CLEARLAKE, Calif. – A policy for inclusion on the city of Clearlake's Website has been established by action of the city council.

The purpose of the policy, which the council accepted Aug. 14, is to ensure the city Web site calendar is maintained in a fair and impartial manner to communicate matters of general public interest.

The city provides its Web site, www.clearlake.ca.us , as a public service to provide information about city services, officials and attractions.

The Web site is supplemental to, and not replacement of, information available from city offices.

“The city reserves the right to determine what information shall and shall not be placed on its website,” City Clerk Melissa Swanson said. “The Web site is a public information resource that gives a high-level overview of the organizational mission, structure and operation.”

Events posted on the city's Web site events calendar should be located within Lake County. Exceptions may be allowed at the discretion of the event calendar moderator.

Anyone submitting a public event listing must identify themselves clearly. Anonymous postings of events will not be allowed.

All event postings must be accompanied by valid event submitter contact information including name, email address and phone number.

City officials said all event postings will be moderated by a city-authorized calendar moderator, who is to review and approve all event submissions for conformance to acceptable event standards.

Reviews will take place during regular business hours, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Thursday. Items submitted after business hours, on Friday or during the weekend, will not be reviewed until the following business week.

The policy includes the following disclaimer: “The Clearlake.ca.us event calendar is provided as a community service to Clearlake citizens and community organizations. Though the calendar is moderated for posting acceptable events, the city of Clearlake does not endorse nor verify the information included. If an entry includes a link to a website that does not end in Clearlake.ca.us, the city does not control nor review the content or operation of that website. The city of Clearlake guarantees neither the authenticity accuracy, appropriateness nor the security of the link, website or content linked thereto.”

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