Finding F3
The City Manager’s Office neglected to monitor NBAS’s enforcement of Petaluma Municipal Code requirements for dog licensing for rabies control and for abatement of the risks posed by dangerous dogs, which created risks to public health and safety.
Jury report: Animal Services Revisited: A City Asleep at the Wheel · PDF page 16
Permanent linkOfficial response
Petaluma City Council
Acknowledges health-and-safety importance and rejects neglect, emphasizing owner licensing obligations and planned contract and code review.
Read official response · PDF page 7Explains the licensing-role disagreement and cites Chapter 9.24 in the continuation on page 8, but provides limited explanation of past monitoring of dangerous-dog abatement, a separate material part of the finding.
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