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Continuance of Public Hearings Q: We will be heading to City Council to complain about the unfair treatment of our case tonight. Our group and 200+ residents have been battling a pending project in our area for about 2 years. We are frustrated by the City’s actions regarding 7 consecutive continuances they’ve approved for the City Council hearing. We’ve checked the City Council bylaws and the County supervisor’s bylaws but can not seem to find

City-Funded Committees with Non-Public Official Members Q: The issue is that the City funded a committee of residents to develop a strategy to pass an open space initiative (at one Council meeting the money was referred to as seed money).  Two City Council members were on the committee, but have refused to give the names of the other members. The ordinance was passed by the voters, and the City Council has been asked to provide

Question and Answer Session with Consultants Q: I was at a recent city council meeting where the engineering consultants put on a presentation to justify doubling the rates we pay for our water. Then there was a question and answer period where the public was invited to address their questions to the consultants. There were many questions about the components of planned upgrades to the infrastructure: whether or not they were “growth facilitating” and whether