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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,…

I’m wondering whether my city violated the Brown Act (or other law) when the City Council decided in closed session…

After four years of service as the Library Director of the City’s Public Library, I found out yesterday that I…

The City Council recently placed a rent control measure on the November ballot, and one of the Councilmembers who suggested…

Is it legal for a body subject to the Brown Act to hold their regular meeting in a federal building…

Is a Chamber of Commerce subject to the Brown Act? How can one find out if that act applies to…