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Brown Act

Circumstances for closed meetings

[…] public session, but note that the term "employee" does not include an elected official or a member of a legislative body (Gov't Code § 54957) —To discuss salaries, salary schedules, fringe benefits, and other issues within the scope of negotiations between a local agency and its employees with the local agency's representative in those […]

June 14, 2009
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Brown Act

Closed sessions under the Brown Act

Members of my school board choose new members as they leave the board. Can this School Board have closed sessions to discuss and decide which new Board member to elect to the Board or do these have to be public discussions?

June 14, 2009
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CPRA Newsgathering School Records

State university won’t disclose student cafeteria workers’ pay

[…] a journalist at a state university where our student cafeteria came under fire from the administration over a party they'd hosted. A source told me that the student managers of the cafeteria were suspended without pay. I contacted the accounting department to request how much those students were paid per week over the past 2 months. I […]

June 14, 2014
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After near-death in Supreme Court, will public employee unions change their ways?

BY PETER SCHEER---Public employee unions, the most powerful special interest group in California and most other states, came within a heartbeat of losing that power, as a legal challenge by dissident public school teachers came to a close in the US Supreme Court this week. I use the word "heartbeat" somewhat literally, because it […]
- Free Expression
March 30, 2016
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CPRA

Records request regarding government contractors was denied on privacy grounds

I manage a small organization that helps teach people to use public records for their protection. Recently we made a request to several municipalities for records of payments made to people doing business with the muni's. We sought to discover the names of persons or companies who were paid by the county or city […]

July 13, 2010
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CPRA

As a retired public employee, can I access my payroll records using the CPRA?

I am a retired public employee and I’m being taken to small claims for an alleged overpayment that supposedly happened in 2008. I need to try to get copies of my payroll for 2008. If those are still around, can I access those? How would I do it?

May 16, 2012
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CPRA

School documents and lost records

Generally, are there any school district budget documents, reports, salary compensation information, etc. that are not accessible to the public? I put in a Request for Public Records to view a permit plan and Building & Safety lost the plans within one week of receiving them. What recourse do I have?

June 14, 2009
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Advocacy Blog

Update on open-government legislative proposals in Sacramento

[…] a bill about police interrogation tactics, but, after it lost that focus, Assemblymember Anthony Portantino considered adding two amendments that would have made police officer names and salaries private information. The State Supreme Court ruled last year that salaries and officer names (though not personal contact info) are public information and subject to public […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
June 6, 2009
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Brown Act

Closed Session Performance Evaluations

[…] under closed session: Pursuant to Government Code Section 54957 and 54957.6, the City Council will meet with the City Administrator, to hold performance evaluations and consider the salaries for the Director of Parks and Trees, the Director of Community Development and Public Works... All department heads are up for evaluation and they are wanting […]

June 14, 2009
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FAC News

We’re Hiring: Press Education Manager

[…] no longer being accepted* The First Amendment Coalition (FAC) is looking for a full-time and fully remote Press Education Manager to lead the vision and day-to-day management of our journalist education programs. This is a chance to play a key role at a leading California nonprofit that does important work to support California journalists’ […]

January 22, 2025