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A&A: Barred from entering public school board meeting

firstamendment June 13, 2009

Barred from entering public school board meeting Q: The husband of a local school board member physically prevented a group of teachers from entering a public school board meeting, held at the school district office. One lawyer we checked with said it wasn’t a violation of California’s open meetings law, because the husband wasn’t a school official or board member. We’re trying to find out what, if any, law he violated. A: The short answer

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A&A: Brown Act and Home Owners Associations

firstamendment June 13, 2009

Brown Act and non-profit organizations Q: Our HOA is non-profit California Corporation and my wife last night tried to video tape a meeting that I could not make, and security told her to stop and she complied. It is my understanding that the Brown Act applies to HOA’s from this site, I believe. Is this true, did the HOA do something illegal last night in denying my wife access of videotaping? She did not make

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A&A: Written correspondence to and from officials as public record

firstamendment June 13, 2009

Written correspondence to and from officials as public record Q: Several members of the City Council are considering a policy requiring council members to make public all written correspondence including e-mail rec’d from private citizens regardless of its content, citing the Brown Act and the desire for a more “transparent” city gov’t. A number of citizens believe that this is a violation of their 1st Amend & privacy rights and is just an attempt by

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A&A: Unauthorized meetings to discuss matters within jurisdiction

firstamendment June 13, 2009

Unauthorized meetings to discuss matters within jurisdiction Q: I have questions about the brown act.  If three city council members meet at private home owners associations and each discuss city business and pending issues the council will be voting on, is that considered a violation of the brown act? A: Government Code section 54952.2 (set forth in its entirety below) defines a “meeting” as follows:”[M]eeting” includes any congregation of a majority of the members of

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A&A: Unauthorized meetings and communication between members of a legislative body

firstamendment June 13, 2009

Q: This situation refers to a California Community College which is part of a large Community College District. The president of the Senate was picked up at her house by the president of the college and accompanied to a meeting which was held at the house of a faculty member from one of the other colleges in our district. The meeting was held in a city that is outside of our college district.  The Senate

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