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    Brown Act CPRA

    Are city council subcommittees Brown Act-exempt?

    […] a meeting schedule fixed by charter, ordinance, resolution, or formal action of a legislative body are legislative bodies for purposes of this chapter." Cal. Gov't Code § 54952(b). In other words, if the committee was created by formal action, but falls under the ad hoc sub-quorum committee exemption, then the committee does not have to […]

    September 21, 2012

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    Brown Act

    Does the Brown Act apply to city council appointed committees?

    […] charter, ordinance, resolution or formal action of a legislative body; or standing committees of a legislative body that have continuing subject matter jurisdiction. Cal. Gov't Code § 54952(b), (c). However, "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, […]

    August 15, 2015

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    Brown Act

    Budget committee meets behind closed doors

    Our county budget committee meets behind closed doors and keeps no written records of meetings. County staff says it’s OK because the budget committee is an ad hoc committee. They say they can designate ANY committee as an ad hoc committee and meet behind closed doors.

    September 13, 2011

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    Brown Act

    Did email exchange between committee members violate Brown Act?

    […] a meeting schedule fixed by charter, ordinance, resolution, or formal action of a legislative body are legislative bodies for purposes of this chapter." Cal. Gov't Code § 54952(b). Thus, bodies such as a board of supervisors, city council, planning commission or directors of a special district are legislative bodies under § 54952(a); Kavanaugh v. West […]

    March 16, 2015

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    Brown Act

    Closed door meetings benefitted labor union at cost of public tidelands

    […] surprisingly, official bodies of local agencies count as legislative bodies. This includes bodies of a local agency, a local body created by state or federal law, or standing committees of legislative bodies. See Gov’t Code §§ 54952(a) – (b). However, in certain situations, private bodies can also be subject to the Brown Act. Government […]

    November 15, 2011

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    CPRA

    Council-elect make decisions, but claim documents are not public

    […] requested the budget for the event, how much has been raised in donations and the names of the major donors but have been denied. A couple of additional facts: no city money is going toward the celebration. Also, although the five council members-elect have not been sworn, they have been meeting as a council-elect […]

    October 21, 2010

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    Our Work

    […] of engaged and informed communities is essential to the health of our democracy – that the values expressed by the First Amendment provide a blueprint for an inclusive, equitable society and a responsive, accountable government. To that end, FAC educates, advocates and litigates to protect and promote government transparency and First Amendment protections for all.

    June 11, 2024

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    Brown Act CPRA

    The CPRA, the Brown Act and Retirement Trusts

    An employee retirement trust is delegated the responsibility of providing and administering retiree health benefits by our school district.  The unions appoint four individuals, the district appoints four and it is unclear who appoints the two retirees on the board (10 board members total).  I filed PRAs last year, they responded to first one […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act CPRA

    Park & Rec “advisory committee” keeping its advice secret

    […] a meeting schedule fixed by charter, ordinance, resolution, or formal action of a legislative body are legislative bodies for purposes of this chapter." Cal. Gov't Code § 54952(b). This provision would seem to indicate that unless the committee is a standing committee of the legislative body with a continuing subject matter jurisdiction or the governing […]

    August 8, 2011