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    Brown Act

    Signing In at Public Meetings

    […] out, the Brown Act (in section 54953.3) provides members of the public the right to refuse to sign any attendance sheet as a condition of attending a meeting, and that means that the school board cannot require you to provide your name or contact information as a condition of attending a meeting.  Section 54953.3 […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    Brown Act Compliance for Faculty Members Digitally Attending Academic Senate Meetings

    […] anywhere, if the faculty are identified, and the public has the identified room location at each of the campuses where they may attend, see and or hear the meeting, since for any vote there is a portion of the attendees that are not in the same room, and are identified by name for each matter?

    May 15, 2018

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    Brown Act CPRA

    Are city council subcommittees Brown Act-exempt?

    […] a new crop of Brown Act-exempt City Council subcommittees. I requested the subcommittees' mission statements, which I assumed were set out prior to commencement. Some have had four meetings thus far, and one as many as seven meetings. I have not received a response regarding the composition and purpose of the subcommittees with purported need […]

    September 21, 2012

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    Brown Act CPRA Newsgathering

    Accessing document constituting an agenda and agency audits

    […] that relate to two different government bodies: 1) A charter high school, which is covered by the Brown Act, posts its Board's agenda 72 hours online before meetings. However, it never posts the documents constituting the agenda (e.g. text of resolutions to be voted on or discussed). At the meetings, it rarely provides copies […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    Is a school board retreat required to be open to the public?

    […] conduct its meetings in a manner that is publicly noticed and agendized and open to the public both to attend and to address the board during the meeting. The Brown Act will thus require that members of the public be permitted to attend and address the board at the retreat if the retreat is […]

    July 16, 2013

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    Brown Act

    Is It Legal to Exclude the Public From a Regularly Scheduled Public Meeting?

    We were prevented from entering the County Board of Supervisors Meeting in California where they were deciding whether to open up the county after the coronavirus shutdown. One man was detained for attempting to enter the building. Is it legal for the board of Supervisors to prevent the general public from attending a regularly […]

    January 20, 2021

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    Brown Act

    Obligation to stated agenda

    Labor law requires that in order to negotiate a new contract the union's proposals must be presented in a public meeting. The School District agendized the sunshining of a teamsters union contract proposal but did not have the proposal available at the meeting or place the proposal on its website.  It only showed on […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    Obligation to post minutes if no action is taken

    If a public school Board district holds a special meeting, are they required to post the minutes ASAP for 10 days after the meeting even if no vote was taken? The superintendent has told me no minutes need to be taken unless action or a vote was taken?This "Special Meeting" had one agenda Item […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    Is a quorum required for presentations?

    […] the public gets notice of and opportunities to attend meetings. Very generally speaking, the Brown Act is triggered only when a quorum of the legislative body is meeting.Govt. Code § 54952.2 (Under the Brown Act, "'meeting' means any congregation  of a majority of the members of a legislative body at the same time and […]

    September 16, 2010