City Charter Review Committee

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The City Charter Review Committee has completed its assignment and made its recommendations to City Council to update the City Charter. This page is being kept open currently for posterity.
City Council Advances Two Measures for the City Charter to the November 2022 Ballot

On July 26 at its regularly scheduled council meeting, Santa Rosa City Council advanced two measures by resolution to the November 2022 ballot to update the City Charter. The two separate ballot measures would address the need to modernize language in the City Charter and have it come in-line with the city’s district-based elections. READ MORE

The 21-member Charter Review Committee has significant responsibilities to research, deliberate and, as it deems appropriate, draft proposed revisions to the City Charter. The City Council has identified twelve topics for the Committee’s consideration. As the Committee moves forward and hears from the community, additional ideas may emerge. The Committee is expected to have its work completed by sometime in the spring 2022.

Statement of Purpose

The 2022 Charter Review Committee is charged with leading the City’s decennial review of the City Charter.

Upcoming Meetings

  1. Patti Cisco

    Committee Chair

    Appointed by Council Member John Sawyer


  1. Adriana Arrizon

    Appointed by Council Member Jack Tibbetts


  1. Lisa Badenfort

    Appointed by Mayor Chris Rogers


  1. Annie Barbour

    Appointed by Council Member Tom Schwedhelm


  1. Scott Bartley

    Appointed by Council Member John Sawyer


  1. Christine Byrne

    Appointed by Vice Mayor Natalie Rogers


  1. Dan Condron

    Appointed by Council Member Jack Tibbetts


  1. Abigail Cunningham

    Appointed by Council Member Tom Schwedhelm


  1. Ana Diaz

    Appointed by Council Member Eddie Alvarez


  1. Jazmin Gudino

    Appointed by Council Member Victoria Fleming


  1. Jen Klose

    Appointed by Council Member Victoria Fleming


  1. Brian Ling

    Appointed by Council Member Jack Tibbetts


  1. Danny Martinez

    Appointed by Council Member Eddie Alvarez


  1. Chris Mazzia

    Appointed by Council Member Victoria Fleming


  1. Ron Miller

    Appointed by Vice Mayor Natalie Rogers


  1. Evette Minor

    Appointed by Council Member John Sawyer


  1. Ernesto Olivares

    Appointed by Vice Mayor Natalie Rogers


  1. Logan Pitts

    Appointed by Mayor Chris Rogers


  1. Jocelyn Villalobos

    Appointed by Mayor Chris Rogers


  1. Mark Walsh

    Appointed by Council Member Eddie Alvarez


  1. Karen Weeks

    Appointed by Council Member Tom Schwedhelm


Board Information and Records

Meetings

The first meeting is on Nov. 17, 2021. At that time the City Charter Review Committee is expected to set a meetings schedule. 

Watch Live Meetings

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Agendas, Minutes and Video

Agendas are available prior to the meetings. Minutes are available following approval.

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