New OPTIC office, rules on ending committees and more to come at City Council

The City Council is scheduled to receive its first public briefing Tuesday on a new city public affairs function dubbed “OPTIC.”

The upcoming City Council meeting tomorrow will also include votes on waiving the confidentiality of certain emails between councilmembers and Stockton’s attorney, and on rules clarifying who has the power to disband temporary City Council committees, the agenda shows.

On top of that, the tenor of the meeting will be under scrutiny after several months of vitriol on the dais, including in August when clashes between Mayor Christina Fugazi and Vice Mayor Jason Lee came to a head. Last meeting on Sept. 10 was relatively calm, but still featured conflict among councilmembers over a committee member removal…

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