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    Brown Act First Amendment

    City Council allowing presentation not on the agenda

    At our last City Council meeting our mayor personally invited a federal government agent to speak during our public comment session, although this presentation was not on the agenda.  Our mayor allowed him to speak over the allowed three minute time period and  allowed City Council members to ask questions of this man, but […]

    August 24, 2011

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    Bagley-Keene Act Brown Act

    Non-profit committee receiving state and private grants subject to Brown Act?

    […] board want to keep things hush-hush. Do we have a right to keep our financial info private? Also, can't reporters attend our meetings if they want? Don't Brown Act rules apply to us, even if we're not a city council or planning commission? We meet at the high school district offices and the special […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Bagley-Keene Act Brown Act

    Closed meeting and the Brown Act

    I'm thinking about writing a letter of cure/correct regarding a pattern of what appear to be Brown Act Violations. The district acted to correct the June 19 violation. According to a story we published previewing a meeting this past Tuesday, July 3: "After closed session on Tuesday, the board is scheduled to convene in […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act First Amendment

    New rules by city council restrict free speech

    […] Brown Act. See White v. City of Norwalk, 900 F.2d 1421, 1425 (9th Cir. 1990). Courts recognize that in situations such as the one you describe, i.e., a government meeting, "itizens have an enormous first amendment interest in directing speech about public issues to those who govern their city. It is doubtless partly for this reason […]

    December 11, 2014

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    Brown Act

    City Clerk requires Ad Hoc reports to be in announcements

    […] found it difficult to come to an agreement on the how to proceed in conveying our recommendations to council. I would appreciate any clarification as to the reasoning behind the city clerks request. My research on open meeting laws, accessing government records and the online resources about the Brown Act have not provided much help.

    October 6, 2009

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    Brown Act

    Religious institutions and the Brown Act

    I would like to find out if the Brown Act applies to Churches/Temples that are non profit or charitable institutions? Can the President of a board of directors have meetings with a few members of the board without taking minutes and without the full executive committee brought in to the "dinner" or meeting prior […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    Mayor and University Official Meetings

    […] that the Bagley-Keene Act, which generally requires meetings of multimember "state bodies" to be public, also appears to be inapplicable to the situation you describe.  Under California Government Code 11121, a "state body" includes any of the following: (a) Every state board, or commission, or similar multimember body of the state that is created […]

    June 14, 2009