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A civilian oversight commission is asking the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department to reform its transparency practices to allow the public more information about its use of force, discipline of officers, and handling of complaints. The commission wants the department to post data including videos of incidents on its website. (Los Angeles Times, May 25, 2017, by Maya Lau) The political skirmishing and alliance-forming activities behind two San Diego ballot measures raise the specter of Brown

Columnist Joe Mathews argues that modern elected city government officials rely on negotiations to accomplish their business so some view the Brown Act, California’s open government law, as an obstacle. The act prevents complete city councils from participating in negotiations and since it covers only public meetings, deals are often made in private without public input. (San Francisco Chronicle, March 26, 2017) The Sonoma Valley Sun, March 26, 2017, questioned whether the Sonoma Planning Commission

The Arroyo Grande City Council is investigated its mayor for sharing confidential details involving a tentative employment contract. They approved a $15,000 fund for an independent investigation of the alleged violation of the Brown Act, the state’s open meeting law. The Brown Act bans the airing of information from closed meetings unless authorized by the legislators at the meeting. (The San Luis Obispo Tribune, February 14, 2017, by Kaytlyn Leslie) Marty Richman writes that the

The state legislature is considering a bill to strengthen the Brown Act, the state’s open meeting law, that would require local government agencies to post meeting agendas online beginning in 2019. The agendas would be posted in a consistent location on an agency’s homepage and be made available in a readable format, searchable and downloadable. (techwire.net, June 30, 2016, by Matt Williams) A deputy district attorney issued a warning to the Lompoc City Council for