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We invited city council candidates to our newspaper offices for an editorial endorsement forum. There are three incumbents and one…

Why would our city clerk require city Commissions to move all ad hoc reports and standing committees from agenda items…

The question: Does the below discussion of their previous individual discussions constitute a serial meeting violation under the Brown Act?

A developer is building or redeveloping 32 (of 36 buildings) towering buildings (8 to 14 stories tall each) in our…

If minutes are to be approved at a Committee meeting that is a Brown Act Committee, do the minutes need…

The California Public Records Act (“PRA”) provides that public records are presumptively open to the public, unless exempt from disclosure…

There is a standing meeting with the city staff the week before the City Council meeting. The meeting is intended…

Re: CPRA request for audio taped record of open meeting: I have submitted a request for copies of tapes made…

Do you have to be a US citizen to assert rights under California’s open-government laws?

I cover the School District, which has just been sued by one of its trustees on allegations of civil rights…