item
under consideration and the Clerk shall so record.

50. Not used.

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CHAPTER IX

DISPOSITION OF ITEMS

51. Any member of Council may move to reconsider any vote on any question except to
adjourn, suspend the Rules, or to reconsider, or where an intervening event has deprived
the Council of jurisdiction, provided that said member had voted on the prevailing side of
the question. The motion shall only be in order once during the legislative day in which the
given question was voted upon, and once during the next regular meeting.

If a motion to reconsider is first made at the next regular meeting after the question first
had b e e n v o t e d upon, the member requesting r e c o n s i d e r a t i o n shall i d en t i f y for
all members present the agenda number, Council file number and subject matter previously
voted upon. A motion to reconsider is not debatable and shall require an affirmative vote
of eight members of the Council.

If a motion to reconsider is adopted, the subject matter shall be the next order of business
after that which is before the Council at the time of the motion. This limitation shall not
apply if the motion for reconsideration specifies a different time for further consideration of
the subject and appropriate posting thereafter takes place where required by law.

No ordinance, appropriation measure, contract, or other matter passed by the Council

shall be processed to the Mayor or other designated officer or finally acted upon by the
City Clerk until the adjournment of the regular Council meeting following the date of the
Council action. A motion to send "forthwith," if adopted by 10 votes, shall suspend this
Rule and the action of the Council will be final upon the adjournment of the Council
meeting and cannot be reconsidered. Moreover, Council may send "forthwith" items
requiring urgent or immediate processing prior to adjournment of the Council meeting.
Such items shall be deemed to have been sent "urgent forthwith" and cannot be
reconsidered immediately upon the adoption by 10 votes of a Motion to suspend this Rule
and send the matter as "urgent forthwith."

52. An ordinance, appropriation measure, contract, or other matter passed by the Council and
required to be submitted to the Mayor, or other designated officer, shall be subject to Rule 51.

53. If an agenda item or other item has been duly placed before the Council at a Council
meeting and the Council has failed by sufficient votes to approve or reject the item, or the
Council has not by its vote placed the item beyond its jurisdiction at the meeting, or by
operation of law, or by passage of time the Council has not lost the power to act thereon,
the item is continued to the next regular meeting unless the Council affirmatively votes to
continue the item beyond such next meeting.

Each Council Agenda shall indicate that if the Council has not lost jurisdiction over an item
voted upon at the meeting, or caused it to be continued beyond the next regular meeting
or placed in the archives, the item is continued to the next regular meeting for the purpose
of permitting reconsideration of the vote.

Any item so continued to the next regular meeting shall be considered at said meeting.
The Clerk shall provide the Council with, and post a notice of, a list of such items.

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*54. A motion to withdraw a matter from a Committee shall be referred by the Presiding Officer
to the Clerk for placement on the next agenda to be posted for a Council meeting. The
motion to withdraw may then be adopted by majority vote after two weeks from the time
the matter was originally referred to Committee, or by a two-thirds vote if the matter had
been referred to Committee less than two weeks before Council action on the motion to
withdraw. Adoption of the motion to withdraw places the matter before the Council. The
motion to withdraw must have attached thereto a copy of the underlying matter being
withdrawn.

Unless such a motion to withdraw appears on the posted agenda for the meeting, the
Council must, as a part of said action, determine by a two-thirds vote that pursuant to
state law there is a need to take immediate action and that the need for action came to
the attention of the City subsequent to the posting of the agenda.

55. Not used.

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SPECIAL MEETINGS

*56. The proceedings of special meetings of the Council and its Committees shall be limited to
those items provided for on the agenda of the meeting. The agenda for special meetings
shall be posted at least 24 hours before the meeting.

57. Not used.

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COMMITTEES AND COMMITTEE MEETINGS

*58. The Standing Committees of the Council shall be those provided pursuant to Section 242(b)
of the Charter and their duties and functions shall be as prescribed in the Charter,
ordinances, resolutions and these Rules.

59. The President shall appoint all Standing Committees and their Chair and Vice Chair.
Special Committees shall be appointed by the President unless the Council-adopted action
creating the Committee provides a different method of appointment.

The Vice Chair of a Committee shall preside at all meetings of the Committee in the
absence of the Chair and attend to the affairs of the Committee in the absence of the Chair.

The President-designated third member of a Committee shall preside as Chair at meetings

of the Committee in the absence of both Chair and Vice Chair, when there has been at least
one substitute appointment to the Committee by the President and a quorum is present.

60. It shall be the duty of the Chair of a Committee, or in his or her absence, the Vice Chair, or
in absence of both, then the Chair Pro Tempore to request the President of the Council to
appoint a Councilmember temporarily to serve on the Committee in the absence of a regular
member of the Committee. The President shall notify the City Clerk of his or her
appointment.

