On April 17, 2026, LWVN sent a letter to Mayor Marc Laredo and the City Council, expressing its disappointment in the docket tracking working group’s recommendation to select CivicPlus as the vendor to replace the current docket tracking software.
The working group was convened to consider two alternative software packages, CivicPlus and Legistar. The letter states that, “From the standpoint of residents, business owners, community advocates, and any member of the public interested in following the work and decisions of the City Council, there is no comparison between CivicPlus and Legistar.”
The letter further states that if public transparency is a primary goal of the City’s docket tracking system, technical advances should produce a meaningful public benefit. The decision to select CivicPlus instead of Legistar appears primarily to have been based on cost, not on transparency goals.
LWVN requests the Mayor to reconsider the City’s decision to proceed with CivicPlus.
Read the entirely of the letter: