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    Brown Act

    Minutes and closed sessions

    Government Code § 54957.2, which provides for discretionary keeping of a minute book for closed sessions, does not appear to require that the minutes reflect whether someone in attendance appeared via teleconference.  That section does not seem to require more than that the minutes reflect the topics discussed and decisions taken: "a legislative body […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    Minutes of City Council meetings don’t tell whole story

    […] materials are distributed to the members of a legislative body, they must "be made available upon request without delay" to members of the public.  Gov't Code § 54957.5(a). There does not appear to be any requirement in this section that such materials be distributed to the legislative body (and thus made available to members […]

    March 7, 2014

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    Brown Act

    Appointing board members and the Brown Act

    […] the public on the school website and only those applications received by November 1st of the year prior to elections will be considered.  New Board members are elected at the Board's February regular meeting.  However, nothing shall prohibit the Board from drafting new Board members at any time during the year should the need […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    I ask for transparency; they ask me to resign

    […] will address each question in turn. 1. The Brown Act permits an agency to appoint a person to a position in a closed session. Govt. Code section 54957. However, prior to holding the closed session, the agency must notify the public in open session, on its agenda, or both, of the items to be […]

    January 11, 2012

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    CPRA

    Can I use information revealed in closed session, or is it privileged?

    […] its requirement that all legislative deliberations occur in open session, one of which is "to consider the…performance, discipline, or dismissal of a public employee."  Gov’t Code § 54957(b). If the meeting in question was to discuss disciplinary action, the Board may have properly met in closed session, but was required to post an agenda […]

    September 1, 2016

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    Brown Act CPRA

    CPRA request was denied for document discussed in open session

    […] a matter subject to discussion or consideration at an open meeting of the body, are disclosable public records under the California Public Records Act."  Gov't Code § 54957.5(a). However, "this section shall not include any writing exempt from public disclosure ."  Gov't Code § 54957.5(a).  From what I understand, the Corrective Action Plan was […]

    January 14, 2016

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    Brown Act

    Access to agenda attachments

    […] was not received.With respect to records distributed at a public meeting, they are public records unless otherwise exempted under the Public Records Act. Cal. Gov't Code § 54957.5.  The public is entitled to obtain them at the meeting if they were prepared by the public agency, or after the meeting if prepared by someone […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    Emergency agenda items and proper notice requirements

    […] Act requires a representative of the legislative body to orally announce the items to be discussed in closed session prior to any closed-session meeting.  (Gov't Code § 54957.7(a)).  This requirement may be satisfied by referring to the item by number as it appears on the agenda.  Once a closed session has been completed, the […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act CPRA First Amendment

    Unposted Supporting Documents and Public Comment on those Documents

    […] the body, are disclosable public records under the California Public Records Act . . ., and shall be made available upon request without delay."  Govt. Code Section 54957.5.  The language of Section 54957.5 would strongly suggest that you should have been entitled to the findings as soon as they became available, and certainly by […]

    June 14, 2009