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Temecula City Council inexplicably changes start time for public meetings without public input

During Tuesday night’s Temecula City Council meeting, Mayor Brenden Kalfus presented the council with a new policy, seemingly derived out of thin air, that proposed moving city council meetings to a different time of the day on Tuesdays. 

After a 4-1 vote, as of July, Temecula City Council meetings will begin with closed session at 2 p.m. and open session at 3 p.m. 

Meetings previously, like Tuesday’s meeting, started at 5 p.m. with a closed session, and the public open session started at 6 p.m.

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Joint City of Temecula-TVUSD Committee Meeting Shows Opportunities, Challenges

The meeting clearly showed how valuable city-school district coordination can be and how competent both city and district staff are. Unfortunately it also highlighted some elected officials’ lack of basic understanding and inability to stay on topic, as well as several missed opportunities for coordination.

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