Background
In 2022, the Legislature passed Assembly Bill 2449 (Rubio), a bill related to the Ralph M. Brown Act (“the Brown Act”). Beginning in 2023, local agencies were provided with alternative Brown Act meeting procedures able to be observed in the event of a board member’s absence in connection with a “just cause” or “emergency circumstances,” allowing for those members so-affected to participate in the meeting remotely consistent with the process detailed in the bill. Since that time, several special districts and other local agencies have utilized the procedures established by AB 2449, successfully facilitating remote participation for legislative policymakers that would otherwise been encumbered by illness, official travel, or medical emergency.
Though the terms of AB 2449 have been amended since their passage (most notably by Assembly Bill 2302 (Addis, 2024)), the sunset date associated with its terms has not been changed; the alternative Brown Act meeting procedures established by the bill expire at the end of 2025. To avoid this outcome and preserve the meeting flexibility provided by AB 2449, CSDA is sponsoring legislation to remove the sunset associated with the bill. CSDA is partnering with the office of Assembly Member Blanca Rubio (D-Baldwin Park), author of the original bill, to run this legislation.
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