Questions have arisen about the firing of the Sonoma County Agricultural Commissioner after it finally surfaced that she was fired by the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors. The supervisors could legally decide personnel matters in closed session but under the Brown Act, California’s open meeting law, were obliged to announce their actions promptly.
The supervisors apparently made the decision on March 2 and sent the commissioner a notification of the decision with the reasons she was fired. The Press Democrat was unable to get a copy of the notification. -db
From the Santa Rosa Press Democrat , March 23, 2011, by Derek Moore.