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Northern California: District Attorney sides with citizen about Brown Act violation

donal brown November 9, 2009

Butte County District Attorney agreed with a citizen who said the Oroville City council violated the Brown Act, California’s open government law, when it appointed a fire chief and approved free rent and the use of a city car on weekends in closed session last August and failed to report the rent and car benefits. -DB Oroville Mercury-Register November 6, 2009 By Mary Weston OROVILLE — Butte County District Attorney Mike Ramsey asked the city

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Southern California school district addressing charges of Brown Act violations

donal brown November 9, 2009

In response to allegations of Brown Act violations from CalAware, an open government advocacy group, the West Covina School District is asking for more details about the allegations. The allegations concerned inadequate notice of meetings, failure to convene open meetings after closed sessions and not reporting actions from the closed sessions. -DB San Gabriel Valley Tribune November 5, 2009 By Maritza Velazquez WEST COVINA – An advocate for open government believes the West Covina School District

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Central Valley town council accused of Brown Act violation

donal brown November 9, 2009

A Modesto Bee editorial alleged that the Hughson City Council had decided to hire a temporary city manager before the meeting to make the move, a violation of the California open meeting laws. -DB The Modesto Bee Editorial November 9, 2009 We encourage Hughson residents to show up at tonight’s City Council meeting and ask some hard questions. At a special meeting Thursday, on a 3-2 vote, the council voted to bring Dave Whiteside back as

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Court hears arguments against government penalization of false statements

donal brown November 5, 2009

A federal court of appeals heard arguments this week on whether the government can impose criminal penalties on a man for falsely claiming he served in the military and earned the Congressional Medal of Honor. The man was convicted of violating the Stolen Valor Act which prohibits lying about military service. -DB Metropolitan News-Enterprise November 5, 2009 By Kenneth Ofgang A federal act making it a crime to falsely claim that one holds the Congressional

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No First Amendment defense in suit over man’s ejection from public meeting for making a Nazi salute

donal brown November 5, 2009

A federal court of appeals ruled that the City of Santa Cruz could eject a man from a city council meeting for a Nazi salute since the salute contributed to disrupting the meeting. The man’s attorney argued that the salute could not have been disruptive since no one noticed it. -DB Metropolitan News-Enterprise November 4, 2009 By Sherri M. Okamoto A man who was ejected from a city council meeting for giving a Nazi salute in

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