CivicCatch
Know before the vote.
One this-week brief for the town you serve, with official agenda links. Packets that post or revise mid-week go out then — not only on Sunday. You pay; residents stay free.
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See the week. Open the packet. Act before the vote.
Local decisions hide in hundred-page packets across council, water, fire, schools, and districts. CivicCatch puts the week in one place — so the people you serve can act while comment windows still matter.
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See the week
Every watched body on one page — not six agency sites.
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Open the packet
Cited highlights point at the official agenda URL.
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Act before the vote
Comment windows still matter when people hear in time.
What you actually get
A live place site — this week, the government catalog, and From the Records — plus Sunday and mid-week email if you want it. Not a staff dashboard. Not a newsroom.
This week’s brief
Named boards, short highlights, and official agenda links — the week residents and members can finish, then open the packet.
The town’s government map
Upcoming meetings, the last 90 days, and From the Records — what boards decided, taken from their own minutes, with source links.
Delivery you choose
Sunday week brief, plus a mid-week note when a packet posts or revises. A place-named site, or both. Publishers can pull the same meetings through the API.
Want the meetings on your own home page? Read the Meetings API.
What residents open
This is the shipped product — the same capsule on the live Big Bear site. Always confirm timing and decisions on the agency site.
This week · Big Bear Valley
Four meetings are on the calendar this week across water, community services, city council, and planning. Official agendas are online for three of them — including a short-term rental public hearing Wednesday and a solid-waste rate discussion Tuesday.
- Agenda posted
Mon · evening
BBMWD
- Lake operations update
- Recreation buoy permit schedule
- Agenda updated
Tue · evening
BBCCSD
- Water infrastructure CIP update
- Solid waste rate discussion
- Agenda posted
Wed · evening
City Council
- Public hearing: short-term rental ordinance amendments
- Fire services agreement
- Agenda pending
Thu · afternoon
Planning Commission
- Design review: commercial remodel on Village Drive
Sample capsule — same shape as the live page. Always confirm on the agency site.
Built for who pays
Organizations subscribe. Residents and local politicians stay free — the week on the place site, or emailed to their inbox.
Publishers
Cover every meeting without a reporter
Agenda highlights under the town’s name — place first, not your masthead. Email, a subdomain, or the Meetings API for every community you cover.
Civic groups
The brief one volunteer used to produce by hand
HOAs, watchdogs, and chambers give every member the same cited week — automatically — instead of burning out the person who reads six packets.
Cities
Informed residents — without a newsroom
End “nobody knew about the hearing.” One page and one email that always has it, cited to your own postings. You confirm sources; we don’t invent outcomes.
How you’ll know it’s working
Value is visible in the first week. Retention is a hearing someone mentions before the gavel.
Week One
Open the place site and send a test digest — every confirmed body, official agenda links, in the inbox you’ll use on Sunday.
Month One
A resident, member, or subscriber mentions a hearing before it hits the paper.
Ongoing
Broken agenda URLs get fixed in ops — the map doesn’t silently rot.
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Map the catchment
We start from a statewide starter set of boards and confirm your town’s sources by hand — an operator opens every agenda page, usually within two business days.
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Pick how people get it
Email, a place-branded subdomain, or both. After checkout, send a test digest and open the public site. Preview until you activate.
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Stay ahead of the vote
Sunday covers the week. A posted or revised packet emails subscribers that day — with a link to the official agenda.
Cover your town this week
Map the catchment, pick email and/or a place site, and go live. People get the brief; you own the subscription.
Prefer to evaluate first? Open the Big Bear resident demo.