*61. The agenda for each regular meeting of a Council Committee shall be posted at least 72
hours before the meeting. It shall contain a brief general description of each item of
business to be transacted or discussed at the meeting.

62. Each Committee shall provide an opportunity for members of the public to address the
Committee on each agenda item before or during the Committee’s consideration of the item
consistent with Rule 7. A member of the public wishing to speak on only one item that is
eligible for public comment shall be given an opportunity to speak on that item for up to one
minute when or before that item is considered by the Committee. Similar to Rule 7, a
member of the public wishing to speak on more than one agenda item at a single Committee
meeting shall combine and present his or her comments addressing the agenda items
during the segment at or near the beginning of the Committee meeting during a “Multiple
Agenda Item Comment” segment. A member of the public speaking on more than one
agenda item shall be allowed to speak for up to one minute per item up to a total of two
minutes per meeting. This will be the only opportunity to speak, other than during General
Public Comment, for those members of the public who have submitted speaker cards on
more than one Committee agenda item. The Council has determined that a cumulative total
of eight minutes is a reasonable minimum amount of time for the Multiple Agenda Item
segment of each regular Committee meeting. On each Committee meeting agenda, the
Clerk shall designate any agenda items that are linked by a common specific issue. The
Presiding Officer may allow members of the public who submit speaker cards on linked
agenda items to make their public comment when the items are considered by the
Committee.

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63. During each Committee regular meeting, the Committee shall provide a member of the public
the opportunity to address the Committee on non-agenda items within the subject matter
jurisdiction of the Committee consistent with Rule 7. This shall be referred to as "General
Public Comment," which generally shall be taken up during the beginning segment (General
Public Comment) of each regular meeting. Each speaker shall be limited to one minute of
general public comment per meeting. The Committee shall not discuss or take action relative
to any general public comment unless authorized by Section 54954.2(b) of the Government
Code. The Council has determined that a cumulative total of eight minutes is a reasonable
minimum amount of time for the General Public Comment segment of each regular Committee
meeting. If the Committee does not have a quorum of Committee members present, an official
Committee meeting shall not proceed. However, in the absence of a quorum and therefore
outside the context of an official Committee meeting, the Committee Chair, at his or her
discretion, may hear from members of the public who came to attend the Committee meeting.
If the Committee Chair hears from members of the public when there is no quorum, the rules
pertaining to public comment with respect to a Brown Act meeting do not apply. If a quorum
of Committee members is later established, the Committee shall convene into its official
Committee meeting and general public comment and public comment on agenda items shall
be allowed even if members of the public were heard by the Committee Chair during the time
no quorum was established.

A member of the public who disrupts and is ordered removed from a Committee meeting shall
be excluded from attending Committee and/or Council meetings as provided in Rule 7.

*64. A Committee of the Council may act in a regular meeting on an item not posted on its
agenda for the meeting only if it determines by a two-thirds vote that pursuant to state law
there is a need to take immediate action and that the need for action came to the attention
of the City subsequent to the posting of the agenda; or if the item was continued
from a meeting of the committee which occurred not more than five (5) days prior to which
it had been posted; or if a majority determines that an emergency, as defined by state law,
exists.

65. No person shall be permitted to interrupt Committee members or the Clerk during a
Committee meeting.

66. Members of a Committee shall attend all meetings and remain until the Committee adjourns
unless excused by the Chair.

67. All Standing Committees of the Council shall meet regularly at least once each month,
and the Clerk shall cause information to be printed on paper as well as posted on the
Internet giving notice of the time and place of the holding of all regularly scheduled
Committee meetings. Special meetings of Committees may be held in City Hall or
elsewhere in the City upon call of the Chair or of a majority of the members of the
Committee, provided that notice is duly given and posted as prescribed by law.

68. Committees shall report their findings and recommendations on matters referred to them
to the Council.

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69. Committee reports shall reflect only that which transpired at the Committee meeting,
and whether the public was afforded the opportunity to address the Committee on the
item. If the majority of the entire Committee has reached an agreement on a
recommendation, they shall sign the Committee report. If a majority of the members of
the entire Committee are not in agreement on a recommendation, they shall sign the

report and it shall be noted that the report is submitted to the full Council without
recommendation. Reports submitted without recommendation would require a Council
motion to take an action on the file. A majority vote of Council would be required to
approve the action recommended, unless a different vote is required by law. Nothing
contained herein shall prevent a minority of the Committee from submitting its report at
the time the majority report is submitted; however, a minority report is for information
purposes only unless by adoption of a motion it is substituted for the majority report.

70. Nothing contained herein shall prevent one member of a Committee from submitting a
communication and the applicable Council file to the Council if said file had been on
the agenda of the Committee for a duly noticed regular or special meeting attended by
said member, and the Committee had failed to act due to lack of a quorum.

The Clerk shall place the communication as an item on the agenda for a future meeting
as may be requested by the member so long as it complies with the public notice
requirements of these Rules and other applicable law.

