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    Brown Act

    Can a California City Council Cut Public Comment Time with No Notice Before Meeting?

    […] of the meeting, this has been reduced to two minutes. I've reviewed (to the best of my ability) relevant case law that allows for deviations from the Brown Act when there is a lengthy agenda, or where the city's Rules and Procedures outline that speakers can be given "up to" three minutes. But Rules […]

    August 26, 2020

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    Brown Act

    Denied right to have job termination discussed in open meeting

    […] fired from my job at the Community College District. I requested an open session for the appeal to the Board for my termination and was denied. I made three requests in writing, all of which were denied by the District. I believe it is my right to an open session according to the Brown Act.

    August 2, 2011

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    Is holding a public meeting inside a gated community a violation of California’s Brown Act?

    […] inside a gated community. The POA claims they will allow public access. However, the public would have to drive into the community and be stopped and questioned by a private POA security guard at the gates. Vehicle registration and a valid driver's license are usually required. Is this a possible violation of the Brown Act? 

    April 28, 2021

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    First Amendment

    In Texas, town hall meeting nixed videotaping

    Is there an equivalent of a Brown Act for Texas? I was at a Congressional town hall meeting, and a member of the Congresswoman's staff told me I was not allowed to video record the meeting. Is that legal?

    August 1, 2011

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    Brown Act

    Criteria for Serial Meeting

    […] communications which contribute to the development of a concurrence as to action to be taken by the legislative body." The Brown Act: Open Meetings for Local Legislative Bodies, p. 12 (Cal. Atty General's Office 2003). Various California courts have also interpreted the Brown Act's serial meeting prohibition consistent with the California Attorney General's interpretation […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    Destruction of Public Records

    […] be immediately destroyed concurrent with the vote to stop recording future sessions. Aside from the obvious Brown Act violation in that it wasn't agendized, do you know the rules on retention and destruction of government records and, specifically, the limits on destroying tapes of closed sessions (These are the only existing records of these sessions).

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown signs anti-sunshine bill, setting up 1st Amdt battle. Do labor rights trump democracy?

    […] officials—-as the unions’ preferred strategy for maximizing their members’ welfare. SB 331, the legislation that Brown signed, is a secrecy law masquerading as a transparency law. Local governments that adopt measures to shed light on collective bargaining with their unions—-and only those local governments—- will be subject, under the law, to new requirements for […]

    October 27, 2015

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    Brown Act

    How do we enforce the Brown Act?

    […] the District Attorney to prosecute violations as misdemeanors. Govt. Code section 54959. The other is by way of private enforcement actions brought as civil lawsuits by individuals. Government Code section 54960. Such private actions may be brought to declare actions taken in violation of the Brown Act null and void, or to declare that […]

    December 22, 2011

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    Labor negotiations and the Brown Act

    […] Brown Act for certain employee evaluations.  This "personnel exception" permits closed sessions to "consider the appointment, employment, evaluation of performance, discipline, or dismissal of a public employee."  Government Code 54957(b)(1).   However, section 54957(b)(4) further provides: "Closed sessions . . . shall not include discussion or action on proposed compensation except for a reduction of […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Government officials beware: the “private” emails you write today will be public tomorrow

    It has become a regrettably common practice. . . . Local government officials, when sending emails about government business, use their private email accounts--rather than their dot-gov accounts--to assure that the messages will never see the light of day. In a case involving the city of San Jose, a Superior Court judge recently ruled […]

    April 24, 2013