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` Are elected officials allowed to sit in the audience while acting in their official capacity during meetings?

  I am part of a coalition of anti-illegal immigration activists. We have been protesting and attending City Council meetings because…

I am a parent who submitted an application to run for the Parent Representative position at my child’s Charter school.

 The state has assembled a Task Force and advertises its meetings (quietly) but claims they are not public meetings. They’ve…

I  recently witnessed a Planning Commission vote which was changed after adjournment. There is a “protocol” listed on the city’s…

Does CA Proposition 54 cover bodies like county Human Rights Commissions? Mine is trying to say that they are exempt from…

 I chair the Citizens’ Advisory Committee to the Water District Board. A member of the public attends and harasses the…

The state university where I worked has held confidential meetings of a management committee for a program operated under an…

I am an Associate Director at my charter school. I was recently informed by my Board that my contract will…

The City Council on held a real property negotiation in closed session without meeting the requirement to disclose the party…