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Brown Act

Can a California City Council Cut Public Comment Time with No Notice Before Meeting?

[…] the number of speakers. I sent a Cure and Correct letter with a specific request for a written response to that letter in no more than 30 days (per the Brown Act). I am hoping they will admit their error, modify their operations, and we can all move on. But if they don't, I […]

August 26, 2020
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Former San Jose Mayor Must Show His Text and Email Search Complied with Public Records Law

[…] Liccardo’s private email and text message accounts" and "the training they have received on separating public records and private communications." The declarations must be filed within 30 days of the court’s order. As reported by Spotlight, the court also ordered the city to turn over numerous documents that "deal with development deals, energy issues […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
- Public Records
July 20, 2023
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Bagley-Keene Act

How Do Citizens Know If Agenda Items Meet the Criteria for Closed Sessions Discussion?

The Bagley-Keene Act requires that state bodies send notice of their meetings to any person who has requested it, and post the notice online, at least 10 days before any meeting. Cal. Gov. Code § 11125(a). The notice must include a specific agenda for the meeting containing "a brief description of the items of […]

December 14, 2020
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Real agenda cloaked in government buzzwords and bafflegab

[…] key decisions are about to be made. The public deserves better. It doesn’t take a Steinbeck to write clearly and concisely. Transparency is all the rage these days, but it’s little more than a buzzword when government cloaks itself in jargon and bafflegab. Dick Rogers, a veteran newspaperman, was most recently Metro Editor, then […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
April 19, 2011
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Clara Hogan Named as FAC’s Communications and Programs Director

September 13, 2017
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Brown Act

Brown Act Violation Concerns Over Closed Session Protocols for Employee Evaluations

January 20, 2021
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For Obama’s Nominee to Head CIA: a Few Questions on Use of Drone Strikes

BY PETER SCHEER---John Brennan, President Obama's nominee for Director of the CIA, has the bad luck of having to testify before Congress just days after publication of a Justice Department "white paper" containing the administration's legal justification for the targeted killing of high-level Al Qaeda members who are also American citizens. The undated and unsigned […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
- Public Records
March 5, 2013
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Public officials’ love of secrecy is no match for the public’s love to watch government decision-making up close. In California, democratic voyeurism prevails.
- Public Meetings
June 2, 2009
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CFAC Update: Acting globally and locally: From internet censorship in China to a TRO against Atherton, CA
- Government Transparency and Accountability
June 3, 2009
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Q&A: FAC Legal Director David Loy on the right to honk your horn as a form of expression

February 16, 2022