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    Brown Act CPRA

    County Bar Association and the CPRA and Brown Act

    I am reading the Attorney General opinion concerning the private cable company that must comply with open meeting and records requests -- would this apply to a local County Bar Association which has been delegated certain county functions.  It would seem to me that it would; but they are taking a very aggressive stance […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act CPRA

    Community College Senate, Listservs, and Public Record

    […] and receive messages electronically to/from the whole group.  Among the subscribers is a quorum of the college's Academic Senate. Before subscribing, even just to receive messages, one must go through the former president, and current senator, of the Academic Senate.  If the attempted subscriber is not a member of the faculty, then s/he is […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    Regulations on public comment

    […] ordinance, resolution or formal action of a legislative body.  Generally, this is the case regardless of whether the body is permanent or temporary, advisory or decision-making.  However, Government Code section 54952(b) exempts advisory committees that are comprised solely of less than a quorum of the members of the legislative body that created them.  This […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Bagley-Keene Act Brown Act

    Are Community College Faculty Senate meetings covered by the Brown Act?

    I believe Community College Faculty Senates are subject to the Brown Act?  If so, must these bodies disclose how each member voted on an item? I teach at a community college.  My program was asked to make some amendments to an item, otherwise an individual told us she would challenge the matter. We made […]

    January 30, 2012

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    Brown Act

    Brown Act Violation Concerns Over Closed Session Protocols for Employee Evaluations

    […] administrative leave. The closed session agenda item was added to a special meeting just over 24 hours before that meeting and stated: Public Employee Performance Evaluation/Discipline/dismissal/release ( Government code section 54954.5 and 54947(b)) title: . The employee was told verbally the day before that the item was added but he did not get written […]

    January 20, 2021

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    Brown Act

    Decision Reached By County Supervisors Without A Public Meeting

    […] audit is warranted." This may be a stretch, but it appears that the matter was discussed and a conclusion reached by a majority of the board. Or at least that is what this supe is alleging. While this item was never agendized, it does seem to violate the spirit of the Brown Act. Your comments?

    February 21, 2018

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    Brown Act

    Public Commenting, The Brown Act, and Closed Session Items

    With respect to public comment at meetings subject to the Brown Act, the Act provides that "very agenda for regular meetings shall provide an opportunity for members of the public to directly address the legislative body on any item of interest to the public, before or during the legislative body's consideration of the item, […]

    June 14, 2009

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    AG Holder, in speech, describes al-Awlaki “lethal targeting” memo that is the subject of recent FAC suit

    […] Manhattan) and the ACLU (in federal court in Washington, DC). FAC's suit is pending in federal district court in San Franciosco. In all three cases the federal government takes the position that it needn't respond to the FOIA claims on the merits because the very existence (or nonexistence) of the al-Awlaki memo is classified. […]

    March 16, 2012

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    Brown Act

    Davis-Stirling Act

    […] granted a number of functionalities and services normally provided by a City to the Property Owners Association. The Property Owners Association claims to be exempt from the Brown Act so does not have to publish notifications ( agendas ) before executive sessions. They claim they function under Davis Sterling where notifications for executive sessions […]

    June 14, 2009