Chino Hills updates meeting access and ADA accommodations to comply with SB 707

The Chino Hills City Council on Tuesday approved administrative policy updates and a revised Americans With Disabilities Act reasonable‑accommodations policy as part of the city's response to SB 707.

Staff summarized SB 707 (Durazo), signed into law on Oct. 3, 2025, as updating the Ralph M. Brown Act to expand public participation and require remote participation and meeting live streaming for eligible legislative bodies in jurisdictions over 30,000 residents. "To increase engagement, the city must now offer remote public participation and live stream council meetings," staff told the council, and the law also requires a disruption policy allowing a pause of up to one hour to restore service for technical failures.

Staff said the city plans to proactively translate agendas into Spanish, Chinese and Tagalog and provide a public posting space for community‑submitted translations; those community translations would not be reviewed or endorsed by the city. Staff added the law expands translation support, enhances agenda access and removes the prior sunset date on social‑media restrictions.

After a brief question period with no follow‑up from council, the council voted 5–0 to receive and file the report, approve the administrative policy updates, adopt the disruption policy and adopt the revised ADA accommodations policy.