...Title
Special Meeting of the City Council on General Charter Review Commission Recommendations.
...Recommendations
(a) Discuss and consider the following recommendations from the San José Charter Review Commission:
Governance Structure
(1) Maintain a “Council-Manager” government structure and allow councilmembers to make nominations for City Manager candidates.
(2) Establish future Charter Review Commissions.
(3) Expand the City Council to 14 council districts.
Voting
(4) Implement ranked-choice voting.
(5) Elevate the Board of Fair Campaigns and Political Practices to the City Charter.
Inclusion and Accountability
(6) Reform Boards and Commissions.
(7) Add a Native Land Acknowledgement to the City Charter.
(8) Use gender-inclusive language in the City Charter and City documents.
(9) Establish Equity Values, Equity Standards, and Equity Assessments.
(10) Address equity and inclusion in City programming and budgeting.
(11) Establish regular department-level audits.
Other Recommendations (not recommended as amendments to the City Charter)
(12) Create a Climate Action Commission.
(13) Explore a Community Opportunity to Purchase Act.
(14) Promote home-ownership opportunities for low-income residents of San José.
(15) Strengthen community input to the Smart City Advisory and Innovation and Technology Advisory Boards.
(b) Discuss and consider whether any of the recommendations requiring amendments to the City Charter should be placed before the voters in November 2022.
(c) Refer recommendations requiring further fiscal and/or staffing analysis to the 2022-2023 Budget process and next Citywide Roadmap prioritization process.
(d) Consistent with Rules and Open Government Committee approval, refer the recommendations of the Charter Review Commission related to public safety and police oversight to a future meeting of the City Council.
CEQA: Not a Project, File No. PP17-008, General Procedure and Policy Making resulting in no changes to the physical environment. (City Attorney, City Clerk and City Manager)