Communications from Committee members under this Rule require a motion adopted
by ten (10) votes of the Council to consider the item, and thereafter a majority vote to
approve, modify, or reject is required, unless a different vote is required by law. When
the item appears on the agenda, it specifically shall note that a two-thirds vote of the
entire Council is required for the item to be considered at that time. If the item fails to
receive the required two-thirds vote for consideration, it then shall be referred by the
Presiding Officer to the appropriate Committee.

71. Committee action shall be by majority vote of the entire Committee. A member of a City
Council Committee who is present when a question is put to that Committee shall vote on
that question at the call of the roll thereon. In the event a member fails to affirmatively vote
either "yes" or "no," that member will be deemed to have voted "yes," and the member's
vote will be recorded as such.

72. The Presiding Officer shall indicate when a matter is to be referred to two or more
Committees for separate action of each Committee. The Committees may then meet
separately or together. However, a majority of the members of each Committee shall be
required to be present for quorum purposes of each said Committee, and shall be required
to sign any report involving matters acted on by them.

The Presiding Officer shall also indicate when a matter is to be referred to two or more
Committees for joint action. In said event it shall only be considered by a joint Committee
composed of the members of said separate Committees at a duly posted meeting as agreed
upon by the Chairs of the respective Committees. A majority of the total number of the
Committee members shall be required to be present at a joint Committee meeting for
quorum purposes and for any report of the joint Committee.

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73. A Committee may refer a Council file to one or more other Committees for information and
return; however, with the concurrence of the Council President and notice to the City Clerk
by the Council President, a file may be transferred to another Committee for report directly
to the Council.

74. Subject to the requirements of state law, any member of the Council may attend any
open-session meeting of a Standing Committee; a Committee or task force created by
the Council or the President of the Council, whether created by appointment or by
ordinance; or the Board of Referred Powers.

75. Not used.

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RULES

*76. These Rules or any one or more of them, except those marked by an asterisk (*), may be
suspended by a vote of two-thirds of the members of the Council, unless other legal
impediments exist.

77. An affirmative vote of two-thirds of all members of the Council shall be necessary to amend
these Rules. Each proposed Rule amendment shall be presented to the Council and then
laid over one week before it can be adopted.

78. A copy of these Rules and each Council and Council Committee agenda shall be available
for public review at the Office of the City Clerk.

79. Not used

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ASSIGNED DUTIES

80. The Sergeant-at-Arms of the Council shall be a police officer assigned by the Chief of
Police. There shall be at least one member so assigned and present at each meeting of
the Council. The officer shall maintain order and enforce the orders of the Council and
the Presiding Officer. Fifteen minutes before any Council meeting and while Council is
meeting, the officer shall remove all unauthorized persons from the business area of the
floor of the Council and conduct them to the seating area reserved for the general public.

81. It shall be the duty of the City Clerk to keep a complete record of the proceedings of the
City Council meeting in the form of a Journal and to have the Journal containing the
proceedings of the meeting printed and copies thereof, placed in the hands of each
member of the Council, before the second succeeding regular meeting convenes. All
reports submitted by Committees, and communications submitted under Rule 70 shall
constitute a part of the proceeding for each meeting.

82. The City Clerk shall keep index records convenient for reference of all matters
introduced or presented to the Council and its Committees, together with a complete
chronological record of all actions taken thereon by the Council and its Committees.

83. The City Clerk shall notify all members of the Council of the time set for any special
or adjourned meetings, and shall, at the request of the Chair of a Committee, call all
members of the Committee and notify parties interested in the matters pending before
Committee as to the time and place and subject matter of the meeting.

84. The minutes from each Council meeting shall be signed by the officer presiding at
that meeting and by the Clerk, after approval of said minutes by the Council.

*85. Representatives of the City Attorney, the City Clerk, and the Chief Legislative Analyst
shall attend all Council meetings for the purpose of giving necessary service and advice.
Unless the Council objects, the Presiding Officer at his or her discretion, may excuse
any or all of said representatives except the City Clerk, from attending any Council
meetings when it appears to said officer that the matters to be considered at the meeting
will not require the services of the excused representative. The City Clerk representative
shall act as Clerk for those meetings and shall maintain a record of proceedings at all
Council and Council Committee meetings, and shall record the "ayes" and "noes" upon all
questions, as provided in Rule 48.

Representatives of the City Administrative Officer, the Controller, the City Engineer, and
other City offices, bureaus, and departments may attend Council when in their opinion
such is necessary. If not in attendance they shall respond without delay to a request
of the Council or the Presiding O f f i c e r for attendance at the meeting to furnish advice
and necessary service.

