FAC

A: Are elected officials allowed to sit in the audience while acting in their official capacity during meetings? Q: California has a number of laws addressing government meetings, including the Brown Act (which covers the legislative bodies of local agencies), the Bagley-Keene Act (which covers state executive agencies), and the Grunsky-Burton Open Meeting Act, which covers the State Legislature. If the elected official is a member of the legislative body of a local agency, then the Brown

Q: The City administration is wrongfully terminating employees as punishment for asking for disability retirement. I am a victim. They are withholding emails by wrongfully applying the deliberative process exemption to protect themselves from lawsuit for the wrongful termination. I have written proof. I have contacted this agency once before using this form but never got a response. I thought I would try one more time. A: If you believe that your City is wrongfully withholding documents

Q: The city’s communication offices refuses to add us to their official media e-mail list, that sends information and notices about events the mayor will attend or news conferences. The office also purposely refuses to answer our calls and e-mails, based on our legitimate news coverage. What recourse do we have to at least compel them to add us to their news e-mail list? A: This is a tricky issue.  Once a government agency decides

Q: I called and reported a radiation exam concern last year to my state’s public health department. After months of trying to obtain the results of the inspection report, I was told I had to submit my request online which I then did. The report lacked specificity and appeared to be lacking all of the information. I then requested public records for a period of 5 years on the machine used. I received a statement stating