The Río Hondo Community College District Board of Trustees Special Meeting will be held Saturday, July 18, 2026, at 8:00 a.m. at the DoubleTree by Hilton Los Angeles/Whittier, 7320 Greenleaf Ave., Whittier, CA 90602. Meetings are held in person.

The agenda and public comment card are available on the Río Hondo College website and in the Diligent Community platform:
Diligent Community Portal
Public Comment Card

The District returned to fully in-person meetings on March 8, 2023, following the end of Governor Newsom’s COVID-19 State of Emergency, which was lifted as of March 1, 2023. Without a declared State of Emergency, the District cannot hold remote meetings under AB 361.

Board agendas are physically posted in the lobby of the L Tower, the Student Life and Leadership Office in the Student Union (SU210), and the second floor of the Library. A digital copy is available on the Río Hondo College website at www.riohondo.edu.

Any individual with a disability who requires a reasonable accommodation to participate in a Board meeting of the Río Hondo Community College District may request assistance by contacting the President’s Office at Río Hondo College, 3600 Workman Mill Road, Whittier, California, at least 72 hours in advance of the meeting. This document is available in an alternate format. Telephone: (562) 908-3403. You may also email designated staff in the President’s Office to request an accommodation: [email protected] and [email protected].

The agenda and public comment card are available on the Río Hondo College website, in the Diligent Community platform, and on campus in the President’s Office, L Tower, 4th Floor, Room 404.

Please email the completed public comment card to designated staff in the President’s Office, who will present cards to the Board President in the order received: [email protected] and [email protected].

Members of the public may address the Board of Trustees regarding items on the agenda by completing the form provided by the District and submitting it to the Secretary of the Board prior to the agenda item being discussed. The President of the Board shall determine whether to allow the public to speak on the item before or during the Board’s consideration of the item.

The public shall be given the opportunity to address the Board on any item of interest within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Board. Such remarks shall be made during Open Communication for Public Comment. Presentations by a member of the public on matters relating to an agenda item, or during Open Communication for Public Comment, are limited to three minutes. Thirty minutes is the maximum time allotment for public speakers on any one subject, regardless of the number of speakers at any one board meeting, as prescribed in Board Policy 2345.

Under the Brown Act, the Board cannot discuss or take action on items not listed on the agenda. Matters brought before the Board that are not on the agenda may, at the Board’s discretion, be referred to staff or placed on the next agenda.

An audio recording will be made available within 24 to 48 hours and posted to the corresponding Board meeting on the Diligent Community platform.

Río Hondo College is an educational and community partner committed to advancing social justice and equity as an antiracist institution that collectively invests in all students’ academic and career pathways that lead to attainment of degree, certificate, transfer, and lifelong-learning goals. For information on the College or its programs, please call (562) 692-0921 or visit www.riohondo.edu.