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Section 2. REGULAR MEETINGS. The regular meetings of the Board of Supervisors shall be held upon Tuesday of each and every week commencing at the hour of 9:30 a.m. at the Hearing Room of the Board of Supervisors in Room 381, Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration, 500 West Temple Street in the City of Los Angeles. If any regular meeting day falls upon a holiday, the regular meeting of the Board of Supervisors shall be held at the same place upon the first succeeding day which is not a holiday or the day that a statewide primary or general election is being held, commencing at the same hour, in which event all hearings, applications, petitions and other matters before the Board shall be deemed to be and are hereby automatically continued to the same hour of the next succeeding day which is not a holiday or the day that a statewide primary or general election is being held. When a holiday is observed on a Monday, the regularly scheduled Tuesday meeting of the Board shall commence at the hour of 1:00 p.m. In even-numbered years when the regular Tuesday Board meeting falls on a statewide primary or general election day, the meeting shall commence at 9:30 a.m. of the first succeeding day which is not a holiday.
Section 3. ADJOURNMENT AND CONTINUANCE. The Board may adjourn any regular, adjourned regular, special or adjourned special meeting to a time and place specified in the order of adjournment. Less than a quorum may so adjourn from time to time. If all members are absent from any regular or adjourned regular meeting the Executive Officer‑Clerk of the Board may declare the meeting adjourned to a stated time and place in the manner provided by State law. (Section 54955 of the Government Code, see Appendix).
When a regular or adjourned regular meeting is adjourned as provided in this section, the resulting adjourned regular meeting is a regular meeting for all purposes. Any hearing being held or noticed or ordered to be held at any such meeting may be continued or recontinued to any subsequent meeting of the Board in the manner provided by State Law. (Section 54955.1 of the Government Code, see Appendix).
Section 4. FOUR AND FIVE-VOTE MATTERS. The Executive Officer‑Clerk of the Board may place all 4 or 5-vote matters not able to be considered at a regular Tuesday meeting on the next succeeding regular meeting.
Section 4.5. EMERGENCY MEETINGS. Emergency meetings may be called by the Mayor/Chair or a majority of the Board, in the case of an emergency situation involving matters upon which prompt action is necessary due to the disruption or threatened disruption of public facilities. Upon the call of an emergency meeting, the Executive Officer-Clerk of the Board shall give notice of the meeting, and comply with posting requirements subsequent to the meeting, in compliance with Section 54956.5 of the Government Code (see Appendix). The Board shall not meet in closed session during an emergency meeting.
Section 5. CALL OF SPECIAL MEETINGS. Special meetings of the Board may be called by the Mayor/Chair or a majority of the Board. Upon the call of a special meeting, the Executive Officer-Clerk of the Board shall give notice of the meeting, including the time and place of the meeting, and the business to be transacted or discussed, in accordance with Government Code Section 54956 (see Appendix). No business other than that stated in the notice shall be transacted at the special meeting. The notice shall provide an opportunity for members of the public to directly address the Board concerning any item that has been described in the notice for the meeting, before or during consideration of that item (Section 54954.3 of the Government Code, see Appendix).
Section 5.5. CLOSED SESSIONS. A closed session of the Board can be called by the Mayor/Chair or a majority of the Board, for those purposes allowed by the Government Code (Brown Act). Prior to holding any closed session, the Mayor/Chair shall announce in open meeting, the item(s) to be discussed in the closed session. During the closed session, the Board may consider only those items covered in the announcement. The Board shall publicly report action taken in closed session and the vote or abstention of every member present, in accordance with the requirements of Section 54957.1 of the Government Code (see Appendix).
Section 6. PUNCTUALITY AT BOARD MEETINGS. Each member shall be in his/her respective seat at the hour set for each such regular meeting and at the time set for any adjourned or special meeting. Any member not present shall be designated in the minutes as absent or as entering late.
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