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From the meeting · City Council, · 0:40

A caller asks to bring back phone-in comment at committees

During general public comment at the council meeting, a caller argues the city shuts residents out by not taking call-in public comment at council committee meetings.

a member of the public

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a member of the public On Wednesday, a council member shared that the reason the city council was taking action action was because of persistence and leadership of frontline communities.

a member of the public And now for the Halloween horror of it all.

a member of the public It's coming from inside the building.

a member of the public Yes.

a member of the public City hall deliberately denies members of the community from advocating for their neighborhoods by denying the opportunity of call and public comment where the work gets done at City Council committee meetings.

a member of the public Enough with the tricks.

a member of the public Reinstate call and public comment at City Council committee meetings.

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From the public recording of the City Council, October 30, 2026. Picked and described with AI; the words are the meeting's own. Remove this clip