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City °JArts &Innovation City Council Memorandum IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL DATE: MAY 3, 2022 FROM: CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE WARDS: ALL SUBJECT: PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE 54953(e)(3), RECONSIDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE STATE OF EMERGENCY AND MAKE FINDINGS REGARDING STATE OF EMERGENCY DUE TO THE SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) PANDEMIC ISSUES: Reconsider the circumstances of the state of emergency and make findings that either the state of emergency continues to directly impact the ability of its members to safely meet in person, or that state and/or local officials continue to recommend or impose social distancing measures. RECOMMENDATIONS: That the City Council: 1. Reconsider the circumstances of the state of emergency; and 2. Make a finding that the state of the emergency continues to directly impact the ability of the members to meet safely in person and that state and/or local officials continue to recommend or impose social distancing measures. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: Assembly Bill (AB) 361, effective October 1, 2021, signed by Governor Gavin Newsom on September 16, 2021, amending the Brown Act, CA Government Code 54950, et seq. BACKGROUND: The Brown Act, found in CA Government Code Section 54950, et seq., defines "teleconference" as "a meeting of a legislative body, the members of which are in different locations, connected by electronic means, through either audio or video, or both." Gov. C. 54953(a)(4). The Brown Act was recently amended to add requirements for entities that conduct meetings via teleconference during a state of emergency.