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A developer is suing the City of Richmond alleging a violation of the Brown Act, the state’s open meeting law, in voting to deny special taxing in relation to a plan for 1,400 homes at Point Molate. The developer claimed there was scant time between meetings and said the expeditious settling of the matter indicated the possibility of secret or serial meetings. (Richmond Confidential, June 9, 2022, byi Madeline Taub) The Cypress town council is

A Ventura County judge ruled that Senate Bill 1421 requiring police to open records of misconduct, use of force and shootings does not apply retroactively, prompting an appeal to the state Second District Court of Appeals. The police union contends that the California Legislature did not directly say that the law applied to conduct that took place before Senate Bill 1421 was passed. FAC opposed the judge’s ruling and filed an amicus brief with the

The Palo Alto Unified School District board passed a unique rule to circumvent the Brown Act, the state’s open meeting law. To establish some awareness of anonymous donations while keeping the identities of the donors secret to the public, the board is allowing the superintendent to know who is donating $50,000 or more then providing that information to each of the board members individually. But for the superintendent to inform each board member without holding

San Diego is taking steps to strengthen a long standing law after a series of investigative reports and a grand jury report showed the city failed to investigate the financial interests behind more than $3 billion in contracts with over 1,000 companies. The 1992 voter approved law was prompted by revelations that the city was about to sign a real estate deal with an alleged mobster. The law requires the city to disclose the name