Manhattan Beach, a General Law City, has a five-member City Council, elected at large to formulate policy for the city. Each member serves a nine (9) month mayoral position during their four (4) year term.

City Council meetings are held on the first and third Tuesday of every month at 6:00 PM in Council Chambers located in City Hall at 1400 Highland Avenue. Meetings will be broadcast live via Manhattan Beach Local Community Cable, Channel 8 (Spectrum), Channel 35 (Frontier), and Live Streaming Video.  Post meetings will  be rebroadcast on Thursday and Saturday at 12:00 PM and 8:00 PM (webcast link may intermittently be unavailable due to vendor's scheduled system's maintenance). Meetings also may be viewed on demand by selecting the date next to . Public participation and input is encouraged. Meetings may be rescheduled to an alternate date or cancelled by City Council minute action. Please check the City Calendar to note any changes or contact the City Clerks office at (310) 802-5056.

Cable television viewers experiencing any issues (audio or video quality) with cable broadcast are advised to do the following:

• Frontier customers should contact Frontier’s local business line at (800) 921-8101. Be sure to have the phone number or account number associated with the billing address ready.
• Spectrum customers should visit Spectrum's Loss of Picture Support page for assistance.

Note: Link(s) may intermittently become unavailable during scheduled system maintenance or provider outage.

Closed Captions
A PDF (searchable) version of the closed captions is available on the City's Calendar on that City Council Meeting date. This PDF will be available three calendar days after the meeting takes place. A SAMI file will be available in the iframe below nine calendar days after the City Council meeting.

**DUE TO TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES, THE VIDEO AVAILABLE FOR THE NOVEMBER 6, 2024, CITY COUNCIL ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING (REGULAR MEETING) IS THE ZOOM VERSION.  ONCE THE ISSUES ARE RESOLVED THE REGULAR VERSION OF THE VIDEO WILL BE AVAILABLE.

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