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  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act

    Does Brown Act Allow Adding Agenda Items Less Than 72-Hours Before A Meeting?

    […] a closed session heading listed at the end of the meeting — but the council doesn't meet in closed session; it's like a placeholder. On its action calendar, the council was scheduled to discuss and appoint a new interim city attorney. Three hours before the 7 p.m. meeting, the city clerk sent out an […]

    May 19, 2020

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    CPRA

    Access to public records denied during business hours

    […] referred to as a custodian of a public record) shall, at normal times and during normal and reasonable hours of operation without unreasonable delay without requiring an appointment, permit the public record, or any segregable portion of a record, to be inspected and examined by any person and shall furnish one copy thereof upon […]

    November 21, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act

    Secret ballots violate Brown Act

    I attended a City Council Meeting today where the Council appointed members to an advisory board. The appointments were done in open session, but by secret ballot. After announcing the matter, taking questions and comments, the city council sat at the dias w/microphones off, each wrote their choices for the board on a piece […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA Police Records

    CHP said I could view dashboard video, but all my requests have been denied

    […] of the particular case the public interest served by not disclosing the record clearly outweighs the public interest served by disclosure of the record."  Govt. Code §  6255(a). No exemption clearly applies that would prevent release of the CHP officer’s dashboard camera footage, but even if the CHP were claiming some exemption, that exemption […]

    November 12, 2014

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    PLAYING HIDE AND SEEK WITH PUBLIC RECORDS

    […] fires raged in San Bernardino County and Postmus, then the chairman of the Board of Supervisors, was mysteriously absent. A San Bernardino County judge ordered a few calendar entries and e-mails released but upheld the county’s decision to withhold many calendar entries based upon the county’s claim of "deliberative process." But during the case, […]

    June 3, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Records request denied due to “deliberative process privilege”

    My city is claiming "deliberative process privilege" in redacting the planning director appointment calendar. I'm wondering if there have been any successful challenges to the deliberative process privilege since Schwarzenegger's refusal to turn over appt calendars for two aides citing this privilege?

    June 6, 2013