Click to retrieve a PDF copy of the current bylaws of the Coastal San Pedro Neighborhood Council.

The Bylaws are supplemented by the following Standing Rules:

1. Governing Board Meeting Agenda
The purpose of the agenda meeting is to determine which items will be placed on the Governing Board agenda. The agenda of the Governing Board shall be determined at a meeting of board members and stakeholders that will be convened at least seven days prior to the scheduled board meeting. The Vice President will preside at agenda committee meetings. In his or her absence the stakeholders present at the start of the meeting will elect a chair to preside at that agenda meeting. Motions must be submitted in writing. Wording of motions must be precise. Imprecise motions may be reworded at the agenda meeting or referred back to the individual or group submitting the motion. Motions must include the name of the board member who will move the motion. All board members and stakeholders present at the meeting may vote. A quorum for the purpose of transacting business shall be three, at least one of whom must be a board member.
Adopted 17 November 2008

2. Organization and Composition of Committees.
Standing committees of the Council shall have at least three members, at least one of whom shall be a member of the Governing Board. Committees shall require a quorum of three to transact business. Committee members will be appointed by the Governing Board and must be ratified by the Board in order to vote at committee meetings. The Governing Board shall elect committee chairpersons.
Adopted 17 November 2008
Amended 19 September 2011

3. Establishment of Standing Committees.
The Governing Board establishes the following standing committees.
Budget and Finance: Responsible for budgetary and fiscal matters.
Communications: Responsible for all outreach and community relation, including website, publications, and event operations.
Community Transportation and Planning: Responsible for all aspects of planning issues.
Cultural Affairs: Responsible for cultural affairs matters.
Port and Environment: Responsible for all matters regarding the Port of Los Angeles and environmental issues.
Public Safety: Responsible for public safety matters.
Recreation and Parks: Responsible for all matters regarding recreation and parks.
Rules and By Laws.
Education Committee: Responsible for all matters regarding education.
Adopted 17 November 2008
Amended 19 July 2010
Amended 19 September 2011

4. Establishment of Guidelines for Election of Committee and Vice Chairpersons.
Whereas the governing board of the Coastal San Pedro Neighborhood Council has seventeen members when all seats are filled and there are a limited number of committees.
Be it resolved that no stake holder shall hold more than one Chair or Vice Chair on an CSPNC committee and the governing board is advised to take this into account when appointing Chairs and Vice Chairs.
Adopted 17 November 2008

5. Coastal San Pedro Neighborhood Council committee chairpersons shall submit written reports of their committee's activities and actions no later than seven days following their committee's meeting.
Adopted 15 December 2008

6. Whereas the Coastal San Pedro Neighborhood Council wishes to hear as diverse a set of stakeholder opinions as possible, and prolonged orations by Board members can inhibit that,
Any single address by a Board member during a Board meeting shall be no longer than two minutes, and
Once an agenda item has been placed on the floor for consideration and presented, comment from the public shall be solicited before comment by members of the Board.
Adopted 20 April 2009

7. Website guidelines
The CSPNC website is for dissemination of CSPNC documents and other information that is of use to stakeholders. It is to be used for announcements and for the record of CSPNC actions and positions.
Committee chair people can (and are encouraged to) access to the website directly to:
1) schedule and post the agendas for their committee’s meetings;
2) update their own committee’s minutes and other materials; and
3) make event and news postings of general interest.
Users should not post information in the website areas of committees other than their own committee. Such postings should be submitted to the Chair of the relevant committee. Scheduling a committee meeting on the web calendar and/or posting a committee agenda on the website does not substitute for legal posting of a meeting under the Brown Act. We are still required to make a minimum of one paper posting of the agenda in a publicly accessible place at least 72 hours prior to any meeting. Agendas must be submitted to the Secretary long enough in advance that he or she can make the necessary paper posting(s), or you must make the paper postings yourself.
The CSPNC website maintainers may make non-substantive changes to postings to encourage uniformity of formatting or to correct obvious typographical or grammatical errors. The CSPNC website maintainers may remove a posting if, in their opinion, it contains material that is inappropriate for posting on the CSPNC website (e.g. the material misrepresents a position that CSPNC has adopted, advocates that stakeholders adopt a particular political position, or is not relevant to the business and goals of the CSPNC). Any time such a deletion is made, the person who made the website posting (the poster) must be informed immediately via email. If the poster disagrees with the deletion and no acceptable compromise can be reached between the poster and the website maintainer, the deletion decision can be appealed to the Communication Committee.
Adopted 18 May 2009