86. Not used.

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CENSURE PROCEDURES FOR THE LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL

87. Disapproval
The Council may adopt a resolution of disapproval in the same way as provided for the
adoption of any resolution, provided that the Councilmember who is the subject of the
resolution is permitted to speak in his or her defense prior to action on the motion for
adoption of the resolution. However, the fact that the Councilmember who is the subject of
a disapproval resolution does not choose to respond to the resolution or does not attend the
meeting at which the resolution is to be adopted shall not prevent the Council from adopting
the resolution, provided the Councilmember had actual notice of the inclusion of the
resolution on the agenda and had a reasonable opportunity to attend the meeting.

88. Censure
A request for censure of a member of the Council may be submitted to the City Clerk by any
member of the Council. The request shall contain the specific charges on which the
proposed censure is based. The request for censure shall be considered by a five member
ad hoc Committee of the Council established by the President of the Council or, if the
President is the subject of the censure, then established by the President Pro Tempore.
The ad hoc Committee shall not include the member making the request or the member
who is the subject of the request. The City Clerk shall deliver a copy of the request for
censure and the charges to each member of the Council at least 72 hours prior to the first
meeting of the ad hoc Committee at which the request will be first considered. The
Committee shall permit testimony from both the member making the request and the
member subject to the request and shall determine whether: (a) further investigation of the
charges is required in order to determine if a censure hearing is warranted; or (b) the matter
is to be set for censure hearing; or (c) no further action should be taken with respect to the
request. The Committee shall present its recommendations to the Council for its
consideration and action as provided below.

If the ad hoc Committee determines no further action should be taken with respect to the
request, the Committee shall report that to the Council at its earliest opportunity. If the
Committee determines that further investigation is required, the Committee shall conduct
an investigation, arrive at its recommendation, and report its conclusions, findings and a
summary of its proceedings to the Council at its earliest opportunity. If the ad hoc
Committee does not report its recommendations and findings to the Council within 30 days
of the formation of the Committee and receipt of the request for censure, the matter shall
automatically be sent to the Council for its consideration.

Upon receipt of the report of the ad hoc Committee, or at the expiration of the time for the
ad hoc Committee to report, Council shall place the matter on its agenda to determine
whether or not a censure hearing is warranted. If the Council decides to set the matter for
a censure hearing, it shall schedule it no sooner than two weeks after its determination to
hear the matter. It may not schedule the matter during any previously scheduled excused
absence of the subject Councilmember. Written notice of the hearing shall be delivered in
person to the member of the Council subject to the censure hearing or to the member's City
office as least ten (10) days in advance of the scheduled hearing.

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At the censure hearing, the member of the Council who is the subject of the request
for censure shall be given the opportunity to make an opening and a closing statement,
to call witnesses on his or her behalf and to question his or her accusers. The member
subject to the charges may be represented by a person or persons of his or her choice
whether or not an attorney at law and may have that representative speak or question
witnesses on his or her behalf. The questioning or cross-questioning of witness may be
reasonably limited by the person chairing the hearing.

Testimony shall be taken only from witnesses having direct knowledge of facts or
circumstances relevant to the specific charges under consideration. However, the rules
of evidence and judicial procedure applicable in courts of law shall not be application
to this hearing, and the procedures shall be generally informal.

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MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

*89. All tort claims filed with the City Clerk for presentation to the Council shall first be referred
to the City Attorney for report and recommendation to the Council. In the event that
by reason of applicable law any such claim shall be deemed denied because of lack of
action thereon by the Council within the time specified by such law and the Council has
not acted thereon within such applicable time limitation, the City Clerk shall file the report
and recommendations of the City Attorney thereon without presentation to the Council
and the City Clerk shall notify the claimant of such action and the reason therefor.

90. Whenever Council office space becomes vacant, all requests by Councilmembers for
such office space or for office furniture or equipment shall be submitted to the President
of the Council, for review. The President shall consider all the factors involved, including
Council seniority.

*91. The Council shall not consider any resolution, motion, or matter which does not affect
the conduct of the business of the City of Los Angeles or its corporate powers or duties
as a municipal corporation nor shall the Council consider any resolution or motion
supporting or disapproving any legislation or action pending in the Legislature of the
State of California, the Congress of the United States, or before any officer or agency
of said State or nation unless such proposed legislation or action, if adopted, will
affect the conduct of the municipal business or the powers and duties of the City of
Los Angeles or its officers or employees. This Rule may only be invoked before
deliberation and by ten (10) affirmative votes on the question: "Shall the Council consider
this matter"?

92. The Los Angeles City Council Memorial Media Center (Media Center) is to be used
primarily for the purpose of facilitating the exchange of information between members
of the City Council and the news media. It is intended for the exclusive use of City elected
officials and staff, and their invited guests, with Councilmembers having first priority on
its use.

All personal interviews and photo sessions with Councilmembers and others should be
held within the confines of the Media Center whenever possible; however, no such
activities may be held in the hallway adjacent to the Media Center at the entrance to the
Council Chamber while it is in use.

The Media Center will be open from 8:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday,
exclusive of holidays.

