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    Brown Act

    Objecting to agenda item during meetings

    Our Board of Supervisors is playing fast and loose with the Brown act, specifically adding items to the agenda that don't even come close to meeting the requirements of the Brown Act.  Question: Can I object to an item being heard ? If yes, how do I object? If no, what do I do?

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    Intimidation of Journalists

    […] to task about questions asked of a third member by a reporter. They referred to emails from the third council member on their laptops and also with written and printed form. The story questioned alliances the city council members have with a large developer in our area. Was this a violation of the Brown Act?

    June 14, 2009

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    Bagley-Keene Act Brown Act

    What is the Brown Act statute of limitations?

    I was fired a year ago, but I am only now reading that the board violated the Brown Act by not disclosing that my position would be discussed in closed session --- 54957. (2) is the violation. I see from your A&A section that there is only only a 90-day window of opportunity to […]

    February 3, 2012

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    Brown Act

    Whistleblower accused of Brown Act Violation

    […] to a hazardous condition on public property leased by a developer during a publicly noticed joint advisory committee meeting. The County DA is threatening me with a Brown Act violation for attempting to speak out. I never actually made my comment during the committee meeting because the committee walked out of the meeting three […]

    May 24, 2018

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    Brown Act

    When are closed sessions legitimized under the Brown Act?

    I serve as a trustee on a California school board, and I have a Brown Act-related question. At our next board meeting we will be discussing whether to allow exemptions to the ban on carrying concealed weapons on campus (under SB 707). There is some move toward having the discussion in closed session on […]

    March 29, 2016

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    CPRA

    Can I access emails of city employees using personal emails for city business?

    […] public officials using private email accounts and mobile phones to conduct the public's business seems to be becoming a pervasive problem. It would seem that if a government official uses a personal email account to send messages relating to the conduct of the public's business, a strong argument could be made that those messages […]

    November 17, 2011

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    CPRA

    Private institutions, public funds and the CPRA

    […] local agencies.  Under certain circumstances outlined in section 54952(c) of the Brown Act (incorporated into the PRA by section 6252 of the PRA), entities that are legislative bodies of a local agency may be subject to the PRA.     Section 54952(c) defines "legislative body" as:"(c) (1) A board, commission, committee, or other multimember body that […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    What Are the Brown Act Rules on a Postponing Public Meeting?

    […] issues. Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP is general counsel for the First Amendment Coalition and responds to FAC hotline inquiries. In responding to these inquiries, we can give general information regarding open government and speech issues but cannot provide specific legal advice or representation. No attorney-client relationship has been formed by way of this response.

    April 15, 2019

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    Government officials should listen to voters instead of lawyers selling strategies for blocking access to information

    Regardless of what they say to the contrary, government agencies are in the business of withholding information from the public (or, what amounts to the same thing, disclosing only that information that the agencies want the public to have). This tight-fistedness about information is written into government's DNA. But some efforts to withhold information […]

    March 24, 2014

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    Bagley-Keene Act Brown Act

    Closed Session on Employee Performance

    I am hoping you can tell me whether language that appears in an upcoming school district agenda meets the requirements of the Brown Act. This the language as it appears in the agenda • Public Employee, to consider appointment, employment, performance evaluation, or dismissal of employee pursuant to GC §54957, as cited in the […]

    June 14, 2009