The Modern Legistar Alternative
Built for small California cities under 50K population. CivicCA replaces Granicus Legistar with AI-powered agendas, full Brown Act compliance, and a public portal your citizens will actually use — at a fraction of the cost.
Why Cities Are Switching
Legistar and legacy tools were designed for large counties. Small cities are paying enterprise prices for software that doesn’t fit their needs.
Legistar Is Expensive & Outdated
Legacy pricing, clunky interface, minimal AI, and slow support. Small cities pay enterprise prices for software designed for LA County — with none of the modern features your clerks actually need.
Compliance Is Manual & Error-Prone
Clerks manually track Brown Act deadlines, closed session citation requirements, and 72-hour posting timelines. One missed deadline can invalidate an entire meeting — and expose your city to legal challenge.
Minutes Take Hours
City clerks spend 4–8 hours per meeting manually writing minutes from recordings. That’s time taken from other critical duties — public records requests, agenda prep, and council support.
Public Engagement Is Low
Outdated portals buried on city websites mean citizens can’t easily find agendas, submit comments, or follow legislation they care about. Democracy requires accessible information.
How CivicCA Helps
Every feature was built specifically for the workflows of city clerks, council members, and city managers in small California cities.
Drag-and-Drop Agendas
Build council agendas with sections, file numbers, sponsors, and AI-generated plain-language summaries. Publish with one click — compliance checks run automatically before the agenda goes live.
Brown Act Compliance
Automated 72-hour posting verification, closed session citation checks, SB 707 enforcement, and deadline warning emails. Never miss a posting requirement or face a compliance challenge again.
Roll Call Voting
Per-member vote recording with motion and second tracking, supermajority detection, and conflict of interest declarations. Board members can self-cast from their own devices during live meetings.
AI-Powered Minutes
Upload your meeting recording, get a transcribed minutes draft in minutes — not hours. Speaker-attributed, motion-inclusive, and structured for clerk review. Cuts 4–8 hours of work per meeting.
Public Portal
A branded, citizen-facing portal with a meeting calendar, agenda viewing, eComment, legislation search, and email notifications. Satisfies the SB 707 dedicated meeting webpage requirement automatically.
Live Dais Management
Run council meetings from a central control center with a speaker queue, countdown timers, a public display board, and board member self-cast voting. Everything your city clerk needs to run a smooth meeting.
Plans for Cities of Every Size
No enterprise contracts. No per-seat fees. Transparent, flat-rate monthly pricing that fits a city budget.
Up to 5 users
AI agendas, compliance & speaker registration
Public portal included
SSO, custom domain & API access
Dedicated onboarding
Priority support SLA
All plans include a 14-day free trial. Credit card required.
Ready to replace Legistar?
Set up in minutes, not months. CivicCA is purpose-built for small California cities and backed by a team that understands the Brown Act. Your first 14 days are free.