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    Brown Act

    Advisory committees and the Brown Act

    The local school board recently changed the high school graduation requirement, with no prior parent notification or input. An advisory committee comprised of 30 teachers and district administrators reviewed graduation requirements and compiled a report and recommendation to the Board.  Since no community members or parents were included on the committee, or notified of […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    Advisory committee subject to Brown Act?

    If the air quality district appoints an advisory committee to oversee an air toxics program that will go on for 2-3 years, and it has no members from the Board of Directors (only staff, public citizens), are their meetings subject to the Brown Act? If so, do all the notice, public comment rules apply?

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    Access to rezoning information

    […] advisory committees, composed solely of the members of the legislative body that are less than a quorum of the legislative body are not legislative bodies, except that standing committees of a legislative body, irrespective of their composition, which have a continuing subject matter jurisdiction, or a meeting schedule fixed by charter, ordinance, resolution, or […]

    June 14, 2009

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    How Trump’s War on Free Speech Threatens the Republic

    […] take advantage of his leverage. He and his innermost circle have already demonstrated that they either fail to understand or fail to respect (or both) America’s long- standing tradition of restraint when it comes to a free press. During the campaign, Trump tweeted that Americans who burn the flag—a free-speech act explicitly protected by […]

    June 6, 2017

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    Blog

    Elections official lashes out at local newsroom. We’re fighting back

    […] an appointment to the job of Shasta County Registrar of Voters and County Clerk in May. News coverage has scrutinized his qualifications, connections and changes to elections administration. Now, in the run-up to the statewide special election on redistricting, news coverage of how elections are run has gained new importance and urgency. The nonprofit, […]

    October 17, 2025

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    Brown Act First Amendment

    Can a city council deny public comment on an agenda item solely because the item is informational and the council will not take action on it?

    […] §§ 54951, 54952. Such meetings must generally be open to the public, with opportunity for public comment, based on an agenda made available to the public in advance, except to the extent the Brown Act specifically allows certain matters to be discussed in closed session. With respect to public comments, Government Code section 54954.3(a) […]

    September 25, 2025

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    Brown Act First Amendment

    Can a city council member control clapping during a meeting?

    General background: Brown Act and public comment The First Amendment does not by itself generally guarantee an absolute right to address or give public comment to a governmental body or agency during its meetings. See, e.g., Minn. State Bd. for Cmty. Colleges v. Knight, 465 U.S. 271, 283-84 (1984) ("The Constitution does not grant […]

    April 24, 2025

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    Brown Act CPRA

    Can I access emailed public comments that are not read at meetings or summarized in the minutes?

    […] Such meetings must generally be open to the public, with opportunity for public comment during the meeting, based on an agenda made available to the public in advance, except to the extent the Brown Act specifically allows certain matters to be discussed in closed session. At a meeting, a legislative body may choose to […]

    April 24, 2025