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    Brown Act

    Tape recordings of meetings

    I want to listen to a tape recording of a meeting of the Fire District Board of Directors (they are elected). I have been told the recording is not public record. Don't they have to make it available for 30 days?

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    Barring the Media from recording an Open Meeting

    Can a Home Owners Association Board of Directors prohibit a member of the press from recording the events during the open session of the monthly meeting in which the press was invited by a group of home owners?

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act First Amendment

    Taping of public charter school meetings curtailed by corporate owners

    […] recent  board meeting, the CEO of the corporation that operates the public charter school announced that in the future the school will video-stream the board meetings, and restrict any recordings by individuals so they could not be edited and posted on their own just as any public entity does. I have emailed the Board of Directors […]

    October 13, 2014

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    Brown Act

    Can Local Government Hold Public Meetings in A Federal Building Where No Cameras Are Allowed?

    […] finds that "the recording cannot continue without noise, illumination, or obstruction of view that constitutes, or would constitute, a persistent disruption of the proceedings."  Gov't Code § 54953.5(a). Unless the legislative body has made a "reasonable finding" that disruption would occur, it seems that the legislative body here cannot evade this requirement just because this […]

    June 14, 2018

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    Brown Act

    Urgent meeting scheduled for July 4 seemed to circumvent the public process

    […] that is freely accessible to the public. Govt. Code section 54956. And although the Brown Act requires that the public be given access to audio and video recordings and minutes of meetings should such recordings or minutes be made, Govt. Code section 54953.5, the law does not actually require the agency to take minutes […]

    July 13, 2014

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    Brown Act

    Brown Act and Homeowners Associations

    Our HOA is non-profit California Corporation and my wife last night tried to videotape a meeting that I could not make, and security told her to stop and she complied. It is my understanding that the Brown Act applies to HOA's from this site, I believe. Is this true, did the HOA do something illegal […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act First Amendment Newsgathering

    When is it okay to videotape a meeting?

    […] legislative body that falls within the definition of the Brown Act, then the basic answer to your question is yes, the meeting may be taped.Government Code section 54953.5(a) provides: (a) Any person attending an open and public meeting of a legislative body of a local agency shall have the right to record the proceedings with […]

    December 5, 2010