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Our County held an online public meeting as required by the Mental Health Services Act (MHSA), but failed to provide…
A California City Council originally released an agenda for its regular meeting without a closed session. Each agenda usually has…
We believe that our employer in California scheduled several serial meetings and special meetings without proper notice and that discussions…
If a city council establishes a protocol whereby the mayor may unilaterally decide to limit public comments on a topic…
I am looking for some direction in guidance in trying to overturn a street rezoning project completed without authorization, research,…
I am working on a story about a consultant’s work for a California County. I was told recently that the…
Can the chairperson postpone a planning commission meeting with due cause? Or can postponement only happen with a vote at…
My employer—a Business Improvement District—had a regularly scheduled board meeting that per our contract with the City must be open…
Our group plus hundreds of teachers, parents, and community activists protested against the secret meeting that the city school board…
I went to a city council meeting and a woman was being proposed for city office. I condemned her appointment,…