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How does a member of the public know if matters taken up in the closed session portion of a meeting…
` Are elected officials allowed to sit in the audience while acting in their official capacity during meetings?
The state has assembled a Task Force and advertises its meetings (quietly) but claims they are not public meetings. They’ve…
The state university where I worked has held confidential meetings of a management committee for a program operated under an…
The Department of Social Services (DSS) has a quarterly “advocacy coalition meeting” where DSS employees and legislative analysts offer status…
I was fired a year ago, but I am only now reading that the board violated the Brown Act by…
I believe Community College Faculty Senates are subject to the Brown Act? If so, must these bodies disclose how each…
I was arrested recently while attending and covering as a journalist a wildlife protection meeting. The meeting is sponsored and regulated…
Is their any state law allowing the city to keep the names of an advisory committee recommending finalists for a…
Is the California Bar subject to the California Public Records Act or any similar open access law?