June 14, 2009
Does the 72 hour period for Agenda Amendments include weekends and holidays?
For an amended agenda, it seems that the amendments must be made 72 hours before the meeting. Does this 72…
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June 14, 2009
Internal Decision-Making and the Brown Act
After a city planning meeting, I was outside with the City manager and another neighbor talking about the meeting. It…
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June 14, 2009
Non-English Speaking Participants at City Council Meetings
In my immediate neighborhood are several non-english speaking neighbors. Recently, some of my neighbors have shared their frustration at not…
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June 14, 2009
Public notice and disclosure of existing litigation
Our school district has a closed agenda item with the following sentence. Is this allowed?A) EXISTING LITIGATION(Subdivision (a) of Section…
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June 14, 2009
Defining “action taken” and sufficiently describing agenda items
We believe based on a published Attorney General’s Opinion that the Brown Act applies to student governments at community colleges.
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June 14, 2009
Police dispatch calls
I am reporting a story on law enforcement agencies encoding police dispatch calls and rendering useless police scanners used by…
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June 14, 2009
Right to Videotape School Board Meetings
Yesterday, I videotaped a School District Board Meeting and I was under the understanding that citizens are allowed to videotape…
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June 14, 2009
Special meeting and the Brown Act
The Brown Act reads in part Section 54954.3of education code:
“Every notice for a special meeting shall provide an opportunity…
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June 14, 2009
When a public official works remotely from a religious institution
May a local water district, subject to the Brown Act, allowed a director to participate telephonically where the remote site…
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June 14, 2009
Filing a Vacancy by Closed Session Appointment
The local School Board filled a vacancy on the Board by appointment. The filing deadline for interested applicants was 6…