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San Diego Municipal Code § 6.4 Committee Quorums and Attendance

San Diego Municipal Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · San Diego

Cite as: San Diego Municipal Code § 6.4 · Text as of 2026-10-04

6.4.1. A majority of the members of a committee shall constitute a

quorum for the transaction of business. A committee may not conduct business absent a quorum and, if properly convened, must terminate committee proceedings upon the loss of a quorum. The chair may, upon the loss of a quorum, continue all remaining matters to the next scheduled committee meeting. A majority of all members constituting the committee, however, shall be required to report a resolution or ordinance, or any matter properly before it, out of committee.

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6.4.2. Committee business shall not be impeded by the absence of a

member as long as a quorum is present. Members absent from a committee meeting shall be required to study and review applicable material and recordings before voting thereafter on any such matters.

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6.4.3. On those matters where a full committee vote is deemed

necessary by the committee or Council, or legally required, all reports and comments shall be heard as expeditiously as possible with a quorum present. The actual vote will be taken by the full committee after absent members have had sufficient time for review of applicable material and recordings.

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6.4.4. When and as long as any standing committee lacks sufficient

members, including alternates, to constitute a quorum for the conduct of business, the Council President is authorized to act as a voting member of that standing committee.

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6.4.5. The Council shall vacate the committee seat of any appointed

committee member who is absent from four consecutive scheduled committee meetings of that committee unless the absence thereof is excused by resolution of the Council.

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