Scheduling of the use, operation and the setup of the Media Center for various events,
shall be the responsibility of the Chief Legislative Analyst. Requests for its use should
be in writing, and events will be scheduled as far in advance as practical. All requests
shall be handled on an as received basis, with Councilmembers having priority for its
use in the event of conflicting requests by other elected City officials.

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In the event of other or conflicting requests for the use of the Media Center, the President
of the Council shall have authority to approve such request or resolve any such conflicts
in consultation with those involved.

The Sergeant-at-Arms will control access to the Media Center in accord with its
intended and scheduled use. The Sergeant-at-Arms will also maintain order, and
enforce the rules and orders of the Council and the Presiding Officer regarding its use.

93. The purpose of cablecasting various meetings and events of the Los Angeles City
Council, its Committees, and its members is to enhance the awareness and education of
the general public regarding the actions and deliberations of the City Council and its
members. The following provisions are adopted pursuant to that purpose:

a. COUNCIL MEETINGS

All City Council meetings shall be cablecast, except for meetings or portions of
meetings which are closed to the public, or when the Council directs otherwise.
Cable television coverage of City Council meetings shall be gavel-to-gavel, and,
whether presented to the public live or taped, are not to be edited or subjected
to editorial comments. Cameras used for the gavel-to-gavel coverage shall be
owned by the City and operated only by City employees or persons under contract
with the City. Cameras shall be operated so that they are focused only on the
officially recognized speaker, and on any visually displayed information being
shown. A City- operated character generator at the bottom of the picture may
indicate the name and title of the officially recognized speaker, and an
identification of the matter(s) being considered by the Council when appropriate
and possible. No "reaction" shots will be permitted.

The City Clerk's minutes shall remain the official records of the Council
proceedings, and video or audio tapes may be used as an aid in the preparation of
those minutes.

b. COUNCIL STANDING COMMITTEES, SPECIAL OR AD HOC

COMMITTEES, TASK FORCES, AND OTHER SPECIAL EVENTS OR
MEETINGS.

Live Coverage
Meetings of Council Standing Committees, special or ad hoc Committees, task
forces, and other events scheduled by City elected officials may be televised
live over the City's municipal access cable system (Channel 35), provided such
events are held in Council Chamber (Room 340) or in the Council's Memorial
Media Center (Room 336), and all of the following conditions are met:

(1) A written request for such live cable television coverage has been
submitted to the Council President by the elected official who is
chairperson or the person responsible for scheduling the meeting or
event, and such request has been approved in advance of the event by
either the Council President or by Council action at the option of the
President.
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(2) The date and time of such live cable television coverage are not in conflict
with a regular or special Council session; a meeting of a Council Standing
Committee regularly scheduled for the Council Chamber; or a special or
ad hoc committee, task force, or an event which has been scheduled
for the Council Chamber or the Memorial Media Center at least 24 hours
prior to the President receiving the written request for live cable television
coverage of the meeting or event, unless the Council acts to approve the
preemption by such live cablecasting of the meeting or event.

(3) The meeting or event is directly related to matters under the jurisdiction
of the Council, unless the Council has acted to approve the meeting or
event being held in Council Chamber or the Memorial Media Center and
the live cablecasting of the meeting or event.

(4) All of the provisions for the live cable televising of Council meetings are
meet.

Video Taped Coverage

All or portions of meetings of Council, standing Committees, special or ad hoc

committees, task forces, or other events that are scheduled and held in the Council
Chamber, a Council Committee meeting room, or the Memorial Media Center,
or other approved location may be videotaped for a later telecasting over the
City's municipal access cable system (Channel 35).

The Chair of the Committee or task force, subject to being overruled by a majority
vote, or the person scheduling the event shall decide whether all or a portion of
the meeting is to be videotaped. Such videotaping should be consistent with
provisions relative to live coverage of meetings whenever possible, but "editing"
and "reaction shots" shall not be permitted.

Pending, and until, the implementation of municipal cable television program

policy guidelines, the General Manager of the Information Technology Agency shall
consult with the Chairperson of the Committee or task force or the person in
charge of the event as the case may be, and the President of the Council, to
decide if and when all or portions of the videotape(s) of the meeting or event will
be cablecast on Channel 35. However, such cablecasting shall not be in conflict
with the regularly scheduled cablecasting of Council sessions or other live
coverage of meetings, unless it is so directed by the President or by action of the
Council at the option of the President.

