HomeMy WebLinkAbout07- Ordinance 1 ORDINANCE NO.
2 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO ADDING SECTION
2.58.105 TO THE SAN BERNARDINO MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO
3 WILLFUL INTERRUPTIONS OF MEETINGS OF THE MAYOR AND COMMON
COUNCIL
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THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO
5 DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
6 SECTION 1. Section 2.58. 105 is hereby added to the San
7 Bernardio Municipal Code to read as follows:
8 "$ 2.58.105. Understanding that the purpose of the
9 meetings of the Mayor and Common Council is to conduct the
10 people's business for the benefit of all the people, in the
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event that any meeting of the Mayor and Common Council is
12 willfully interrupted by a person or by a group of persons so as
13 to render the orderly conduct of the meeting impossible, the
14 Mayor may proceed pursuant to Government Code § 54957.9 or any
15 applicable penal statute or ordinance. For the purposes of
16 these rules "willfully interrupt" includes, but is not limited
17 to, continuing to do any of the following after being warned by
18 the Mayor that continuing to do so will be a violation of law:
19 a, Addressing the Mayor and Common Council without first
20 being recognized.
21 b. Persisting in addressing a subject or subjects, other
22 than that before the Mayor and Common Council.
23 c. Repetitiously addressing the same subject.
24 d. Failing to relinquish the podium when directed to do
25 so.
26 e. From the audience, interrupting or attempting to
27 interrupt, a speaker, the Mayor, a Councilmember, or a staff
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1 member or shouting or attempting to shout over a speaker, the
2 Mayor, a Councilmember or a staff member.
3 f. As a speaker, interrupting or attempting to interrupt
4 the Mayor, a Councilmember, or a staff member, or shouting over
5 or attempting to shout over the Mayor, a Councilmember, or a
6 staff member.
7 Nothing in this section or any rules of the Council shall
8 be construed to prohibit public criticism of the policies,
9 procedures, programs, or services of the City or of the acts or
10 omissions of the Mayor and Common Council.
11 It shall be unlawful to violate the provisions of this
12 Section.
13 If any subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this
14 Section 2. 58. 105 is for any reason held to be invalid or
15 unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of
16 the remaining portions of this Section. The Mayor and Common
17 Council hereby declare that it would have passed this section,
18 and each subsection, sentence, clause and phrase thereof,
19 irrespective of the fact that any one or more subsections,
20 sentences, clauses or phrases had been declared invalid or
21 unconstitutional. "
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1 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO ADDING SECTION
2.58.105 TO THE SAN BERNARDINO MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO WILLFUL
2 INTERRUPTIONS OF MEETINGS OF THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL
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4 I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Ordinance was duly
5 adopted by the Mayor and Common Council of the City of San
6 Bernardino at a meeting thereof, held on the
7 day of 1994, by the following vote, to wit:
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9 Council Members: AYES NAYS ABSTAIN ABSENT
10 NEGRETE
11 CURLIN
12 HERNANDEZ
13 OBERHELMAN
14 DEVLIN
15 POPE-LUDLAM
16 MILLER
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19 City Clerk
20 The foregoing Ordinance is hereby approved this day
21 of 1994.
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Tom Minor, Mayor
23 City of San Bernardino
24 Approved as to form
and legal content:
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JAMES F. PENMAN,
26 City Attorney
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