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A&A: Did the Board chair violate the Brown Act by refusing public comment, holding a closed session?

Q: Today during a county government meeting the Chair instructed board members to have a closed-door meeting outside the public board meeting. Is this a Brown Act violation? The bylaws for the board states the board will hold an election every two years in October to elect a new chair. The board has been requesting the Chair since last October to hold the election. In today’s meeting they pushed the issue and she told the

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A&A: Does Brown Act Allow Adding Agenda Items Less Than 72-Hours Before A Meeting?

Q: A California City Council originally released an agenda for its regular meeting without a closed session. Each agenda usually has a closed session heading listed at the end of the meeting — but the council doesn’t meet in closed session; it’s like a placeholder. On its action calendar, the council was scheduled to discuss and appoint a new interim city attorney. Three hours before the 7 p.m. meeting, the city clerk sent out an

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A&A: Improper Noticing of Serial and Special Meetings In Violation of the Brown Act

Q: We believe that our employer in California scheduled several serial meetings and special meetings without proper notice and that discussions during those meetings resulted in retaliation against us. What Brown Act rules apply to this situation? A: Here is an overview of the Brown Act rules regarding serial and special meetings.  “Serial meetings” under the Brown Act involve a series of communications between a majority of the members of a particular legislative body in

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A&A: How Can I Overturn A Decision Made By City Council Without Notifying Residents?

Q: I am looking for some direction in guidance in trying to overturn a street rezoning project completed without authorization, research, or notification to residents with major impact on safety and infringing my rights as an individual. Can you help? A: It is not clear from the facts you have given how this particular street project was initiated or approved. Presumably, the Public Works Department was acting pursuant to a vote of the city council,

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Trumping Trump: California’s Attack on the First Amendment

By DAVID SNYDER—California leaders have scrambled to position themselves at the vanguard of the resistance to President Trump, with Attorney General Xavier Becerra filing some 50 lawsuits against the Trump Administration, including—ironically as we shall see—at least one challenging the president’s failure to release records under federal open-records laws. The state Legislature—more than two-thirds Democratic—passed a “sanctuary state” bill limiting how much state and local law enforcement agencies can cooperate with federal immigration enforcement. Not to be

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