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If minutes are to be approved at a Committee meeting that is a Brown Act Committee, do the minutes need…

The California Public Records Act (“PRA”) provides that public records are presumptively open to the public, unless exempt from disclosure…

There is a standing meeting with the city staff the week before the City Council meeting. The meeting is intended…

Re: CPRA request for audio taped record of open meeting: I have submitted a request for copies of tapes made…

Do you have to be a US citizen to assert rights under California’s open-government laws?

I cover the School District, which has just been sued by one of its trustees on allegations of civil rights…

In a closed session meeting, under The Brown Act, do the normal rules of order and decorum apply? We have…

I attended a City Council Meeting today where the Council appointed members to an advisory board. The appointments were done…

I need to know if there are any acts, like the Brown or Public records acts, that govern youth sports…

The Board of Directors of my Homeowners Association has passed a new rule (in an open meeting and after a…