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  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Access to rezoning information

    […] to discussion or consideration at a public meeting of the body, are disclosable under the and shall be made available upon request without delay."  Gov't Code Section 54957.5(a).   Therefore, materials distributed at such a meeting should be made available "without delay," upon request, unless one of the PRA's exceptions to disclosure applies.  This language […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    Access to names of applicants to official positions

    […] 51 Cal. App. 4th1136 (1997), and California First Amendment Coalition v. Superior Court,67 Cal. App. 4th 159 (1998).  Both cases involved applications submitted to the Governor for appointment to vacancies on county boards of supervisors.  In both cases, the courts of appeal held, for a variety of reasons, that the applications were exempt from […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act CPRA

    Internal audit reports and the CPRA

    […] available upon request without delay. However, this section shall not include any writing exempt from public disclosure under Section 6253.5, 6254, 6254.7, or 6254.22."  Govt. Code Section 54957.5.  Accordingly, the reports should be disclosed unless they were not distributed in connection with a matter subject to discussion or consideration at a public meeting of […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act

    Incoming Superintendent Sitting in on Closed Session

    An incoming superintendent, his term does not being until June, was in on a closed session item on the appointment of a new principal last month. The incoming superintendent was the head of the search committee from the principal and it was his recommendation the board considered and approved. Was it legal for him […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act

    Does the Brown Act Allow Consultant’s Report Reviewed in Closed Sessions?

    […] discussion falls within one of the narrow exceptions that permit closed sessions under the Brown Act, it still must be listed on the agenda.  Govt. Code § 54957.7.  In a separate provision, the Brown Act bars an agency from discussing or taking any action on an item not appearing on the posted agenda. Government […]

    January 6, 2020

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act CPRA

    Public Records Non-Compliance, Filing Suit, and Non-Response

    […] willfully interrupting the meeting, the members of the legislative body conducting the meeting may order the meeting room cleared and continue in session."  Cal. Govt. Code Section 54957.9. Conceivably, if an attempt to address the body during public comment time was deemed inappropriate under some reasonable application of the body's regulations for public comment, […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Private attorney costs to public agencies and attorney-client privilege

    […] retainer, it appears to have been a violation of the Public Record Act to not disclose the amount of the retainer agreement.  See Cal. Government Code section 54957.5(a) (records provided to a Board of Supervisors or other legislative body in preparation for a public meeting are public records that must be available to the […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Public officials’ love of secrecy is no match for the public’s love to watch government decision-making up close. In California, democratic voyeurism prevails.

    […] (now the county assessor) denied requests under the Public Records Act for emails between him and other supervisors, as well as his calendar of official meetings and appointments. Postmus says he doesn't have to disclose records that might reflect his and his colleagues' "deliberative process." In this he relies on a 1991 Supreme Court […]

    June 2, 2009