June 14, 2009
Agendas and sufficiency of “brief general descriptions”
In accordance with Section 2.20.140(B)(3) of the Purchasing Ordinance, the City Manager is allowed to waive the request for proposal…
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June 14, 2009
Can settlements be negotiated in closed session if no pending litigation exists?
Our local water district has held a series (over 6 months) of closed sessions. It appears that the district is…
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June 14, 2009
Closed Sessions, Settlements, and Lack of Discussion/Public Comment
Our City Council met in closed session to discuss ongoing litigation against the city by outdoor advertising companies challenging the…
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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…