The City of Garden Grove is amending its Manual of Procedure for City Council Meetings to adopt a Technology Disruption Policy and broader SB 707 Brown Act compliance measures for remote public participation. To comply by July 1, 2026, the City must support two‑way telephonic or audiovisual public access (currently via Zoom webinar), handle disruptions of internet/phone service, provide translated agendas in Spanish and Vietnamese, maintain a dedicated multilingual public meetings webpage, and enable electronic requests for agendas and documents. While the memo states there is no immediate financial impact from adopting the policy itself, the operational requirements imply ongoing and potentially expanded needs in meeting streaming platforms, teleconferencing infrastructure, website design and translation, accessibility, workflow for agenda/document requests, and outreach to underrepresented communities.Vendors offering remote meeting platforms, AV/IT integration, web content management, translation/localization, and public engagement tools can position themselves to help the City refine, upgrade, and support these systems as staff "monitor implementation and update procedures" to maintain compliance through at least 2030.

City already uses Zoom webinar for two-way phone access; agendas must be translated into Spanish and Vietnamese and a multilingual meetings webpage with direct homepage links is required.