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APPENDIX

VERBAL MOTIONS

Need Can Be
for Debat- Recon-
Second Vote able sidered
8
(a) Amend or substitute: Yes Yes Yes

(b) Adjourn: Yes 8 No No

(c) Adjourn (proceed to): Yes 8 No Yes

(d) Close Debate

(previous question)

If all had o p p ortunity to

speak twice: Yes 8 No Yes

If they did not: Yes 10 No Yes

(e) Continue (postpone)

to a time or date
certain: Yes 8 Yes Yes

(f) Divide Question: Yes 8 No No

(g) Forthwith
(suspend Rules): Yes 10 No No

(h) Lay on Table

temporarily
or
remove: No Chair Yes No

(i) Point of order

or Privilege: No Chair No No

(j) Overrule the Chair: No 8 No No

(k) Reconsider: (by member on Yes 8 No No

prevailing side only)

(I) Withdraw from

Committee

Over 2 weeks: Yes 8 Yes Yes

Less than 2 weeks: Yes 10 Yes Yes

(m) Suspend the Rules

(forthwith, or take
out of order): Yes 10 No No

(n) Vetoes**: Yes Variable Yes No

**On veto votes, an "aye" vote overrides, a "no" vote sustains the Mayor on the question Notwithstanding the veto (or
objections) of the Mayor, I move the re-adoption of the ordinance (other)."

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A
ABSENCE OF COUNCILMEMBER
From Committee Meetings 59, 60, 66
From Council Meetings 22, 24
Replacing at a Committee Meeting 60
Summoning Member to Council 29

ACTION, COUNCIL
Chronological Record of 81, 82, 84
Failure to Take Action 53
Items Not on Agenda 23

ADJOURN
Meetings 22, 25

AGENDA OF COUNCIL MEETINGS

Action on Items Not on 23
Compiled and Printed by City Clerk 21
Contents of 21, 22
Defined 21
Items, Designation of 6
Order of Business 22
Ordinances on 6, 38, 39, 53
Posting for Council 6, 56
Posting for Special Meetings 56
Unfinished Business, Continued on 53

APPEAL
From Decision of Chair 15

APPOINTMENTS
By Council President or Presiding Officer 4, 5, 59, 60
Of Assistant Pro Tempore 4
Of Council Committees 59
Of Temporary Chair 5
Of Temporary Members of Committees 60
By Mayor
Clerk's Duties 46
Council Action on 46
Meeting Council District Member 45
Referred to Committee 45

APPROPRIATIONS
Presentation to Mayor 51, 52

ARCHIVES
Placement in 53

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ASSESSMENT PROCEEDINGS
Ordinances re 43
Roll Call, No Suspension of 49

ASSISTANT PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE

Appointment and Duties 4

ASTERISK
Use re Suspension of Rules
(*Marks Rules which May Not Be Suspended) 76

ATTENDANCE AT MEETINGS
Members 19, 24, 28, 29, 60, 66, 74
Other City Officers 85
Right of Members to Attend Closed Meetings 74

B
BOARDS
Communications from 16, 22
Confirmation of Appointment or Removal of
Members 45, 46

BUSINESS, COUNCIL
After Reconsideration of Vote 51
Agenda 6, 21, 22
Index and Chronological Record of 82
Matters Not on Agenda 23, 56
Non-City Matters 91
Order of 22
Unfinished, Continuation of 53

BYPASS OF COMMITTEES
Motions 16

C
CENSURE
Procedures 87, 88

CHAIR
Addressing, Method of 31
Election 1
Overrule of 15
Replacement or Removal of 3
Temporary Occupancy of 5

CHANGE OF VOTE
When Permissible 48(b)

CHIEF LEGISLATIVE ANALYST

Council Meetings, Attendance at 85

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CITY ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER

Council Meetings, Attendance at 85

CITY ATTORNEY
Contracts, Approval as to Form and Legality 37
Council Meetings, Attendance at 85
Opinions, Written 37, 38
Ordinances, Approval as to Form and Legality 38, 41
Tort Claim Referral and Report 87

CITY CLERK
Duties re Council
Agenda, Compile and Deliver 21
Agenda, List of Items Continued 53
Agenda, Placing on Without Referral to
Committee 3, 16
Appointment of Temporary Committee Member
Notice, 60
Availability of Copy (Agenda and Rules) 78
Council and Committee Actions, Keep Records
and Index of 82
Election of President, Preside Over 1
Interruption 9, 65
Journal, Compile and Deliver 81
Meetings
Committee, Attend 85
Council, Attend 85
Notice re 21, 56, 83
Standing Committees, Information 67
Minutes, Sign 84
Motion to Withdraw an Item from Committee 54
Notice re Commissioner Confirmation Date 46
Ordinances
Place on Agenda 38
Present to Mayor 51, 52
Referrals of Items to Committees 16, 73
Roll Call of Members 26, 48, 49, 71
Vote, Announce or Record 48, 71
Tort Claims, Referral and Special Duties 89

CITY ENGINEER
Council Meetings, Attendance at 85

CLAIMS, TORT
Referral, and Clerk's Duties 87

CLOSE DEBATE
Motion for Previous Question 32(d)

COMMENDATORY RESOLUTIONS
Presentation 22, 35

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COMMISSIONERS
Appointees Meeting with Committees and District
Councilmember 45
Confirmation of Appointment and Removal 45, 46

