IMPORTANT MEETING INFORMATION

All upcoming meetings for the Student Government Assembly will be happening in-person, but with options for members of the public to join meetings virtually, using Zoom Video Conferencing. For information regarding upcoming meetings and agendas, please refer to the agendas and minutes of the respected meeting group that you would like to learn more about.

 

RIGHTS OF THE PUBLIC

POLICY: California Government Code; 
Title 5. Local Agencies; Division 2. Cities, Counties, and Other Agencies; Part 1. Powers and Duties Common to Cities, Counties, and Other Agencies; 
Chapter 9. Meetings (Ralph M. Brown Act), Sections [54950 - 54963]

  • "In enacting this chapter, the Legislature finds and declares that the public commissions, boards and councils and the other public agencies in this State exist to aid in the conduct of the people’s business. It is the intent of the law that their actions be taken openly and that their deliberations be conducted openly.
    The people of this State do not yield their sovereignty to the agencies which serve them. The people, in delegating authority, do not give their public servants the right to decide what is good for the people to know and what is not good for them to know. The people insist on remaining informed so that they may retain control over the instruments they have created."
  • "At least 72 hours before a regular meeting, the legislative body of the local agency, or its designee, shall post an agenda containing a brief general description of each item of business to be transacted or discussed at the meeting, including items to be discussed in closed session."

 

ACCOMODATIONS

POLICY: United States Code (USC), Title 42, Section 12132  (Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), Section 202) 

POLICY: California Government Code, Section 54953.2

  • "Subject to the provisions of this subchapter ("title" in ACA), no qualified individual with a disability shall, by reason of such disability, be excluded from participation in or be denied the benefits of the services, programs, or activities of a public entity, or be subjected to discrimination by any such entity."

 

PARLIMENTRY AUTHORITY

POLICY: Student Government Assembly (SGA) Bylaws, Article III. Meetings, Section 1, A

  • "The parliamentary authority of all SGA meetings is the most current version of Robert's Rules of Order."
  • LEARN MORE: Contact SGA Advisor, Joshua Pinaula: jpinaula@santarosa.edu