GENERAL INFORMATION
The Board meets in all its capacities pursuant to Ordinance Code Section 24-2.402.
Any disclosable public records related to an open session item on a regular meeting agenda and distributed by
the Clerk of the Board to a majority of the members of the Board of Supervisors less than 96 hours prior to that
meeting are available for public inspection at 1025 Escobar Street, First Floor, Martinez, CA 94553, during
normal business hours.
All matters listed under CONSENT ITEMS are considered by the Board to be routine and will be enacted by one
motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless requested by a member of the Board before
the Board votes on the motion to adopt. Each member of the public will be allowed two minutes to comment on
the entire consent agenda.
Persons who wish to speak on matters set for PUBLIC HEARINGS will be heard when the Chair calls for public
testimony. Each speaker during public testimony will be limited to two minutes. After public testimony, the
hearing is closed and the matter is subject to discussion and action by the Board. Comments on matters listed on
the agenda or otherwise within the purview of the Board of Supervisors can be submitted to the office of the
Clerk of the Board via mail: Board of Supervisors, 1025 Escobar Street, First Floor, Martinez, CA 94553 or to
Time limits for public speakers may be adjusted at the discretion of the Chair.
The County will provide reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities planning to attend Board
meetings who contact the Clerk of the Board at least 24 hours before the meeting, at (925) 655-2000.
Anyone desiring to submit an inspirational thought nomination for inclusion on the Board Agenda may contact
the Office of the County Administrator or Office of the Clerk of the Board, 1025 Escobar Street, Martinez,
California.
Subscribe to receive to the weekly Board Agenda by calling the Office of the Clerk of the Board, (925) 655-2000
or using the County's on line subscription feature at the County’s Internet Web Page, where agendas and
supporting information may also be viewed:
DISCLOSURE OF CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS
Pursuant to Government Code section 84308, members of the Board of Supervisors are disqualified and not able
to participate in any agenda item involving contracts (other than competitively bid, labor, or personal
employment contracts), franchises, discretionary land use permits and other entitlements if the Board member
received, since January 1, 2023, more than $250 in campaign contributions from the applicant or contractor, an
agent of the applicant or contractor, or any financially interested participant who actively supports or opposes the
County’s decision on the agenda item. Members of the Board of Supervisors who have received, and applicants,
contractors or their agents who have made, campaign contributions totaling more than $250 to a Board member
since January 1, 2023, are required to disclose that fact for the official record of the subject proceeding.
Disclosures must include the amount of the campaign contribution and identify the recipient Board member, and
may be made either in writing to the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors before the subject hearing or by verbal
disclosure at the time of the hearing.
