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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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Los Angeles D.A. says Brown Act effective deterrent

donal brown October 5, 2009

Los Angeles County District Attorney staff members say they enforce the Brown Act aggressively but seek compliance rather punishment and has only had to bring two civil suits to enforce the act in the last eight years. They urge public officials to embrace the act rather than treat it as an obstacle. -DB Metropolitan News-Enterprise October 2, 2009 By Kenneth Ofgang The District Attorney’s Office aggressively enforces the state’s open meetings law for local public agencies with

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Developments on Public Lands

firstamendment June 14, 2009

Developments on Public Lands Q: A developer is building or redeveloping 32 (of 36 buildings) towering buildings (8 to 14 stories tall each) in our town without adding streets, freeways or adequate city services. This is against our MASTER PLAN.  Buildings include private residence towers (for people from outside the town) on the last of our public land, now zoned for education. No one knows about this, residents are not being given public records when

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A&A: Non-Agenda Items, Emergency Items, and the Brown Act

firstamendment June 13, 2009

Non-Agenda Items, Emergency Items, and the Brown Act Q: We may have a violation of the Brown Act. A non-agenda item was brought up and “deemed” an emergency and was voted upon. This after the City Attorney opened the meeting and stated that “the item” would not be discussed. The alleged emergency does not fit any of the emergency statements listed in the Brown Act. How does the public now pursue action against the city

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A&A: Closed meeting and the Brown Act

firstamendment June 13, 2009

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

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