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Brown Act

Opening closed session agenda items by a city council

Can a city council vote to open a closed session agenda item for the public record?

June 14, 2009
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CPRA School Records

Accessing a school district’s settlement agreements

To what extent are school district settlement agreements public when they contain confidential student information?

January 20, 2012
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Brown Act

Water Board repeatedly violates Brown Act

[…] and the attorney for the Board interrupted the Board and informed them that they were in violation of the Brown Act. Subsequently, this same Board held an opening of a facility. They did not put the meeting on the calendar of the Board. Nor did they post a Board meeting announcement. Four of the […]

December 31, 2010
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Social Media

Facebook community target of a self-proclaimed “troll army”

I am aware that this may not be a First Amendment issue due to the fact that it concerns private citizens and a privately-held company. However, I would welcome any help you may be able to give me. I belonged to a Facebook community that became a target of a self-proclaimed "troll army" which […]

November 13, 2014
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CPRA

Can I see the city’s settlement agreement with police officers?

The city has just reached a settlement agreement with several police officers who had filed claims– and then a lawsuit–alleging discrimination on the part of the police chief. There were also workers compensation claims tied to this lawsuit. The city just announced that as part of the agreement, the officers have withdrawn their civil […]

April 14, 2010
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First Amendment Social Media

Help! Being sued For Yelp! Review

I used a company here in Illinois on two occasions and was left with a far less than satisfactory experience both times. As such, I took to yelp! to leave my feedback. After posting the honest review, my attorney was contacted and informed that I am being sued for defamation. My simple review sticks the […]

October 11, 2014
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Brown Act

Filing a Vacancy by Closed Session Appointment

[…] hours prior to the beginning of the School Board meeting. The appointment decision was made at that meeting. Should the agenda state the names of the applicants who were interviewed during the meeting? If a public citizen asked to see the application material and was turned down, is that a violation of the Brown Act?

June 14, 2009
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Brown Act

Improper Noticing of Serial and Special Meetings In Violation of the Brown Act

We believe that our employer in California scheduled several serial meetings and special meetings without proper notice and that discussions during those meetings resulted in retaliation against us. What Brown Act rules apply to this situation?

March 11, 2020
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Newsgathering

Can newspaper publish captured police-scanner audio of gunfight?

[…] the gunfight between Sheriff’s deputies and Chris Dorner--the ex-LAPD police officer and former United States Navy reservist who was charged in connection with a series of shooting attacks on police officers. We recalled a challenge to being able to post such information in the past. Is it legal/defensible for a newspaper to publish this information?

May 7, 2013
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CPRA

Duplication fees for non-paper records

Our School District Board/Superintendent is charging for labor costs of making a CD copy of each monthly/special board meeting. I underst and that the Cal. Gov't. Code Section 6253(b) indicates that such charges (i.e., labor costs for recording the CD copy) is not permitted. I have been round and round with the Board/Superintendent about […]

June 14, 2009