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A Superior Court judge found that the Los Angeles City Council violated the Brown Act, California’s open government law, by not giving the public sufficient notice of a meeting during which they approved a shopping center development in South Los Angeles. -DB The Los Angeles Times January 12, 2010 By David Zahniser A Superior Court judge tentatively ruled Monday that the Los Angeles City Council violated the state’s open meeting law by approving a 76,000-square-foot

The Hughson town mayor demanded that three councilmen resign after they were accused in a grand jury report of conferring via e-mail on town business and plotting privately to remove the city manager. -DB The Modesto Bee January 12, 2010 By Patty Guerra HUGHSON — Mayor Ramon Bawanan on Monday demanded that three city councilmen named in a blistering grand jury report resign immediately. “You have violated the public’s trust and forever damaged your ability

A Novato Sanitary District board member said his fellow board members excluded him from closed-door meeting in violation of the Brown Act, California’s open government law. -DB Marin Independent Journal January 11, 2010 By Jim Welte When Dennis Welsh became the lone opposition candidate elected to the Novato Sanitary District board last November, he and his new colleagues expressed doubts they could leave the rancor behind and work together. In a recent letter to Marin