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Recently a school board adopted a policy that forbids individuals from making critical remarks about staff/board members. I am familiar…
Is the Board of a Public Charter School bound by the Brown Act?
The local school district has changed its regular school board meetings to special meetings, and has switched the upcoming regular…
Much of the material I’ve found prohibits use of email when its intent is “to develop a collective concurrence as…
Can an elected official (City Councilperson) speak under Oral Communications and claim to do so as a resident? May that…
Our website lists an editorial by our publisher. The very first comment has come from a city employee (we traced…
I’m a disability activist parent on a non-profit committee sponsored by the public schools, receiving state grants and private grants.…
A City Councilman and City Clerk addressed the local Merchants Association without any public notice and with an “agenda” not…
You recently stated in response to a question that there was no law against an attendee taping a homeowner association…
The City is holding public meetings using public facilities and staff to show plans of a developer of a former…