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(C) Upon receiving notification from an eligible neighborhood council described in
subparagraph (B), the city council may adopt a resolution to prohibit the eligible neighborhood
council from using teleconferencing pursuant to this section.

(2) After completing the requirements of subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1), an eligible
neighborhood council that holds a meeting pursuant to this subdivision shall do all of the
following:

(A) At least a quorum of the members of the eligible neighborhood council shall participate from
locations within the boundaries of the city in which the eligible neighborhood council is
established.

(B) At least once per year, at least a quorum of the members of the eligible neighborhood council
shall participate in person from a singular physical location that is open to the public and within
the boundaries of the eligible neighborhood council.

(3) If the meeting is during regular business hours of the offices of the city council member that
represents the area that includes the eligible neighborhood council, the eligible neighborhood
council shall provide a publicly accessible physical location from which the public may attend or
comment, which shall be the offices of the city council member who represents the area where
the eligible neighborhood council is located, unless the eligible neighborhood council identifies
an alternative location.

(4) If the meeting is outside regular business hours, the eligible neighborhood council shall make
reasonable efforts to accommodate any member of the public that requests an accommodation to
participate in the meeting.

(b) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:

(1) “Accommodation” means providing a publicly accessible physical location for the member of
the public to participate from, providing access to technology necessary to participate in the
meeting, or identifying locations or resources available that could provide the member of the
public with an opportunity to participate in the meeting.

(2) “Eligible neighborhood council” means a neighborhood council that is an advisory body with
the purpose to promote more citizen participation in government and make government more
responsive to local needs that is established pursuant to the charter of a city with a population of
more than 3,000,000 people that is subject to this chapter.

(c) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2030, and as of that date is repealed.

54953.8.5. Community college student organization teleconference rules

(a) An eligible community college student organization may conduct a teleconference meeting
pursuant to Section 54953.8, provided that it complies with the requirements of that section and
all of the following additional requirements:

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