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    Brown Act First Amendment

    What the Brown Act Rules on a Postponing Public Meeting?

    My employer—a Business Improvement District—had a regularly scheduled board meeting that per our contract with the City must be open to the public. Thirty minutes before the meeting the executive director sent me home, due to my failure to respond to a text message while on my lunch hour. In the past, myself and […]

    December 13, 2018

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    Bagley-Keene Act Brown Act CPRA

    Are state Task Force meetings covered under the Brown Act?

     The state has assembled a Task Force and advertises its meetings (quietly) but claims they are not public meetings. They've said I can't attend. In fact I don't even know whether the meetings take place at a physical location or are mere conference calls. I believe they are public meetings because the Task Force […]

    July 11, 2017

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    Brown Act

    Serial Meetings

    The question: Does the below discussion of their previous individual discussions constitute a serial meeting violation under the Brown Act? Member A left his council seat to become mayor, leaving the two-year remainder of his council term open. Member B and C were newly appointed to the council – they were council members ELECT at […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    Emergency agenda items and proper notice requirements

    It is unclear from the information you submitted in your inquiry whether the city council held an emergency meeting without giving sufficient notice of the meeting, or whether the city council gave the 72 hour notice required for regular meetings and simply labeled the agenda item as an "emergency" item. A legislative body may […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    Urgent meeting scheduled for July 4 seemed to circumvent the public process

    […] for bankruptcy. As part of this ongoing nonsense the town officials have been doing what ever they can to be sneaky and underhanded. Recently they held a special meeting on July 4. The meeting was to transfer money from a special tax fund for a purpose specifically excluded from use by the bond measure. Since the shortfall in […]

    July 13, 2014

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    Bagley-Keene Act Brown Act

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

    I'm a disability activist parent on a non-profit committee sponsored by the public schools, receiving state grants and private grants. I feel the meetings, which we advertise in the newspapers, should be open to journalists and that our budget info is public information. Others on the board want to keep things hush-hush. Do we […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    Minutes of City Council meetings don’t tell whole story

    […] to items on its agenda and powerpoint presentations related to agenda items. The council offers a limited number of copies of this information at the city clerk’s desk on the night of the meeting but it is not reflected in the minutes or available anywhere after the meeting’s conclusion. What is the law regarding this?  

    March 7, 2014

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    Brown Act

    How Do I Address Agency’s Failure to Honor Brown Act Meeting Notification Deadlines?

    The airport commission in our municipality has only given 25 hours notice of the time and location change for their next meeting. This commission is notorious for posting meeting agendas at the last minute and scheduling meetings that are not convenient for residents to attend. Is the airport commission in violation of the Brown […]

    September 26, 2021