COMMITTEES, COUNCIL
Action, Record of 82
Agenda 61, 64
Bypass of Referral to 16
Communication from One Member 70
Matters Waived from 17
Matters Withdrawn from 54
Meetings
Acting on Items Not on Agenda 64
Announcement of 61
Attendance by Member 66, 74
Cablecast of 93(b)
Interruption 65
Joint or Separate 72
Majority Vote 71
Notice 56, 67, 83
Posting Agenda 61
Public Hearing Opportunity 7, 62, 63, 69
Quorum 70, 72
Reports of 69
Special Meetings 59
Time and Place of 67
Vote 71
Who Presides 59
Referrals to and between 16, 72, 73
Reports and Communications 69, 70
Standing Committees
Appointment of 59
Chair 59
Appointment of 59
Duties 58, 60
Members 59
Appointed by 59
Excuse from Meetings 66
Functions 58
Temporary Appointment (and Notice of Clerk re) 60
Withdrawal from 54

COMMUNICATIONS
From a Committee Member 70
On Agenda 22, 70
Order of Business 22
Received from City Officials, Departments 16, 22
Vote Required 70

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COMPUTERIZED RECORD KEEPING SYSTEM

Use of 31, 48

CONTINUED ITEMS
Disposition 53

CONTRACTS, FORM AND LEGALITY

Approval of 37
City Attorney's Opinion re 37
Presentation to Mayor 51, 52

CONTROLLER
Council Meetings, Attendance at 85

COUNCIL, CITY
Admittance to Business Area 10
Cablecast of 18, 93(a)
Censure procedures 87, 88
City Clerk Attend Meetings 85
Discussions and Debate
Appeal of Chair Ruling, Not Debatable 15
Interruptions Prohibited 9, 80
Opening and Closing 32
Recognition for Discussion 31
Time Limits 32
Meetings of 18
Notice 6, 21, 56
Members, Rights, and Duties
Attendance at Meetings 24, 27, 28, 74
Minutes 84
Speaking at Meetings 31, 32
Voting at Meetings 84
Officers
Assistant President Pro Tempore 4
President 1
President Pro Tempore 2
Order of Business 22
Public Hearing Opportunity 7, 8, 11, 22
Quorum 25
Recess 18

DECORUM,
Rules of 12

E
ELECTION
President 1
President Pro Tempore 2

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F
FILES
Transfers to Other Committees 73

FORTHWITH TO MAYOR
Motion to Send 51, 52

H
HEARINGS
Continued 53
Order of Business 22
Public 7, 8, 11, 22, 62, 63
Special Time Set for 22

I
INDEX
Council Records 82

INTERRUPTIONS
Of Meetings 9, 65, 80

J
JOURNAL

Compilation and Delivery 81

Proceedings Recorded in 81

L
LEAVE OF ABSENCE

Provision for 22, 24

M
MAYOR
Appointments of, Action on 46
Forthwith, Motion 51, 52
Messages
On Agenda 22
On Journal 81
Order of Business 22
Referral 16

MEDIA CENTER
Use of 92

MEETINGS, COUNCIL
Attendance
City Clerk 85

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MEETINGS, COUNCIL (continued)

Councilmembers 19, 24
News Media 10
Officials' Representatives 10, 85
Cablecast of 18, 93(a)
Interruption 9, 80
Notice 6, 21
Order of Business 22, 56, 83
Order Maintained at 15, 80
Presiding Officer at 1, 2, 4, 5, 13
Proceedings
Agenda of 6, 21, 22
Committee Reports Part of 22, 69, 81
Journal of 81
Notice 6, 21, 56, 83
Order of Business 22
Quorum 25
Recorded by City Clerk 81
Rules Governing 14
Speakers, Rules Governing
Members 31, 32
Public 8, 9, 11,12
Time Held 18
Voting at 48, 49
Special
Attendance 19
Notice of 20, 21, 56, 83
Proceedings Limited 21, 56
Time Held 56, 83

MEETINGS, COUNCIL COMMITTEE

Cablecast of 18, 93(b)
Joint 72
Regular 67
Agenda 61
Public Hearings 7, 62, 63, 65,69
Reports and Communications 69, 70
Votes 71, 72
Special 18, 56, 67

MINUTES
Approval 22
Signing 22, 84

MOTIONS
Amend Ordinance 41
Approve or Reject Mayor's Appointment of Removals 45
Bypass Committee 16
Forthwith 51, 52
Introduce Ordinance 39
Items Not on Agenda 23
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MOTIONS (continued)
Need for Second Appendix
Not Consider as City Business 89
Order of Business 22, 51
Place on Future Agenda 3, 16
Previous Question (Close Debate) 32(d)
Quorum Call 29
Reconsider, How to 51
Reconsideration, Availability Appendix
Refer to Committee 16
Replace or Remove President or President Pro Tempore 3
Substitute 36
Suspension of Rules 76
Vote on Appendix
Whether Debatable Appendix
Withdraw from Committee 54

