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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

The Fillmore city mayor conceded to a Brown Act violation but said since there was no consequences from the violation, the matter was closed. -DB Ventura County Star August 27, 2009 By Mike Harris Responding to an accusation from Fillmore City Councilman Steve Conaway, Mayor Patti Walker has conceded that members of the council unintentionally violated California’s Brown Act earlier this month. The Brown Act guarantees the public’s right to attend and participate in meetings of

The San Diego County district attorney’s office says that the Imperial Beach City Council committed a civil violation of the Brown Act in failing to list on the agenda an appointment to a vacant seat on the council, but that failure was not criminal. –DB San Diego Weekly Reader August 11, 2009 By Dorian Hargrove According to the San Diego County district attorney’s office, the Imperial Beach City Council’s appointment of former mayor Diane Rose to