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Closed meeting and the Brown Act Q: I’m thinking about writing a letter of cure/correction regarding a pattern of what appear to be Brown Act Violations. The district acted to correct the June 19 violation. According to a story we published previewing a meeting this past Tuesday, July 3: “After closed session on Tuesday, the board is scheduled to convene in open session to vote on ‘Amendment #11’ to the chief’s contract, according to the

Attorneys present at closed meetings Q: I have a question about closed sessions. We want to update our Board of Directors on current litigation against our hospital. However, we don’t necessarily need to have our attorney present to do so. Is this valid closed-session subject matter? And if so, do we need to list the litigation that will be discussed? A: Government Code 54956.9 allows legislative bodies (which includes hospital districts) to hold closed sessions

Workshops v. Special Meetings Q: Today I walked out of a special meeting called in less then 72 hours which was labeled board special meeting/workshop. It was just a workshop called to discuss how to deal with the media. I asked for our attorneys opinion in this, and they felt that since we posted the agenda 24 hours in advance of the meeting it was ok, and no laws would be broken if we went