FAC

Q:  I am requesting help re the “crime” of clapping at a City Council Meeting. I’m referring to clapping that is not substantially disruptive. The City Council has started to interpret a clause of the Policies and Procedures Manual (Section 4.4 Disruptive Conduct) to disallow clapping of any sort after a Public Forum speaker has spoken to a subject. The public was advised they would be removed by the POLICE if they continued to clap. The

Q: The High School District board stopped taking minutes at their meetings? Can they do that under the Brown Act? A: The Brown Act is silent on legislative bodies’ duties with respect to taking notes or keeping minutes of meetings.  Typically, such requirements would be found in a legislative body’s bylaws, or possibly an ordinance that governs the legislative body (though since this is a school district, it is unlikely that such requirements would be found

Q: I am researching a decades-old murder.  I have spoken with the DA’s Chief Inspector about the case and he is unwilling to share any information with me whatsoever. Therefore, my only real recourse is to attempt to secure relevant files, videos, pictures, coroner’s report, police report, and notes the information via a FOIA request. That having been said, I am not sure who I should approach with my request. Should I send it to the AG’s office,