Board previews and begins process to update internal rules; detailed edits deferred for public posting

At the conclusion of the May 8 hearing the Board of Appeals previewed proposed updates to its rules and agreed on a process to finalize contested language.

President Jose Lopez said the posted redline included housekeeping edits (modernizing references to email and clarifying filing/submission expectations) plus a substantive clarification that a jurisdiction request would require four votes. Commissioners raised concerns about public notice and the Brown Act: several asked that any edits not already posted be given a full public‑posting period and that a small subgroup (including the presiding officer, the Executive Director and deputy city attorney and the commissioner offering edits) meet to refine contested proposals.

Members agreed to adopt uncontroversial posted edits at a future single redline hearing but to defer commissioner Transvinia's seventeen suggested amendments for additional public posting and discussion. The board did not finalize rule changes that evening and scheduled further work between staff and a subgroup, with public postings to follow before a final vote.