San Diego Municipal Code § 2.7 Non-Agenda Public Comment

period on the agenda for members of the public to address the Council on items of interest to the public that are not on the agenda but are within the jurisdiction of the Council. Non- Agenda Public Comment shall be subject to the exercise of the Council President’s discretion for a given agenda.

agenda items, Non-Agenda Public Comment on particular issues and for each individual speaker will be as follows:

(a) Each speaker will be limited to two minutes. Speakers
may not allocate their time to other speakers. If there
are eight or more speakers on a single issue, the
maximum time for the issue will be 16 minutes for in-
person public comment and 16 minutes for virtual
public comment. The order of speaking generally will
be determined on a first-come, first-served basis,
however, priority may be given to speakers who have
not addressed the legislative body during Non-Agenda
Public Comment at the last regularly scheduled Council
meeting. A member of the public may only provide one
non-agenda comment per agenda.

(b) The Council President shall not permit any
communication, oral or written, to be made or read
which is not within the subject matter jurisdiction of the
Council.

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(c) No discussion or action on any matter of Non-Agenda
Public Comment shall be permitted. The Council or the
Council President may refer an issue raised by a
speaker to the Mayor or to the appropriate committee
for further information or action.

(a) Each speaker who wishes to address the Council must file a written request (speaker slip) with the City Clerk at the meeting at which the speaker wishes to speak. Speaker slips may not be turned in prior to the meeting date or after completion of in-person testimony. In- person testimony shall conclude before virtual testimony begins.

(b) Each person who wishes to address the Council shall
approach the podium and state who they are
representing if representing an organization or another
person.

In addition to observing and participating in Council meetings at Council Chambers in accordance with Rule 2.7.3, members of the public may participate virtually (by telephone or internet streaming) as indicated on the meeting agenda. Virtual public comment will be accepted by the City Clerk as provided in the procedures for public comment for the meeting, posted with the meeting agenda. Speakers who wish to provide virtual public comment must enter the virtual queue by raising their virtual hands before the queue closes. The queue will close when the last virtual speaker finishes speaking or five minutes after in-person testimony ends, whichever happens first.