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Provide Direction to City Clerk Regarding Mayor Bregman's Request to Travel to Japan for the Japan-United States Leadership Summit in October 2025 (CLK)
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MEETING DATE:
September 3, 2025
PREPARED BY:
Olivia Nashed, City Clerk
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Provide Direction to City Clerk Regarding Mayor Bregman's Request to Travel to Japan for the Japan-United States Leadership Summit in October 2025.
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BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
Mayor Bregman received an invitation to speak at the United Nations University and the World Expo 2025 in Japan, during the Japan-United States Leadership Summit, on October 4-11, 2025. The trip includes a program spanning 8 nights between Osaka and Tokyo, Japan.
Each speaker will address attendees at each venue, discussing topics such as: successful initiatives in their communities, effective ways of bringing community leaders together, and the use of artificial intelligence in government.
Section 3(A) of the Travel Policy ("Policy") identifies a list of occurrences that are reimbursable "for members of the legislative body for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of official duties":
* Official board, council, committee, commission meetings scheduled subject to the Brown Act; and
* Attending conferences, seminars, workshops or educational events related to the business or operations of such groups; and
* Attending legislative and educational seminars, workshops and training, designed to improve legislative body expertise and information levels of City boards, commissions, committees, councils and affiliated City staff providing primary support will be offered in-house ethics training and will not be reimbursed for publicly offered ethics training classes; and
* Participating in regional, state and national organizations whose activities affect the City's interests; and
* Opportunities to meet with city, county, state, or federal officials to discuss legislativ...
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