February 20, 2015
School board closed session “under the guise of labor negotiations.”
Our Unified School District is always walking a very fine line when it comes to the Brown Act.
At the last…
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January 18, 2015
Are a city manager’ meetings with his staff covered by the Brown Act?
Recently I learned our City Manager approved the implementation of a significant change to a public fee-paid service without presenting…
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December 17, 2014
Does the CA legislature have an open meeting law?
It seems like neither the Brown Act nor Bagley-Keene applies to the CA legislature. What law governs the process through…
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December 11, 2014
New rules by city council restrict free speech
Several months ago the city council majority changed the public comments procedure to make it more difficult for all that…
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November 14, 2014
How can I stop city from violating Brown Act during budget meetings?
The city is having a budget meeting. The printed budget is over 500 pages and is divided into department sections.…
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October 13, 2014
Taping of public charter school meetings curtailed by corporate owners
I am the parent of a child attending a public charter school. About a year ago when transparency appeared to…
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September 11, 2014
Can someone be arrested for speaking too long at a public meeting?
An activist was arrested at a city council meeting for exceeding the time limit. It’s very loosely enforced by the…
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August 14, 2014
School Superintendent Goals: Public or Private?
Under the Brown Act, does a school board have the obligation to disclose the goals they set for the district…
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August 12, 2014
Redaction of investigative report
An outside attorney is employed to investigate a city council member. The client is the city council. May the attorney…
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July 13, 2014
Urgent meeting scheduled for July 4 seemed to circumvent the public process
Our municipality has filed for bankruptcy. As part of this ongoing nonsense the town officials have been doing what ever they…