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AG Opinion #98-211 School Dissemination of Sex Offender Information (1999)

BILL LOCKYER, Attorney General; CLAYTON P. ROCHE, Deputy Attorney General No. 98-211 Office of the Attorney General of the State of California March 1, 1999 THE HONORABLE WESLEY CHESBRO, MEMBER OF THE CALIFORNIA STATE SENATE, has requested an opinion on the following questions: 1.Does a school district have a duty to disclose information received from a law enforcement official concerning the presence of a sex offender in its community? 2.Does a school district have a

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AG Opinion #97-1207 Participation by elected officials in committee meetings when they aren’t members (1998)

ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OPINION  97–1207 April 29, 1998 THE HONORABLE QUENTIN L. KOPP, MEMBER OF THE CALIFORNIA STATE SENATE, has requested an opinion on the following questions: 1. May members of the legislative body of a local public agency ask questions or make statements while attending a meeting of a standing committee of the legislative body “as observers”? 2. May members of the legislative body of a local public agency sit in special chairs on the

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AG Opinion #97-1005 Campaigning in Multiple Dwelling Complexes (1998)

AG Opinion No. 97-1005 Free Speech: Campaigning in Multiple Dwelling Complexes OPINION of DANIEL E. LUNGREN, Attorney General; GREGORY L. GONOT, Deputy Attorney General In the Office of the Attorney General of the State of California filed February 13, 1998, the honorable Dick Ackerman, member of the California State Assembly, has requested an opinion on the following question:  May the owner of a mobile home park, the owner of an apartment complex, or the homeowners’ association

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AG Opinion #97-414 Closed Session for Advisory Committee on Personnel (1997)

AG Opinion No. 97-414 Brown Act: Closed Session for Advisory Committee on Personnel OPINION of DANIEL E. LUNGREN, Attorney General; ANTHONY DaVIGO, Deputy Attorney General In the Office of the Attorney General of the State of California filed November 10, 1997, the Honorable Mike Thompson, member of the California State Senate, has requested an opinion on the following question: Where the board of trustees of a school district has formed a committee, known as the

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AG Opinion #99-301 Disclosure of County Officer’s Personal Tax Lien Details (1999)

OPINION of BILL LOCKYER, Attorney General; Anthony M. Summers , Deputy Attorney General No. 99-301 In the Office of the Attorney General of the State of California Filed August 6, 1999 THE HONORABLE H. PETER KLEIN, COUNTY COUNSEL OF MENDOCINO COUNTY, has requested an opinion on the following question: Is a county auditor-controller prohibited from disclosing to the public information regarding the amount of money deducted from an elected county officer’ s salary to satisfy

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