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We work with a number of local water boards. Community Service Districts and Public Utility Districts. which are required to…
If a County Supervisor stuffs an item back onto the Consent Agenda during a closed-door meeting, do I have a…
You would think that Community Action Agencies (nonprofit 501c3) would be subject to the Brown Act since they were created…
At the last two City Council meetings, the agenda has announced a three-minute time limit per person for public comments.…
I requested that two statements be read on the public record at a County Board of Supervisors meeting. This board…
I’ve attended some meetings of a local government in California recently and they’ve started using Zoom to conduct the meetings…
Today during a county government meeting the Chair instructed board members to have a closed-door meeting outside the public board…
Across California and in my backyard developers are putting in plans, and cities have been starting public comment time clocks…
I am writing on behalf of many people in my community who believe that county government is violating the COVID-19…
Has the public comment requirement (Gov. Code, § 54954.3 subd. (a).) changed after Governor Newsom’s executive order?