N
NEWS MEDIA
Admittance 10

NOTICES
Amendments of Council Rules 76
Before Confirmation of Appointment of Commissioners 46
Council Meetings 6, 21, 56, 83
Council Committee Meetings 56, 61, 67, 83

O
OFFICES AND DEPARTMENTS
Attendance at Council Meetings 85
Communications from Officers and
Commissioners 16, 22

OPINIONS, CITY ATTORNEY

Contracts 37
Ordinances 38

ORDERS

Enforcement of 29, 80
Of Business 22
Referral to Committee 43

ORDINANCES
Adoption 39, 40
Amendment 41
City Attorney Opinion on 38
Consideration, First and Second 22, 39, 40, 41
Continued Hearing 22, 40
Delivery to City Clerk 38
Form and Legality, Approval of 38, 41
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ORDINANCES (continued)
Index Record of 82
Laid Over One Week 39, 40
Presentation to Mayor 51, 52
Referral to Committee 43
Special Assessments 43
Tract Maps 43
Withhold Unanimous Approval 39

P
POLICE
Representative at Council Meetings 80

POSTING
Committee Agenda 56, 61
Council Agenda 6, 56

PRESIDENT OF COUNCIL
Duties
Appointment of Assistant President Pro Tempore 4
Appointment of Committees and Chairs 59
Appointment of Temporary Committee
Member and Notification to Clerk 60
Assignment of Space, Equipment and Furniture 90
Election of 1
Meetings
Call to Order 13
Chair, Appoint Temporary 5
Members
Compel Attendance 29
Permission to Leave 28
Minutes, Sign 84
Officials, Excused Absence 22, 24
Order
Preserve 15
Rules, Enforcement of 14, 15
Questions, Decide 15

R
RECEIVE AND FILE
Order to Place in Archives 53

RECESS, COUNCIL
Resolution Requirement 18

RECONSIDERATION
Motion to Reconsideration 51

RECORDS
Proceedings 8

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REMOVAL OF
Commissioners 45
President 3
President Pro Tempore 3
REPORTS, COMMITTEE
Called Special 22, 32
Joint 72
Majority, Minority 69
On Agenda 22
On Journal 81
Order of Business 22
Requirements 68, 69
Special 22
Submitted Without Recommendation 69

RESOLUTIONS
Adoption 22, 34
Commendatory 22, 35
Contents 91
Copy to Councilmember 34
Index Record of 82
On Agenda 22, 34, 35
Order of Business 22
Presentation to Council 22, 34, 35
Referral to Committee 16

ROLL CALL
Alphabetical Order 48
By Clerk 48, 71
By Computerized Record Keeping System 48
Order of Business 22
Previous Question 32(d)
Quorum 25, 27
Required 49
Response by Members Required 26, 71
Suspended, When Forbidden 49
To Bypass Committee on a Motion 16

RULES, COUNCIL
Amendment of 76, 77
Availability of Copy 78
Decorum 12
Enforcement of 14, 80
Robert's Rules of Order, Revised 14
Suspension of (Not Available Where Individual
Rules Asterisked) 76

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SERGEANT-AT-ARMS
Assignment of Duties 29, 80
Order, Maintain 80
Order, Enforce Council 29, 80
Persons, Removal of Unauthorized 80
Police Officer as 80

SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS
Ordinances 49

SPECIAL MEETINGS
Posting Notice and Limitations 56

STANDING COMMITTEES
Identity, Functions and Duties 58-74

SUSPENSION OF RULES
Availability (Not Available Where Individual
Rules Asterisked) 76

T
TEMPORARY CHAIR OF COUNCIL
Naming, and Duration of 5

TEMPORARY COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Appointment and Notice 60

TORT CLAIMS
Referral, and Clerk's Duties 89

U
UNFINISHED BUSINESS ON AGENDA
Disposition 53

V
VACANT OFFICE SPACE
Requests for 90

VOTE, COUNCIL AND COMMITTEES

Bypass of Referral to Committee 16
Changing Vote 48(b)
Entire Membership 25
Failure to Approve or Reject, Effect of 53
Forthwith 51, 52
Item Not on Agenda 23, 64
Leave of Absence, Granting 24
Majority 25, 71, 72
Ordinances 39-41
Previous Question (Close Debate) 32(d)
Receive and File in Archives 53
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VOTE, COUNCIL AND COMMITTEES (continued)

Reconsideration 51
Recording "Ayes" and "Noes" 48, 85
Required Roll Calls 49
Rules Amendment 77
Rules Suspension 76
Substitution of Motion 36
Verbal Motions Appendix

W
WAIVER
By Chair 17

WITHDRAWAL OF MATTERS FROM COMMITTEE

Procedure and Votes Needed 54

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