Long Beach Municipal Code Art. II General Regulations

A. No person without authority of law shall disrupt any meeting or session of the Council, or of any legally constituted board or commission of the City.

B. The Mayor, or other presiding officer, must first warn an individual that their behavior is disrupting the meeting or session and that failure to promptly cease their behavior could result in their removal. A warning is not required for removal if the disruptive individual uses force or makes a true threat of force.

C. Once the procedure in Subsection B is followed, the disruptive individual may be removed from the meeting or session.

D. "Disrupt" or "disrupting" means engaging in behavior during a meeting or session of the Council, or of any legally constituted board or commission of the City, that actually disrupts, disturbs, impedes, or renders infeasible the orderly conduct of the meeting, including but not limited to the following:

1. A failure to comply with reasonable and lawful regulations adopted by the body pursuant to Section 54954.3 of the Government Code or any other law;

2. Engaging in behavior that constitutes use of force or a true threat of force;

3. Engaging in conduct that may interfere with the rights of other speakers;

4. Engaging in conduct that prevents the body from accomplishing its business in a reasonably efficient manner; and

5. Using lewd, vicious, or personal language that actually disturbs or impedes the meeting.

E. "True threat of force" means a threat that has sufficient indicia of intent and seriousness that a reasonable observer would perceive it to be an actual threat to use force by the person making the threat.

(ORD-22-0029 § 3, 2022; Prior code § 2211)