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Our local water district board is appointing new general counsel. They have agendized this in a special meeting, allowing each…
I believe Community College Faculty Senates are subject to the Brown Act? If so, must these bodies disclose how each…
A county water agency has hired a consultant for a major capital project and has released the feasibility study done…
I have concerns that my school District has violated the Brown Act. When the school board made our interim Superintendent…
At a recent Town Hall meeting, water rates were discussed. A majority of directors of the water district were in…
After nearly two years of trying, we finally got a photograph of three of our County Board of Supervisors (we…
During a hearing on a massive development project the several county supervisors walked around the room, talked on cell phones,…
I am a city commissioner, and I was recently advised against voicing my opinion to the press on any subject…
As a school board member I have tried, but failed, to have the copious exorbitant legal billings by the district’s…
I am a newly elected school board member. Our upcoming agenda will contain a closed session item that has also…