June 14, 2009
Barring the Media from recording an Open Meeting
Can a Home Owners Association Board of Directors prohibit a member of the press from recording the events during the…
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June 14, 2009
Serial Meetings 101
A citizen here has asked the DA to investigate Riverside County supervisors for possible violation of the “serial meetings” provision…
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June 14, 2009
Availability of agendas
What is the obligation of a body that is required to comply with the Brown Act with regards to informing…
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June 14, 2009
Question and Answer Session with Consultants
I was at a recent city council meeting where the engineering consultants put on a presentation to justify doubling the…
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June 14, 2009
Senior Center Boards and the Brown Act
It is certainly possible that the school district may cite privacy as a reason to turn down your request, but…
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June 14, 2009
Time restrictions on public comment at public meetings
I am the chair sunshine task force and it came up in our recent meeting that mayor has recently, on…
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June 14, 2009
Closed Session Performance Evaluations
On the City Council agenda it states under closed session: Pursuant to Government Code Section 54957 and 54957.6, the City…
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June 14, 2009
Posting agendas and notification of action in special/closed sessions
A School Board is subject to the Brown Act yet a principal was dismissed without cause after a Special meeting /closed…
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June 14, 2009
Ad hoc committees under the Brown Act
Our city council is creating a council “ad hoc” subcommittee derived of two of its members over the issue of…
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June 14, 2009
Board of Directors Closed Session
Our Board of Directors met in Executive, closed session to discuss amending our By-laws to reduce the number of directors.…