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First Question: for Real Estate transactions going to my City Council in a closed session for “price and terms of…
I am a parent of an elementary school student who is attending a public school being fast-tracked to close in…
Our city council meetings have recently moved to Zoom sessions due to COVID. I’m curious about possible Brown Act violations…
I have served a Brown Act Violation Cure or Correct/Cease and Desist Letter to a local city agency in California.…
Please explain how the Brown Act applies to “ad hoc” versus “standing” committees of municipal government-appointed commissions.
The airport commission in our municipality has only given 25 hours notice of the time and location change for their…
I asked a water agency in California if it planned to continue holding meetings online after the state reopens this…
A California city is holding city council meetings with the Property Owners Association (POA) in a POA building inside a…
I was speaking during the public comment portion of a city council meeting on the topic of the California Fair…
Can a school board allow the public to record the meeting only from a certain designated area in the back…