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Principles of Local Government Public Enaaaement 5. Infor'med Par'tiCipation: Participants in the public engagement process have information and/or access to expertise consistent with the wark that sponsars and conveners ask them to do. 6. Accessible Participation: Public engagement processes are broadly accessible in terms of location, time, and language, and support the engagement of residents with disabilities. 7. Appropriate Process: The public engagement process utilizes one or more discussion formats that are responsive to the needs of identified participant groups, and encourages full, authentic, effective and equitable participation consistent with process purposes. This may include relationships with existing community forums. 8. Authentic Use of Information Received: The ideas, preferences, and/or recommendations contributed by the public are documented and seriously considered by decision makers. 9. Feedback to Participants: Local officials communicate ultimate decisions back to process participants and the broader public, with a description of how the public input was considered and used. 10. Evaluation: Sponsors and participants evaluate each public engagement process with the collected feedback and learning shared broadly and applied to future engagement efforts. About the Institute for Local Government This tip sheet is a service of the Institute for Local Government (ILG) whose mission is to promote good government at the local level with practical, impartial, and easy-to-use resources for California communities. ILG is the nonproft 501(c)(3) research and education affiliate of the League of California Cities and the California State Association of Counties. For more information and to access the Institute's resources on public engage�nent, visit www.ca- il�.o_ r�/public-engagement. To access this resource directly, go to www.ca- il�.or�/PublicEn�agementPrinciples. The Institute welcomes feedback on this resource: Email: publicenga�ement�a,ca-ilg.org Subject: Principles ofLocal GovernmentPublic Engagement • Mail.• 1400 K Street, Suite 205 • Sacramento, CA • 95814 U:��,LVJ 11Y lJ Y iL��,1�'iiDIIC i.i1�` `i;Yili:lli�PilUYlC�iiiUilS��'�:l'1L lJi1C 1� �1'�7'i:i�`,.l'1lliCij�1C5 Ui Local Govermnent Public Engagement KP.doc Institute for Local Government www.ca-ilg.org 2